Metal War Productions has just released a live album from the long-defunct Dutch extreme metallers PESTILENCE, entitled “Chronicles of the Scourge“. The collection includes two live shows: Zeche in Bochum, Germany on November 18, 1988 and Kix Festival in Veghel, The Netherlands on June 24, 1989. Metal War Productions mailorder customers will receive a bonus […]

News.com.au reports that GUNS N’ ROSES‘ “Sweet Child O’ Mine” and VAN HALEN‘s “Eruption” were selected as two of the tracks with the best guitar solos of all time.PINK FLOYD‘s “Comfortably Numb” topped the list, with “Sweet Child O’ Mine” following in second place.Third was “Freebird” by LYNYRD SKYNYRD, while “Eruption” by VAN HALEN was […]

Nuclear Blast Records Greece has uploaded 12 new music videos to its MySpace page. Check out the following clips at www.myspace.com/nbgreece:THREAT SIGNAL – “Counterbalance” (home video)DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER – “Friede Sei Mit Dir”SCAR SYMMETRY – “The Illusionist”CHROME DIVISION – “Serial Killer”AMORPHIS – “House of Sleep”IN FLAMES – “Take This Life”EDGUY – “Superheroes”DIMMU BORGIR – “Progenies […]

A brand new BY NIGHT track, entitled “Cursed by the Thought“, has been made available for download at the band’s official MySpace page. The song comes off the Swedish metallers’ sophomore album, “A New Shape of Desperation“, which is available for streaming at this location. Due on September 25 in Europe and October 17 in […]

Danish black metal horde HORNED ALMIGHTY, featuring current members of EXMORTEM and former members of KOLDBORN, have uploaded another song from their second album, “The Devil’s Music – Songs of Death and Damnation“, at their MySpace page. The track “To Despise the Life” can be streamed at this location.“The Devil’s Music – Songs of Death […]

German death/thrash metal act BURDEN OF GRIEF will enter Krachgarten Tonstudio in Kassel, Germany in October to begin recording its fourth album, “Death End Road“, for a February/March 2007 release. The follow-up to 2004’s “Fields of Salvation” will once again be mixed at Jailhouse Studios in Denmark with producer Tommy Hansen (HELLOWEEN, PRETTY MAIDS, HATESPHERE). […]

Keith Richards could be in trouble with Scottish authorities for smoking throughout the Rolling Stones gig in Edinburgh on Friday.The guitarist flouted new laws banning smoking in public places by lighting up frequently during the show at Hampden Park and the city council says it will investigate the incident.Richards could face a ВЈ50 fine, somehow […]

THE PANIC CHANNEL‘s Dave Navarro (guitar) and Steve Isaacs (vocals) performed “Blue Bruises” unplugged last week on MTV Canada’s “MTV Live” in Toronto, Ontario. Watch the performance at MTV Overdrive.THE PANIC CHANNEL‘s debut album, “(ONe)“, sold more than 8,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. […]

Appropriate to the breakneck pace of the hardcore genre, Rhino has packed 26 songs into its 37-minute soundtrack for the documentary “American Hardcore.” The album will be available digitally Sept. 26 and in stores on Oct. 10; the film opens Sept. 22 in New York and Los Angeles.The soundtrack cherry-picks from regional hardcore staples to […]

ANGELCORPSE guitarist Gene Palubicki is working on an as-yet-unnamed death metal/thrash project with drummer Gina Ambrosio (Gina will not be taking part in the ANGELCORPSE reunion, contrary to a previous announcement). More information will be made available soon.As previously reported, ANGELCORPSE bassist/vocalist Pete Helmkamp has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that the band is in the process […]