PJ Harvey has revealed that she has been working on a new album in collaboration with producer and composer John Parish. The CD shall be entitled “A Woman a Man Walked By”, and is due for release on March 30, 2009.

Los Angeles-based industrial metal masters Static-X have set “Cult of Static” as the title of their sixth studio album, due on March 17, 2009 via Reprise Records. The CD will include a new version of the song “Lunatic” (originally from the soundtrack to “Punisher: War Zone”) featuring a guest guitar solo by Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine. […]

Blur are reforming to play live next year, revealed New Musical Express today. The full line-up – Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree – will play their first gig together since 2002. Speaking to NME, Albarn and Coxon explained they had put their differences behind them and were looking forward to playing […]

Thrash metal veterans Testament uploaded the video for their song “More Than Meets the Eye” on the Internet, as can be seen below. The track comes off the band’s latest album, “The Formation of Damnation” (view cover in the left). Testament – “More Than Meets the Eye“

Reactivated late 80’s Portland, Oregon-based thrash metal/hardcore icons Wehrmacht are back! For the last two months, Marco Zorich (guitar), Shann Mortimer (bass), Tito Matos (vocals), Brian Lehfeldt (drums) and John Duffy (guitar) have been rehearsing “all the old Wehrmacht material and are booking shows for the beginning of the year. Yes, it’s actually all five […]

Total Rock reports that Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel are currently writing new songs for A Perfect Circle. Whether this leads to a full album remains to be seen…

At the end of this news you’ll see the final front cover artwork of the Revolting Cocks’ eagerly awaited new full-length studio album, “Sex-O Olympic-O”.The CD is officially due out on March 3, 2009 via Al Jourgensen’s 13th Planet Recordings. Revolting Cocks – “Sex-O Olympic-O“

Swedish hard rock veterans Europe have set “More Is More” as the working title of their eighth studio album, tentatively due in early 2009. The CD, which was described by the band as a “a modern retro rock album,” is being helmed by the Swedish Grammy award-winning producer Tobias Lindell, known for his work with […]

The upcoming show by The Crickets at Sofia, Bulgaria’s National Palace of Culture on December 12 is sold out now.

Depeche Mode are on the final stage of creating their new studio album. The effort is due on April 21, 2009 via Mute Records…