CIRCUS DIABLO, the new project featuring THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy, former THE ALMIGHTY frontman Ricky Warwick (guitar), ex-THE CULT touring bassist Billy Morrison (vocals), former FUEL frontman Brett Scallions (bass), and drummer Jeremy Colson, has posted a three-minute video clip containing footage from the first two shows on the band’s current U.S. mini-tour. Check […]

Reunited old-school Swiss thrashers EXCRUCIATION will release a new full-length album, entitled “Angels to Some, Demons to Others“, on January 12, 2007. The disc will be issued via Non Stop Music and will be made available as a digipack, a limited-edition digipack with a 5″-vinyl-EP and as a jewelcase. Songtitles set to appear on the […]

New Jersey thrashers DTA have uploaded their new song, “My World“, off their upcoming release titled “Invidious“, at their MySpace page. Final mixes for the CD were concluded at the well-known Trax East Recording Studios in South River, NJ. Mastering will begin within the next few weeks at West West Side Music with none other […]

Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton has been diagnosed with throat cancer.According to Aerosmith.com Hamilton has missed dates of the band’s Route Of Evil tour due to treatment.The post reads: “Tom Hamilton will be sitting out a few gigs at the beginning of he band’s upcoming Route Of Evil tour.“Hamilton has just completed a seven week course […]

The details of a second John Peel day have been announced to honour the late-great DJ.The day will be held on October 12, when bands, artists, DJs and promoters across the land will be encouraged to hold concerts and club nights.It follows the John Peel day last year where over 500 music events took place […]

Danish black metal horde HORNED ALMIGHTY, featuring current members of EXMORTEM and former members of KOLDBORN, have uploaded another song from their second album, “The Devil’s Music – Songs of Death and Damnation“, at their MySpace page. The track “To Despise the Life” can be streamed at this location.“The Devil’s Music – Songs of Death […]

German death/thrash metal act BURDEN OF GRIEF will enter Krachgarten Tonstudio in Kassel, Germany in October to begin recording its fourth album, “Death End Road“, for a February/March 2007 release. The follow-up to 2004’s “Fields of Salvation” will once again be mixed at Jailhouse Studios in Denmark with producer Tommy Hansen (HELLOWEEN, PRETTY MAIDS, HATESPHERE). […]

Keith Richards could be in trouble with Scottish authorities for smoking throughout the Rolling Stones gig in Edinburgh on Friday.The guitarist flouted new laws banning smoking in public places by lighting up frequently during the show at Hampden Park and the city council says it will investigate the incident.Richards could face a ВЈ50 fine, somehow […]

THE PANIC CHANNEL‘s Dave Navarro (guitar) and Steve Isaacs (vocals) performed “Blue Bruises” unplugged last week on MTV Canada’s “MTV Live” in Toronto, Ontario. Watch the performance at MTV Overdrive.THE PANIC CHANNEL‘s debut album, “(ONe)“, sold more than 8,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. […]

Appropriate to the breakneck pace of the hardcore genre, Rhino has packed 26 songs into its 37-minute soundtrack for the documentary “American Hardcore.” The album will be available digitally Sept. 26 and in stores on Oct. 10; the film opens Sept. 22 in New York and Los Angeles.The soundtrack cherry-picks from regional hardcore staples to […]