Check out METALLICA rocking the back of a pickup truck for the September 10 season premiere of “The Simpsons” at www.thesimpsons.com.The four members of METALLICA recorded their voices for the program in September 2005.METALLICA joins a long list of artists who have been featured on the show, including BLINK-182, Mick Jagger, ‘N SYNC, RED HOT […]

Metal Blade Records will re-issue one of THE classic albums of its catalogue —FLOTSAM AND JETSAM‘s mighty “Doomsday For The Deceiver” — in November. The album will be re-issued as a three-disc-set — two CDs and one DVD. It includes the original version, a remastered version, demo tracks and a DVD. In addition, it includes […]

After over a decade of treading the boards, “British Steel” veterans STAMPIN’ GROUND have released the dates of their last-EVER tour.Commented the band: “We slogged our hearts out for 11 years; harder than any band we’ve ever met, and we loved every minute of it. It’s been the greatest ride and we’re proud to have […]

TAROT, the Finnish group led by NIGHTWISH/ex-SINERGY bassist Marco Hietala, will release its new album, “Crows Fly Black“, in Finland on October 27.“Excluding the group backing vocals, the whole album has now been recorded and the album will be mixed and mastered at Finnvox studios in the beginning of next month,” the band writes in […]

Finland’s TOTAL DEVASTATION will release its third album, “Wreck“, in continental Europe on September 25. Two full tracks from “Wreck” — “Aware” and “Collision Course” — are available for streaming at the band’s official MySpace page. A video for the song “Aware” can be viewed on the group’s official web site.“Wreck” was released in Finland […]

The mighty PRIMUS — bassist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry Lalonde and drummer Tim Alexander — return this fall with a formidable one-two-three punch. October 17 will bring twin releases: their first-ever retrospective CD “They Can’t All Be Zingers: The Best Of Primus” (Interscope/UMe) and a new DVD “Blame It On The Fish” (on their own […]

Denver’s PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS has made its entire new album, “Mercy“, available for online streaming at this location (scroll down to track # 29 on the media player to launch album). “Mercy” will drop on October 3 via Abacus Recordings. The follow-up to 2004’s “Up In Them Guts“, “Mercy” was recorded at Seattle’s Red […]

Black Mark has set an October 2, 2006 release date for EDGE OF SANITY‘s double CD collection, “When All Is Said – The Best of Edge of Sanity“. According to EDGE OF SANITY mastermind/multi-instrumentalist Dan SwanГ¶, “one disc will feature the highlights of the more ‘normal’ studio albums and the mini-album ‘Until Eternity Ends‘ [1994],” […]

Even an extremely ambitioned metal act doesn’t come up with a real classic every year. It takes a very special mood and a coinciding of creativity, intuition and skill to produce a truly monumental recording. For countless Kreator fans, Enemy Of God is not only a milestone in the band’s history, it is also a […]

According to a posting at KissKollector.com, Universal Music will be releasing an “Alive!” box set featuring KISS‘ first three “Alive” albums (as released on Universal labels, whereas the latest “Alive IV“/”Kiss Symphony” album came out via Sanctuary Records) in November. The set will appearently be a four-disc box set, with the fourth disc expected to […]