Florida’s WYKKED WYTCH has changed the projected title of its fourth album to “Memories of a Dying Whore” from the previously announced “Awakened“. The band entered Redroom Recorders studio in Tampa, FL in May to begin recording the new CD with engineer Mark Prator. Two demo tracks that are set to be included on the […]

A trailer for NINE INCH NAILS‘ upcoming DVD has been posted online at this location (Quicktime required). The footage for the set is believed to have been shot at several performances in late March 2006, including the March 28 show at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and the March 30 concert at the […]

Nuclear Blast Records has set an October 6 release date for the “deluxe edition” of CHILDREN OF BODOM‘s “Follow the Reaper” album featuring bonus material. The track listing for the new CD is as follows:01. Follow the Reaper02. Bodom after Midnight03. Children of Decadence04. Everytime I Die05. Mask of Sanity06. Taste of My Scythe07. Hate […]

Original KISS members Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss are being inducted in the inaugural class in the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. The Hall honors artists or groups that were either born on Long Island, or resided on Long Island for a significant portion of their career. The induction ceremony and all-star […]

Texas rock outfit …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will return Nov. 14 with its third Interscope album in four years, “So Divided.” As previously reported, the 11-track set includes guest appearances from King Crimson drummer Pat Mastelotto and Dresden Dolls vocalist/pianist Amanda Palmer.Among the highlights are a dramatic, piano-addled cover […]

Glasgow-based modern metallers MENDEED have been confirmed as support for the NAPALM DEATH / BORN FROM PAIN European tour, kicking off in Newcastle, England, on October 18. You can find the complete dates here.MENDEED recently completed work on its second album, entitled “The Dead Lived By Love“. The follow-up to “This War Will Last Forever” […]

Gerald M. Gay of www.azstarnet.com recently spoke to ALICE IN CHAINS bassist Mike Inez about the band’s decision to reunite after the 2002 death of the rock band’s lead vocalist, Layne Staley.“It is going to be a lot different without our brother Layne there with us,” Inez said. “But we thought maybe we could do […]

Italy’s LACUNA COIL will release “Closer” — the third single off their critically acclaimed “Karmacode” album — in October via Century Media Records.The radio mix and edit of “Closer” was overseen by Brian Malouf. The accompanying live tracks were recorded at The State Theatre in St Petersburg, FL on March 20, 2006 by Mark Prator […]

Osmose Productions has set an October 30 European release date for the new MELECHESH album, entitled “Emissaries“. The track listing for the effort is as follows01. Rebirth of the Nemesis (Enuma Elish Rewritten)02. Ladders to Sumeria03. Deluge of Delusional Dreams:Act I: Cast Tempest from the EastAct II: Enlil’s Retaliation04. Touching the Spheres of Sephiroth05. Gyroscope06. […]

Critically-acclaimed Lawrence, Kansas-based innovators THE ESOTERIC have unveiled artwork for their forthcoming album, “Subverter“, at this location.Produced and engineered by Paul Malinowski (SHINER, OPEN HAND) along with guitarist Eric Graves, the genre-defying album is the band’s sophomore effort for Prosthetic Records and is slated for an October 17 release.Several new songs from “Subverter“, including “Destroy, […]