The Bloodstock team are delighted to announce that Finnish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have been confirmed for BOA 2008. Along with fellow headliners Dimmu Borgir and Opeth, the addition of Nightwish is set to help make BOA 2008 the best Bloodstock yet.
From humble beginnings in 1996, Nightwish rapidly rose to prominence and were instrumental in driving […]

Finnish metallers TERÄSBETONI have been selected to represent Finland in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. TERÄSBETONI won the Finnish national selection with the song “Missä miehet ratsastaa” and will represent the country in the semifinal of the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest on May 20 in Belgrade, Serbia. The band scored a runaway victory in […]

The boys in Anterior have kindly offered to keep a diary during their rampage across Europe with Himsa. Part 1, written by vocalist Luke Davies is up online now.

According to Kerrang! magazine, KISS, MOTÖRHEAD and RISE AGAINST have been added to the bill of this year’s Download festival.

LIVEFORTHEMETAL.COM is still less than a month old (as this is being written) but is growing steadily. Over the next few weeks and months we intend to increase the content exponentially with loads more reviews, interviews, photos and reports. Our numbers aren’t quite double figures yet so if you’re interested in helping out, please get […]

Polish death metallers BEHEMOTH have just announced that they’re signing to Nuclear Blast Records in Europe and Metal Blade Records in North America.
We are extremely proud to announce that Behemoth has inked a North American deal with Metal Blade Records and with Nuclear Blast for European territory. The band recently finished up an extremely […]

We are pleased to announce that, although there’s still not much in the way of content yet, liveforthemetal.com is fully functional and ready for action.
After some weeks of development and the recruitment of a small team of committed writers, the site is now prepared to start reviewing music and gigs and is fertile ground for […]

KORPIKLAANI have announced the release details of their upcoming 5th studio album and the first single from it. The album is called ‘Korven Kuningas’ and will be out Nuclear Blast records on March 21st.

‘Korven Kuningas’ translates to mean ‘King of the Woods’, showing a continuation of the woodland themes in the music and lyrics.

The totally underrated Finns from Kalmah have posted on their myspace blog that the recording for their new album is complete.
 
Everything is now recorded and we will start mixing at the beginning of 08. I guess it will take 1-2 weeks to get all done. This album will be guitar driven, raw sounding, more riff-oriented […]