The Beach Boys have announced the release of a new career-spanning best-of-album featuring 28 tracks selected and remixed by the musicians themselves. The CD shall be entitled “The Warmth of the Sun” and is due out on May 22 via Capitol Records/EMI.

Gamma Ray‘s guitarist and vocalist Kai Hansen has revealed that the German metallers are nearing completion of their upcoming live DVD, recorded during the band’s May 6, 2006 show at in Montreal, Canada. The effort’s working title is “Hell Yeah! The Awesome Foursome (And the Finnish Keyboarder Who Didn’t Want to Wear His Donald Duck […]

Swedish rockers Hardcore Superstar will enter studio in April to record a new single, “Bastards (Fade Away)”. The song shall be later included in the band’s upcoming studio album, which will also feature tracks like “Lesson in Violence”, “Sensitive to the Light”, “Dreamin’ in a Casket” and “Sophisticated Ladies”. A demo version of the last […]

Tony Lovato, former frontman of the US pop-punk band Mest which disbanded a year ago, was arrested and charged with murder last Sunday. This followed the death of 25-year-old Wayne Hughes in an underground parking lot in Los Angeles. Lovato is said to have stabbed Hughes, who was dating the singer’s ex-girlfriend. Two days ago […]

Austrian symphonic/psycho/prog/black metallers Dornenreich have extended their contract with Prophecy Productions 3 more albums. The band is currently working on the first of them. Entitled “In Luft geritzt” (“Carved in Air”), the CD shall consist of ten tracks, plus one bonus on the first edition. The follow-up to Dornenreich’s fifth studio album, 2006’s “Durch den […]

Chicago’s sax-metal avantgardists Yakuza entered studio to begin recording their new album, “Transmutations”, for a fall release via Prosthetic Records. The CD is being produced by Sanford Parker (Pelican, Minsk, Rwake), who made a guest appearance on the band’s latest release, “Samsara”. “The tracking and mix is complete,” frontman Bruce Lamont said of the progress […]

Reunited Madchester legends Happy Mondays (the term Madchester describes the alternative music scene that developed in Manchester at the end of the 80’s) have signed a deal with Sanctuary Records to release a brand new studio album. The band now features original members Shaun Ryder (vocals), Gary Whelan (drums) and dancer Bez (percussion). The CD […]

The Russian fan club of the Finnish metal band Ensiferum has given the band a gift of astronomical proportions, as on their request the Russian International Star Catalogue has denominated a star in the Ursa Major constellation after them! The star Ensiferum was denominated on March 19, 2007 by pilot-cosmonaut German Titov – a week […]

The reunited Smashing Pumpkins will play their first show after their “rebirth” on May 22 at the Grand Rex in Paris, France. The band is putting the finishing touches to its comeback album, “Zeitgeist”, due to emerge on July 7. Mainman Billy Corgan has announced that the record will be released at exactly 7:07 a.m., […]

Marilyn Manson has revealed some information about his forthcoming full-length studio album. Entitled “Eat Me, Drink Me”, the CD is planned to surface sometime in June, although nothing’s been confirmed yet. Songs on the effort include “If I Was Your Vampire”, described by Manson as an “all-time gothic anthem”, as well as “Just a Car […]