Video footage of THE CULT, ILL NINO and MONDO GENERATOR's performances at the Coke Live Festival, which took place June 22-24 in Bucharest, Romania, has been posted at Metalhead.ro: THE CULT (Video) ILL NINO (Video) MONDO GENERATOR (Video) THE CULT has set "Born Into This" as the title of ...

Read more

Finnish death 'n' roll band PROFANE OMEN has posted its promotional video for the song "Rewind" on its web site. You can watch the clip along with concert footage from several 2007 gigs in the "Media" section at www.profaneomen.net. PROFANE OMEN recently finished recording a new EP, entitled "Disconnected", at Villvox Studio under ...

Read more

Drummer John Macaluso (ARK, TNT, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, STARBREAKER) will guest on the "Maximum Threshold" show on Saturday, June 30 at 8:00 p.m. EST. "Maximum Threshold" is an Internet radio show dedicated to presenting up-and-coming hard rock bands and successful bands as well as interviews, news and music reviews. To hear the program, go to

Read more

TESLA made its long-awaited return to the U.K. last night (Thursday, June 28) with a show at the Shepherd's Bush Empire. Promoting its new covers album "Real to Reel" the band's setlist was as follows: 01. Cumin' Atcha Live 02. Into The Now 03. Walk Away (JAMES GANG cover) 04. Modern Day Cowboy 05. Lazy ...

Read more

Dave Ingram — current vocalist for DOWNLORD, and former growler for BENEDICTION and BOLT THROWER — has joined Danish zombie-shaggers STRANGLER. STRANGLER was created by Mads Haarløv after the funeral of Haarløv's prior underground icons INIQUITY. Commented Ingram: "I have both the energy and the creativity to be in two bands, and — equally importantly ...

Read more

CHIMAIRA frontman Mark Hunter has issued the following update: "Well, there is a lot to report here in the CHIMAIRA camp. We are almost done with our most successful European tour to date. We played some of the biggest festivals in our lives and we are so excited to see how the new material is ...

Read more

Chris Harris of MTV.com reports: Mirai Kawashima, the frontman for Japanese experimental black-metal band SIGH, is pissed. He's not mad that the band's U.S. dates with MAYHEM were canceled when MAYHEM drummer Hellhammer broke his hand, or that SIGH's U.S. headlining shows were nixed because they were improperly booked. And he's not even ...

Read more

Reunited British thrashers SABBAT have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Up From The Ground festival, set to take place August 24-25 in Gemünden, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): APOPHIS ARCH ENEMY BENEDICTION DEMONICAL DISASTER KFW DYING FETUS EAR-SHOT ENTHRONED ENTOMBED EQUILIBRIUM EVOCATION FLESHLESS GRAVEWORM GRIND ...

Read more

DESPISED ICON vocalist Alex Erian will be the featured guest on "The Governor's Ball" this Saturday, June 30 at 3:00 p.m. EST. Tune in at this location to hear the chat. DESPISED ICON wraps up a highly successful North American tour this week alongside THE RED CHORD and THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ...

Read more

The authorized DREAM THEATER book "Lifting Shadows" will soon be available to order in a deluxe "Images and Words" special edition that includes a free CD of DREAM THEATER music. This limited edition comprises two hardback books that are held together in a slipcase. The first of these books is entitled "Images" and is crammed ...

Read more