Drummer Joey Kramer has revealed that Aerosmith shall enter their South Shore Studio in October to begin work on their next full-length studio album. The follow-up to “Just Push Play” (2001) should appear sometime during the second half of 2008.

Finland’s cello metal masters Apocalyptica have finished work on their sixth full-length studio album, entitled “Worlds Collide”. Due to appear on September 17, the CD shallВ contain 11 tracks produced by Jacob Hellner and featuring guests like Till Lindemann (Rammstein), Dave Lombardo (Slayer), Corey Taylor (Stone Sour Рё Slipknot), Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil), Adam Gontier (3 […]

British group Asia was forced to postpone its tour this week after finding out that singer John Wetton has been diagnosed with advanced heart disease. Wetton will either have to take medication or undergo open heart surgery, but he’s expected to make a full recovery, according to a release. The reunited band’s North American tour […]

Pearl Jam fans and Internet watchdogs are up in arms today after it was revealed that AT&T censored portions of the band’s live Lollapalooza concert cybercast on Sunday. While performing “Daughter,” the band segued into a portion of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall,” during which frontman Eddie Vedder sang, “George Bush, leave this […]

Voivod drummer Michel “Away” Langevin is launching a new band, Kosmos, which will release its self-titled debut Sept. 4 via the End Records. The mostly instrumental group — which also includes Alex Crow (keyboards and programming), Vincent Peake (bass), and Jetphil (guitars) – was birthed out of weekly Krautrock-dominated listening sessions. “After a good six […]

Entitled ‘White Chalk’ this is her eighth studio album and her first new material since 2004’s critically acclaimed ‘Uh Huh Her’.В  Recording followed the 2006 release of ‘PJ Harvey: The Peel Sessions’, a collection of Harvey’s recordings for the veteran broadcaster spanning her whole career.В  That year also saw the release of ‘PJ Harvey On […]

Andreas Kisser, guitarist of the legendary band talked with usВ last Thursday live on the phone at 15:30 local time (14:30 CET) !!! “We are eager to come and play there as for 23 years since the band was formed, Bulgaria isВ the only place in Europe we never played” said Andreas. “We can’t say that Paolo […]

Good thing Icky Thump is selling well: Jack White has another mouth to feed. White and his wife, Karen Elson, announced the birth of their second child, a boy dubbed Henry Lee White, on Tuesday. Henry Lee’s earned a more conventional name than his older sister, Scarlett White, who was apparently named in honor of […]

SwedenВґsВ Viking metal masters AMON AMARTH have just received a gold award for sales in the US on their first ever DVD Wrath of the Norsemen, which came out May 30th, 2006. Wrath of the Norsemen features footage from a show in Cologne from 2005 filmed with 11 cameras! This was the longest show AMON AMARTH […]

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist), bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA), guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR), and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — has set “Under the Over” as the title of its third album, according to several fans who have […]