ELIS, the Liechtenstein-based gothic metal band whose singer, Sabine DГјnser, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on July 7 during rehearsal and passed away the following day in hospital, has decided to continue with a new vocalist. The group has posted the following message on its official web site:“We have decided to continue on our path. For […]

Roadrunner Records has revealed the details of “Ghost Reveries Special Edition“, the expanded version of the band’s “Ghost Reveries” CD. Due on October 31, the set will include band’s cover of DEEP PURPLE‘s “Soldier of Fortune“, a 40-minute documentary about the making of the record complete with the band’s own private tour footage, the video […]

Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and the Dave Matthews Band will perform alongside Neil Young at the 20th anniversary Bridge School Benefit, to be held Oct. 21-22 at Shoreline Amphitheatre outside San Francisco. The event benefits the Bridge School for children with severe speech and physical disabilities, which Young and his wife Pegi […]

Nick Cave has won the inaugural Gucci prize for script writing at the Venice Film Festival for ‘The Proposition‘.The criteria for the award, made on Friday (September 8), was any internationally acclaimed artist for outside cinema who has made a remarkable contribution to a film in any capacity in the previous 18 months.Cave hopes the […]

Australia’s Soundworks Touring has announced that the upcoming CANNIBAL CORPSE shows in Adelaide and Sydney have officially sold out. Sydney fans who have missed out need not worry as CANNIBAL CORPSE have agreed to schedule a second all-ages show on Sunday, October 8 at the Gaelic Club.The West Australian newspaper reported in its July 8, […]

Swedish melodic metallers NOSTRADAMEUS have posted the following message on their official web site:“We’ve just put the final hands on the new NOSTRADAMEUS album ‘Pathway‘. It’s finally mixed and mastered and now we’re looking forward too completing the album cover. At this point we’ve seen a raw sketch of the front cover and the band […]

Italian metallers SOUL TAKERS have completed work on their second full-length album, tentatively titled “Flies in a Jar“, at Luigi Stefanini’s New Sin Studio in Loria (TV), Italy. The follow-up to 2005’s “Tides” (Northwind Records) will contain 11 tracks for a total running time of more than fifty minutes and will be released in early […]

A lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court alleges that Warner Music Group, Atlantic Records and others helped coerce a 16-year-old girl into making a pornographic rock video when the band BUCKCHERRY advertised for extras on MySpace. According to a Los Angeles Times report, the suit alleges that BUCKCHERRY asked fans to come […]

Sofia Music Enterprises has the pleasure to invite you to the 11th edittion of MUSIC JAM 2006. The event will take place in Sofia from the 20th to the 28th of October 2006. This year there will be two very special appearances: by Duran Duran (October, 20) and one of the greatest guitar players of […]

MONSTER MAGNET guitarist Ed Mundell has formed a new band with fellow MONSTER MAGNET bandmembers Bob Pantella and Jim Baglino, tentatively called THE ULTRA ELECTRIC MEGA GALACTIC. The group’s first show will take place on Tuesday, October 3 at the Brighton Bar in Long Branch, New Jersey.Mundell is currently in Los Angeles writing and recording […]