Heavy Metal

Prepare yourself for a new Varathron album because the black metallers have been recording their upcoming offering Untrodden Corridors Of Hades and now released the first studio report. At the moment, all the drum recordings are finished and were recorded at Infinite Loop Music Studio, Ioannina, in Greece. Read more...

Swedish female-fronted heavy metallers Sister Sin, who released Now And Forever last year, have announced that they will have a newly remastered version of their first studio album Dance Of The Wicked released as a CD+DVD package on June 25th via Victory Records. You can watch a teaser of the release on the video below. Read more...

Filed under: News Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi is on the road to recovery now, but the guitar great says there was definitely some periods of doubt as he began his treatment for lymphoma. Iommi tells Guitar World that the initial diagnosis really hit him hard. He recalls, "Once I heard my doctor say that, my whole world changed. I thought, 'Bloody cancerous lymphoma? Well that's it. I've had it.'" But rather than dwell on it, the treatment for his cancer began immediately and so did his will to fight for his life.

If you are frustrated by talk of a Metallica album not arriving before 2015, you're not alone. Frontman James Hetfield is equally anxious to have a new album to support, but the reality of the situation is that the band's schedule is keeping them from getting to it. Hetfield told Billboard, "I want it done yesterday and [Orion Music + More] and this movie is keeping us pretty busy at this point and it's taking a lot of time and effort. We've been touring some obscure places. I guess basically what we're trying to do is pay for this movie, so touring is keeping us from getting in there and finishing the record. Right now the focus is the movie."

Filed under: News Uriah Heep's longtime bassist Trevor Bolder has died at the age of 62 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Bolder was also famously a member of David Bowie's backing band the Spiders From Mars. Bolder joined Uriah Heep in 1976 and left the hard rock British band in 1981 before rejoining them in 1983. He had been a member of the group ever since, appearing on a number of albums and live recordings.

Keeping the beacon of Irish rock music well and truly alight, The Answer have consistently delivered commercial and critically acclaimed albums.

The song is taken from the band's recently released debut album 'On The Way To Sin City'.

42 Decibel are now streaming the song "Rocker Soul", from their upcoming debut album 'Hard Rock'N'Roll', online.

AC/DC fans worldwide seem to be moving one step closer to a film paying hommage to their late Australian rock hero, Bon Scott.

Uriah Heep and Spiders From Mars bassist Trevor Bolder has died from cancer, aged 62.