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Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED will release “The Dead Eye“, the band’s fifth official studio album, on October 31 via Century Media Records (one day earlier internationally).The track listing for “The Dead Eye” is as follows:01. The Premonition02. The Flood03. The Medication04. The Crowning05. The Reflection06. The Prosecution07. The Fallout08. The Medusa09. The Shifter10. The Cynic11. […]

AVENGED SEVENFOLD won the “Best New Artist In A Video” award for their “Bat Country” clip at the the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, which were held Thursday (August 31) at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. A complete list of the winners is as follows:Video of the Year: Panic! At the […]

According to a posting on KISS‘ official web site, KissOnline.com, Hallmark has a new line of greeting/sound cards that include original recordings by KISS. This new collection, available exclusively at Hallmark Gold Crown stores, features CD-quality original recordings by more than 100 original music artists including the legendary KISS. Their song, “Rock and Roll All […]

MOTГ–RHEAD‘s “Kiss Of Death” has entered the Swedish album chart at position No. 13. This marks the highest chart position in Sweden in the legendary band’s career spanning 31 years. The album is also expected to mark a great impact on the album chart in Norway, where a recent MOTГ–RHEAD resurgence has lead to twice […]

Venezuelan web site LaMusica.com.ve is currently streaming the entire new BLACK LABEL SOCIETY album, “Shot to Hell“, at this location. “Shot to Hell“, is scheduled for release on September 12 through Roadrunner Records. The cover artwork can be viewed below.

Launch Radio Networks reports: Freddie Mercury would have been 60 years old next Tuesday (September 5), but there’s some dispute in his homeland about whether he should be celebrated. The late QUEEN frontman was born Farrokh Bulsara on the East African island of Zanzibar, which is now part of Tanzania, and some conservative Muslims want […]

The new double album of unreleased material by THE BLACK CROWES, titled “The Lost Crowes“, was originally scheduled to be in stores August 29 (Rhino). However, due to a recently discovered manufacturing error, the release date has been moved to September 26.“The Lost Crowes” contains two previously recorded albums that THE BLACK CROWES never officially […]

Norwegian quintet MORTAL LOVE will release its third album, “Forever Will Be Gone“, on September 22 via Germany’s Massacre Records. The follow-up to 2005’s “I Have Lost…” was recorded at Space Valley Studios and is the final chapter of the trilogy “All the Beauty I Have Lost Forever Will be Gone“. A teaser for the […]

LAMB OF GOD‘s “Sacrament” sold around 63,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 8 on next week’s The Billboard 200 chart. This is almost double the amount of records sold by its predecessor, “Ashes of the Wake“, which registered a first-week tally of 35,000 back […]

Former FAITH NO MORE singer Mike Patton‘s band PEEPING TOM performed at Central Park Summer Stage on Thursday (August 17) in New York City. Watch video clips from YouTube.com.As previously reported, PEEPING TOM will open for THE WHO on seven East Coast dates in early September.PEEPING TOM‘s self-titled debut album was released on May 30 […]