Former CRADLE OF FILTH/DIMMU BORGIR and current BENEDICTION drummer Nick Barker joined TESTAMENT on stage for a special rendition of the Bay Area thrash classic “Over the Wall” during their headlining appearance at Rio’s in Bradford, England on Tuesday, July 25. Watch a low-quality video clip of the performance at YouTube.com.

A brand-new ANATHEMA track, entitled “A Simple Mistake“, has been made available for download at this location.

Joseph Rose of Crave Music recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott. A few excerpts from the chat follow:Crave Music: Do you ever get a chance to just go back and listen to the PANTERA albums? Do you have a favorite one?Vinnie Paul: “My favorite one is ‘Vulgar Display Of Power’. […]

Swedish/Greek melodic death metal outfit NIGHTRAGE has posted a live clip of its performance at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg, Sweden on April 14, 2006 at YouTube.com.

GOATWHORE has uploaded a new track, entitled “Alchemy of the Black Sun Cult“, to Downloadpunk.com. The song comes off the group’s upcoming third full-length album, “A Haunting Curse“, due on September 5 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded at Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida with producer Erik Rutan (MORBID ANGEL, HATE ETERNAL).“A […]

The first glimpse of the rough cut of NONPOINT‘s video for its cover of PHIL COLLINS‘ “In the Air Tonight“, which is the lead single from the “Miami Vice” soundtrack, along with an accompanying commentary, can be found on NBC6.net web site. The video was shot by Darren Doane and will have clips of the […]

DIECAST has finalized the track listing for its new album, “Internal Revolution“, due on September 19 via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded in Miami with longtime producer Paul Trust and was mixed by the acclaimed Tue Madsen (HIMSA, THE HAUNTED) at Antfarm Studios in Denmark. This marks the group’s first effort with an […]

SCORPIONS have reportedly tapped songwriter/producer Desmond Child — who has worked with such high-profile pop/rock artists as AEROSMITH, BON JOVI, ALICE COOPER, KISS, RICKY MARTIN, CHER, MICHAEL BOLTON and BONNIE TYLER — to produce their next studio album, which they expect to release before the end of 2007.

According to Billboard.com, the sold-out crowd at Chicago’s House of Blues Theatre was treated to an all-star rock n’ roll extravaganza on July 2 when CHEAP TRICK‘s Rick Nielsen hit the stage for a special performance with Al Jourgensen (MINISTRY) and his band, REVOLTING COCKS. Nielsen was among the guests to appear on the recently-released […]

Hard Rock today unveiled its latest Signature Series T-shirt, designed by Ozzy Osbourne. Proceeds from the new Ozzy Osbourne T-shirt benefit the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, established by Ozzy‘s wife Sharon following her own battle with colon cancer. Ozzy Osbourne, the 22nd rocker to become part of Hard Rock’s Signature […]