Finnish folk metal band MOONSORROW have released the following details regarding their forthcoming EP:
The release date of “Tulimyrsky EP” is set to March 26th by Spikefarm Records. Although called an EP, the length of this opus is somewhere past one hour. It consists of one new song, two covers and two old demo songs reworked.
Looking […]

IRON MAIDEN have announced on their website that Californian rockers AVENGED SEVENFOLD will support during their forthcoming tour, which includes one UK date:
IRON MAIDEN are very pleased to announce that AVENGED SEVENFOLD will join them as SPECIAL GUESTS at Twickenham Stadium on July 5, Paris Bercy July 2 and 3 and a number of dates […]

Finnish power metallers SONATA ARCTICA have confirmed that they will play six dates in the UK and Ireland this April. The dates are as follows:
April 21 - London Carling Academy
April 22 - Leeds Rio’s
April 23 - Glasgow Garage
April 25 - Sheffield Corporation
April 26 - Dublin Button Factory
April 27 - Dudley JB’s

DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Silenoz will answer fans’ questions online tomorrow at 11am (UK time). Details appeared in the band’s MySpace blog earlier today:
DIMMU BORGIR is scheduled to have an online chat session to answer questions from the fans on Friday, January 17, 2008 at noon (in Norwegian Time).
For anyone living in North America, your times […]

Progressive metallers SYMPHONY X have invited fans to let the band know which songs they’d like to be played during their forthcoming tour. The following was posted to the band’s MySpace blog:
There have been rumblings here and there about the band’s tour setlist & how it needs some changes. We did a setlist poll a […]

Progressive black metallers BORKNAGAR have issued the following statement:
After nearly a year of negotiating deals with different labels we are now proud to finally reveal the partnership that we have settled for our next three albums.
In late December 2007 we inked a three-album deal with the Norwegian label Indie Recordings.
After the release of ‘Origin’, our […]

KORN guitarist James ‘Munky’ Shaffer has left the band’s current European tour, citing personal and family reasons. According to frontman Jonathan Davis,
“We fully support Munky’s need to be home right now and because we want to come through for all of our European fans, the tour will go on. It’s what Munky wants us to […]

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE will be appearing at the following signing sessions to coincide with the release of their new album at the end of the month:
27 January (midnight) - HMV Cardiff
28 January (6pm) - HMV Oxford Circus, London
The London signing will also include a 15-minute performance.
‘Scream Aim Fire’, the band’s second full-length album, will […]

Highly acclaimed prog masters DREAM THEATER have announced details of their forthcoming ‘Best Of’ compilation. It will include material from the past fourteen years and will feature rare edits and B-sides.
DREAM THEATER’S GREATEST HIT
(…& 21 other pretty cool songs)
Track Listing
Disc 1: (The Dark Side)

“Pull Me Under” (2007 Remix)
“Take The Time” (2007 […]

CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, the band which sees SEPULTURA co-founders Max and Igor Cavalera finally reunited, have announced details of their debut album. ‘Inflikted’ will be released internationally by Roadrunner Records on 24 March, and the following tentative tracklist has been posted on the band’s MySpace:
1. Inflikted
2. Sanctuary
3. Terrorize
4. Dark Ark
5. Ultra-Violent
6. Hex
7. The Doom Of All […]