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 […]

MONSTER MAGNET guitarist Ed Mundell is currently in Los Angeles writing and recording demos for a solo project. Several new demo tracks, most of which feature Ed on guitars and bass, and Bob Pantella on drums, have been posted online at EdMundell.com.

According to Deep-Purple.net, the second of the planned series of Tommy Bolin (late DEEP PURPLE/JAMES GANG guitarist) CDs and DVD has been compiled by Johnnie Bolin (Tommy Bolin‘s brother/drummer) and producer Greg Hampton. Due late September, “Whips and Roses II” features four alternate tracks from “Teaser” (“Vol. 1” contained alternate takes of the other five […]

METALLICA performed another new song (Video, Windows Media) — tentatively dubbed “New Song No. 2” — during their headlining appearance Saturday night (August 12) at the Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo, Japan.As was the case with all the concerts on the band’s recent European tour, METALLICA played their entire 1986 album, “Master of Puppets“, during […]

TRIVIUM shot a video for the song “Entrance of the Conflagration” with director Dale “Rage” Resteghini (MUDVAYNE, HATEBREED, UNEARTH, SHADOWS FALL) on Thursday, August 10 at Eon Loft in Los Angeles, California.Watch footage of TRIVIUM shooting the “Entrance of the Conflagration” video at YouTube.com.

Vocalist Urban Breed (ex-TAD MOROSE) has officially left BLOODBOUND, the Swedish metal band also featuring Fredrik Bergh (STREET TALK; bass, keyboards and backing vocals) and Tomas Olsson (lead and rhythm guitars). “I’ve thought about this for some time and I’ve decided not to let Tomas and Bergh have any more of my time,” Urban said […]

Blender.com recently caught up with Cristina Scabbia (vocals) of LACUNA COIL, Candace Kucsulain (vocals) of WALLS OF JERICHO and Marta Peterson (keyboards) of BLEEDING THROUGH for an intriguing “Women of Ozzfest” piece. This unique feature sees the women touch upon many issues regarding the touring lifestyle among a male-dominated scene, how they deal with overly […]

Another new IRON MAIDEN song, entitled “Brighter than a Thousand Suns“, has been posted online at IronMaiden.com.According to Kerrang! magazine, “Brighter than a Thousand Suns” is arguably the heaviest track on MAIDEN‘s new album, “A Matter of Life and Death“, and one with heavy subject matter to match.