Oklahoma’s metalcore beasts The Agony Scene have broken up. According to Total Rock, the band could no longer financially sustain themselves… Rest in peace. The Agony Scene – “Barnburner“

Napalm Death bass player Shane Embury has issued the following update: “I am in the studio mixing my heavy metal project called Absolute Power right now, which is a lot of fun. We need to get a classic metal album cover painting in the vein of the early ’80s metal bands so I thought I […]

Original Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler is featured in the new video by Alter Bridge. The song, entitled “Watch Over You“, shows footage shot in June when Adler underwent detoxification and treatment at a center in the Los Angeles area… Check it out: Alter Bridge – “Watch Over You“ Meanwhile, reports suggest that Alter […]

To celebrate Led Zeppelin’s 40th anniversary, Atlantic Records will release on November 4 a limited-edition CD boxset. This Japanese import contains all 10 of the quartet’s albums in mini-LP replicas with artwork from the original U.K. LP sleeves, and shall be released under the name “Definitive Collection Mini LP Replica CD Boxset“. The mini-LP replicas […]

Bulgarian metal veterans Ahat have recorded a brand-new song entitled “There“. Go get it as an mp3 file there.

After more than seven years, The Damned willВ have a new album in the next two months. “So, Who’s Paranoid?” is planned to surface in stores Dec. 12.

After revealing their tour plans (Sofia, Bulgaria, Vassil Levski stadium included on May 18, 2009), Depeche Mode announced that EMI records will issue the band’s next effort, which is now set to see release April 20, 2009.

The long-awaited music industry documentary “Working Class Rock Star” will be released on DVD in North America on November 11, 2008. The film’s synopsis reads: “The music industry is changing, record sales are down, artists are making less money, yet there are more bands than ever before working for years just to receive even the […]

“Da Capo Press” has set an April 6, 2009 release date for a 288-page book from Zac Crain entitled “Black Tooth Grin: The High Life, Good Times, and Tragic End of ‘Dimebag’ Darrell Abbott”. “Black Tooth Grin” is the first biography of Dimebag Darrell (Pantera, Damageplan), but Zac is a controversial figure. Dimebag’s family and […]

Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker says he’s glad to be alive after suffering severe burns in a plane crash last month. “I hate planes,” Barker said “My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened.” The 32-year-old musician and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM were the only survivors […]