Good thing Icky Thump is selling well: Jack White has another mouth to feed. White and his wife, Karen Elson, announced the birth of their second child, a boy dubbed Henry Lee White, on Tuesday. Henry Lee’s earned a more conventional name than his older sister, Scarlett White, who was apparently named in honor of […]

SwedenВґsВ Viking metal masters AMON AMARTH have just received a gold award for sales in the US on their first ever DVD Wrath of the Norsemen, which came out May 30th, 2006. Wrath of the Norsemen features footage from a show in Cologne from 2005 filmed with 11 cameras! This was the longest show AMON AMARTH […]

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist), bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA), guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR), and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — has set “Under the Over” as the title of its third album, according to several fans who have […]

Universal Music has set a November 9 German release date for the debut solo album from former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen, entitled “My Winter Storm”. A single, “I Walk Alone”, will precede the album in mid-October. The CD will feature a guest appearance by ANGRA guitarist Kiko Loureiro. NIGHTWISH’s final recording with Turunen, the “End […]

Andreas Kisser, guitarist of the legendary band talked with usВ last Thursday live on the phone at 15:30 local time (14:30 CET) !!! “We are eager to come and play there as for 23 years since the band was formed, Bulgaria isВ the only place in Europe we never played” said Andreas. “We can’t say that Paolo […]

Drowning Pool issues its third album on Tuesday (August 7th), titled Full Circle. The disc also introduces the band’s third lead singer, former Soil frontman Ryan McCombs. Drowning Pool’s original vocalist, Dave Williams, died of a heart defect while on Ozzfest in the summer of 2002. His replacement, Jason “Gong” Jones, left the band after […]

The California metal core actВ has set an October 16 release date for the self-titled follow-up to 2005’s “City of Evil”, the bandВ  breakout LP that’s sold more than 800,000 copies in the U.S. alone. The album is their first attempt at self-producing. AVENGED vocalist M. ShadowsВ said last month that the band had no problem producing […]

Swedish rock outfit Swedish rock outfit the Hives is presently recording its next project, “Swedish rock outfit the Hives is presently recording its next project, “The Black and White Album,” in Oxford, Miss., with producer Swedish rock outfit the Hives is presently recording its next project, “The Black and White Album,” in Oxford, Miss., with […]

Sources say a Hollywood press conference in one week will announce a 50-date American arena tour by Van Halen to begin in early October. The tour will feature founding Van Halen members David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen, with Eddie’s son Wolfgang on bass. A proposed summer amphitheater tour by the […]

Burton C. Bell has inked a deal with MINISTRY frontman Al Jourgensen’s 13th Planet Records for Bell’s ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS project. The group’s full-length debut is scheduled for release in February 2008. In addition to Bell, ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS features John Bechdel (MINISTRY, KILLING JOKE, FALSE ICONS). The group’s debut five-song EP, “Iconoclast”, […]