“The Last Kind Words”, the third album by DevilDriver (the current band of former Coal Chamber frontman Dez Fafara), has had its release date pushed back from June 4 to June 18 in Europe. The CD was recorded at Sonic Ranch Studios in Texas with producer Jason Suecof, known for his great work with Trivium, […]

Guitarist Dino Cazares (Asesino, ex-Fear Factory) has signed a deal with Roadrunner Records for the territory of Europe with his new band Divine Heresy. The group’s line-up is completed by drummer Tim Yeung (Vital Remains, Hate Eternal) and Vext’s vocalist Tommy Cummings. Divine Heresy are to release their debut album later in the year. The […]

The second volume of a Universal Records compilation of Johnny Cash tracks, “The Legend of Johnny Cash, Vol. II”, is to be released on May 21. The follow-up to the double platinum selling first part spans Cash’s career from 1956 to 2003 and includes 20 tracks, a.o. collaborations with June Carter, Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, […]

The artwork for Ozzy Osbourne’s long-awaited new album, “Black Rain”, has been finally revealed. You can view it in the left. The prince of darkness has also made clear the tracklist for the effort, which looks this way: 01. Not Going Away 02. I Don’t Wanna Stop 03. Black Rain 04. Lay Your World on […]

Joey Jordison (Slipknot, Ministry ex-Murderdolls) has confirmed he’ll sit behind the drumkit for Korn this summer. This news follows the recent departure of Terry Bozzio (ex-Frank Zappa, Missing Persons), who replaced original skinsman David Silveria in December 2006 and, on the other hand, was replaced by Bad Religion’s Brooks Wackerman for Korn’s latest show a […]

Hellyeah, the band lead by drummer Vinnie Paul (ex-Pantera and Damageplan), have already found a replacement for bass player Jerry Montano (Nothingface), who parted ways with the group earlier this week. The new four-stringer shall be Vinnie’s former Damageplan colleague Bob “Bobzilla” Kakaha (on the photo).

After Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, ex-Kyuss) criticised Ozzy’s self-titled festival earlier this month, stating that Queens of the Stone Age would never take part in the Ozzfest again because “they treat the bands like shit”, Sharon Osbourne responded quite quickly and furiously. Ozzy’s wife, manager and co-creator of […]

San Francisco Bay Area thrash/death metal godfathers Possessed have revealed they’ll be reuniting. So far the only confirmed live date of the band who gained cult status before disbanding in 1993 with their debut demo “Death Metal” (1984), the albums “Seven Churches” (1985) and “Beyond the Gates” (1986) and the EP “The Eyes of Horror” […]

Rancid‘s vocalist Tim Armstrong shall release his solo albumВ  “A Poet’s Life” next month – a fact we informed youВ about some time ago. However, as you probably guess, there’s more news about it. The effort shall be released via Epitaph Records, who announced they’ll make the entire album available for free download, but there’s one […]

Drowning Pool will release their third album, “Full Circle”, on July 23 via the group’s new record label, Eleven Seven Music. The Dallas metallers got offers from Sanctuary and Century Media, but turned them down in favor of the above-mentioned young record company which works with artists like Buckcherry and Everclear.