Guitarist Ola Frenning and drummer Peter Wildoer have finished mixing Soilwork‘s upcoming new, still untitled studio album. The follow-up to “Stabbing the Drama” shall appear by the end of the year via Nuclear Blast. It shall be the Swedes’ first effort to feature new guitarist Daniel Antonsson (Dimension Zero).

New York rockers Goo Goo Dolls are to release a new single on August 13. Entitled “Before It’s Too Late”, it shall be included in the soundtrack to the upcoming action movie “Transformers”. Besides the trio’s track, the compilation CD shall also feature songs by Linkin Park, Smashing Pumpkins, Disturbed, The Used, H.I.M., Taking Back […]

Velvet Revolver‘s upcoming new, second full-length studio album, “Libertad” (view cover in the left), is available for streaming in its entirety HERE. Right there you can also watch the video for the CD’s debut single, “She Builds Quick Machines”. “Libertad” shall be officially released in Europe next Monday, July 2.

Nevermore frontman Warrel Dane has revealed he’s written eight songs for his upcoming debut solo album, tentatively due in early 2008. According to the singer, “the recording will start pretty soon”. As Warrel himself stated less than a year ago in an interview for Tangra Mega Rock, his solo effort is being created together with […]

British sludge/metal/hardcore maniacs Raging Speedhorn shall release their fourth studio album, “Before the Sea Was Built”, on September 10. The follow-up to “How the Great Have Fallen” (2005) was recorded in Wales with producer Larry Hibbitt and is the band’s first effort featuring new vocalist Bloody Kev and bass player Dave Thompson.

According to Brazil’s Bizz Magazine, the as-yet-unnamed new project featuring Sepultura founding members and brothers Max and Igor Cavalera will enter a Los Angeles studio in July to begin recording its debut album for a late 2007/early 2008 release via Roadrunner Records. Although it has not yet been confirmed, it is rumored that production duties […]

Legendary German technical progressive thrash metal masters Mekong Delta have inked a deal with AFM Records for the release of their comeback album, “Lurking Fear” (view cover in the left), due on August 24. Mekong Delta’s current line-up includes mastermind and bass player Ralf Hubert alongside drummer Uli Kusch (ex-Helloween, Masterplan), vocalist Leo Szpigiel (a.o. […]

The super quintet Dark New Day posted a brand new song, entitled “Hail Mary”, on its official MySpace page. Dark New Day’s line-up is rounded up by vocalist Brett Hestla (ex-Creed), guitarists Clint Lowery (Korn, ex-Sevendust) and Troy McLawhorn (Evanescence), drummer Will Hunt (Evanescence, ex-Tommy Lee) and bass player Corey Lowery (ex-Stuck Mojo, Stereomud).

The Verve are set to reunite for a winter tour in their original line-up. This shall be the first time in almost a decade for Richard Ashcroft (vocals), Nick McCabe (guitar), Simon Jones (bass) and Pete Sailsbury (drums) to play together. The British indie rock group broke up in 1999, but now things seem to […]

“The good thing about being a band for seven albums is that you get to a point where you just say, “Fuck it, we can do whatever we like! We don’t have to fit this or that picture of what people think Clawfinger is!” These quite reasonable words sounded from the mouth of the leader […]