The website “Cliff in Our Minds”, dedicated to late Metallica bass legend Cliff Burton, shall be relaunched on February 24 at 23:00 CET. Right now, the final touches of the content are being made. Watch out for it at www.cliffinourminds.com. Cliff Burton passed away two decades ago, on September 27, 1986, when Metallica’s tour bus […]

A brand-new Chimaira track, entitled “Worthless”, has been posted online on the band’s MySpace page. The song comes off the the band’s forthcoming album, “Resurrection”, due on March 6 via Ferret Music (March 5 in Europe through Nuclear Blast). A video for the CD’s title cut has been posted online at YouTube. You can read […]

Audio samples of all ten tracks that are set to appear on Saxon’s upcoming album, “The Inner Sanctum”, and the CD artwork have been posted online on the band’s newly re-launched website. “The Inner Sanctum” will be released on March 5 via SPV Records, and shall be available as a jewel case and as a […]

Today, February 12, Sofia’s rock bar “Fans” shall hostВ an exclusive live performance byВ Kayno Yesno Slonce, celebrating the release of the ethno music project’sВ new album “Elohim Neva Senzu”. It comes out as a limited 99-piece edition double CD, featuring the actual album plus a bonus CD with remixes by Shrine, Rose, Rovine e Amanti, and Kiril […]

Sofia-based metal assassinsВ Fyeld, who are still in the process of putting the finishing touches to their forthcoming album, “Not Blond Enough to Survive the Holocaust”, have parted ways with their long-time guitar player Vlado Kovatchev. He plans to concentrate entirely on his two other projects, CigarettaВ and Lovers of the Bomb, while Bobz (vocals and guitar), […]

Earlier tonight, at the 49th annual Grammy Awards at The Staples Center in Los Angeles, Slayer was awarded a Grammy for “Best Metal Performance” for the song “Eyes of the Insane” off their latest album “Christ Illusion”.The other nominees in the “Best Metal Performance” category were Lamb of God for “Redneck”, Mastodon for “Colony of […]

Bullet for My Valentine are currently in the studio with producer Colin Richardson (who gained fame for his work with a.o. Fear Factory and Machine Head). The work on the band’s forthcoming album seems to go an as planned – drums have already been recorded, the solo guitars are on their way, too, and next […]

Besides working on his new project Grinderman and preparing to release its self-titled debut album in April, Nick Cave has also begun conceptualizing the follow-up to “Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus” (2004) – the latest release by his main band, The Bad Seeds. Cave plans to start the recordings for the still untitled CD in […]

Rage’s guitarist Victor Smolski is working on a compilation CD, “Into the Light”, to celebrate Nuclear Blast Records’ 20th anniversary. Smolski composed, recorded and produced 10 songs for various metal artists that are part of the German metal label’s. Below you’ll find the tracks’ titles and the vocalist who are going to sing in them: […]

Sweden’s metal avantgardists Katatonia will release a new single, “July”, on March 26 via Peaceville Records. In addition to the title track, the MCD will include a new and previously unreleased song called “Unfurl”, a remix of “Soil’s Song” done by the Swedish artist Krister Linder, and the video for “July”, shot and directed by […]