Gamma Ray‘s guitarist and vocalist Kai Hansen has revealed that the German metallers are nearing completion of their upcoming live DVD, recorded during the band’s May 6, 2006 show at in Montreal, Canada. The effort’s working title is “Hell Yeah! The Awesome Foursome (And the Finnish Keyboarder Who Didn’t Want to Wear His Donald Duck […]

Swedish rockers Hardcore Superstar will enter studio in April to record a new single, “Bastards (Fade Away)”. The song shall be later included in the band’s upcoming studio album, which will also feature tracks like “Lesson in Violence”, “Sensitive to the Light”, “Dreamin’ in a Casket” and “Sophisticated Ladies”. A demo version of the last […]

The Russian fan club of the Finnish metal band Ensiferum has given the band a gift of astronomical proportions, as on their request the Russian International Star Catalogue has denominated a star in the Ursa Major constellation after them! The star Ensiferum was denominated on March 19, 2007 by pilot-cosmonaut German Titov – a week […]

The reunited Smashing Pumpkins will play their first show after their “rebirth” on May 22 at the Grand Rex in Paris, France. The band is putting the finishing touches to its comeback album, “Zeitgeist”, due to emerge on July 7. Mainman Billy Corgan has announced that the record will be released at exactly 7:07 a.m., […]

Marilyn Manson has revealed some information about his forthcoming full-length studio album. Entitled “Eat Me, Drink Me”, the CD is planned to surface sometime in June, although nothing’s been confirmed yet. Songs on the effort include “If I Was Your Vampire”, described by Manson as an “all-time gothic anthem”, as well as “Just a Car […]

After spreading the news that Iron Maiden shall be one of the big names at this year’s Arena Muzika Festival, Sofia Music Enterprises announced today the second headliner of the event. The word goes about the eccentric singer Pink, who’s scheduled to perform onВ July 1В at the Academic Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria. Tickets shall cost between […]

After the news that Tim Mills has decide to leave Iced Earth, we got to know that guitarist Marco Bressette has chosen to quit Threat Signal in order to concentrate on other projects. The Canadian metallers have gotten back their former six-stringer, Rich Howard, to go on tour with the band in April. Afterwards Threat […]

US metallers Iced Earth have parted ways with solo guitar player Tim Mills. According to frontman Jon Schaffer, “Tim is the founder of Bare Knuckle Pickups and that is his main business. He has found that his main worker, his right-hand man as it were, is terminally ill with cancer… Of course him living in […]

Sammy & The Wabos, the current band of vocalist Sammy Hagar (also featuring bass player Michael Anthony), shall release a live DVD entitled “Livin’ It Up! In St. Louis” on June 19 via Image Entertainment. The disc contains songs from the entire solo career of the former Van Halen frontman, shot during The Wabos’ 2006 […]

Brant Bjork & The Bros. shall release their new studio album, entitled “Somera Sol”, May 7. The band now features two former Kyuss drummers, namely the man shown on the photo, Brant Bjork (on guitar and vocals; also ex-Fu Manchu), and Alfredo Hernandez (on drums; also ex-Queens of the Stone Age and Mondo Generator).