Last night, the Pink Floyd tribute week on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon reached its midpoint with MGMT, like the good psych-rock students that they are, covering the Piper At The Gates Of Dawn oldie “Lucifer Sam.” Visually, the band went all the way in with it: Dry ice, bubbles, rubberized yellow coveralls, a lobster, [...]

Metal bands Xerath and Primordial have been announced as the latest additions to the UK's Bloodstock Festival.The three-day event will take place from August 12 - 14 at Catton Hall.The Bloodstock 2011 line-up so far is as follows:RONNIE JAMES DIO STAGEMOTORHEADIMMORTALW.A.S.P.DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT RHAPSODY OF FIREMORBID ANGEL AT THE GATESTHERIO...

Tomas "Goatspell" Lindberg (At The Gates, Grotesque, Disfear) will pen the foreword to the upcoming 744-page hardcover book Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries

Bloodstock Open Air 2011 is scheduled for August 12th - 14th at Catton Hall in Walton On Trent, Derbyshire, England. The latest acts confirmed for the festival are TAROT, ARTHEMIS, POWERQUEST and CRIMINAL. Acts confirmed for the festival currently include: IMMORTAL, RHAPSODY OF FIRE, AT THE GATES, MORBID ANGEL, CORONER, THERION, TRIPTYKON, ANGE...

Swedish extreme metal legends confirmed for next year’s Bloodstock! (more…)