PAPA ROACH‘s upcoming fourth major label album, “The Paramour Sessions” (due Sept. 12), is available streaming in its entirety at this location. In a recent interview with Launch Radio Networks the group’s lead singer, Jacoby Shaddix, revealed that he’s a little nervous about people hearing the record because it’s an especially personal one. The first […]

German thrashers DESTRUCTION will enter the studio later this month to record the “Best of Classix” album, tentatively due in early 2007 via AFM Records. The band previously stated about the upcoming CD, “As it’s really difficult to get the old records those days and to avoid a ‘best of album’ with only old recordings […]

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY‘s video for the song “Concrete Jungle” has been posted online at the MySpace page of the New York-based publisher Terminal Press. The artwork for the video was done by Terminal Press comic artist Rolo Ledesma (“Phony-Baloney”, “Terminal Press Presents”, “Toxic Teddies”, “Spraycan Monsters”, “DUB-BOTS”) and is said to be “one of the […]

LAMB OF GOD, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ALICE IN CHAINS and NIRVANA are among the latest artists to be confirmed for the “Guitar Hero” PlayStation 2 videogame sequel. The following songs have been confirmed so far:ANTHRAX – “Madhouse”MГ–TLEY CRГњE – “Shout At The Devil”GUNS N’ ROSES – “Sweet Child O’ Mine”STONE TEMPLE PILOTS – “Trippin’ On A […]

Italian doom metallers THUNDERSTORM have set “As We Die Alone” as the title of their fourth album, tentatively due late 2006/early 2007 via Dragonheart Records. The follow-up to 2004’s “Faithless Soul” was recorded at New Sin Studio in Loria (Italy) and will include a cover version of the JIMI HENDRIX classic “Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)“. […]

German power metallers SYMPHORCE, featuring BRAINSTORM frontman Andy B. Franck, have announced the addition of drummer Steffen Theurer to the group’s ranks. The band is currently working on material for its upcoming CD, “Become Death“, which it expects to begin recording in November at the House of Music studios in Winterach, Germany with producer Dennis […]

SLAYER‘s official web site has been updated with three live video clips shot on July 13 on the Unholy Alliance tour at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia: “Blood Red“: Windows Quicktime “Cult“: Windows Quicktime “Eyes of the Insane“: Windows Quicktime

AGRYPNIE, the new project featuring NOCTE OBDUCTA frontman Torsten, Der Unhold, will release its full-length debut, “F51.4“, on September 29 via Supreme Chaos Records. The follow-up to the group’s 2005 split demo/CD with FATED reportedly contains “nine tracks of melodic black/death metal.”“F51.4” track listing:01. Intro02. Und fГјhret mich nicht in Versuchung03. Auf den nackten Korridoren04. […]

Finnish melodic death/thrash metallers MORS PRINCIPIUM EST have set “Liberation = Termination” as the title of their third album, tentatively due in early 2007 via Listenable Records.MORS PRINCIPIUM EST‘s debut album, “Inhumanity“, was reissued in February through Listenable with completely new artwork and with three bonus songs.

A brand new ANAAL NATHRAKH track, entitled “When the Lion Devours“, has been posted online at the band’s MySpace page. The song comes off the group’s third full-length album, “Eschaton“, due on October 16 via Season of Mist. The CD includes guest appearances by Shane Embury (NAPALM DEATH) and Attila Csihar (MAYHEM). ANAAL NATHRAKH recently […]