Norwegian gothic metallers Sirenia, who recently recruited 25-year-old Spanish singer Ailyn as the replacement for Monika Pedersen, have announced they’ve completed the songwriting process for their next album and will start recording it in July. The work will take place at Sound Suite Studios in France and Stargoth Studios in Norway, while mixing and mastering […]

Nine mastered and finished tracks from Guns N’ Roses‘ 14-years-in-the-making album “Chinese Democracy” were leaked online yesterday by the website Antiquiet.com, prompting a quick cease-and-desist from the band’s handlers and the removal of the links. Six of the songs have already leaked in one unfinished form or another – “Better”, “The Blues”, “Chinese Democracy”, “Madagascar”, […]

Ahead of the release of their new album “Beautiful Future”, Primal Scream have made a brand-new track available to download for free. The word goes about “Urban Guerilla” – a cover version of a Hawkwind song, which will not be on the album, but provides a taster of the record’s krautrock-pop feel. To get it, […]

Katehizis.com reports that all seated tickets for the upcoming June 23 show by Kansas in Sofia, Bulgaria are completely sold-out now. There are just a few standing tickets left to purchase via Eventim.bg. Kansas – “Dust in the Wind” (live)

Billy Idol is going to release a greatest hits collection on June 24 via Capitol Records. Entitled “The Very Best of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself“, the CD (view cover in the left) is going to feature 16 of the singer’s most famous tracks, as well as two brand-new songs – “John Wayne” and “New Future […]

Julien Temple‘s documentary about the late The Clash frontman Joe Strummer (1952-2002), “The Future Is Unwritten“, will surface on DVD on July 8 via Legacy Recordings. For the DVD release, the film is expanded with about 100 minutes of extra interview footage with a.o. Mick Jones, Bono, Anthony Keidis and Johnny Depp. “Joe Strummer: The […]

Nick Cave is going to publish a new book on July 8. Entitled “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!“, it chronicles the development of the idea that became the song that helped name his most recent record. The issue comes with a three-inch CD with the title track. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!“

Slipknot’s new single “All Hope Is Gone” will be made available for free download on RoadrunneRrecords.com and Slipknot1.com exclusively for 24 hours only, starting this Friday, June 20, at 6 a.m. CET! In order to download the track, you will need to sign up for the newsletter… but you’ll get the new Slipknot shit, after […]

According to myspace, Los Angeles-based industrial metal masters Fear Factory will release a new album and embark on a world tour in 2009. Unfortunately, there’s no further information about the follow-up to “Transgression” (2005). At present Fear Factory are “on hiatus”. Frontman Burton C. Bell focuses his attention on Ascension of the Watchers, while drummer […]

Cannibal Corpse shall release their first-ever career retrospective DVD on July 8 via Metal Blade. Entitled “Centuries of Torment: The First 20 Years“, the issue consists of 3 digital video discs, featuring live and rare footage, interviews with past and present band members, and loads of bonus material. Here’s the DVD teaser: Cannibal Corpse – […]