Bass player Alex James has once again claimed Blur will give it one last try and reunite with guitarist Graham Coxon in order to enter studio this summer to record a new album as a quartet. “We’re gonna see if we’ve still got it. If not, I think we’ll just call it a day”, Alex […]

The new project led by Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, Satellite Party, has made its first video, “Wish Upon a Dog Star”, available for viewing HERE. The track comes off Satellite Party’s debut album, “Ultra Payloaded” (view cover in the left), due on May 28 via Columbia Records. Joining Farrell are guitarist Nuno Bettencourt (ex-Extreme), […]

The all-star trio Tomahawk has revealed the final tracklist for its new, third full-length album, “Anonymous” (view cover in the left), due out on June 19 via Ipecac Recordings – the label managed by Mike Patton (Fantomas, Peeping Tom, ex-Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, etc.). Recorded in a line-up featuring Mr. Patton himself (responsible for […]

Dimmu Borgir‘s new album, “In Sorte Diaboli”, has sold 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release and debuted at position No. 43 on the Billboard chart. This is more than double the 6,400 first-week tally achieved by its predecessor, “Death Cult Armageddon” (2003), which landed at position No. 169. For […]

Rhino Records have officially set August 28 as the release date for Heaven & Hell‘s “Live from Radio City Music Hall” DVD and two-CD set. As the title implies, the effort was recorded live at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City a month ago, on March 30, 2007. The group’s setlist during […]

Guitarist Mikey Doling (ex-Soulfy, Snot) shall release the debut album with his current band Invitro on August 7 – the birthday of late Snot frontman Lynn Strait. The CD, due to appear via Doling’s own Gridiron Records, shall be entitled “When I Was a Planet”. Meanwhile, in May and June, Invitro shall support Static-X on […]

The supergroup Circus Diablo signed a deal with the label Koch Entertainment for the release of the group’s self-titled debut album (view cover in the left), due to appear on July 2. “Circus Diablo” was recorded in a line-up featuring guitarist Billy Duffy (The Cult), guitarist Ricky Warwick (The Almighty), vocalist Billy Morrison (Camp Freddy, […]

The tenth anniversary edition of Germany’s Summer Breeze festival, set to take place in Dinkelsbuehl for 3 days, between August 16 and 18, seems to become one of the biggest rivals to the hugest local metal event, the Wacken Open Air. So far Summer Breeze’s line-up is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): Absolute […]

Machine Head‘s video for the song “Aesthetics of Hate” off the quartet’s current album “The Blackening” is already circling the Internet. You can watch it either in YouTube or here, a few lines below. The song itself is dedicated to late Pantera and Damageplan guitarist Dimebag Darrell, as it got clear from our recent conversation […]

Italian metal avantgardists Novembre have recorded 12 songs for their next, as yet untitled full-length studio album. The group will compete the work and mix of the material in the end of May at Finnvox Studio in Helsinki with producer Mikko Karmila (a.o. Nightwish, Sentenced, Amorphis). The follow-up to “Materia” (2006) should be out in […]