The reaper is on the road again. Grave Digger tours through Germany and some other European contries in November this year. Special Guests are: Heavatar, Nitrogods & Wolfen Here are the dates: 06.11.14 DE - Saarbrücken / Garage 07.11.14 DE - München /...

Dutch death metal institution God Dethroned will perform on 70.000 Tons of Metal. See here the official statement: Influential Dutch death metal stalwarts God Dethroned performed their final shows as a band in 2011 at the Eindhoven Metal Meeting, and...

Sixx AM is releasing a new album beginning of October this year. The name of the new disc is "Modern vintage" and comes with eleven songs. Here is the track list: Stars Gotta Get It Right Relief Get Ya Some Let’s Go Drive Give Me A Love Hyperventilate...

(8/10) Pforzheim in Germany isn't known for being the main capital of teutonic metal. Nevertheless a band called Outrage is coming from the contemplative city in Swabia. And they aren't new either. Outrage is around since 1983, so more than 30 years....

German female fronted thrash metal band Cripper is working in the studio on a new album called "Hyena". See here a statement of the band from the studio: "Fellas, a big step in the progress of producing "Hyena" is done. We are happy to announce that all...

Clevelands metallic hardcore band Ringworm kicks off their European tour this week. Here are the dates:

(7/10) What happens if you merge Santiano with Sabaton and spice it up with a bit of the Dropkick Murphies and Running Wild? Exactly. You get Alestorm. The band, that started as Battleheart, re-named in 2007, which means that they reflaged and continued...

(8/10) Wow. This is an album which really suprises. Death Penatly isn't a name you might have heard before. They are a new band. But when you consider Gaz Jennings as the mastermind behind the band things get clearer. For the one or the other the band's...

An interesting book is on its way. It is called "We the people of Wacken" and contains great photos fro the huge festival. Check the trailor and check the book. I can recommend it since it is a great documentation about the fans of the unique festival...

(*/10) This is heavy stuff. Not really heavy in the sense of 'heavy metal'. It is more heavy in the sense of 'heavy to digest'. London based Zoltan worked on a 4 track EP which is a hommage to Amando D'Ossorio's four movie series from the 70's. Ossorio...

(8/10) The history of Entrails can be divided into two phases. In the 90's, the peak of Swedish death metal, the band from Linneryd, Sweden started with passion and dedication. But all the work didn't really lead to countable successes with the result...

(6/10) Original Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley is back after 5 years with a new solo album. The six stringer from New York City, New York releases "Space invaders" mid August. The new album follows "Anomaly" from 2009 and brings back the grooving hardrock...

Ivar Bjørnson of Enslaved and Wardruna's Einar Kvitrafn Selvik will curate the Roadburn Festival 2015. This includes special shows by Enslaved and Wardruna. Here comes the official press statement: "We're beyond thrilled to announce that Ivar Bjørnson...

German metal dinosaur Rage are playing one show in the "Perfect man" / "Secrets of a weird world" line-up. This is Musiktreff Stennert announced on their Facebook side (see link). The gig will not be held under the banner of Rage. It is mentioned as Tres...