Over the next several days, music writer Joel Gausten will run a series of excerpts from an extensive history of the MISFITS on his Myspace page, www.myspace.com/gaustenbooks. Gausten will include the full MISFITS chapter as part of his upcoming book, titled “Albums that (Should’ve) Changed the World“. The MISFITS book entry will give special attention […]

The cover artwork for the upcoming SLIPKNOT DVD, “Voliminal: Inside the Nine“, has been posted online and you can see it below.Due on December 5 via Roadrunner, the special double disc package takes the viewer on a several-hour journey into the world of SLIPKNOT as the band recently circled the globe in support of the […]

CBGB might be set to re-opening as a venue in Las Vegas, but Patti Smith – who played the farewell show at the original venue last night (October 15) – won’t be performing there.Talking to a crowd of reporters – including NME.COM – during a question and answer session held during her soundcheck, the singer […]

My Chemical Romance have scored their first ever UK number one with ‘Welcome To The Black Parade.’The emo band knocked Razorlight’s ‘America’ from its perch, while Scissor Sisters slip to three.Other new entries came courtesy of James Morrison’s ‘Wonderful World’ at 20 and Hot Chip’s ‘Over and Over’ at 27.

Thom Yorke has confirmed that Radiohead have begun recording their seventh album.The singer told fans about the plans in a bizarre footnote to a posting about the Big Ask environmental campaign.“We’ve started the record properly now. Staring to get somewhere I think. Finally,” he wrote on the band’s official site Radiohead.com before adding:“If it scares […]

“The Open Door“, the latest album from the EVANESCENCE, has entered the national charts in the following countries (in alphabetical order):Australia: #1Belgium: #10Brazil: #28Canada: #2Denmark: #5Finland: #5France: #2Germany: #1Holland: #2Hungary: #11Ireland: #3New Zealand: #2Norway: #3Poland: #49Spain: #5Sweden: #2Switzerland: #1U.K.: #2USA: #1

E-FORCE, the band featuring former VOIVOD bassist/vocalist Eric Forrest, is scheduled to enter the studio in Toulouse, France on October 30 with producer Patrick Fredrich to begin recording its sophomore album, tentatively due in early 2007 via France’s Thundering Records.As previously reported, E-FORCE have posted three songs from their 2006 demo on their MySpace.com page. […]

Spinefarm Records has set a November 15 release date for a “best of” collection from Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA, entitled “The Collection 1999-2006“. In addition to material from the band’s studio albums, the CD will include new versions of the songs “My Land” and “Replica“, both of which originally appeared on the group’s 1999 […]

Patti Smith and Blondie are amongst the artists performing at the closing of the legendary CBGB venue this weekend.Both artists alongside such acts as The Ramones and the Talking Heads made a name for themselves at the venue in the seventies.Owner Hilly Kristal has been forced to close its doors after the landlords, the Bowery […]

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends DIAMOND HEAD, one of the most influential British rock bands of the past 25 years, will release their new DVD, entitled “To the Devil His Due“, in North America on November 21 via MVD Visual.“To the Devil His Due” was recorded at London’s Astoria theatre on November […]