R.E.M. will perform three songs with original drummer Bill Berry to celebrate its induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, to be held Sept. 16 in Atlanta. Berry has only played three times with his longtime colleagues since exiting the band in 1997, most prominently at the October 2005 wedding of R.E.M. guitar tech […]

The track “Race for the War” from the upcoming ANGER AS ART album, “Callous And Furor“, has been posted online at this location.The CD is scheduled to be released at the end of the month via OSM Records.“Callous And Furor” track listing:01. Catharsis02. Anger Is Rising03. Bane Of My Existence04. Gnashing Of Teeth05. No Seed […]

HATEBREED‘s “Supremacy” album sold around 27,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 31 on The Billboard 200 chart. This number is roughly in line with the first-week tally registered by its predecessor, “Rise of Brutality“, which shifted more than 32,000 copies back in November 2003 […]

Gibson Guitars have developed a special model, in collaboration with Green Day‘s Billy Joe Armstrong. This should be available later this month. But, be warned, it’ll set you back over $2000.

Chicago metal act WRATH has posted two “archive” videos from their 1990 release “Insane Society” on the band’s MySpace page. The title track, “Insane Society“, and “Test of Faith” were filmed in 1990, and were shown on MTV’s original “Headbanger’s Ball“.

Bassist Jan BГјnning of the German power metallers PARAGON has posted the following message on the band’s official web site:“Chris [Gripp] has almost recorded most of his drum stuff [for the new PARAGON album]. Tomorrow he will play the final songs and after next weekend I will start to record my bass tracks. I not […]

German metallers SACRED STEEL have announced the final track listing for their upcoming sixth album, “Hammer of Destruction“, due on November 10 via Massacre Records. The CD was recorded at the Spiderhouse studio in LГјtte (near Berlin) with legendary producer Harris Johns (VOIVOD, HELLOWEEN, ST. VITUS, DEPRESSIVE AGE, SODOM, KREATOR). Mixing took place at the […]

According to several online sources, Gene Simmons‘ Simmons Comics Group will release “Gene Simmons House of Horrors” ( view cover below) on or around October 25, 2006. A description of the comic book’s contents reads as follows: “Young Eugene, while on a family picnic, stumbles upon an abandoned house in the woods the week before […]

IRON MAIDEN‘s new album, “A Matter of Life and Death“, has entered the Norwegian national album chart at position No. 2. The updated first-week chart positions are now as follows:Finland: #1Italy: #1Germany: #1Norway: #2U.K.: #4Ireland: #5Poland: #6Netherlands: #7Australia: #12“A Matter of Life and Death” was recorded at Sarm West Studios in London with producer Kevin […]

CIRCLE II CIRCLE, the band featuring former SAVATAGE frontman Zachary Stevens, has posted three songs from its upcoming “Burden of Truth” album — “Revelations“, “Evermore” and “Burden of Truth” — on its official MySpace page.“Burden of Truth” track listing:01. Who Am I To Be02. Matter Of Time03. Heal You04. Revelations05. This Is Your Reality06. Evermore07. […]