Korn lead guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer has left the band’s current European tour for “personal and family reasons”. Luckily, there’s been no word that Munky has left the band for good – on the contraty: Vocalist Jonathan Davis stated that “after the world tour, I think we’re gonna just take four months off. We’re gonna […]

Stryper frontman Michael Sweet has revealed the Orange County hard rock veterans plan to start mixing a dozen of new songs by the first week in February. “We should be finshed mixing by the end of February,” the singer added. “The album should be out July or August and, of course, a tour will follow […]

The reunited Sex Pistols are set to record their first new songs in 30 years after the success of their recent reunion tour. According to drummer Paul Cook, he, vocalist Johnny Rotten, bassist Glen Matlock and guitarist Steve Jones are “talking of new material. The only problem is that it’s a bit hard to work […]

Jarboe (ex-Swans) and Justin K. Broadrick (Jesu, ex-Godflesh) shall release their debut joint album, entitled “J2” (view cover in the left), on March 18 via The End Records. The track “8mmsweetbitter” can already be heard on the label’s official MySpace page at myspace.com/theendrecords. Jesu – “We All Faulter” (live)

Deftones have set “Eros” as the title of their sixth studio album, tentatively due later in the year. According to frontman Chino Moreno, the songs in the follow-up to “Saturday Night Wrist” (2006) are “definitely weird… There’s a lot of atmosphere and a lot of soundscaping.” Deftones – “Minerva“

Filter are close to finishing their long-awaited new studio album. Entitled “Anthems for the Damned“, the CD is going to surface in April or May via Pulse Recording – a joint venture of the band’s frontman Richard Patrick and producer Josh Abraham. Filter – “Can’t You Trip Like I Do“

Scotland’s Biffy Clyro have released the video for their song “Who’s Got a Match?” on the Internet. You may check it out below. The track was chosen as the sixth and final single from their 2007 album “Puzzle” and shall surface as a CD on February 4, with a cover version of Rihanna’s hit “Umbrella” […]

George Ivan Morrison, better known as Van Morrison, shall release a brand-new studio album on March 17. Entitled “Keep It Simple“, the CD by the Irish musician is going to contain 11 songs. Van Morrison – “Moondance” (live 1980)

EMI confirmed reports that it was getting set to cut between 1,500 and 2,000 of the label’s 5,500 worldwide employees. The deepest cuts will be made in the sales, marketing and distribution departments, which shall most probaly be united into a single office. EMI’s plans for the future are to focus on online distribution and […]

Kasabian announced they’re “halfway there” in terms of sessions for their third album. According to frontman Tom Meighan, “I don’t really know when it’s going to be released, but as soon as we think it’s ready it’ll be out. It’s psychedelic this one, it’s going to open your mind.” The only songs confirmed so far […]