Birmingham, U.K. grindcore/noisecore crossover act CHEMICAL VOMIT has announced that it has parted ways with bassist Aaron Thrasher and second vocalist Morbid James and will be continueing with just a three-piece lineup of:Jason Vomit (INFANT BILE, CORPSE ABORTION, COSMIC COCK) – VocalsSteven Pork (CORPSE ABORTION, COSMIC COCK) – Guitar, VocalsSpike Kane (ex-COSMIC COCK) – DrumsCHEMICAL […]

IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain joined the New York-based band VOICES OF EXTREME (V.O.X.) for a rendition of the MAIDEN classic “The Trooper” during their August 13 appearance at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, MA for the Locobazooka! United We Rock Festival. Check out pictures by Jennifer Simon at this location.McBrain — who is VOICES […]

GODHEAD‘s new single, “Trapped In Your Lies“, has been made available for free download at the band’s MySpace page. The song comes off the group’s new album, “The Shadow Line“, due on August 29 in the U.S. and September 4 in the rest of the world through new label Cement Shoes Records. The band recently […]

Danish metallers HATESPHERE have posted the following message on their official web site:“We are at the moment in the process of writing songs for the new CD, and it’s going really well. It’s always a bitch to get the writing process started, but this time has been pretty smooth, and we already have two songs […]

Video clips of DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan performing on August 16 at the Town Ballroom in Buffalo, New York at the opening night of his “Gillan’s Inn” solo tour have been posted online at YouTube.com. Check them out: “Smoke on the Water” (video) and “Bluesy Blue Sea” (video).Ian Gillan‘s setlist for the August 17 […]

MESS, the Finnish heavy metal band featuring bassist Jari Kainulainen (ex-STRATOVARIUS), drummer Atte Sarkima (AJATTARA, VERENPISARA), vocalist Tommi “Tuple” Salmela (TAROT, CARDIANT) and guitarist Elias Viljainen ( E.VIL), is currently working on its first EP, tentatively due before the end of the year.MESS was originally formed in 2001 but went on hiatus the following year […]

A brand new DEFTONES song, entitled “Hole in the Earth“, has been posted online at the band’s MySpace page. The track is the first single off the band’s upcoming album, “Saturday Night Wrist“, due on October 31 through Maverick. The follow-up to 2003’s “Deftones” features guest appearances by SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian […]

Virginia Records / Universal Music presents “On The Road” Vol.2There are 19 perfect songs – for the road, for the setting the right mood and saving nice memories. All that is expect form you is to load the fuel up, and listen. With the compilation On The Road you will get to anywhere, even the […]

IAN BROWN AND NEW GENERATION & CIGARETTA PERFORM AT SOUTH PARK SOFIA AND HERBALISER, SCRATCH PERVERTS AND DJ KINK FEAT. RACHEL ROW AND OGONEK & COOH PERFORM IN BLACK BOX IN THE EVENING AS PART OF MTV EXIT‘S UNPRECEDENTED PAN-EUROPEAN ANTI-TRAFFICKING EVENT TOUR.The MTV Europe Foundation and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) continue […]

German power metallers HELLOWEEN have uploaded photos from their recent video shoot for the the upcoming single, “Light the Universe“. The shoot took place at the castle Veldenstein in the southern part of Germany with renowned director Alex Diezinger (NEGATIVE, L’AME IMMORTELLE, EXILIA) of AVA Studios. The clip, which is said to be the first-ever […]