The new double album of unreleased material by THE BLACK CROWES, titled “The Lost Crowes“, was originally scheduled to be in stores August 29 (Rhino). However, due to a recently discovered manufacturing error, the release date has been moved to September 26.“The Lost Crowes” contains two previously recorded albums that THE BLACK CROWES never officially […]

Norwegian quintet MORTAL LOVE will release its third album, “Forever Will Be Gone“, on September 22 via Germany’s Massacre Records. The follow-up to 2005’s “I Have Lost…” was recorded at Space Valley Studios and is the final chapter of the trilogy “All the Beauty I Have Lost Forever Will be Gone“. A teaser for the […]

LAMB OF GOD‘s “Sacrament” sold around 63,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 8 on next week’s The Billboard 200 chart. This is almost double the amount of records sold by its predecessor, “Ashes of the Wake“, which registered a first-week tally of 35,000 back […]

Former FAITH NO MORE singer Mike Patton‘s band PEEPING TOM performed at Central Park Summer Stage on Thursday (August 17) in New York City. Watch video clips from YouTube.com.As previously reported, PEEPING TOM 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 […]

Janesville, Wisconsin’s The Janesville Gazette reports that the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department patrol division and drug unit made a combined 14 criminal arrests at Saturday’s (August 26) Family Values Tour concert at Alpine Valley Music Theater in East Troy, WI.Three were arrested for resisting arrest, and five for possession of marijuana and two for disorderly […]

According to a posting on the DEEP PURPLE fan site The Highway Star, THE STEVE MORSE BAND has just released a DVD, entitled “Live In Baden-Baden“, featuring performances from 1990 — a few years before guitarist Steve Morse joined DEEP PURPLE. The DVD features two concerts culled from the vaults of the German television program […]

Live recordings of SLAYER and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE performing at this past weekend’s Reading festival in England were aired Tuesday night (August 29) on the “Mike Davies Rock Show” on BBC Radio 1. The following songs were aired:SLAYER: Live From Reading01. Dead Skin Mask02. Seasons in the Abyss03. Post Mortem04. Raining BloodBULLET FOR MY […]

On October 24, ILL NIГ‘O, the world re-known bi-lingual Latino metal sextet, will release a new five-song EP, “The Undercover Sessions“, comprised of three of their favorite cover songs from bands they loved growing up as fans, and two brand new songs — all overseen by legendary producer Andy Johns (LED ZEPPELIN, VAN HALEN, OZZY […]

Veteran Polish extreme metallers VADER have made their cover of the SLAYER classic “Raining Blood” available for download via their official web site. The song appears on the Japanese version of VADER‘s new album, “Impressions in Blood“, which came out a few days ago via Marqueee/Avalon. The CD features artwork by Greek artist Seth (ROTTING […]

According to Century Media Records‘ official release schedule, a new ICED EARTH DVD, entitled “Alive in Athens“, is slated for release on October 31. The set is believed to contain video footage recorded during the band’s 1999 two-night appearance at at the Rodon Club in Athens, Greece which previously resulted in a two-disc live CD […]