DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess‘s live concert footage from his 2004 Keyfest show is now available on DVD. This solo synth and piano concert includes improvisations and performances from his solo and DREAM THEATER albums, including “Stream of Consciousness”, “Time Crunch”, “Screaming Head”, “In the Name of God” and “Ra”.For more information, click here.

DEICIDE‘s brand new brutal offering, “The Stench of Redemption“, can now be downloaded at the MP3 download site www.metaltracks.com. This also includes the hard-to-find bonus track “Black Night” (DEEP PURPLE cover). This precedes the release date of the album, which is due in stores on Tuesday, August 22 (one day earlier internationally) via Earache Records.

KORN‘s animated video for “Liar“, taken from the band’s latest CD, “See You on the Other Side“, has been posted online at YouTube.com. The clip was produced by the San Fransico-based company Big Bear Entertainment, which also has great animated videos from the likes of DISTURBED, BILLY IDOL and TOMMY LEE in its video catalog.KORN‘s […]

Finnish melodic death metallers INSOMNIUM have posted a new song, entitled “The Killjoy“, at their MySpace page. The track comes off the band’s new album, “Above the Weeping World“, due on October 17 via Candlelight Records.

Canada’s INTO ETERNITY has finalized the track listing for its new album, “The Scattering of Ashes“, due on October 3 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2004’s “Buried in Oblivion” was was mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, ARCH ENEMY).INTO ETERNITY‘s new CD will mark the group’s first release with vocalist Stu […]

Former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen has issued the following message regarding her upcoming Christmas album:“Back in 2003 I started to play with the idea to record an album for Christmas time. I have lots of nice memories of my family singing all together at that time of the year.“For me, Christmas has always been a […]

DRAGONFORCE‘s new video for the song “Operation Ground and Pound” has been posted online at this location. The track comes off the U.K. extreme power metallers’ third album, “Inhuman Rampage“, which has sold 48,000 copies in the United States since its June release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The follow-up to 2004’s “Sonic Firestorm” was recorded […]

San Francisco Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD have set “The Blackening” as the title of their sixth studio album, tentatively due in early 2007 via Roadrunner Records. The group will enter Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, CA on Monday, August 21 to begin tracking the effort, with vocalist/guitarist Robert Flynn returning to the producer’s chair, […]

SEPULTURA‘s video for “Convicted in Life” has been nominated in four categories at MTV’s Video Music Awards Brazil 2006: “Best Editing”, “Best Direction”, “Best Photography” and “Best Art Direction”. The awards show takes place in SГЈo Paulo on September 28.The “Convicted in Life” clip was shot over a two-day period in February in SГЈo Paulo, […]

Brothers and former SEPULTURA bandmates Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) were reunited for the first time in 10 years at the 10th annual D-Low Memorial Festival Thursday night (August 17) at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, AZ. Igor came out and joined headliners SOULFLY (featuring Max on guitar/vocals) for renditions of the SEPULTURA […]