Deftones have set “Eros” as the title of their sixth studio album, tentatively due later in the year. According to frontman Chino Moreno, the songs in the follow-up to “Saturday Night Wrist” (2006) are “definitely weird… There’s a lot of atmosphere and a lot of soundscaping.” Deftones – “Minerva“

Filter are close to finishing their long-awaited new studio album. Entitled “Anthems for the Damned“, the CD is going to surface in April or May via Pulse Recording – a joint venture of the band’s frontman Richard Patrick and producer Josh Abraham. Filter – “Can’t You Trip Like I Do“

Scotland’s Biffy Clyro have released the video for their song “Who’s Got a Match?” on the Internet. You may check it out below. The track was chosen as the sixth and final single from their 2007 album “Puzzle” and shall surface as a CD on February 4, with a cover version of Rihanna’s hit “Umbrella” […]

George Ivan Morrison, better known as Van Morrison, shall release a brand-new studio album on March 17. Entitled “Keep It Simple“, the CD by the Irish musician is going to contain 11 songs. Van Morrison – “Moondance” (live 1980)

EMI confirmed reports that it was getting set to cut between 1,500 and 2,000 of the label’s 5,500 worldwide employees. The deepest cuts will be made in the sales, marketing and distribution departments, which shall most probaly be united into a single office. EMI’s plans for the future are to focus on online distribution and […]

King’s X frontman Doug Pinnick and drummer Brian Tichy (Billy Idol, ex-Ozzy Osbourne) are among the guest musicians who appear on the new solo album by Steve Stevens, best known as guitarist in Billy Idol’s band. The effort shall be entitled “Memory Crash” and is going to surface on January 29 via Magna Carta. Steve […]

Just like White Lion, California’s hard rockers House of Lords shall release a brand-new studio album on March 14 via the Italian label Frontiers Records, too. The follow-up to “World Upside Down” shall be entitled “Come to My Kingdom” and is going to contain 14 tracks. House of Lords – “Love Don’t Lie“

March 10 shall witness the re-release of At the Gates‘ classic 1995 album “Slaughter of the Soul” as a double-disk edition, featuring a CD and a DVD. The first one shall contain the original album, 6 bonus songs and the 35-minute documentary “The Making of Slaughter of the Soul”, while the DVD will include a […]

Carnivore – the resurrected band around Peter Steele before he formed Type O Negative – plan to release a live album by the summer and support it with a full-length tour of the USA and Europe. Carnivore’s current line-up features Mr. Steele on vocals and bass, Paul Bento on guitar, Life of Agony’s Joey Zampela […]

Peter “Peavy” Wagner – the 43-year-old founder, vocalist, bass player and only original member of the German heavy metal masters Rage – presented to Tangra Mega Rock the trio’s brand-new full-length studio album “Carved in Stone” (view cover in the left), due out on February 22, 2008 via Nuclear Blast. It’s the first effort recorded […]