With its next studio album pushed back until 2007, Aerosmith plans to release a best-of, “Devil’s Got a New Disguise” Oct. 10 via Columbia, in the midst of its fall tour with Motley Crue.“Devil’s Got a New Disguise” takes its title from one of two new songs that will be included on the 16-track album. […]

The Who has inked a new deal with Universal Republic for the Oct. 31 release of “Endless Wire,” its first album since 1982’s “It’s Hard.” The set will feature the complete mini-opera “Wire & Glass,” a shortened version of which was released internationally last month.Other tracks expected to appear include “Mike Post Theme” and “Man […]

Vitamin Records has set an October 10 release date for “Scorched Earth Orchestra Plays Metallica’s Master of Puppets“, an orchestral tribute to METALLICA‘s classic 1986 album.“Master of Puppets” came out in the spring of 1986 and was METALLICA‘s first gold album and mainstream success. It featured staples of the band’s live set such as “Battery“, […]

On September 12, 2006, Escapi Music — home to BODY COUNT, DIRTY RIG, WARRIOR SOUL, CACTUS, MAHAVATAR, DISSECTION and THE CARMINE APPICE PROJECT — will release the debut recording of KOTTAK (formerly KRUNK), entitled “therupy“.Fronted by singer/songwriter/guitarist Jimmy Ratchitt, who, in another life, as James Kottak, drummed for KINGDOM COME and, for the last 10 […]

Groundbreaking Japanese act SIGH entered the studio today in Japan to commence work on its seventh album, titled “Hangman’s Hymn“, due out in 2007 on The End Records. The band will be working with engineer Takamichi Osada at Studio Moopies and will produce the album themselves.About the new album, SIGH frontman/leader Mirai Kawashima says, “It’ll […]

On September 12, Roadrunner Records will be releasing a set of ultimate metal albums. These “best of” collections will pull together the best material from some of metal’s greatest artists. The first batch includes music from FEAR FACTORY, SEPULTURA, ILL NINO and TYPE O NEGATIVE.The details of the above-mentioned “best of” collections — including the […]

DEVILDRIVER‘s sophomore album, “The Fury of Our Maker’s Hand” — which originally came out in June 2005 — will be re-released on Halloween (October 31) as a special edition CD/DVD set. The new package will include three rare studio tracks and three “killer” live songs. The DVD will feature four music videos. A poster advertising […]

Finnish horror metallers DOMINATION BLACK have revealed the final track listing for their sophomore album, “Dark Legacy“, due later in the year via Poison Arrow Records.DOMINATION BLACK frontman “The Sentinel” KILLgast has described the sound of the new album as “melodic thrash-metal-meets-traditional and quite bizarre-metal!’“Dark Legacy” track listing:01. Enter The Dark Legacy (instrumental)02. Follow The […]

You can see the cover artwork for ANVIL‘s upcoming album, “This Is Thirteen” (or “TIT” for short) below. The lyrics to five of the album tracks, have been posted on the band’s official web site. Check them out at this location.ANVIL recently re-teamed with producer Chris Tsangarides for the first time since 1983’s classic “Forged […]

Finnish thrashers THE SCOURGER — who scored a sensational No. 1 single in their home country with “Hatehead” last year — will have their debut album, “Blind Date with Violence“, re-released across Europe on October 6 via Germany’s Cyclone Records. The bonus material is taken from “To the Slayground” EP, the “Maximum Intensity” single and […]