The Who has inked a new deal with Universal Republic for the Oct. 31 release of “Endless Wire,” its first album since 1982’s “It’s Hard.” The set will feature the complete mini-opera “Wire & Glass,” a shortened version of which was released internationally last month.Other tracks expected to appear include “Mike Post Theme” and “Man […]

Vitamin Records has set an October 10 release date for “Scorched Earth Orchestra Plays Metallica’s Master of Puppets“, an orchestral tribute to METALLICA‘s classic 1986 album.“Master of Puppets” came out in the spring of 1986 and was METALLICA‘s first gold album and mainstream success. It featured staples of the band’s live set such as “Battery“, […]

On September 12, 2006, Escapi Music — home to BODY COUNT, DIRTY RIG, WARRIOR SOUL, CACTUS, MAHAVATAR, DISSECTION and THE CARMINE APPICE PROJECT — will release the debut recording of KOTTAK (formerly KRUNK), entitled “therupy“.Fronted by singer/songwriter/guitarist Jimmy Ratchitt, who, in another life, as James Kottak, drummed for KINGDOM COME and, for the last 10 […]

Groundbreaking Japanese act SIGH entered the studio today in Japan to commence work on its seventh album, titled “Hangman’s Hymn“, due out in 2007 on The End Records. The band will be working with engineer Takamichi Osada at Studio Moopies and will produce the album themselves.About the new album, SIGH frontman/leader Mirai Kawashima says, “It’ll […]

On September 12, Roadrunner Records will be releasing a set of ultimate metal albums. These “best of” collections will pull together the best material from some of metal’s greatest artists. The first batch includes music from FEAR FACTORY, SEPULTURA, ILL NINO and TYPE O NEGATIVE.The details of the above-mentioned “best of” collections — including the […]

DEVILDRIVER‘s sophomore album, “The Fury of Our Maker’s Hand” — which originally came out in June 2005 — will be re-released on Halloween (October 31) as a special edition CD/DVD set. The new package will include three rare studio tracks and three “killer” live songs. The DVD will feature four music videos. A poster advertising […]

Polish death metallers VADER have posted the following message on their official web site:“Between 9th – 19th of August VADER, in cooperation with AW Film Studio, was recording a video clip for ‘Helleluyah (God Is Dead)‘. The video will promote band’s new studio album, entitled ‘Impressions In Blood‘, out on September 4 through Swedish label […]

Death metallers HATE ETERNAL will release their first-ever DVD, “The Perilous Fight“, on October 16, 2006. The DVD features artwork from Paul Romano (MASTODON, TRIVIUM) and also includes a blistering live set filmed at The Garage in London on June 4, 2006, with a live audio mix by HATE ETERNAL frontman Erik Rutan.“The Perilous Fight” […]

Swedish melodic death metallers ETERNAL OATH will enter the studio in late October to record the follow-up to 2005’s “Wither“. “Thirteen brand new songs has been written and if all songs will end up on the album is yet to [be] decided,” the group writes on its web site.ETERNAL OATH recently parted ways with original […]

CALIGVLA, the one-man extreme death metal band hailing out of South Florida featuring mastermind Chris Placeres, has uploaded a track off its new album, “Bukkake Baptism“, entitled “Blasphemy In The Temple Of Caius“, at this location. All drums, vocals, guitars and bass were performed in there entirety by Chris Placeres.The artwork in question was created […]