DEICIDE guitarist Ralph Santolla (ex-ICED EARTH, DEATH) has issued the following update:“I’m almost finished writing my new instrumental album, tentatively titled (say that fast) ‘Requiem for Hope‘. I’ll start recording soon, with some very well-known musicians. It will be a LOT different than ‘Shaolin Monks in the Temple of Metal‘, and will include an orchestral […]

Swedish metallers DREAM EVIL have set “United” as the title of their new album, due in October via Century Media Records. The exact release dates by territory are as follows:Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux: October 13, 2006.U.K., France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, rest of Europe: October 16, 2006.Finland, Sweden, Hungary: October 18, 2006.Italy: Friday, October 20, 2006USA: […]

Reuters reports that DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan is trying his hand at a new form of writing — a novel.Gillan, 61, said he had already lined up a publisher for his novel, which is a political thriller titled “Wessex“.“This is my one and only novel. This really is a labor of love. It’s the […]

A low-quality video clip of METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett performing with TOOL during their headlining appearance at the Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii on Friday (August 18) has been posted online at YouTube.com.

Beck has released yet more of his forthcoming album ‘The Information’ online.Three tracks are now streaming on his official website. they are – ‘Nausea’, ‘Strange Apaarition’ and ‘Motorcade’.You can also see the video for ‘Motorcade’ on the site.Beck releases ‘The Information’ on October 2.

So how’s Jeff Beck doing on his next album? “I wish you hadn’t asked that,” the British guitar legend tells Billboard.com with a laugh, before revealing that he plans to be quite productive during his upcoming U.S. concert tour. “On the road we’re gonna have little portable studios and we’re going to be writing, hopefully,” […]

WITHOUT END, the band featuring guitarist/vocalist Adam Tranquilli (BLOODFEAST, HEADLOCK) and bassist Tom Lorenzo ( M.O.D., HEADLOCK), will enter Big Blue Meenie studio in Jersey City, New Jersey on September 25 to begin recording its second full-length album, entitled “Doctrine of Hate“. Tentatively due in the spring of 2007, the album will contain 11 tracks, […]

Long-running German death metallers RESURRECTED will release their fifth album, “Endless Sea of Loss“, on October 13 via Morbid Records. The follow-up to 2003’s “Blood Spilled” was recorded at Soundlodge Studio in Germany and was mastered at Megawimp Mastering Studio in Berlin.“Endless Sea of Loss” track listing:01. Intro02. Hidden by Disguise03. Seducer of Mankind04. Bloodmarked05. […]

According to an Earache Records press release, U.K. music TV channel Scuzz TV has “banned” DEICIDE‘s video for the song “Homage for Satan“, condemning it for being offensive and derogatory.In a statement, a Scuzz representative allegedly declared that “the lyrical content is religiously offensive, derogatory, and can be read as improper exploitation of any susceptibilities […]

CANNIBAL CORPSE‘s video for the song “Death Walking Terror” has been posted online at Yahoo! Music. The track comes off “Kill“, the band’s 10th studio LP, which came out late March. The album debuted at No. 170 on The Billboard 200 chart, selling more than 6,000 copies in its first week. It was the second […]