Denver, Colorado quartet PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS has completed work on its new album, entitled “Mercy“. “Mercy” will see an October 3, 2006 release via Abacus Recordings.The critically acclaimed band recorded “Mercy” with producer extraordinaire Matt Bayles (ISIS, PEARL JAM, MASTODON). The follow-up to 2004’s “Up In Them Guts” contains eleven songs:01. One Fucked Pony02. […]

Swedish power metallers DRAGONLAND will enter Studio Fredman (IN FLAMES, HAMMERFALL, DIMMU BORGIR) in Gothenburg on July 24 with producer Fredrik NordstrГ¶m to record their fourth album, “Astronomy“, tentatively due in November through Century Media Records. The cover art for the follow-up to 2004’s “Starfall” will be conceived by art genius Niklas Sundin (ARCH ENEMY, […]

Former VAN HALEN frontman David Lee Roth appeared on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” on Thursday, July 13, 2006. The performance was in support of the VAN HALEN tribute album, “Strummin’ with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen“. Dave performed “Jamie’s Cryin‘” with his bluegrass friends. Watch the clip online at YouTube.com.

TOTP: Were any of you brought up by animals?Miles: I had a lot of pets. A lot of them died. I had a sheep that froze.TOTP: How? Why? Frozen sheep? What?Miles: My parents bought a sheep and it was in a cold part of Australia and it froze one morning. It just froze solid.Chris: How […]

Here’s your chance to see the hideous and rather brilliant new video by The Horrors. The Southend-based goth-rockers enlisted the legendary Chris Cunningham to direct the vid for their new single, Sheena Is A Parasite.Having created some of the weirdest clips of the past few years – most notably the work he did for Aphex […]

NEW YORK DOLLS‘ video for their new single, “Dance like a Monkey“, has been posted online at the Roadrunner Records web site: Windows Media High Windows Media Medium Windows Media Low

Louisiana’s “sickest” death metal act SUTURE has uploaded its cover of the NAPALM DEATH clasic “Vision Conquest” to their MySpace page.

The limited-edition 2006 reissue of the first solo release by former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent (he was Ace Frehley‘s replacement) from 1986, “Vinnie Vincent Invasion“, is now scheduled for release on August 10 via Zoom Club. “Vinnie Vincent Invasion” was produced and arranged by Vinnie Vincent and Dana Strum at Baby ‘O Recorders in Hollywood, […]

NEW YORK DOLLS guitarist Sylvain Sylvain was interviewed by Simon Mayo of BBC Radio 2 Monday night (July 17). Audio of the program is available at this location.

Dutch death metallers GOD DETHRONED will release their new album, “The Toxic Touch“, on October 23 in Europe (except Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where it will arrive on October 20) via Metal Blade Records. ]“The Toxic Touch” track listing:01. Faithless02. Hating Life03. 201404. Falling Down05. On Wings of Pestilence06. The Day You Died07. Away From […]