Norwegian black metal veterans GORGOROTH have announced that vocalist, PEST (pictured), has been fired from the band with immediate effect after he refused to make the band his top priority. The band will still be honouring its touring comittments however. A message from the group reads as follows: “Out of respect for and loyalty to […]

Former QUEENSRYCHE singer GEOFF TATE has unveiled his official band name and logo for his upcoming tour and solo album due this fall. Check it out below. Tate recently signed a worldwide recording contract with InsideOut Music. “I’m very excited to join forces with InsideOut Music,” says Tate of his multi-album deal. “They are very […]

SOUNDGARDEN have uploaded a teaser clip for their forthcoming new album, King Animal, expected to be released on November 13th in North America and November 12th in Europe. The teaser, featuring the new track, ‘Worse Dreams’, can be seen below. Speaking to Rolling Stone about the album, guitarist Kim Thayil stated: “It re-establishes that we […]

English band AS ABLE AS KANE will support the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS at their Arena Armeec gig in Sofia on 1 September.   The Manchester outfit know under the abreviation А.А.А.К. will go with the PEPPERS for their  shows in Prague, Zagreb, Bucharest and Athens as well.   Tickets for the Sofia concert are still available via www.TicketPro.bg.  

Recordings for the 11th AMORPHIS album will start in September at Petrax Studios in Hollola and 5K Studios in Helsinki. Lyrics will again be crafted by Pekka Kainulainen, who already collaborated with AMORPHIS on the previous three albums. The new album will be produced and recorded by Peter Tagtgren (Abyss Studio, HYPOCRISY, PAIN) and released […]

CRADLE OF FILTH have announced an October 30th North American release date for the band’s 10th studio album, The Manticore & Other Horrors, out just in time for Halloween courtesy of Nuclear Blast USA. European release date TBA shortly.   Commented the band’s infamous front man, Dani Filth: “This is our 10th commandment in metal. […]

GARBAGE has launched the official music video for ‘Big Bright World’. “It is directed by the amazing Julie Orser and featuring some of our wonderful fans in the under water scenes.” – the band says in a statement. GARBAGE has returned with ‘Not Your Kind Of People’ on 15 May thorugh the band’s own Stunvolume label. This is GARBAGE’s […]

The third album from BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION is due October 30, according to bassist GLENN HUGHES. HUGHES tweeted about the project, which once again sees him team up with bandmates Joe Bonamassa on guitar, drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin, Foreigner) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (Dream Theatre, Billy Idol, Alice Cooper). Kevin Shirley is handling production […]

Savannah Georgia based BARONESS have issued an update on their post bus crash condition. As we reported last week, the group’s bus fell 30 feet over a viaduct in the United Kingdom. Vocalist and guitarist John Baizley suffered a broken arm and a broken leg. Drummer Allen Bickle and bassist Matt Maggioni each suffered fractured […]

You can now download the official Serj Tankian app for free. I Am Serj gives fans the ability to rework, remix and create their own music utilizing the songs that appear on Tankian’s latest release Harakiri. The System of a Down vocalist teamed with the creators of the IAmBeatBox app after using that program to […]