UGLY KID JOE‘s previously unreleased “final” video for the song “Bicycle Wheels” has been posted online at YouTube.com. The clip was uploaded by the Ugly Kid Joe Forum.Formed in the late ’80s, the Santa Barbara-based UGLY KID JOE achieved its greatest commercial success with its debut mini-CD, “As Ugly as They Wanna Be“, which became […]

Tigran Hamasyan Wins Thelonious Monk Institute’s International Jazz Piano CompetitionNineteen-year old piano prodigy Tigran Hamasyan – who so many of you know as Wayne’s pianist for the last year – this weekend WON the Thelonious MonkInternational Jazz Competition. Here’s what Ben Ratliff wrote in the NY Times:“the heavy-duty contest judges were Herbie Hancock, Andrew Hill […]

Dutch grindcore/sludge metal band BILE has officially changed its name to SKULLHOG.Formed in 1998 to pay homage to HELLHAMMER, SLAUGHTER and DEAD INFECTION, among others, the group’s focus, lyrically and visually, is on slasher films, with their debut EP, “The Shed” (2000), based on “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2“, and their full-length album, “Camp Blood” […]

REVEREND will enter Blue Cat Studios on October 7 with Grammy award-wining producer Joe Trevino to begin recording its new album, tentatively titled “Resurrected“. The following ten songs will be laid down for the effort (in no particular order):01. In the End02. Epitaph03. Prelude04. Darkened Horizon05. Ships of Illusion06. Visions07. With This Needle I Thee […]

BURNING SKIES‘ entire new album, “Desolation“, is available for streaming at this location.The Bristol, U.K.-based quintet recorded the follow-up to 2004’s “Murder By Means Of Existence” at Rape Of Harmonies in Triptis, Germany. According to a press release, the group “has constructed a highly dynamic brand of blast beat fusion with intricate and brutal guitar […]

Texas rock outfit …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will return Nov. 14 with its third Interscope album in four years, “So Divided.” As previously reported, the 11-track set includes guest appearances from King Crimson drummer Pat Mastelotto and Dresden Dolls vocalist/pianist Amanda Palmer.Among the highlights are a dramatic, piano-addled cover […]

Glasgow-based modern metallers MENDEED have been confirmed as support for the NAPALM DEATH / BORN FROM PAIN European tour, kicking off in Newcastle, England, on October 18. You can find the complete dates here.MENDEED recently completed work on its second album, entitled “The Dead Lived By Love“. The follow-up to “This War Will Last Forever” […]

Gerald M. Gay of www.azstarnet.com recently spoke to ALICE IN CHAINS bassist Mike Inez about the band’s decision to reunite after the 2002 death of the rock band’s lead vocalist, Layne Staley.“It is going to be a lot different without our brother Layne there with us,” Inez said. “But we thought maybe we could do […]

Italy’s LACUNA COIL will release “Closer” — the third single off their critically acclaimed “Karmacode” album — in October via Century Media Records.The radio mix and edit of “Closer” was overseen by Brian Malouf. The accompanying live tracks were recorded at The State Theatre in St Petersburg, FL on March 20, 2006 by Mark Prator […]

Osmose Productions has set an October 30 European release date for the new MELECHESH album, entitled “Emissaries“. The track listing for the effort is as follows01. Rebirth of the Nemesis (Enuma Elish Rewritten)02. Ladders to Sumeria03. Deluge of Delusional Dreams:Act I: Cast Tempest from the EastAct II: Enlil’s Retaliation04. Touching the Spheres of Sephiroth05. Gyroscope06. […]