Launch Radio Networks reports: AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello and SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian are among the people listed in an anti-George W Bush petition, in a full-page newspaper ad that ran Thursday (August 3) in the New York Times. The full-page ad from the group World Can’t Wait announced October 5 as […]

STRATOVARIUS frontman Timo Kotipelto has entered Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland in August to begin recording his third solo album, tentatively due in early 2007 via his own label, High and Loud Records.

Former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen received a platinum sales award for sales in excess of 10,000 copies of her Christmas single “Yhden Enkelin Unelma“, which topped the Finnish charts in 2004 and again in 2005. Check out a picture of Tarja with the award below.

AUDIOSLAVE‘s video for its new single, “Original Fire“, has been posted online at Yahoo! Music. The clip was shot in late June in Los Angeles with graphic designer/video director P.R. Brown, whose rГ©sumГ© includes clips for MATISYAHU and DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE.“Original Fire” comes off AUDIOSLAVE‘s third album, “Revelations“, which is due out on September […]

SLAYER‘s entire appearance on “The Henry Rollins Show” — including live performances of the songs “Cult” and “Disciple” (which didn’t air on the original program), and an interview with all four members of the group — has been made available for viewing online at this location.

The San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting that at least 15 people were injured when thousands of fans surged forward during TOOL‘s Street Scene 2006 performance in the parking lot of San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium. The report is as follows:More than a dozen concertgoers were sent to area hospitals last night after a crowd disturbance at […]

Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. A few excerpts from the chat follow:Ultimate-Guitar.com: With all the censorship that is happening today, how important do you think it is for a band like SLAYER to talk about the subjects that are deemed controversial and politically incorrect?Kerry: “I think it’s real important for […]

SLAYER is streaming its entire new album, “Christ Illusion“, on the band’s official MySpace page.Due on August 8, “Christ Illusion” is SLAYER‘s first new studio album since 2001, and the first recorded by the band’s original line-up — Kerry King (guitar), Tom Araya (bass, vocals), Jeff Hanneman (guitars), Dave Lombardo (drums) — since 1990’s “Seasons […]

German power metallers GAMMA RAY have set “Hell Yeah! The Awesome Foursome (And The Finnish Keyboarder Who Didn’t Want To Wear His Donald Duck Costume) Live in Montreal” as the title of their upcoming DVD. The set will feature a ulti-camera recording of the band’s May 6, 2006 show at Medley in Montreal, Quebec as […]

Several clips from the Ozzfest 2006 stop at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts on Tuesday (August 1) have been posted online. Check out performances from DISTURBED and SYSTEM OF A DOWN at YouTube.com.