Former Megaherz members Alexx Wesselsky (vocals) and Noel Pix (guitar and programming) will release the third album with their current electro-metal project Eisbrecher on August 22 via AFM Records. The follow-up to last year’s “AntikГ¶rper” will be entitled “SГјnde” (“Sin” in German) and will be “the darkest and hardest album so far”. Eisbrecher – “Phosphor” […]

Destruction mastermind Schmier has revealed that “Gary Holt of Exodus and Jeff Waters of Annihilator play as guest musicians on the song “Urge (The Greed of Gain),” which will be part of the German thrash metal veterans’ new album, “D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.“, due out on August 29. “The first solo is Gary’s, the second is Mike Sifringer’s […]

Former Manowar guitarist Ross The Boss releases an album on August 22 via AFM Records. Entitled “New Metal Leader” (view cover in the left), the music on the CD will be… true metal, of course… or, if we quote the official press release: “first-class, stomping, ground shaking epic heavy metal in the style of “Battle […]

A spokesperson for The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood has confirmed that the guitarist has entered rehab. He told the BBC NewsВ that Wood was “seeking help” in a rehab centre for alcohol-related issues. Ronnie previously entered rehab in 2002…

Southern California progressive instrumentalists Cosmosquad, featuring guitarist Jeff Kollman (UFO, Glenn Hughes), bassist Christopher Maloney (Dweezil Zappa, Hardline), and drummer Shane Gaalaas (MSG, Glenn Hughes, B’z), will release their first-ever live DVD on July 22. Entitled “Lights… Camera… Squad!” (view cover in the left), the effort was recorded during the band’s October 18, 2007 performance […]

Metallica kicked off the second leg of its summer 2008 European tour last night, July 16, at the Bergenhus Castle in Bergen, Norway. The group’s setlist can be seen below – hopefully it will be (almost) the same next week, on July 25, when James, Kirk, Lars and Rob will play at the Vassil Levski […]

In an era of low-budget videos, R.E.M. are back with one full of special effects. The band makes good with its major-label budget for the video for “Man Sized Wreath“. It’s the third single (after “Supernatural Superserious” and “Hollow Man“) off this year’s album “Accelerate“. R.E.M. – “Man Sized Wreath“

At the end of this new you can watch Radiohead‘s new video for “House of Cards“. No cameras or lights were used. Instead, 3D plotting technologies collected information about the shapes and relative distances of objects. The video was created entirely with visualizations of that data, and was directed by James Frost. Radiohead – “House […]

Chicago’s melodic (punk) rockers Rise Against shall deliver their new, fifth full-length album on October 7 via DGC/Geffen Records. The follow-up to “The Sufferer and the Witness” (2006) shall be entitled “Appeal for Reason“. Rise Against – “Prayer of the Refugee“

Bleeding Through have posted a new song, “Orange County Blonde and Blue“, for streaming on myspace.com/bleedingthrough. The track comes off the Orange County metalcore group’s new album, “Declaration“, which is due on September 30. Recorded in Vancouver, Canada with producer Devin Townsend of Strapping Young Lad, the CD is going to feature 11 tracks. Bleeding […]