“Extreme doom” metal band KHANATE, the brainchild of Stephen O’Malley (THORR’S HAMMER, BURNING WITCH, SUNN 0))), LOTUS EATERS) and James Plotkin (OLD, SCORN, ATOMSMASHER), has disbanded. In a statement, Plotkin writes, “I have decided to leave KHANATE due to the lack of commitment of certain members. The decision was a difficult one, as I’ve put […]

LIVING COLOUR guitarist Vernon Reid has issued the following update:“[Friday] night [Sept. 22] something truly extraordinary happened: for the first time in 17 years, LIVING COLOUR played with Muzz Skillings on bass. The occasion was a private party the iconic master drummer/mentor-musician Jack DeJohnette threw for his lovely wife Lydia. Doug was unable to come […]

Swedish gore death masters DERANGED have changed the projected title of the follow-up to their sixth full-length album, “Obscenities in B Flat“, to “The Red Light Murder Case” from the previously announced “213“. Recording is set to commence “sometime early next year.” Songtitles set to appear on the CD include “Death Walks on High Heels”, […]

The cover artwork for Texas-based long-running heavy doomsters SOLITUDE AETURNUS‘ sixth studio album, entitled “Alone“, has been posted online and you can see it below (artwork created by Travis Smith).Due in Europe on November 10 through Massacre Records, “Alone” was recorded at Nomad Studios in Carrolton, Texas with Sterling Winfield (PANTERA) and J.T. Longoria (KING […]

Finnish metallers DREAMTALE have parted ways with keyboardist Turkka Vuorinen and have replaced him with 17-year-old Akseli Kaasalainen.In other news, the band has been busy preparing material for the fourth DREAMTALE album. “The second demo session is on its way at the moment and we have about 15 songs ready,” the group writes on its […]

THE BIG DIRTY BAND, the one-off project featuring Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee of RUSH alongside ex-TEA PARTY drummer Jeff Burrows, Adam Gantier of THREE DAYS GRACE, THORNLEY‘s Ian Thornley, and singer Care Failure of Toronto band DIE MANNEQUIN, recently shot a video for its version of the often-covered “I Fought The Law” by the […]

More than 400,000 wildly enthusiastic fans turned out for The Family Values Tour, one of the hottest tickets of the summer. The 30-show trek — headlined and founded by KORN — boasted some record-setting attendance figures. Kicking off with a sold-out show of 17,000 rocking fans at Nashville’s Starwood Amphitheatre, The Family Values Tour set […]

Neil Young has won the Artist Of The Year gong at the Americana Honours And Awards.The singer-songwriter, 60, won plaudits this year for his anti-Bush album ‘Living With War’, which he famously recorded in a matter of weeks after being challenged to return to his radical roots.Other winners at the bash in Nashville – the […]

A video clip of GUNS N’ ROSES frontman Axl Rose stopping the band’s performance halfway through the song “Sweet Child O’ Mine” on Thursday, Sept. 21 at the Warfield in San Francisco in order to have an unruly “fan” removed from the premises has been posted online at YouTube.com.

Open Grave Records has set a September 26 release date for the third album from NECRODEMON, entitled “Ice Fields of Hyperion“. The track listing for the CD is as follows:01. The Abominable02. Terror in the Arctic03. Funeral in the Snow04. The Deep Freeze05. Avalanche!06. Frozen Sorcerer (Chant of Making V)07. Mesopotamia – Warriors of Ice08. […]