The second official single off Nine Inch Nails‘ current album, “Year Zero”, shall be “Capital G”. The follow up to “Survivalism” shall hit the stores in its physical format on June 4 via Nothing/Interscope Records. According to NIN mastermind Trent Reznor, the “G” in “Capital G”, also known under the title “Halo 25”, stands for […]

The song “Rio Grande Blood (Rio Grande Dubya Mix)”, taken from Ministry‘s upcoming album of remixes, “Rio Grande Dub” (view front cover in the left), has been made available for streaming HERE. The CD shall be released in June via 13th Planet Records. The complete tracklist has been revealed at this location.

The avantgarde electro duo UNKLE has teamed up with Queens of the Stone Age mainman Josh Homme for its third album, “War Stories”, due out on July 9. Homme will sing on the track “Hold My Hand”, which is also going to feature the vocal debut of UNKLE mastermind James Lavelle (on the photo). This […]

After drummer Nick Oshiro broke his hand and was temporarily replaced by Will Hunt (a.o. Vince Neil, Dark New Day, Stuck Mojo, Tommy Lee) for the last couple of weeks, Static-X have recruited Bevan Davies (ex-Danzig, Jerry Cantrell, Comes with the Fall) to beat the skins during the next month or so, until Nick has […]

After “postponing” their shows in Japan due to an injury suffered by bassist Tommy Stinson a week ago, Guns N’ Roses have cancelled their shows in South Africa, too, leaving the nation’s largest outdoor festival without a headliner. Axl Rose & Co. were scheduled to headline the My Coke Festival 2007 in Johannesburg on April […]

Eagle Rock Entertainment have uploaded some audio samples of the upcoming full-length studio album by Gary Moore, “Close As You Get”, due to be released in Europe on May 21. Listen to the new music recorded by the singing guitar virtuoso with the help of Brian Downey (drums), Vic Martin (keyboards) and Pete Rees (bass) […]

Sigur Ros are gearing up for a host of releases across the year. The Icelandic group will kick off with a new book of photos shot during their 2006 tour, entitled “In a Frozen Sea”, out on June 1. During the following month, in July, the quartet shall release a soundtrack for the 2002 movie […]

Paradise Lost shall support Nightwish in the States after the summer, but this fact doesn’t bother Britain’s gothic metal godfathers at all, althaugh being quite older than Finland’s superstars. These and other confessions were made by Paradise Lost’s vocalistВ Nick HolmesВ a month before the official European release of the band’s 11th studio album, “In Requiem”,В in anВ INTERVIEW […]

Nuclear Blast Records have set a July 23 European release date for the new Nile album, “Ithyphallic”, which we informed you about some two weeks go. The CD by the death metal egyptologists was recorded at Sound Lab Studios in South Carolina with veteran producer Neil Kernon, known for his work with a.o. Nevermore, Cannibal […]

My Chemical Romance bassist Mikey Way (on the photo) is leaving the band to spend time with his new wife. Luckily, this will be just a temporary departure. Mikey, who is the brother of the band’s frontman Gerard Way, got married on March 8 to Alicia Simmons in Las Vegas. There’s still no news of […]