Oasis have announced that their next full-length studio effort is going to surface by the end of the year via their own label, Big Brother Recordings. To make sure all shall go well (and profitable), the band has signed a three-album deal in partnership with Sony BMG yesterday. The Big Brother label will also look […]

Staind are to release their new album on August 18. Entitled “The Illusion of Progress“, the follow-up to “Chapter V” (2005) shall be preceded by the single “Believe“, set to hit radiostations next Tuesday. Staind – “Outside“

Clutch are to release a live DVD and CD in mid-August. The package shall be entitled “Full Fathom Five” and is going to be the first record on the Maryland rockers’ own label, Weathermaker Music. Clutch – “The Mob Goes Wild“

California’s dark drone metal assassins Sunn O))) have just finished recording a new studio album with producer Randall Dunn. As on its predecessor “Black One” (2005), the CD features again a guest appearance from Mayhem’s Attila Csihar. Besides, Sunn O))) will release a double live album soon, entitled “Domkirke” and recorded during a special show […]

The masked metal masters Slipknot have revealed that their long-awaited new full-length studio album will be entitled “All Hope Is Gone“. As you already know, the CD shall be released via Roadrunner Records on August 25 in Europe, and its title track shall be made available for free download tomorrow from RoadrunneRrecords.com Рё Slipknot1.com. The […]

As we informed you a month ago, Holland’s sympho metallers Within Temptation shall release a double DVD on September 22, recorded live at Rotterdam’s Ahoy Arena on February 7, 2008. The edition, which will be entitled “Black Symphony“, was shot with 14 full HD cameras and shows the band performing to 10,000 fans with the […]

Iced Earth have revealed the release dates for their new full-length studio album, “The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)” (view cover in the left). The follow-up to last year’s “Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part I)” will surface via SPV on Records on September 5 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and on September 8 […]

As a tribute to Iron Maiden, UK’s Kerrang! Magazine has persuaded 15 of its favorite bands to record cover versions of the NWOBHM gods’ greatest anthems for an exciting free CD entitled “Maiden Heaven” (view cover in the left), which will be available only with the July 19 issue of the magazine. The tracklist and […]

Norwegian gothic metallers Sirenia, who recently recruited 25-year-old Spanish singer Ailyn as the replacement for Monika Pedersen, have announced they’ve completed the songwriting process for their next album and will start recording it in July. The work will take place at Sound Suite Studios in France and Stargoth Studios in Norway, while mixing and mastering […]

Nine mastered and finished tracks from Guns N’ Roses‘ 14-years-in-the-making album “Chinese Democracy” were leaked online yesterday by the website Antiquiet.com, prompting a quick cease-and-desist from the band’s handlers and the removal of the links. Six of the songs have already leaked in one unfinished form or another – “Better”, “The Blues”, “Chinese Democracy”, “Madagascar”, […]