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PEEPING TOM — the new project of Mike Patton (FAITH NO MORE, MR. BUNGLE, TOMAHAWK, FANTOMAS) — will open for THE WHO on seven East Coast dates in early September. PEEPING TOM‘s self-titled debut album was released on May 30 via the Ipecac label. The CD features Patton alongside a slew of collaborators, such as […]

A host of bands are set to have their Peel Sessions released in new compilations this autumn.Pulp, Gene, The House Of Love plus Siouxsie And The Banshees will all feature on the records which will be out in October.Pulp’s double album will feature the previously unreleased track вЂI Need You’ plus sleeve noted fron front […]

Wickeda are getting ready for their Europe tour, which will be the biggest tour for the band so far.В There are 9 countries included in the tour – UK, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Chech Republic, Croatia and Bosna. It is possible that the band will also play in Slovenia. The tour will last more than […]

The numbers are in on the Aug. 4-6 Lollapalooza festival in Chicago’s Grant Park, and they blow last year’s event out of the park. The event grossed nearly $8 million in ticket sales, with total paid attendance of more than 166,000. Last year’s Lolla, its first as a one-off festival, had a total paid attendance […]

STONE SOUR‘s official forum has been updated with a scan of a recent interview with SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor, which was published in Kerrang! magazine. Check it out at StoneSour.com.STONE SOUR rocked The Billboard 200 chart last week, debuting at at the lofty position of No. 4 with their first studio album in over […]

The Rolling Stones canceled their concert tonight (Aug. 14) in Valladolid, Spain, after lead singer Mick Jagger developed laryngitis.The band said in a statement they expected to appear on Sunday at Twickenham Stadium in London. A spokeperson declined to confirm whether the Stones would perform as scheduled in El Ejido, Spain, on Wednesday.“I am very […]

Beck has revealed the full details including the track listing of his new album вЂThe Information’.As previously reported the fifteen track affair will be released on October 2 and will come with a customisable cover.The follow up to January’s вЂGuerolito’ was produced by Nigel Godrich who also took charge of вЂMutations’ and вЂSea Change’.The album […]

Tampa-based “classic” death metal act RESURRECTION, which was previously signed to Nuclear Blast Records, has launched its official web site, www.resurrectionmetal.com. You will find all the latest band information on the site, such as releases, merchandise, news, tour/show schedules, etc.RESURRECTION is most widely known for its album “Embalmed Existence“, released in 1993 through Nuclear Blast. […]

Danish extreme metallers PANZERCHRIST have had the release date of their new album, “Battalion Beast” (Neurotic Records), pushed back to August 28. An e-card containing the tracks “The Gods They Do Not Give Us Long” and “The Lean Black Cruisers” from the upcoming CD has been made available at this location. PANZERCHRIST, who embody Reno […]

DISILLUSION, the prog-death band from Leipzig, Germany, has just finished recording its new album, due in Europe on October 23 via Metal Blade Records. Entitled “Gloria“, the follow-up to 2004’s “Back to Times of Splendor” will include the following tracks:01. The Black Sea02. Dread It03. Don’t Go Any Further04. Avalanche05. Gloria06. Aerophobic07. The Hole We […]