The Bulgarian black metal quartetВ Severia shall release its debut EP, “Four Stages of a Deathtrip” (see cover in the left), next Monday (May 7)В via IMSB/Nox Studio. The CD contains 4 recorded at Agartha Studio in the group’s hometown, Burgas, in a line-up featuringВ Wulfilla (vocals and guitar; Hieronymus Bosch, ex-Diabolism),В Belfegor (guitar; Vrani Volosa, ex-Dark Inversion),В Diabolus (bass)В andВ Firebliss […]

Rhino Records have officially set August 28 as the release date for Heaven & Hell‘s “Live from Radio City Music Hall” DVD and two-CD set. As the title implies, the effort was recorded live at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City a month ago, on March 30, 2007. The group’s setlist during […]

Guitarist Mikey Doling (ex-Soulfy, Snot) shall release the debut album with his current band Invitro on August 7 – the birthday of late Snot frontman Lynn Strait. The CD, due to appear via Doling’s own Gridiron Records, shall be entitled “When I Was a Planet”. Meanwhile, in May and June, Invitro shall support Static-X on […]

The supergroup Circus Diablo signed a deal with the label Koch Entertainment for the release of the group’s self-titled debut album (view cover in the left), due to appear on July 2. “Circus Diablo” was recorded in a line-up featuring guitarist Billy Duffy (The Cult), guitarist Ricky Warwick (The Almighty), vocalist Billy Morrison (Camp Freddy, […]

The tenth anniversary edition of Germany’s Summer Breeze festival, set to take place in Dinkelsbuehl for 3 days, between August 16 and 18, seems to become one of the biggest rivals to the hugest local metal event, the Wacken Open Air. So far Summer Breeze’s line-up is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): Absolute […]

Machine Head‘s video for the song “Aesthetics of Hate” off the quartet’s current album “The Blackening” is already circling the Internet. You can watch it either in YouTube or here, a few lines below. The song itself is dedicated to late Pantera and Damageplan guitarist Dimebag Darrell, as it got clear from our recent conversation […]

Italian metal avantgardists Novembre have recorded 12 songs for their next, as yet untitled full-length studio album. The group will compete the work and mix of the material in the end of May at Finnvox Studio in Helsinki with producer Mikko Karmila (a.o. Nightwish, Sentenced, Amorphis). The follow-up to “Materia” (2006) should be out in […]

Korn have posted the song “I Will Protect You” for free listening and download on their official MySpace profile at www.myspace.com/korn. The track comes off the Bakersfield superstars’ upcoming, as yet untitled studio album, due out in late July via Virgin Records/EMI.

On Friday at 11:00 a.m. local time (CET+1) we called Iron Maiden’s guitar playerВ Janick GersВ on the phoneВ for a conversation live on air! The entire interview is already available for reading HERE.

Last Friday’s My Dying Bride concert at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, Holland, is available for viewing right here thanks to the online concert channel Fabchannel. The footage features the latest additions to the British band – bass player Lena Abe and drummer Dan Mullins. Enjoy!