On a Pale Horse – the metal quintet featuring original Slipknot guitarist and backing vocalist Josh Brainard, who’s to be heard on the masked Iowa superstars’ 1996 debut “Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat” and the 1999 self-titled sohomore effort – has signed to the indie label Corporate Punishment. The first result of this cooperation shall be […]

The video for Rush‘s current single, “Far Cry” (directed by Chris Mills), can be already watched below. The song comes off the Canadian progressive rock trio’s brand-new full-length studio album, “Snakes & Arrows”.

Former The Cranberries vocalist Dolores O’Riordan released her first ever solo album, “Are You Listening?”, on Monday via Sequel Records. The CD’s birth was preceded by the single “Ordinary Day”. The video for it, which was shot in Prague, can already be watchedВ HERE.

Swiss metal experimentalists Samael shot a video for the song “Slavocracy” last week in Germany. The track comes off the group’s upcoming studio album, “Solar Soul” (view cover in the left), due on June 1 via Nuclear Blast. The complete tracklist for the effort can be found here.

Right before the long-awaited release of their next full-length album, “Dismorphophobia”, Bulgarian industrial metal veterans Alien Industry have revealed they’re working in a new line-up. At the moment, the only two original members left are ZZ Mineff (guitar and programming)В andВ Tzuro (drums). The new additions to the quartet are vocalist Terry andВ bass playerВ Funky (ex-Era, Sheky & […]

After retiring from active playing and recording in 2001, Manchester’s indie rock veterans James recently announced their comeback. To celebrate the event, the Brits have justВ released a best-of album, entitled “Fresh as a Daisy – The Singles” (see cover above), including their greatest hits from 1983 to 2001, as well as the brand-new single “Who […]

Dimmu Borgir have entered the Norwegian album chart atВ number 1 with its latest effort, “In Sorte Diaboli”, becoming the first black metal band to top a national album chart in the world ever. Just for the record, the Norwegians’ former offering, “Death Cult Armageddon”, as well as Satyricon’s CD “Now, Diabolical”, managed to reach “only” […]

Ministry will release their very last album everВ on September 21. As we informed you some time ago, it shall be entitled “The Last Sucker” and is going to feature a special guest appearance by Fear Factory’s vocalist Burton C. Bell. Some two months earlier, on July 6, Al Jourgensen shall unleash “Rio Grande Dub” – […]

Yesterday eveningВ Gary MooreВ has been urgently hospitallized in Belfast due to a chest infection. This fact has unfortunately lead to the cancellation of the guitarist’s open-air free concert in Sofia, Bulgaria tomorrow, May 9. To put it shortВ once again – Gary Moore won’t play in Sofia tomorrow. A new date is expected to be rescheduled for […]

King’s X frontman Doug Pinnick has revealed he’s in LA working on his new solo album. The effort shall feature contributions by guitarist Wally Farkas (Galactic Cowboys), bass player Dave Henning (Big Wreck), drummers Kelli Scott (Veruca Salt) and Ray Luzier (Army of Anyone), and keyboarder Natasha Schneider (Eleven, ex-Queens of the Stone Age), among […]