Reuters reports that DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan is trying his hand at a new form of writing — a novel.Gillan, 61, said he had already lined up a publisher for his novel, which is a political thriller titled “Wessex“.“This is my one and only novel. This really is a labor of love. It’s the […]

A brand new TRIVIUM track, entitled “Anthem (We are the Fire)“, has been made available for streaming at this location. The song comes off the Florida-based metallers’ upcoming third album, “The Crusade“, due on October 10 via Roadrunner Records.“The Crusade” will contain 13 songs, including “Detonation“, which is available for download at this location.

Beck has released yet more of his forthcoming album ‘The Information’ online.Three tracks are now streaming on his official website. they are – ‘Nausea’, ‘Strange Apaarition’ and ‘Motorcade’.You can also see the video for ‘Motorcade’ on the site.Beck releases ‘The Information’ on October 2.

Swedish metallers DREAM EVIL have set “United” as the title of their new album, due in October via Century Media Records. The exact release dates by territory are as follows:Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux: October 13, 2006.U.K., France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, rest of Europe: October 16, 2006.Finland, Sweden, Hungary: October 18, 2006.Italy: Friday, October 20, 2006USA: […]

So how’s Jeff Beck doing on his next album? “I wish you hadn’t asked that,” the British guitar legend tells Billboard.com with a laugh, before revealing that he plans to be quite productive during his upcoming U.S. concert tour. “On the road we’re gonna have little portable studios and we’re going to be writing, hopefully,” […]

DOWNLORD‘s Dave Ingram (ex-BENEDICTION, BOLT THROWER) has secured permission from The Church Of Satan to use lyrical excerpts from “Hymn of the Satanic Empire” in the new DOWNLORD song “Wake Up & Smell the Species“. The hymn was written by Anton Lavey in 1988 and was included on the “Satanic Mass” album.The proposed track listing […]

Long-running German death metallers RESURRECTED will release their fifth album, “Endless Sea of Loss“, on October 13 via Morbid Records. The follow-up to 2003’s “Blood Spilled” was recorded at Soundlodge Studio in Germany and was mastered at Megawimp Mastering Studio in Berlin.“Endless Sea of Loss” track listing:01. Intro02. Hidden by Disguise03. Seducer of Mankind04. Bloodmarked05. […]

According to an Earache Records press release, U.K. music TV channel Scuzz TV has “banned” DEICIDE‘s video for the song “Homage for Satan“, condemning it for being offensive and derogatory.In a statement, a Scuzz representative allegedly declared that “the lyrical content is religiously offensive, derogatory, and can be read as improper exploitation of any susceptibilities […]

CANNIBAL CORPSE‘s video for the song “Death Walking Terror” has been posted online at Yahoo! Music. The track comes off “Kill“, the band’s 10th studio LP, which came out late March. The album debuted at No. 170 on The Billboard 200 chart, selling more than 6,000 copies in its first week. It was the second […]

Black Label Society‘s live performances of “In This River” in Paris, France in 2005 and “Suicide Messiah” are posted online. The clips will feature on BLS’s new live DVD, “The European Invasion Doom Troopin’” which is due out through Eagle Vision on the 22nd of August. The announced track listing for “The European Invasion Doom […]