A mysterious new Rage Against the Machine webpage has been launched at ratm82407.com. The site has two countdowns, one leading up to June 11, the other – as well as the page’s domain name – to August 24. Whether these dates have something to do with major live announcements or a new release – we’ll […]

California’s rockstars Avenged Sevenfold are putting the finishing touches to their fourth full-length studio album. The follow-up to “City of Evil” (2005) is scheduled for release on Halloween, October 31, via Warner Bros. Meanwhile, on July 17, the quintet shall put out a DVD. Entitled “All Excess”, it is expected to feature a cover version […]

The End Records have set an August 21 release date for the self-titled debut album by Kosmos – the new psycho-prog rock project by Voivod‘s drummer Michel “Away” Langevin. Based in Montreal, Canada, the group’s line-up is completed by guitarist Jetphil, bassist Vincent Peake and keyboarder Alex Crow. The 12 tracks on “Kosmos” are described […]

All 11 tracks from Queens of the Stone Age‘s new studio album, “Era Vulgaris”, are available for streaming at MuchMusic.com. The follow-up to 2005’s “Lullabies to Paralyze” shall be officially released next Monday, June 11.

Canadian death metal four-piece Kataklysm shall call their next full-length studio album “Prevail”. The band are working on the effort, scheduled to be released via Nuclear Blast, however not until next year.

The Cult, who signed a deal with Roadrunner Records in the end of May, have decided to call their upcoming studio album “Born into This”. The follow-up to “Beyond Good and Evil” (2001) shall appear on September 24 in Europe and a day later in the USA.

The Project Hate MCMXCIX – the Swedish industrial death metal band featuring mastermind and guitar player Kenth Philipson, vocalists JГ¶rgen SandstrГ¶m (ex-Entombed, Grave) and Jo Enckell, bassist Michael HГҐkansson (ex-Evergrey), guitarist Petter Freed (2 Ton Predator), and drummer Daniel Moilanen (a.o. Runemagick, Lord Belial) – have set “In Hora Mortis NostrГ¦” as the title of […]

Anneke van Giersbergen‘s final appearance with The Gathering will take place on August 4 at the Ankkarock Festival in Finland, the singer announced. Afterwards she’ll devote completely to her new project, Agua de Annique. Actually, it turns out that Anneke’s been working on the songs for Agua de Annique’s debut album, due to be called […]

Iron Maiden’s show in Sofia, Bulgaria on June 4 marked the mega-successful start of the Arena Muzika 2007 festical, and now it’s time for the second concert off this eventВ – the Tangra Mega Rock Night, due to take place onВ June 20В (Wednesday) at Sofia’sВ Universiada Hall. So far six bands have been confirmed to take part in […]

Slipknot and Stone Sour vocalist Corey Taylor has confirmed that he has been working with Anthrax on material for their upcoming studio album. After splitting with singer Joey Belladonna in January 2007, some days ago guitarist Scott Ian announced that Anthrax’s new frontman shall be revealed by the end of June, and here it is! […]