Actress Evan Rachel Wood, best known as Marilyn Manson‘s girlfriend, is close to signing a recording contract with Interscope Records, which happens to be Manson’s label, too. The deal is “still in negotiations,” says an insider. “The general buzz is that she does have a very good voice and genuinely wants to make music,” adds […]

The British electro-wave female four-piece Ladytron (featuring the Bulgarian musician Mira Aroyo) are in Paris working on their fourth full-length album. The follow-up to “Witching Hour” (2005) is being co-produced by the French electro wizard Vicarious Bliss, and is scheduled to surface sumetime next year…

On Wednesday, October 24, the main hall of the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria wasВ shaken by Panama’s legendary drummerВ Billy CobhamВ and his bandВ Culture Mix. An extremely pleasant live report shall be published HERE soon, while photos of the evening (courtesy of Victor Alexandrov) are already available in our GALLERY.

To celebrate the birth of Opeth‘s double live album “The Roundhouse Tapes” (view cover in the left) on November 5, Peaceville Records have launched a special website dedicated to the releaseВ HERE. The online shrine features audio excerpts from the recording, an interview with the Swedish avantgardists’ mastermind Mikael Akerfeldt, desktops, photos, a free mp3 trackВ and […]

While waiting for Metallica’s new studio album to surface, the Chrome Dreams publishing house has decided to take advantage of the buzz around the legendary quartet by releasing “The Encyclopedia Metallica”. The word goes about a 300-page softback book co-written by Malcolm Dome and Jerry Ewing, offering an A-Z listingВ of everything in Metallica’s career – […]

While Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell is concentrating on his project Ascension of the Watchers, his bandmates Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) have decided to pay more attention to their new side-band alongside Threat Signal frontman Jon Howard, too. To begin with, the trio is seeking for a name for their […]

Korn frontman Jonathan Davis will embark on a 24-date U.S. solo tour, starting November 9 in Hartford and wrapping December 11 in Las Vegas. For the trek the singer perform a variety of songs from Korn’s catalog, along with covers and material from 2002’s “Queen of the Damned” soundtrack. “It’s going to be acoustic, but […]

As we already know, Metallica are currently recording their next full-length album, tentatively due in February 2008, with producer Rick Rubin. Regarding the CD’s substance, drummer Lars Ulrich has revealed a bit regarding working songtitles and more: “There’s one called “19“, “10“, “German Soup“, “Glass Cow“, and even “Black Squirrel“. Just names that relate to […]

All ten tracks off Avenged Sevenfold‘s new self-titled album, officially due in Europe next Monday, October 29, can be streamed in its entirety HERE. The second one of these songs, “Almost Easy”, has been chosen as the group’s current single. You may watch its video below:

To celebrate the release of his concert album “Zombie Live” (view cover in the left), Rob Zombie has launched a special online game. It’s called “Halloween Hangman” and can be played HERE. Good luck!