A trailer for NINE INCH NAILS‘ upcoming DVD has been posted online at this location (Quicktime required). The footage for the set is believed to have been shot at several performances in late March 2006, including the March 28 show at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and the March 30 concert at the […]

Nuclear Blast Records has set an October 6 release date for the “deluxe edition” of CHILDREN OF BODOM‘s “Follow the Reaper” album featuring bonus material. The track listing for the new CD is as follows:01. Follow the Reaper02. Bodom after Midnight03. Children of Decadence04. Everytime I Die05. Mask of Sanity06. Taste of My Scythe07. Hate […]

Thom Yorke has confirmed the next single to be lifted from ‘The Eraser.’The Radiohead frontman releases ‘Analyse‘, with a tentative release date set for October 9.It’s the follow up to the top 40 track ‘Harrowdown Hill.’ More details are expected to emerge soon.

Swedish death/black metallers BLOODSHED have announced the addition of drummer Patrik FrГ¶gГ©li (ex-DECADENCE) to the group’s ranks. BLOODSHED recently completed work on its new full-length album, entitled “Stale Cold Cell Recital“. The follow-up to the “Blade Eleventh” mini-CD, which was released last year via Cursed Division, was recorded at Necromorbus studio with producer Vidar Widgren.“Stale […]

MANOWAR is scheduled to release a new DVD, entitled “Live At Earthshaker Fest 2005” on November 10.On July 23, 2005, MANOWAR headlined the Earthshaker Fest 2005. This performance was a unique historical event, as it included a grand finale featuring MANOWAR members past and present on stage as one powerful, heavy metal legion as well […]

UGLY KID JOE‘s previously unreleased “final” video for the song “Bicycle Wheels” has been posted online at YouTube.com. The clip was uploaded by the Ugly Kid Joe Forum.Formed in the late ’80s, the Santa Barbara-based UGLY KID JOE achieved its greatest commercial success with its debut mini-CD, “As Ugly as They Wanna Be“, which became […]

Tigran Hamasyan Wins Thelonious Monk Institute’s International Jazz Piano CompetitionNineteen-year old piano prodigy Tigran Hamasyan – who so many of you know as Wayne’s pianist for the last year – this weekend WON the Thelonious MonkInternational Jazz Competition. Here’s what Ben Ratliff wrote in the NY Times:“the heavy-duty contest judges were Herbie Hancock, Andrew Hill […]

Dutch grindcore/sludge metal band BILE has officially changed its name to SKULLHOG.Formed in 1998 to pay homage to HELLHAMMER, SLAUGHTER and DEAD INFECTION, among others, the group’s focus, lyrically and visually, is on slasher films, with their debut EP, “The Shed” (2000), based on “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2“, and their full-length album, “Camp Blood” […]

REVEREND will enter Blue Cat Studios on October 7 with Grammy award-wining producer Joe Trevino to begin recording its new album, tentatively titled “Resurrected“. The following ten songs will be laid down for the effort (in no particular order):01. In the End02. Epitaph03. Prelude04. Darkened Horizon05. Ships of Illusion06. Visions07. With This Needle I Thee […]

BURNING SKIES‘ entire new album, “Desolation“, is available for streaming at this location.The Bristol, U.K.-based quintet recorded the follow-up to 2004’s “Murder By Means Of Existence” at Rape Of Harmonies in Triptis, Germany. According to a press release, the group “has constructed a highly dynamic brand of blast beat fusion with intricate and brutal guitar […]