Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS are scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles on Monday, October 9 to begin recording their new album with songwriter/producer Desmond Child. Child, who has worked with such high-profile pop/rock artists as AEROSMITH, BON JOVI, ALICE COOPER, KISS, RICKY MARTIN, CHER, MICHAEL BOLTON and BONNIE TYLER, recently worked with Michael Beinhorn, […]

Republic/Universal has set a November 14 North American release date for “Uneasy Listening Vol. 1“, a compilation of alternate mixes of H.I.M. songs that were recorded prior to the band’s breakthrough album, “Dark Light“. The track listing is as follows:01. The Sacrament (Disrhythm Remix)02. The Funeral Of Hearts (Acoustic Version)03. Join Me In Death (Strongroom […]

Sacramento’s melodic, blackened tech-metallers WITH PASSION have unveiled a new lead singer, just in time for the recording of their second Earache release, “What We See When We Shut Our Eyes“. Fidel Campos, formerly of Sacramento extreme metal outfit CYANIDE ERA, has taken the reigns as WITH PASSION‘s new frontman and has already performed with […]

A rare video clip of SLAYER performing the song “Black Magic” at the Roxy in Hollywood on March 28, 1983 has been posted online at YouTube.com.As previously reported, a five-minute video of SLAYER guitarist Kerry King signing autographs for fans and discussing the band’s current tour while on the road in Santiago, Chile late last […]

Jack White is set to embark on his second side project in a year with “Aluminium“, which is being described as an ‘avant-garde orchestral project’.With the success of his other band The Raconteurs still in full effect – including a support tour with Bob Dylan this winter – White has somehow found time to compose […]

Director Martin Scorsese is working on a documentary about The Rolling Stones.Scorsese will film The Stones‘ upcoming New York City gigs at The Beacon Theatre between October 29 and 31.It is not clear if the documentary will encompass the entire history of The Rolling Stones or just their current A Bigger Bang tour.Scorsese‘s last foray […]

Beck’s new album has been banned from qualifying for the UK albums chart after breaching strict rules on product giveaways. The Information, which was released on Monday by Polydor, was expected to be a Top 20 entry on this coming Sunday’s artist albums chart, but the record company has been told by the Official Charts […]

Thom Yorke, Muse and Lily Allen were all big winners at the BT Digital Music Awards last night.The Radiohead frontman scooped the Best Artist Campaign and Best Use of Mobile awards, while Lily Allen fought off stiff competition to take the Best Pop Act award.Muse beat the likes of Hard-Fi, Kasabian and Editors to take […]

IRON MAIDEN‘s new album, “A Matter of Life and Death“, has been certified platinum in Finland for sales in excess of 30,000 copies. The CD topped the Finnish album chart for three weeks and currently stands at position No. 3.“A Matter of Life and Death” has sold 89,000 copies in the United States since its […]

The Nirvana concert film “Live! Tonight! Sold Out!” will make its DVD debut Nov. 7 via Geffen. Originally issued on VHS in 1994, the release was conceived by Kurt Cobain as a way to anthologize Nirvana‘s quick ascent to rock superstardom but was not completed until after his 1994 suicide.The bulk of the DVD features […]