Metal Heaven has set an October 27 European release date for the new RIOT album, entitled “Army of One“. The first pressing of the CD will be available as a slipcase edition.“Army of One” was released in Japan on July 17 via the Toshiba-EMI label. Check out the cover artwork below: “Army of One” track […]

Video footage of CARNIVORE performing at this year’s Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany has been posted online at this location (CARNIVORE appears about 15 minutes into the video).

JUDAS PRIEST‘s classic track “Breaking the Law” is among the songs appearing on Vivendi Games’ Sierra Entertainment division’s “Scarface: The World Is Yours“, due in October for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC platforms. Other songs chosen to enliven the 190s setting include DEBBIE HARRY‘s “Rush Rush” and BETH ANDERSON‘s “Dance Dance Dance” from the film […]

San Francisco Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD have set “The Blackening” as the title of their sixth studio album, tentatively due in early 2007 via Roadrunner Records. The group will enter Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, CA on Monday, August 21 to begin tracking the effort, with vocalist/guitarist Robert Flynn returning to the producer’s chair, […]

SEPULTURA‘s video for “Convicted in Life” has been nominated in four categories at MTV’s Video Music Awards Brazil 2006: “Best Editing”, “Best Direction”, “Best Photography” and “Best Art Direction”. The awards show takes place in SГЈo Paulo on September 28.The “Convicted in Life” clip was shot over a two-day period in February in SГЈo Paulo, […]

Brothers and former SEPULTURA bandmates Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) were reunited for the first time in 10 years at the 10th annual D-Low Memorial Festival Thursday night (August 17) at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, AZ. Igor came out and joined headliners SOULFLY (featuring Max on guitar/vocals) for renditions of the SEPULTURA […]

DIONYSUS, the Swedish/German melodic power metal act featuring the voice behind guitarist Luca Turilli‘s (RHAPSODY) solo work, Olaf Hayer, and ex-SINERGY drummer Ronny Milianowicz, alongside NATION members Johnny Г–hlin (guitar) and Nobby Noberg (bass), will release its third album, “Fairytales and Reality“, on September 15 via AFM Records.“Fairytales and Reality” (view cover here) track listing:01. […]

In September, Irish rockers THERAPY? will be recording an exclusive show in a studio, which will be available for download around the end of that month.From the shortlist at the band’s official web site, fans are invited to vote for the three songs they would most like to see performed. The 12 songs with the […]

Heralded Massachusetts hard rock quartet SEEMLESS has unveiled an online e-player featuring two new songs from their forthcoming album, “What Have We Become“. Joining the rollout single, “Cast No Shadow“, on the player is the just-unveiled track “Numb“. Both new SEEMLESS songs can be accessed at this location.“What Have We Become” will drop on September […]

Ocean Tomo Auctions, LLC, a division of the Chicago-based intellectual capital merchant banc, Ocean Tomo, today announced it has been retained by the administrator of the estate of Michael Frank Jeffery to sell their rights, title and interest in the entire Jimi Hendrix music catalog. The catalog will be sold at The Ocean Tomo Fall […]