Swedish extreme metallers Soilwork are continuing work on their new album, due later in the year via Nuclear Blast. At the moment, vocalist Bjorn Strid is in Canada, recording vocals under the guidance of Devin Townsend of Strapping Young Lad (who has assisted the Swedes on their 2002 release “Natural Born Chaos”, too). Songtitles set […]

Lostprophets have finished writing songs for their new, fourth, as yet untitled album. The Welsh alternative rock sextet intends to start recording in May and June. The follow-up to last year’s “Liberation Transmission” is expected to surface sometime during the autumn.

Ozzy Osbourne‘s first new studio album in 6 years, “Black Rain”, will arrive on May 21 via Epic Records. Songs off the CD can already be heard on the singer’s website, as we informed youВ a week ago. All the material has been recorded at Ozzy’s home studio in Los Angeles and, what’s more important, it’s […]

Dimmu Borgir are to release their eighth full-length studio album, entitled “In Sorte Diaboli”, via Nuclear Blast on April 27, 2007. Some three weeks before this date we got the Norwegian black metal leaders’ vocalist Shagrath on the phone for a quite intriguing conversation full of shocking confessions, as some would say… Like, for example, […]

Next Wednesday,В April 18, Sofia’sВ Dauhaus ClubВ shall host a show by the Bulgarian one-man folk/ambient project Kayno Yesno Slonce, the German electro-psychedelic formation Alcalica, and the mysterious trio Osil Amuk… The event (organized by Corvus Records) starts at 7:00 С‡.. Tickets cost 5 leva / 3 Euro.

Nile are currently finishing mixing their new album, entitled “Ithyphallic”, which shall be the death metal egyptologists first release via Nuclear Blast Records. The band entered Sound Lab Studios in South Carolina with producer Neil Kernon in the end of February. Karl Sanders (vocals, guitar, keys), Dallas Toler-Wade (guitar and vocals) and George Kollias (drums) […]

Oasis mainman Noel Gallagher has confirmed that he already has songs for a solo album. “The thing about a solo record is the time to do one is between Oasis world tours, because you’d have a good couple of years”, Noel said. The musician also added that Oasis have already written most of the stuff […]

US technical industrial metallers Daath are to have their song “Dead on the Dance Floor” remixed by Danny Lohner, known for his work with Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson and A Perfect Circle. The track comes off the sextet’s new album “The Hinderers”, which was released via Roadrunner Records in the end of March.

Velvet Revolver – the super-group featuring Scott Weiland (vocals), Slash (guitar), Duff McKagan (bass), Dave Kushner (guitar), and Matt Sorum (drums) – have revealed the front cover artwork for their long-awaited second studio album, “Libertad”. You can view it below. The follow-up to the quintet’s hit debut album, “Contraband” (2004), shall most probably appear in […]

The Italian goth metal sextet Lacuna Coil have just released their new single, “Within Me” (view cover in the left), from their current full-length album “Karmacode”. The video for the song can already be watched on the group’s official MySpace profile.