All the latest metal news and CD reviews.
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8 hours 16 min ago
San Francisco Bay Area metallers HOSTILITY have completed work on their new album, "Set In Stone", for an early summer release via an as-yet-undetermined record label.
8 hours 26 min ago
Video footage of NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane's March 4, 2010 solo performance at the Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana, California is available at this location.
8 hours 37 min ago
Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of the Swedish viking folk/death metal band KING OF ASGARD for the European territory.
8 hours 49 min ago
Southern California's HORSE THE BAND has announced plans to release a photo book/six-DVD set featuring 15 hours of high-definition footage taken from 120 hours of raw material the group amassed during its 2008 45-country, three-month round-the-world tour.
9 hours 2 min ago
GREAT WHITE, KEEL, XYZ and TUFF will take part in the acoustic "pre-show" event for the the Stockholm Rock Out festival on April 29 at Gamla Tryckeriet in Alvik, Sweden.
9 hours 15 min ago
A nine-minute video teaser for "Lustdriven", the fourth album from Finnish power metallers KIUAS, can be viewed below.
9 hours 25 min ago
The "Iron City Rocks" podcast recently conducted an interview with Jeffrey Nothing (vocals; a.k.a.
9 hours 32 min ago
Video footage of MALEVOLENT CREATION drummer/engineer Gus Rios blasting and grooving to two of the band's new tunes during the pre-production sessions for the group's new album can be viewed below (courtesy of Decibel magazine).
9 hours 41 min ago
Following their eagerly awaited return to the live stage at the almost-sold-out Gramercy Theatre in New York City, reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT will be heading to Europe to perform special shows in carefully handpicked venues in various European capitals.
9 hours 42 min ago
According to CDJapan.co.jp, DOKKEN's new greatest-hits package, "Greatest Hits 2" — a collection of all-new versions of tracks such as "Dream Warriors", "Breaking the Chains" and "Just Got Lucky", paired two new songs and two covers (including a version of "Lies", originally recorded by THE KNICKERBOCKERS) — will be released in Japan on April 21 via King Records.
9 hours 52 min ago
TWISTED SISTER, ANVIL and STATUS QUO are among the confirmed bands for this year's Bospop festival, set to take place July 10-11, 2010 at Evenemententerrein Weert Noord, in Weert, The Netherlands.
9 hours 59 min ago
Dutch hard-rock band MENNEN will play its final show on April 17 at MC De Bosuil in Weert, Holland.
10 hours 8 min ago
"Miracle", the new video from the Ft.
10 hours 17 min ago
As America embarks on a New Year full of resolutions to lose weight and make tough life changes, VH1 celebrates the new decade with a fresh season of "Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp".
10 hours 23 min ago
Dutch death metallers SINISTER will enter Soundlodge studios in Rhauderfehn, Germany with producer Jörg Uken (GOD DETHRONED, OBSCENITY) on October 15 to begin recording their new album, tentatively titled "Legacy of Ashes".
10 hours 34 min ago
SLAYER's Dave Lombardo has scheduled the following drum workshops in Germany:
March 28 - House of Drums - Bochum-Wattenscheid
March 29 - Drumladen - St.
10 hours 43 min ago
California rock legends RATT will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn on Wednesday, April 21 at 8:30 p.m.
10 hours 46 min ago
Christian hard rockers STRYPER have added KISS' "Shout It Out Loud" to the list of songs they are recording for their upcoming album of covers, to be released later in the year.
15 hours 25 min ago
Germany's Ván Records will release "Foulest Semen Of A Sheltered Elite", the third full-length album from THE RUINS OF BEVERAST, in North America this spring.
March 9, 2010 - 23:52
Legendary actor Christopher Lee, who has appeared in such cinematic milestones as "Lord Of The Rings", "Star Wars", "The Man with the Golden Gun" and "Dracula", was recently interviewed by Metal Express Radio's U.K.-based reporter Mick Burgess about Lee's forthcoming album, "Charlemagne".
