Tool have spread following news via their official website: “My friends, we can no longer hide the terrible truth. The holidays are rapidly approaching, and with them the new Tool DVD/video for “Vicarious” is scheduled to be released on December 18 (or 19) and will include an extended cut, lots of bonus material and, of […]

Paul Raven was found dead yesterday, October 20, in a private home in a small French village on the Swiss border after suffering an apparent heart attack. The bass player was in Geneva working with Treponem Pal on their new album. Born in Wolverhampton, UK on January 16, 1961, Paul Vincent Raven established himself with […]

Rob Zombie‘s first ever live album, simply entitled “Zombie Live” (view cover in the left), is available for streaming in its entirety HERE. The CD, due in Europe on Monday, October 22, was recorded during the former White Zombie vocalist’s 2006 tour with the help of guitarist John 5 (ex-Marilyn Manson), bass player Piggy D […]

Norway’s Tristania announced they’ve found a proper replacement to their emblematic beautiful vocalist Vibeke Stene. The band’s new voice is definitely not less pretty. She’s italian, aged 25, and her name is Mariangela Demurtas. What’s known so far is that the Sardinia-born singer lists her musical influences to include Janis Joplin, Diamanda Galas, Lisa DalBello, […]

A new version of the track “The Blinding” by Chicago’s sax-metal extremists Yakuza is available for streaming HERE. The remix was done by current Jesu and former Godflesh mastermind himself – Mr. Justin Broadrick. Meanwhile, Yakuza continue touring in support of their latest effort, “Transmutations”, which was released in August via Prosthetic Records.

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers Within Temptation have released the video for their latest single, “All I Need”. You may watch it in it’s full length below. The MCD (view cover in the left) shall surface in Europe on November 5, containing the title track in a single and album version, plus demos of the songs […]

My Chemical Romance are to release a concert DVD in the beginning of 2008. The still untitled effort will feature the band’s entire current album “The Black Parade” performed live in Mexico City.

Swedish death metal godfathers At the Gates have officially announced they’ll reunite next summer! So far the band has confirmed to perform live at three European festivals in July and August 2008 – Ruis Rock in Finland, Wacken Open Air in Germany and Bloodstock in the UK. At the Gates shall resurface in a line-up […]

Ian Brown has revealed he is planning on playing prison gigs in the near future. “I’m going to get permission from three or four jails,” he explained. Besides, the former The Stone Roses frontman shall re-work many of his songs as classical music compositions for a series of forthcoming gigs in 2008.

Rumours are swirling that Finland’s superstars H.I.M. are set to do the theme song for the next James Bond movie. Sources claim that Bond composer and lyricist, respectively David Arnold and Don Black, were impressed by the band’s track “Wings of a Butterfly”, and were seen chatting to the frontman Ville Valo at this year’sВ BMI […]