IRON MAIDEN‘s official web site has been updated with what is believed to be a shortened version of the “Making of A Matter of Life and Death” documentary which will be avilable on the limited edition version of the “A Matter of Life and Death” album. Watch it at this location.

A brand new TRIVIUM track, entitled “Anthem (We are the Fire)“, has been made available for streaming at this location. The song comes off the Florida-based metallers’ upcoming third album, “The Crusade“, due on October 10 via Roadrunner Records.“The Crusade” will contain 13 songs, including “Detonation“, which is available for download at this location.

DEICIDE guitarist Ralph Santolla (ex-ICED EARTH, DEATH) has issued the following update:“I’m almost finished writing my new instrumental album, tentatively titled (say that fast) ‘Requiem for Hope‘. I’ll start recording soon, with some very well-known musicians. It will be a LOT different than ‘Shaolin Monks in the Temple of Metal‘, and will include an orchestral […]

Swedish metallers DREAM EVIL have set “United” as the title of their new album, due in October via Century Media Records. The exact release dates by territory are as follows:Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux: October 13, 2006.U.K., France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, rest of Europe: October 16, 2006.Finland, Sweden, Hungary: October 18, 2006.Italy: Friday, October 20, 2006USA: […]

Reuters reports that DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan is trying his hand at a new form of writing — a novel.Gillan, 61, said he had already lined up a publisher for his novel, which is a political thriller titled “Wessex“.“This is my one and only novel. This really is a labor of love. It’s the […]

A low-quality video clip of METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett performing with TOOL during their headlining appearance at the Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii on Friday (August 18) has been posted online at YouTube.com.

Beck has released yet more of his forthcoming album ‘The Information’ online.Three tracks are now streaming on his official website. they are – ‘Nausea’, ‘Strange Apaarition’ and ‘Motorcade’.You can also see the video for ‘Motorcade’ on the site.Beck releases ‘The Information’ on October 2.

So how’s Jeff Beck doing on his next album? “I wish you hadn’t asked that,” the British guitar legend tells Billboard.com with a laugh, before revealing that he plans to be quite productive during his upcoming U.S. concert tour. “On the road we’re gonna have little portable studios and we’re going to be writing, hopefully,” […]

DOWNLORD‘s Dave Ingram (ex-BENEDICTION, BOLT THROWER) has secured permission from The Church Of Satan to use lyrical excerpts from “Hymn of the Satanic Empire” in the new DOWNLORD song “Wake Up & Smell the Species“. The hymn was written by Anton Lavey in 1988 and was included on the “Satanic Mass” album.The proposed track listing […]

Long-running German death metallers RESURRECTED will release their fifth album, “Endless Sea of Loss“, on October 13 via Morbid Records. The follow-up to 2003’s “Blood Spilled” was recorded at Soundlodge Studio in Germany and was mastered at Megawimp Mastering Studio in Berlin.“Endless Sea of Loss” track listing:01. Intro02. Hidden by Disguise03. Seducer of Mankind04. Bloodmarked05. […]