After Radiohead tried to turn the music business upside down by releasing “In Rainbows” via their website only by letting fans decided whether and how much to pay for it, US hip-hop and spoken word artist Saul Williams and Nine Inch Nails’ frontman Trent Reznor decided to follow the Brits’ footsteps. Williams, who participated with […]

Disturbed have entered a Chicago studio to begin recording their fourth album. The follow-up to 2005’s platinum-certified “Ten Thousand Fists” bears the working title “Indestructible” and will be released in the spring of 2008 via Reprise Records. According to vocalist David Draiman, the upcoming effort he and his colleagues Dan Donegan (guitar), Mike Wengren (drums) […]

The British electro-wave female four-piece Ladytron (featuring the Bulgarian musician Mira Aroyo) are in Paris working on their fourth full-length album. The follow-up to “Witching Hour” (2005) is being co-produced by the French electro wizard Vicarious Bliss, and is scheduled to surface sumetime next year…

On Wednesday, October 24, the main hall of the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria wasВ shaken by Panama’s legendary drummerВ Billy CobhamВ and his bandВ Culture Mix. An extremely pleasant live report shall be published HERE soon, while photos of the evening (courtesy of Victor Alexandrov) are already available in our GALLERY.

To celebrate the birth of Opeth‘s double live album “The Roundhouse Tapes” (view cover in the left) on November 5, Peaceville Records have launched a special website dedicated to the releaseВ HERE. The online shrine features audio excerpts from the recording, an interview with the Swedish avantgardists’ mastermind Mikael Akerfeldt, desktops, photos, a free mp3 trackВ and […]

While waiting for Metallica’s new studio album to surface, the Chrome Dreams publishing house has decided to take advantage of the buzz around the legendary quartet by releasing “The Encyclopedia Metallica”. The word goes about a 300-page softback book co-written by Malcolm Dome and Jerry Ewing, offering an A-Z listingВ of everything in Metallica’s career – […]

While Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell is concentrating on his project Ascension of the Watchers, his bandmates Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) have decided to pay more attention to their new side-band alongside Threat Signal frontman Jon Howard, too. To begin with, the trio is seeking for a name for their […]

German melodic death metallers Crematory will release their new studio album, entitled “Pray” (view cover in the left), on February 1 via Massacre Records. The CD was produced by the band itself at the Kohlekeller Studios, with additional assistance by Christian Kohlmannslehner. Here’s the effort’s complete tracklist: 01. When Darkness Falls02. Left the Ground03. Alone04. […]

Actress Evan Rachel Wood, best known as Marilyn Manson‘s girlfriend, is close to signing a recording contract with Interscope Records, which happens to be Manson’s label, too. The deal is “still in negotiations,” says an insider. “The general buzz is that she does have a very good voice and genuinely wants to make music,” adds […]

To celebrate the release of his concert album “Zombie Live” (view cover in the left), Rob Zombie has launched a special online game. It’s called “Halloween Hangman” and can be played HERE. Good luck!