Bay Area thrash titans, TESTAMENT, have revealed the cover art and details for their upcoming release that is gonna be titled “Dark Roots of Earth”. Artwork was painted by Eliran Kantor who has worked with such bands as SODOM, ATHEIST, SIGH. “Dark Roots of Earth” was produced, mixed and mastered once again by the world [...]

A previously unreleased cover version of the DROPKICK MURPHYS song “I’m Shipping Up To Boston” from Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. The track will appear on “Holiday At Lake Bodom (15 Years Of Wasted Youth)”, a very special CD+DVD career retrospective in celebration of the band’s 15th [...]

BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward has released the following statement: “Dear SABBATH fans and fellow musicians, “I sincerely regret to inform you that after a final effort to participate in the upcoming SABBATH shows, a failure to agree has continued. At this time I have to inform you that I won’t be playing with BLACK [...]

The first of two video clips in which guitarist Gus G. of Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND talks about the individual tracks that will appear on the band’s new album, “Few Against Many”, can be seen below. Due in Europe on May 21 via Century Media Records and in North America on May 22 through DisManic, [...]

Irish rockers THE ANSWER will release a new EP, “Rise”, named after their previously unreleased track, on July 2 via their own The Answer Productions label. The EP will consist of a new 2012 radio edit mix of “Rise”, an extended full-length version, a very special acoustic/orchestral version and a brand new mix of another [...]