Criterion International is set to release a project by the band EIGHT AND ONE HALF, entitled “The Jourgensen Sessions“, produced by MINISTRY‘s Al Jourgensen in 1983. This collection spans a tapestry of sounds, from funk-inspired dance grooves in the vein of ABC, to dark electro synths reminecent of early MINISTRY, XYMOX, or DEPECHE MODE.This previously […]

Thom Yorke has admitted that Radiohead have been on the verge of splitting on a number of ocassions.The celestial singer says that at times the band have felt like not getting together after hiatuses.But Yorke, who is nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his solo effort ‘The Eraser’, says that such ideas weren’t always […]

A radio-edit version of “Goodbye“, the first single from ARMY OF ANYONE, the new band featuring FILTER‘s Richard Patrick (vocals), former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS members Dean (guitar) and his brother Robert DeLeo (bass), and ex-DAVID LEE ROTH drummer Ray Luzier, is available for download at this location.

The Rolling Stones have been invited to play at Bill Clinton’s 60th birthday celebrations.They will play for the former President at the Beacon Theatre in New York on October 29, two months after Clinton’s actual birthday on August 19.The party will also raise money for Clinton’s charity foundation and will be filmed by Hollywood legend […]

Video footage of several of the press conferences held at last weekend’s Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany has been posted online at Podcast.Wacken.com. Question-and-answer sessions with the following artists can be found on the page:SCORPIONSCELTIC FROSTGAMMA RAYSchenker brothers (Rudolf and Michael)AMON AMARTH

Norway’s RED HARVEST will release its long-awaited live DVD, “Harvest Bloody Harvest“, on September 18, 2006. The disc features the group’s entire September 2005 gig at Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo that was recorded with a professional, 12-camera film team. The DVD comes in a limited deluxe metal box.“Harvest Bloody Harvest” (view cover here) track […]

LOUDNESS guitarist Akira Takasaki will release his new solo album, “Nenriki“, on September 20 via Tricycle Entertainment. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Surf Trip02. Mars03. I Want To Take You Higher04. Neighborhood05. Mindphase06. Chicago Drive07. The Sun Goes Down08. No One To Depend On09. Black Gold10. Paradise Jungle11. Echoes12. Funk […]

Norway’s GRIMFIST has issued the following update:“As many of you know, Frediablo sent out a statement a couple of weeks ago, about how fed up he is with being in a metal band, the genre and all that goes with it. Since we were already booked to do the Hole In The Sky festival and […]

Reunited New York thrashers NUCLEAR ASSAULT will release their first-ever DVD, “Louder Harder Faster“, on October 10 via Screaming Ferret Wreckords.Recorded during the band’s performance at the 2005 Louder Harder Faster Festival (taped on June 5, 2005), “Louder Harder Faster” also includes such extra bits as vintage live footage, slide shows (put to the original […]

SEVEN WITCHES, the East Coast-based band featuring former SAVATAGE guitarist Jack Frost and ex-HADES frontman Alan Tecchio, will release its first-ever DVD, “Years of the Witch“, on September 26 via Screaming Ferret Wreckords.Concert footage track listing on “Years of the Witch“:01. Open02. Dance With the Dead03. Apocalyptic Dreams04. Metal Tyrant05. The Answer06. Johnny07. Jam Session08. […]