To honor yesterday’s Earth Day 2008, veteran Bay Area thrashers Testament have decided to donate a portion of the proceeds from pre-order sales for their new album, “The Formation of Damnation”, to Greenpeace. The CD can be pre-ordered under “Merch” at testamentlegions.com. Testament was one of the first environment-conscious metal bands, having written and recorded […]

Portishead‘s entire new full-length studio album,В “Third” (view cover in the left), can be listened to HERE. The CD itself is going to surface in Europe on Monday, April 28. Portishead – “Machine Gun“

Joy Division’s successors New Order have announced the release of a new live DVD. Simply entitled “Live in Glasgow“, the effort shall surface on June 2 and is going to feature footage recorded over two nights at the Glasgow Carling Academy in October 2006. Except for New Order classics, there are also four Joy Division […]

Peaceville Records are about to launch a new progressive rock subsidiary called KScope. The first releases will be albums by The Pineapple Thief (“Tightly Unwound”, due on June 2) and No-Man, featuring Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson (“Schoolyard Ghosts”, out on May 12). There will also be various re-issues from Porcupine Tree later in the year. […]

On May 7 Bulgaria’s ethno-ambient masters Irfan shall play live at theВ Red HouseВ inВ Sofia. The start shall be given at 8 p.m., with tickets costing 3 and 4 Euro. Irfan – “Otkrovenie“

“Pray for Me“, the new video from Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx‘s side project Sixx: A.M., can be viewed below. The track is taken from “The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star” – the soundtrack that accompanied Nikki’s 2007 sook of the same name. Sixx: A.M. – “Pray for […]

The iconic co-founder and former leader of Savatage, Jon Oliva, returned with a new album by his current project Jon Oliva’s Pain, premonitorily entitled “Global Warning“. HERE is what he told us about it… Jon Oliva’s Pain – “Edge of Thorns” (live)

Long-running New York-based metalcore beasts Merauder will enter Big Blue Meenie Studio on June 10 to begin recording their new album, due before the end of the year. A song off it, entitled “Until“, can already be listened to on myspace.com/merauder. Merauder – “Master Killer“

Sweden’s avantgarde metal masters Opeth made their new song, entitled “The Lotus Eater“, has available for free download HERE. The track is the third out of the 7 ones on the band’s upcoming album, “Watershed” (view cover in the left), scheduled for release on June 2 via Roadrunner Records. Opeth – “The Grand Conjuration“

The reunited Stone Temple Pilots are going to release a concert DVD. The disc shall feature live footage shot during the quartet’s show at Harry Houdini’s estate in Los Angeles on April 7, 2008. Stone Temple Pilots – “Trippin’ on a Hole in a Paper Heart” (live at Houdini’s estate)