EVANESCENCE frontwoman Amy Lee has posted the following message on the EVBoard.com message board:“A few weeks ago, Will [bassist William Boyd] decided to leave the band. He said that he just can’t go through with another huge tour right now, and wants to stay a little closer to his family instead. Tour is hard — […]

Australian rock ‘n’ roll legends ROSE TATTOO are back in the studio recording a new album with veteran Australian producer Mark Opitz (INXS, COLD CHISEL, KISS). The first single from the album is “Black Eyed Bruiser“, a song written by the band’s original production team, Harry Vanda and George Young, who also were AC/DC‘s producers. […]

The new STONE SOUR video, “Through Glass“, is being streamed online for the next four days exclusively at AOL Music. The clip was shot with director Tony Petrossian (HEAD AUTOMATICA, AVENGED SEVENFOLD) and features a special cameo by POISON guitarist C.C. Deville.

Belgian death metallers ABORTED have issued the following update:“Work is proceeding well on the ‘The Auricular Chronicles‘ DVD, which is set to be released by October through Listenable Records. Previews will be online by the end of the summer on both websites and OneOone (www.oneOone.fr), who are doing an amazing job with the footage so […]

Norwegian symphonic metal band TRISTANIA have issued the following update:“The release of [the new TRISTANIA album] ‘Illumination‘ [originally scheduled for September] is, unfortunately, postponed slightly due to technical reasons. We regret this delay, as we are as impatient as you are to get the album released. Hopefully, our fans will understand that this is something […]

The Sofia based “energy wave” band Lovers of the Bomb are in Stain Studio for two days to record a song. The name of the song to be recorded is very characteristic of the band’s style – “Night-Time Energy Wave“. Soon the song will be posted to the band’s official MySpace page, so keep an […]

Follow The Hollow of KickedInTheFace.com recently conducted an interview with DARK TRANQUILLITY guitarist Niklas Sundin. A few excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow:KickedInTheFace.com: How are things going for the new DARK TRANQUILLITY album?Niklas Sundin: “It’s going fine, thanks! We’re rehearsing like madmen and things are really starting to take shape now even if there still […]

Over 320 high-quality photos taken at the Metaltown festival on July 7, 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden have been posted online at Metalnyheter.se. The following bands performed at the event:CRADLE OF FILTHDANKO JONESENGELENTER THE HUNTEVERGREYKHOMAMOTГ–RHEADOPETHSOILWORKSTONEGARDTHE HAUNTEDTOOL

LAMB OF GOD have finalized the track listing for their new album, “Sacrament“, due on August 22 via Epic. The CD was produced by Machine (BLOODSIMPLE, WHITE ZOMBIE), who also helmed the group’s 2004 effort, “Ashes of the Wake“.“Sacrament” track listing:01. Walk With Me In Hell02. Again We Rise03. Redneck04. Pathetic05. Foot To The Throat06. […]

AUDIOSLAVE/ex-SOUNDGARDEN frontman Chris Cornell told AOL Music News last month that he’s writing songs for his second solo album.“I’m going to hopefully finish it and record before the summer’s over,” Cornell revealed at the video shoot for the new AUDIOSLAVE single, “Original Fire“.When might the album see the light of the day? “Who knows?” Cornell […]