R.E.M. will perform three songs with original drummer Bill Berry to celebrate its induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, to be held Sept. 16 in Atlanta. Berry has only played three times with his longtime colleagues since exiting the band in 1997, most prominently at the October 2005 wedding of R.E.M. guitar tech […]

Hot favourites Arctic Monkeys have just been announced as the winners of 2006’s Nationwide Mercury Prize.The Sheffield quartet took home the ВЈ20,000 award for their debut album ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not‘.On collecting the award front man Alex Turner quipped: “Somebody call 999, Richard Hawley‘s just been robbed!”The band had been […]

Launch Radio Networks reports: STONE SOUR will play its first-ever show in Russia on October 18, at the RAMP Awards in Moscow. STONE SOUR vocalist Corey Taylor, whose other band SLIPKNOT has never appeared in Russia either, told Launch the gig is part of STONE SOUR‘s plan to play as many places as possible. “I […]

Dutch death metallers DARK REMAINS will release their sophomore album, “Planet Earth Scourged“, on September 16 via Burning Misery Records. The CD, which contains nine brand new tracks and two live videos, is the follow-up to 2002’s “Death Manifestation” (Cleansweep Productions) and was recorded, mixed and mastered at A.M. Studios.For more information, visit www.burningmisery.com.

WEDNESDAY 13‘s (ex-MURDERDOLLS) video for the song “Home Sweet Homicide” has been posted online at this location. The track comes off the singer’s sophomore solo effort, “Fang Bang“, which is scheduled for release in the U.S. on September 12 via Restless Records/Rykodisc.

In a brand new interview with the Brazilian newspaper O Estado de SГЈo Paulo, former SEPULTURA drummer Igor “Iggor” Cavalera is quoted as saying that he and the current SEPULTURA members have come to an agreement that the name SEPULTURA can only be used until the end of band’s current “Dante XXI” touring cycle. However, […]

An audio sample of the new TO/DIE/FOR single, “Like Never Before“, has been posted online at this location. The single, which features the title cut back with a cover of OZZY OSBOURNE‘s “(I Just) Want You“, was delivered to Finnish radio stations last month, and it will be released in Finland on Wednesday, September 6. […]

Former FEAR FACTORY/current ASESINO guitarist Dino Cazares unveiled his new, as-yet-unnamed project Saturday night (September 2) at the Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood, California prior to ASESINO‘s performance as part of Dino‘s birthday bash. According to one attendee, the band’s musical direction “was reminiscent of old FEAR FACTORY — ‘Soul of a New Machine‘ […]

The cover artwork for the new ANGRA single, “The Course of Nature“, has been posted online. The title song, which will also appear on the band’s upcoming full-length CD “Aurora Consurgens“, is expected to be released as a “virtual single” later this month. You can see the two covers below: “Aurora Consurgens” track listing: 01. […]

Legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) is featured on two songs on the forthcoming solo album from Howard Leese (HEART, PAUL RODGERS).Leese is recording the CD for Stuart Smith and Richie Onori’s Black Star Records label. Joe Lynn Turner recently spent time working on helping to put together the […]