E-FORCE, the band featuring former VOIVOD bassist/vocalist Eric Forrest, have signed a new three-album deal with France’s Thundering Records. The band will enter the studio in October in Toulouse, France with producer Patrick Fredrich to begin recording their sophomore album, tentatively due in early 2007.E-FORCE have posted three songs from their 2006 demo on their […]

MELDRUM, the Swedish/American band led by former PHANTOM BLUE guitarist Michelle Meldrum recently spent time at a Los Angeles studio with producer Toby Wright (ALICE IN CHAINS, KORN, METALLICA, SLAYER, PRIMUS, JERRY CANTRELL, SEVENDUST) recording material for the follow-up to their debut album, “Loaded Mental Cannon“. Several audio samples of newly recorded material can be […]

Three video clips of CELTIC FROST performing at the Tuska open air festival — which took place June 30 – July 2 at Kaisaniemi in Helsinki, Finland — have been posted online at YouTube.com.

British black metallers ANAAL NATHRAKH will release their third full-length album, “Eschaton“, on October 16 via Season of Mist. The CD will include guest appearances by Shane Embury (NAPALM DEATH) and Attila Csihar (MAYHEM). Songtitles set to appear on the CD include “Bellum Onium Contra Omnes” and the epic “When The Lion Devours Both Dragon […]

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the “Forums” section of the band’s official web site:“It’s been a long time since we visited, unless you were in the fanclub chat last month, and there is a world of stuff to inform you of. As we stand now, you all know we are […]

Finnish goth metallers TO/DIE/FOR have uploaded a sample of their new single “Like Never Before“, at their official MySpace page. The single will be delivered to Finnish radio stations later this month, and it wll be released in Finland on September 6. The group’s fifth album, “Wounds Wide Open“, is scheduled for release on October […]

SIRENIA have posted the following message on their official web site: “We will start the recordings of our new album on the 17th of July. We have chosen a somewhat different solution this time, and will record in altogether three different studios. This is a solution that we feel can add something new and different […]

KING’S X frontman Doug Pinnick will be filling in for LIVING COLOUR singer Corey Glover on LC’s upcoming European tour in August. Pinnick says, “Corey Glover is doing a movie and can’t commit, so they asked me to do it.” The tentative dates are as follows:Aug. 12 – Amsterdam, NETH – Paradiso Ticketmaster.nlAug. 13 – […]

DAVID BORGIOLI-JONES of www.rockdetector.com recently conducted an interview with KILLING JOKE’s frontman Jaz Coleman. Part of that interview is as follows:The first question to ask Jaz is how he stumbled on the surreal artwork used on the cover of ‘Hosannas From The Basements Of Hell’. Painted by Victor Safonkin, the scene depicted is that of […]

Legendary hard rock band UFO has set “The Monkey Puzzle” as the title of their new studio album, due in Europe on September 25 via SPV Records (one day later in North America). The follow-up to 2004’s “You Are Here” was recorded at Area 51 Studios with producer Tommy Newton, who also worked with the […]