The so-called “electro-grind/hardcore” act I Set My Friends on Fire have signed a deal with Epitaph Records. The Miami-based duo’s full-length debut for the label shall be entitled “You Can’t Spell Slaughter Without Laughter“, and is due out on October 7. Additional info on the weird project can be found at myspace.com/isetmyfriendsonfire, as well as […]

Chicago’s melodic (punk) rockers Rise Against shall deliver their new, fifth full-length album on October 7 via DGC/Geffen Records. The follow-up to “The Sufferer and the Witness” (2006) shall be entitled “Appeal for Reason“. Rise Against – “Prayer of the Refugee“

Bleeding Through have posted a new song, “Orange County Blonde and Blue“, for streaming on myspace.com/bleedingthrough. The track comes off the Orange County metalcore group’s new album, “Declaration“, which is due on September 30. Recorded in Vancouver, Canada with producer Devin Townsend of Strapping Young Lad, the CD is going to feature 11 tracks. Bleeding […]

A medley of five new songs by the Swedish metallers Falconer, taken from the group’s forthcoming album, is available for download as an MP3 audio file here. Entitled “Among Beggars and Thieves” (view cover in the left), the full-length CD was recorded at Andy La Rocque’s Sonic Train Studio and is due in August via […]

Video footage with decent quality of Swedish progressive metallers Opeth performing the song “Heir Apparent” off their current album “Watershed” live can be viewed below. The track was shot last Saturday, July 12, at the Evolution Festival in Milan, Italy. Opeth – “Heir Apparent” (live 2008)

According to a posting on the unofficial AC/DC website ac-dc.net, the Australina rock legends’ new album, which will most likely be called “Black Ice“, will be released by Columbia Records on October 27 in Europe. The first single, “Runaway Train“, which was also a contender for the album’s title, will be released in late August. […]

Journey‘s new full-length studio albumВ “Revelation” (view cover in the left) is now being officially distributed in Bulgaria via Riva Sound. The effort surfaces as a double CD edition, featuring the actual album (CD1), and Journey’s greatest hits re-recorded with new vocalist Arnel Pineda (CD 2): CD 1:01. Never Walk Away02. Like a Sunshower03. Change for […]

Jazz Wannabes, the new jazz guitar duo featuring Page Hamilton (on the photo) of Helmet and Anthony Truglio (a.o. Liege Lord, Helmet, Gandhi), will make its live debut on July 30 at MacDuff’s Pub in Greenwich, Connecticut. The project promises to perform “everything – from jazz classics, blues, Helmet songs and other material in jazz […]

The final line-up of the upcoming Spirit of Burgas open-air festival, set to take place on August 15-17, 2008 on the beach in Burgas, Bulgaria, has finally been revealed. The schedule looks like this: August 15В – The Sisters of Mercy, PendulumВ DJ set,В Gravity Co., HMSU DJ set. August 16 – Asian Dub Foundation, Pharoahe Monch, Metropolis […]

Pete Doherty has announced that he will complete the recording of his debut solo album by the end of July and release it later this year, most probably in the autumn. Songs set to feature on the effort by Babyshambles‘ notorious frontman include “Darksome Sea”, “Salome”, “Broken Love Song” and “Withdrawn and Shaken”.