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NEW IRON AGE RECORDS To Release KEEP IT TRUE Vinyl Single Series

New Iron Age Records will release a special vinyl 7" series featuring recordings from previous Keep It True festival performances. The first singe will be available at the Keep It True VIII festival in April and will include a high-quality gatefold sleeve. More details on the bands involved will fol...

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DESTINY Drummer To Play On HAMMERFALL Bassist's New Solo Album

DESTINY's Birger Löfman has been tapped to play drums on HAMMERFALL bassist Magnus Rosén's new solo album. Starting on December 20 and finishing on December 22, Löfman is laying down the drums on eleven tracks together with Magnus Rosén for Magnus' forthcoming fifth solo CD. The recordings are takin...

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DIAMOND HEAD: More Tour Dates Announced

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends DIAMOND HEAD, one of the most influential British rock bands of the past 25 years, have announced the following dates: Apr. 14 - Tauberfrankenhalle - Lauda-Königshofen, GER (Keep It True VIII) Apr. 19 - The Robin - Wolverhampton, UK (w/ DEMON) Apr. 21...

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HELLFUELED Finishes Recording New Album

Sweden's HELLFUELED has finished recording its third album at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden with producers Fredrik Nordström and Patrik J. Sten. An early 2007 release via Black Lodge Records is expected. Commented the band: "We are now back from Studio Fredman! Basically, we have lived and wo...

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BLACK SABBATH In The U.K.'s SUN Tabloid

In an almost unprecedented move for a tabloid newspaper, the Sun — the world's biggest-selling English-language newspaper, with over eight million readers a day — has acknowledged the world of heavy metal by reviewing a BLACK SABBATH biography in glowing terms. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", the new SABB...

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LIFE OF AGONY Singer, ANTHRAX Members To Perform Covers Of U2, ALICE IN CHAINS

More information has surfaced about LIFE OF AGONY frontman Keith Caputo's upcoming appearance with ANTHRAX members Scott Ian (guitar) and Frank Bello (bass) at the Retox rock bar in New York City. According to Keith, he and the ANTHRAX guys will perform acoustic versions of three rock numbers by U2...

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DREAMLAND: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Revealed

Swedish metallers DREAMLAND have set "Eye for an Eye" (cover) as the title of their second album, due on January 26, 2007 via Dockyard 1. The CD was recorded at Joacim Cans' (HAMMERFALL) Moonshine Studio and Andy LaRocque's (KING DIAMOND) Los Angered Recording, where the album was also mixed. The gr...

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ANTHRAX Members To Jam With LIFE OF AGONY's CAPUTO This Weekend

ANTHRAX members Scott Ian (guitar) and Frank Bello (bass) will jam with Keith Caputo (LIFE OF AGONY) Saturday night, December 16 at the Retox rock bar in New York City. Retox (511 West 28th Street) was opened by Ian and club owner Mike Diamond, who started Snitch, Pangaea and Vela. Scott Ian is sche...

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Ex-MARDUK Singer's Wife Launches FUKK Project

Former MARDUK vocalist Legion (a.k.a. Erik Hagsted) has issued the following update: "So my wife Irina, our girlfriend Gothness, and our dear sister in sin Jensara Swann [are] joining forces in the punk outfit FUKK to make some old-fashioned noise and take their obnoxious attitude outside our clan....

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MAD DRAGZTER: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

MAD DRAGZTER's entire new album, "Killing the Devil Inside", is available for streaming on the group's official web site. The CD is being released this month via Encore Records, the current Brazilian label home of KING DIAMOND, NILE, VOIVOD, VITAL REMAINS, TANKARD, BURNING IN HELL and THE ORDHER. Th...

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THERION: Photos From 'Classic' Show In Bucharest Posted Online

Sweden's THERION performed with a full symphonic orchestra, choir and international opera stars on Saturday, December 9, 2006 in front of 3,000 fans at the Palace Hall in Bucharest, Romania. A review of the event, including photos, can be found at Metalhead.ro. The new THERION album, entitled "Gothi...

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METAL CHURCH: DVD Of 1991 DYNAMO OPEN AIR Performance Due In February

Escapi Music has set a February 23, 2007 release date for a live METAL CHURCH DVD featuring the band's now 1991 performance at the Dynamo Open Air festival in Eindhoven, Holland. The footage features the band touring in support of its "The Human Factor" album with the following lineup: Mike Howe (vo...

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REKUIEM Begins Pre-Production On New Album

REKUIEM (formerly REQUIEM),the cult NWOBHM band that was at the very start of the British metal movement alongside such names as DIAMOND HEAD and WITCHFINDER GENERAL, has posted the following message on its official web site: "Pre-production work has started on a brand new REKUIEM album, provisiona...

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HAMMERFALL, KING DIAMOND Members Join Forces In X-WORLD/5

HAMMERFALL bassist Magnus Rosén has teamed up with KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque and PAGAN'S MIND vocalist Nils K.Rue in a brand new project called X-WORLD/5. The band, whose mission is to "bring heavy metal into the future," features a sound that "comes to bring light above the darkness . ....

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THERION: 'Gothic Kabbalah' Available For Listening

The new THERION album, entitled "Gothic Kabbalah", is available for listening at this location. Due in North America on February 6, 2007, the CD was recorded and mixed in Stockholm by Stefan Glaumann (RAMMSTEIN, EVERGREY, EUROPE) and features Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (MERCYFUL FATE,...