SLAYER kicked off their Unholy Alliance Tour with LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON, CHILDREN OF BODOM and THINE EYES BLEED on Thursday, June 15 in Camden, New Jersey. The group’s setlist was as follows: 01. South of Heaven02. Silent Scream03. War Ensemble04. Blood Red05. Cult06. Disciple07. Mandatory Suicide08. Seasons in the Abyss09. Chemical Warfare10. Dead Skin […]

The Bulgarian band AWAKE is approved to perform at EXIT Fest in Serbia this summer. The bands are chosen by a jury after preliminary conduct casting. AWAKE will be playing at “Future Shock” stage with some of the newest and most potential bands.Every day at the stage, 8 bands are to perform with sets of […]

Last night was the second gig in Sofia for the Mexican punk ska band La Plebe. O! Shipka club was bursting with fans, but unfortunately some were left outside as the show was sold out. Before to get onstage the guys from La Plebe were talking to fans and watching the other two performing bands […]

Displeased Records will be reissuing the two classic ’80s thrash albums from ATROPHY — 1988’s “Socialized Hate” and 1990’s “Violent by Nature” — before the end of the year. The CDs will be remastered, include bonus material, lyrics and biography.

AUDIOSLAVE has set “Original Fire” as the first single from its upcoming third album, titled “Revelations“. According to a label representative, the song is expected to hit radio stations around the middle of July. There’s no official release date for the CD yet, although that is tentatively planned to arrive sometime in September.

TO/DIE/FOR will release their fifth album, “Wounds Wide Open“, on October 4 in Finland. The first single from the CD, “Like Never Before“, will be released in Finland on September 6. “Wounds Wide Open” was recorded by Samu Oittinen at Fantom Studios and by Jari-Jukka Nippala at Sonic Image, and will now be sent to […]

A brand new NEW YORK DOLLS track, entitled “Dance Like a Monkey“, has been made available for download in MP3 format at this location. The song is the first single and video off the band’s eagerly anticipated new album, “One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This“, due on July 25 via Roadrunner […]

The Mexican punk ska band La Plebe are to play their second concert tonight, at club O! Shipka. La Plebe came to Sofia at the end of May to play at Tangra Mega Rock’s official launch party. After the astonishing performance, the band, produced by Billy Gould (Faith No More), revealed plans to come back […]

The “final” cover artwork for SLAYER‘s new album, “Christ Illusion” — complete with the band’s logo and album title — has been posted online at this location. Larry Carroll, who did the cover artwork for SLAYER‘s “Reign in Blood“, “South of Heaven“, and “Seasons In the Abyss” album, painted this original piece for the “Christ […]

Dimmu Borgir are currently writing material for their next full-length. The group plans to enter the studio this October to begin tracking the effort. Nuclear Blast Records will release the album sometime in early-2007. The band will be working with the producer Fredrik Nordström.