“Extreme doom” metal band KHANATE, the brainchild of Stephen O’Malley (THORR’S HAMMER, BURNING WITCH, SUNN 0))), LOTUS EATERS) and James Plotkin (OLD, SCORN, ATOMSMASHER), has disbanded. In a statement, Plotkin writes, “I have decided to leave KHANATE due to the lack of commitment of certain members. The decision was a difficult one, as I’ve put […]

LIVING COLOUR guitarist Vernon Reid has issued the following update:“[Friday] night [Sept. 22] something truly extraordinary happened: for the first time in 17 years, LIVING COLOUR played with Muzz Skillings on bass. The occasion was a private party the iconic master drummer/mentor-musician Jack DeJohnette threw for his lovely wife Lydia. Doug was unable to come […]

A revealing portrait of U2 guitarist The Edge has been filmed by his bandmate Bono – and can now be viewed online.Bono filmed his pal in Miami during last year’s US leg of U2‘s ‘Vertigo‘ world tour. The footage includes The Edge getting out of bed, doing yoga and chasing paparazzi down the beach.You can […]

Damon Albarn‘s new band The Good, The Bad And The Queen are set to release their debut single ‘Herculean‘ on October 30.The track will be available on CD and 7″ and deleted on the day of release.As previously reported by NME.COM, the artwork for the single has been created by the band’s bassist – former […]

Jarvis Cocker is set to release his debut solo album ‘Jarvis‘ later this year.The tracklisting for the album, out November 13, does not include the online release ‘Running the World‘, a former NME single of the week.The track does feature on the soundtrack for the film ‘Children Of Men‘, which stars Michael Caine and Clive […]

Rolling Stone magazine reports that Marilyn Manson will begin filming his movie project, “Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll“, in just a few weeks in Paris, France. In addition, he will celebrate the Halloween opening of his new L.A. art gallery, located at the nearly satanic address of 667 Melrose. (“I looked at the lease […]

Neil Young has won the Artist Of The Year gong at the Americana Honours And Awards.The singer-songwriter, 60, won plaudits this year for his anti-Bush album ‘Living With War’, which he famously recorded in a matter of weeks after being challenged to return to his radical roots.Other winners at the bash in Nashville – the […]

A video clip of GUNS N’ ROSES frontman Axl Rose stopping the band’s performance halfway through the song “Sweet Child O’ Mine” on Thursday, Sept. 21 at the Warfield in San Francisco in order to have an unruly “fan” removed from the premises has been posted online at YouTube.com.

Swedish gore death masters DERANGED have changed the projected title of the follow-up to their sixth full-length album, “Obscenities in B Flat“, to “The Red Light Murder Case” from the previously announced “213“. Recording is set to commence “sometime early next year.” Songtitles set to appear on the CD include “Death Walks on High Heels”, […]

The cover artwork for Texas-based long-running heavy doomsters SOLITUDE AETURNUS‘ sixth studio album, entitled “Alone“, has been posted online and you can see it below (artwork created by Travis Smith).Due in Europe on November 10 through Massacre Records, “Alone” was recorded at Nomad Studios in Carrolton, Texas with Sterling Winfield (PANTERA) and J.T. Longoria (KING […]