Reunited old-school Swiss thrashers EXCRUCIATION will release a new full-length album, entitled “Angels to Some, Demons to Others“, on January 12, 2007. The disc will be issued via Non Stop Music and will be made available as a digipack, a limited-edition digipack with a 5″-vinyl-EP and as a jewelcase. Songtitles set to appear on the […]

New Jersey thrashers DTA have uploaded their new song, “My World“, off their upcoming release titled “Invidious“, at their MySpace page. Final mixes for the CD were concluded at the well-known Trax East Recording Studios in South River, NJ. Mastering will begin within the next few weeks at West West Side Music with none other […]

Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton has been diagnosed with throat cancer.According to Aerosmith.com Hamilton has missed dates of the band’s Route Of Evil tour due to treatment.The post reads: “Tom Hamilton will be sitting out a few gigs at the beginning of he band’s upcoming Route Of Evil tour.“Hamilton has just completed a seven week course […]

The details of a second John Peel day have been announced to honour the late-great DJ.The day will be held on October 12, when bands, artists, DJs and promoters across the land will be encouraged to hold concerts and club nights.It follows the John Peel day last year where over 500 music events took place […]

As reported earlier this week by leader Dave Mustaine, MEGADETH‘s United Abominations has been pushed back to next year. That the exact release date of the album will be February 7 via Roadrunner. United Abominations was recorded by mainman Dave Mustaine and co-producer Jeff Balding. Some song titles set to appear on the CD include […]

MASTODON‘s video for the song “The Wolf is Loose” has been posted online at this location. The track comes off the Atlanta band’s forthcoming album, “Blood Mountain“, due on September 12 via Warner Bros. Records. The “The Wolf is Loose” video was shot on August 12 with director Jonathan Rej (FURTHER SEEMS FOREVER, STRETCH ARMSTRONG), […]

A brand new NAPALM DEATH track, entitled “When All Is Said and Done“, ahs been made available for streaming at this location. The song comes off the British grindcore pioneers’ new album, “Smear Campaign“, due on September 19 via Century Media Records (one day earlier inernationally). “Smear Campaign” (view cover here) track listing:01. Weltschmerz (1:28)02. […]

THE PANIC CHANNEL‘s Dave Navarro (guitar) and Steve Isaacs (vocals) performed “Blue Bruises” unplugged last week on MTV Canada’s “MTV Live” in Toronto, Ontario. Watch the performance at MTV Overdrive.THE PANIC CHANNEL‘s debut album, “(ONe)“, sold more than 8,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. […]

Appropriate to the breakneck pace of the hardcore genre, Rhino has packed 26 songs into its 37-minute soundtrack for the documentary “American Hardcore.” The album will be available digitally Sept. 26 and in stores on Oct. 10; the film opens Sept. 22 in New York and Los Angeles.The soundtrack cherry-picks from regional hardcore staples to […]

ANGELCORPSE guitarist Gene Palubicki is working on an as-yet-unnamed death metal/thrash project with drummer Gina Ambrosio (Gina will not be taking part in the ANGELCORPSE reunion, contrary to a previous announcement). More information will be made available soon.As previously reported, ANGELCORPSE bassist/vocalist Pete Helmkamp has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that the band is in the process […]