PAPA ROACH‘s “The Paramour Sessions” sold nearly 37,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release — a drop from the 52,000 first-week performance of 2004’s “Getting Away with Murder” — to debut at position No. 16 on next week’s The Billboard 200 chart. Meanwhile, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY‘s “Shot to Hell” premiered […]

A major exhibition has been planned to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the punk explosion.‘Panic Attack: Art in the Punk Years’ will be held at the Barbican Centre in London next year.It will feature classic album artwork by the likes of The Clash and the Sex Pistols and runs from June 7 to September 9.A […]

Legendary Australian power/thrash metallers DUNGEON are putting the finishing touches on their last-ever full-length release, titled “The Final Chapter“, due in October through LMP in Europe/USA and Modern Invasion in Australia/New Zealand.DUNGEON called it a day late 2005 and this release will mark end of an era for Australian heavy metal.“The Final Chapter” track listing:01. […]

KROKUS‘s latest album, “Hellraiser“, reached “gold” status in the band’s home country of Switzerland within a day of its release, according to the group’s official newsletter. The CD, which will be issued in North America on October 24, was recorded with producer Dennis Ward (PINK CREAM 69).The new KROKUS single, “Angel of My Dreams“, has […]

Bassist Joey Vera (ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING, ANTHRAX) has posted the following message on his official web site:“Just released is my new solo project A CHINESE FIREDRILL ‘Circles’. I know I said it wasn’t available until Sept. 26 but I just couldn’t wait another week! So, here it is and available now. And through October […]

Swedish guitarist Janne Stark (OVERDRIVE, LOCOMOTIVE BREATH) has released more information about his MOUNTAIN OF POWER project, featuring guest appearances by current and/or former members of HAMMERFALL, LIZZY BORDEN, ANDROMEDA and TREAT, among many others.Says Janne: “The project is basically me with a lot of guests. It was initiated by Joe Romagnola at Grooveyard Records […]

Savannah, GA-based sludge rockers KYLESA have revealed the artwork, track listing, and a song from the band’s forthcoming record, “Time Will Fuse Its Worth“. Snippets of the foldout artwork, which was constructed by KYLESA guitarist/vocalist Laura Pleasants, can been seen here, and links are also provided to both an mp3 and a video for the […]

OSLO, NORWAY – SUSPERIA (Dimmu Borgir, Old Mans Child, Satyricon) entered StrandStudio in Oslo, Norway at the beginning of August to start work on their fourth studio album, the follow up to 2004’s acclaimed release ‘Unlimited‘. The band are once again working with Marius Strand, who previously assisted Susperia on 2005’s Norwegian Top 20 hit, […]

The owners of the legendary club O! Shipka in Sofia are planning to “redecorate” the whole club and that will hopefully bring more classy people into the club. According to the Art director of O! Shipka – Mos Krindo: “After the renovations the pizzaria is refined so the people going downstairs to the club will […]

Thom Yorke and former Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich is starting his own television show for British TV.‘From The Basement’ features a variety of star guests performing live, with Thom Yorke, Four Tet and The White Stripes appearing in the first episode.Godrich said: “I’m interested in the visual arts side of things, and somehow integrating that […]