In early 2007, Versailles Records will release Slip Of The Tongue: A Millennium Tribute To Whitesnake, featuring current/former members of Blue Murder, Dio, Whitesnake, Kiss, Badlands, Alice Cooper Band, King Cobra, Lillian Axe, David Coverdale Band, Quiet Riot, House Of Lords, as well as Richard Kendrick, the RadioVipers, Chris Catena, Chris Heaven, Marko Pukkila, and […]

(hed)pe are to have a 15-track compilation released in June by Jive Legacy. It’s to be called ‘The Best Of (hed) Planet Earth’.

San Francisco-based doom metallers Asunder are currently putting the finishing touches to their upcoming full-length album with legendary producer Billy Anderson (Melvins, Mr. Bungle, Cathedral). Currently, the tentative title for this monument is Works Will Come Undone. The album should enshroud the light around mid-late September.

Brutal Truth, Raging Speedhorn, Watch Them Die and Alabama Thunderpussy are all featured on ‘For The Sick – A Tribute To Eeyehategod’. This is due out later in the year on Emetic Recordings.

The Zutons have announced details of the second track to be lifted from their latest album ‘Tired Of Hanging Around’. The band will release ‘Valerie’ on June 19 through Deltasonic.Available on two CDs and a 7″ vinyl, ‘Valerie’ will come backed by ‘April Fool’ on CD1. CD2 will include ‘I Will Be Your Pockets’ and […]

Queens, New York hardcore crew Endwell have signed to Victory. The band started in 2003.

Radiohead singer Thom Yorke and bandmate Jonny Greenwood have played new songs at a special one-off show in London.The concert (May 1) is being held in support of The Big Ask, Friends Of The Earth‘s climate campaign. During the show the band played semi-acoustic versions of some of their biggest hits and three new songs.The […]

Apocalyptica are to release a double CD retrospective at the end of May. It’s to be called ‘Amplified – A Decade Of Reinventing The Cello’. There will also be a double disc DVD, ‘The Life Burns Tour’. A single, ‘Repressed’, is due out in mid-May. This features vocal appearances from Soulfly‘s Max Cavalera and Matt […]

According to blabbermouth.net, VРѕcalist Messiah Marcolin has left Candlemass. Apparently, there were musical disagreements between the singer and the rest of the band over the new album. More soon.

The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower are to release an EP called ‘INRI’ on May 9. This will be on the Art Fag label.