Sweden’s CRYSTAL EYES has posted the following message on its official web site:“After nine years Jonathan [Nyberg, guitar] has now left the band. With a growing family, a house and a full-time job he felt his engagement in CRYSTAL EYES had been suffering too much lately. His decision was made during the recording of the […]

Neurotic Records has announced the signing of Dutch outfit DISAVOWED.After no less than five years, DISAVOWED is ready to record the follow-up to its highly acclaimed 2001 debut, “Perceptive Deception“. The as-yet-untitled album will be recorded in September for a tentative January release. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include “Dogmatic Conceit”, “The Veils […]

A number of high-quality photos of reunited ATHEIST and CARNIVORE, along with ABORTED, ARCH ENEMY, CELTIC FROST, CHILDREN OF BODOM, DANKO JONES, FEAR FACTORY, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, MINISTRY, MORBID ANGEL, MOTГ–RHEAD, NEVERMORE, SIX FEET UNDER, SOILWORK, SOULFLY, WHITESNAKE and WINTERSUN, taken at this year’s Wacken Open Air festival — which took […]

NBCSanDiego.com reports that video footage has surfaced of the incident Saturday night (August 5) when nearly 100 fans were hurt after thousands of rock fans surged forward at a San Diego performance by TOOL. Watch the video footage at NBCSanDiego.com.

Swedish metallers BY NIGHT have finalized the track listing for their sophomore album, “A New Shape of Desperation“, due on September 25 in Europe and October 17 in the U.S. via Lifeforece Records. The follow-up to 2005’s “Burn the Flags” was recorded at StudioMega in Varberg, Sweden and was mixed by Chris Silver and Johan […]

Launch Radio Networks reports: AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello and SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian are among the people listed in an anti-George W Bush petition, in a full-page newspaper ad that ran Thursday (August 3) in the New York Times. The full-page ad from the group World Can’t Wait announced October 5 as […]

STRATOVARIUS frontman Timo Kotipelto has entered Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland in August to begin recording his third solo album, tentatively due in early 2007 via his own label, High and Loud Records.

Former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen received a platinum sales award for sales in excess of 10,000 copies of her Christmas single “Yhden Enkelin Unelma“, which topped the Finnish charts in 2004 and again in 2005. Check out a picture of Tarja with the award below.

AUDIOSLAVE‘s video for its new single, “Original Fire“, has been posted online at Yahoo! Music. The clip was shot in late June in Los Angeles with graphic designer/video director P.R. Brown, whose rГ©sumГ© includes clips for MATISYAHU and DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE.“Original Fire” comes off AUDIOSLAVE‘s third album, “Revelations“, which is due out on September […]

Swiss metalcore band CATARACT has announced the addition of bassist Kay Brem to the group’s ranks. “He is a very talented bass player with experience of more than a decade,” the group writes in a statement. “He played in several bands (TRIBES OF CAIN, etc.) and to top it off, Kay is a very cool […]