Slipknot are to start work on a new album before the end of the year. The songwriting process shall start immediately after the Iowa band membrs finish their touring with their side-projects (Corey Taylor and James Root with Stone Sour, Sid Wilson as DJ Starscream, Joey Jordison with Ministry, Paul Gray with Reggie & The […]

The American metalcore sextet Bleeding Through has parted ways with guitarist Scott Donaugh. A replacement has been immediately found in the face of Jona Weinhofer, who left his band I Killed The Prom Queen because of this. As a result, I Killed The Prom Queen have split up…

Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan released an autobiographical double DVD (view cover in the left). Entitled “Highway Star – A Journey in Rock”, it offers six hours of footage from the vocalist’s 4-decade-long professional career – concert shots, documentaries, interviews with Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Don Airey, Steve Morse, Tony Iommi, Luciano Pavarotti, […]

Tomahawk have parted with bassist Kevin Rutmanis (on the photo; also ex-The Melvins). The line-up change comes just two months before the release of the group’s new album, “Anonymous”, through Ipecac Records in June. According to Mike Patton – leader of both Tomahawk and Ipecac – the tracks on the CD have been inspired by […]

H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo has revealed that the group’s new album, tentatively titled “Venus Doom”, shall be “a lot heavier than anything we’ve done before”. The follow-up to “Dark Light” (2005) was recorded in Finland’s capital Helsinki with producer Tim Palmer (Ozzy Osbourne, Dredg), and is scheduled for release on July 10. Songtitles set to […]

Good Charlotte have achieved Top 10 chart debuts in 11 countries all over the world with their new, fourth studio album “Good Morning Revival” (view cover in the left), that was released on March 19 in Europe. The Maryland indie pop/rock quintet who earned massive success with their current single “Keep Your Hands Off My […]

A number of audio clips from Ozzy Osbourne’s forthcoming album have been posted online at the main page of Ozzy.com. One of them is “I Don’t Want to Stop”, which is going to be the first single off the singer’s upcoming CD. The song will receive its official online premiere on Friday, April 13. The […]

The Police‘s guitarist Andy Summers has hinted that the reunited trio may get to work on a new album after their forthcoming world tour, which starts in Canada’s Vancouver on May 28. “If we do well with these concerts we may well make a sixth album. I can’t see why not”, Andy stated, adding that […]

Sweden’s rockers The Hellacopters, whose line-up features former Entombed drummer Nicke Andersson on vocals and guitar, are working on their upoming, as-yet-untitled studio. Mixing will be done in early May, and a possible release date is planned for the autumn.

Green Day is one of the bands that will appear in a forthcoming documentary about the punk rock music scene in the 1990s. Entitled “One Nine Nine Four”, the movie shall be produced by the Australian independent company Robot Academy Films and is slated for a 2008 release. Other bands to be featured in the […]