Ministry, Prong, Meshuggah and Ascension of the Watchers are among the bands that will all have songs featured on the soundtrack for the movie “Wicked Lake“. The film will be available on DVD in October, while the soundtrack will surface a month later via Al Jourgensen’s label 13th Planet Records.

Pink Floyd‘s co-founder and iconic keyboard player Richard Wright has died of cancer yesterday. He was 65 years old. Rest in peace.

One of Bulgaria’s greatest archologists and Thracologists, Georgi Kitov, has passed away. Rest in peace.

The next edition of the Fracture weekly metal show on MM TV, aired Sundays at 10 p.m., will feature videos by Cradle of Filth, Ministry, Prong, Twisted Sister, Slipknot, Shadows Fall, Winds of Plague, Poisonblack, Crematory, Sonic Syndicate, Die apokalyptischen Reiter and many more.

Metallica‘s European record label Universal Music cancelled the band’s interview with the Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan last week after one of the paper’s writers admitted in his review of the band’s new album that he illegally downloaded an alternate version of the CD via the Internet.

Scott Weiland has announced he’s going to call his sophomore solo album “Happy in Galoshes“. The CD is scheduled for release on November 18 via the artist’s label Softdrive Records. It was produced by Scott Weiland and Doug Grean (a.o. Velvet Revolver, Sheryl Crow), and features guest contributions by Gary Beers from INXS and Adrian […]

Thin Lizzy have cancelled their entire autumn tour…

Long-running British rock ladies Girlschool will release a new studio album on October 27 via Wacken Records. Entitled “Legacy“, the CD will feaure various guest appearances, including Ronnie James Dio; Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath, Motorhead’s Lemmy, Phil Campbell, and Eddie Clarke, and J.J. French and Eddie Ojeda of Twisted Sister.

German thrash metal veterans Kreator have decided to entitle their long-awaited new full-length studio album “Hordes of Chaos“. As we already informed you, the follow-up to “Enemy of God” (2005) is going to contain 9 tracks, and is scheduled for a January 19, 2009 release via SPV.

A short teaser for AC/DC‘s new video, “Rock’n’Roll Train“, can be viewed below. The clip was shot on August 15 in London, England and is the first taste of the band’s new album, “Black Ice“, due out on October 20. AC/DCВ – “Rock’n’Roll Train” teaser