Criterion International is set to release a project by the band EIGHT AND ONE HALF, entitled “The Jourgensen Sessions“, produced by MINISTRY‘s Al Jourgensen in 1983. This collection spans a tapestry of sounds, from funk-inspired dance grooves in the vein of ABC, to dark electro synths reminecent of early MINISTRY, XYMOX, or DEPECHE MODE.This previously […]

Thom Yorke has admitted that Radiohead have been on the verge of splitting on a number of ocassions.The celestial singer says that at times the band have felt like not getting together after hiatuses.But Yorke, who is nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his solo effort ‘The Eraser’, says that such ideas weren’t always […]

Two songs from the VIRGIN STEELE‘s forthcoming eleventh album, “Visions of Eden – The Lilith Project – A Barbaric Romantic Movie of the Mind” — “Immortal I Stand (The Birth Of Adam)” and “The Hidden God” — have been made available for streaming. Check them out: “Immortal I Stand (The Birth Of Adam)” : Windows […]

Finnish band EMBRAZE has a posted a new MP3 file containing audio samples of tracks that will appear on its fourth album, “The Last Embrace“, due on August 16. Download it at this location. “The Last Embrace” tentative track listing: 01. Carvings on the Gallowstree02. Branded03. Racing Against Time04. Dead Roses05. Liquid Fire06. Memory Trace […]

Critically-acclaimed sonic trailblazers THE ESOTERIC have posted three new tracks from their highly-anticipated new album, “Subverter“, online at their MySpace page. The tracks include the rocking “Destroy, She Said” as well as the titanic “Language Is a Virus / Shipyards of Foreign Cities” and the mind-bending “Clone Culture and the Cut-Up Method“. Produced and engineered […]

Norway’s GRIMFIST has issued the following update:“As many of you know, Frediablo sent out a statement a couple of weeks ago, about how fed up he is with being in a metal band, the genre and all that goes with it. Since we were already booked to do the Hole In The Sky festival and […]

Reunited New York thrashers NUCLEAR ASSAULT will release their first-ever DVD, “Louder Harder Faster“, on October 10 via Screaming Ferret Wreckords.Recorded during the band’s performance at the 2005 Louder Harder Faster Festival (taped on June 5, 2005), “Louder Harder Faster” also includes such extra bits as vintage live footage, slide shows (put to the original […]

SEVEN WITCHES, the East Coast-based band featuring former SAVATAGE guitarist Jack Frost and ex-HADES frontman Alan Tecchio, will release its first-ever DVD, “Years of the Witch“, on September 26 via Screaming Ferret Wreckords.Concert footage track listing on “Years of the Witch“:01. Open02. Dance With the Dead03. Apocalyptic Dreams04. Metal Tyrant05. The Answer06. Johnny07. Jam Session08. […]

GWAR‘s video for its cover of ALICE COOPER‘s “School’s Out” — directed by David Brodsky of My Good Eye — has been posted online at SingingFool.com.

Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N’ ROSES), Warren DeMartini (RATT) and Billy Duffy (THE CULT) are among the musicians that performed with CAMP FREDDY last Saturday night (August 5) at a private event being held at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California. Other guests at the concert included Steve Isaacs, Steve Jones, Mark McGrath, […]