MOTГ–RHEAD‘s “Kiss Of Death” has entered the Norwegian album chart at position No. 9. According to a representative for the band’s record label, a recent MOTГ–RHEAD resurgence in Norway has led to twice as many copies of “Kiss of Death” being shipped compared its predecessor, “Inferno“.As previously reported, “Kiss Of Death” debuted on the Swedish […]

Chicago metal act WRATH has posted two “archive” videos from their 1990 release “Insane Society” on the band’s MySpace page. The title track, “Insane Society“, and “Test of Faith” were filmed in 1990, and were shown on MTV’s original “Headbanger’s Ball“.

Bassist Jan BГјnning of the German power metallers PARAGON has posted the following message on the band’s official web site:“Chris [Gripp] has almost recorded most of his drum stuff [for the new PARAGON album]. Tomorrow he will play the final songs and after next weekend I will start to record my bass tracks. I not […]

German metallers SACRED STEEL have announced the final track listing for their upcoming sixth album, “Hammer of Destruction“, due on November 10 via Massacre Records. The CD was recorded at the Spiderhouse studio in LГјtte (near Berlin) with legendary producer Harris Johns (VOIVOD, HELLOWEEN, ST. VITUS, DEPRESSIVE AGE, SODOM, KREATOR). Mixing took place at the […]

KAMELOT‘s first-ever DVD, entitled “One Cold Winter’s Night“, will be released via Steamhammer/SPV on October 30.“One Cold Winter’s Night” was recorded on February 11, 2006 at the historic Rockefeller Musichall in Oslo, Norway. KAMELOT enlisted renowned film and video director Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES) to chronicle the night’s events. Bringing with […]

PAPA ROACH‘s upcoming fourth major label album, “The Paramour Sessions” (due Sept. 12), is available streaming in its entirety at this location. In a recent interview with Launch Radio Networks the group’s lead singer, Jacoby Shaddix, revealed that he’s a little nervous about people hearing the record because it’s an especially personal one. The first […]

German thrashers DESTRUCTION will enter the studio later this month to record the “Best of Classix” album, tentatively due in early 2007 via AFM Records. The band previously stated about the upcoming CD, “As it’s really difficult to get the old records those days and to avoid a ‘best of album’ with only old recordings […]

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY‘s video for the song “Concrete Jungle” has been posted online at the MySpace page of the New York-based publisher Terminal Press. The artwork for the video was done by Terminal Press comic artist Rolo Ledesma (“Phony-Baloney”, “Terminal Press Presents”, “Toxic Teddies”, “Spraycan Monsters”, “DUB-BOTS”) and is said to be “one of the […]

LAMB OF GOD, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ALICE IN CHAINS and NIRVANA are among the latest artists to be confirmed for the “Guitar Hero” PlayStation 2 videogame sequel. The following songs have been confirmed so far:ANTHRAX – “Madhouse”MГ–TLEY CRГњE – “Shout At The Devil”GUNS N’ ROSES – “Sweet Child O’ Mine”STONE TEMPLE PILOTS – “Trippin’ On A […]

Italian doom metallers THUNDERSTORM have set “As We Die Alone” as the title of their fourth album, tentatively due late 2006/early 2007 via Dragonheart Records. The follow-up to 2004’s “Faithless Soul” was recorded at New Sin Studio in Loria (Italy) and will include a cover version of the JIMI HENDRIX classic “Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)“. […]