Liechtenstein-based gothic metal group ELIS will release its new album, “Griefshire“, on November 24 Napalm Records.As previously reported, a brand new ELIS song from “Griefshire“, entitled “Show Me the Way“, has been posted online on the band’s MySpace page.The recordings for “Griefshire” were completed prior to the death of ELIS‘ lead singer, Sabine DГјnser, who […]

The Bulgarian band Awake are releasing their third single from their upcoming debut studio album in October. The album is supposed to come out at the end of the autumn. The single is the song “Freedom” and the video is to be shoot to accompany the track. Director of the clip will be Atanas Hristoskov, […]

Artist-photographer Katja Piolka has created a video for the SINNER song “Die on Command“, using stop-motion photography. Watch it at this location. The track comes off the German hard rock band’s 2003 album “There Will Be Execution“.Piolka has previously created cover art for such acts as LEAVES’ EYES, AGATHODAIMON, ATROCITY, DAWN and TRAIL OF TEARS. […]

SLIPKNOT DJ Sid Wilson (a.k.a. DJ Starscream) has told The Des Moines Register that he is currently collaborating with FEAR FACTORY drummer Raymond Herrera on a new project. “There’s not really a per se style yet,” he said. “We’re just kind of creating music and seeing what we’re coming up with. We haven’t decided what […]

AGNOSTIC FRONT drummer Steve Gallo has rejoined the New York hardcore band INHUMAN. Steve was in INHUMAN from 2001-2003 and recorded the band’s finest release to date, “The New Nightmare“, for A-F Records.INHUMAN is currently working on the last set of songs for what will become the band’s fourth full-length release, entitled “Last Rites“. The […]

Revered vocalist Siouxsie Sioux has signed with the new Universal imprint W14 and will begin recording a new album before the end of the year. “I am really excited about making new music,” the artist said in a statement. “I have various collaborators in mind and am itching to get back in the studio.”Siouxsie‘s last […]

Morrissey has been asked by influential composer Ennio Morricone to collaborate on one of his musical pieces. Morricone is the man behind one of the string arrangements on Mozza’s latest long-player ‘Ringleader of the Tormentors’ and the pair are now eyeing up a performance at New York’s Carnegie Hall. He told Morrissey fan site True […]

SLIPKNOT, the multi-platinum, Grammy-winning, hard rock and heavy metal enigma, will release the DVD “Voliminal: Inside the Nine” on December 5, 2006.A special double disc package, “Voliminal: Inside the Nine” takes the viewer on a several hour journey into the world of SLIPKNOT as the band recently circled the globe in support of the multi-platinum […]

A “super-rare” video of SAVATAGE performing the song “Tonight He Grins Again” on the Tampa Music Awards in 1992 has been posted online at YouTube.com. The clip, which is believed to be some of the best existing live footage of the band’s “Streets” lineup (Jon Oliva, Criss Oliva, Steve “Dr. Killdrums” Wacholz, Johnny Lee Middleton, […]

Finnish rock outfit HIM has cancelled a two-week North American tour and will instead hit the studio to record a new album, with an eye on a 2007 release via Sire. The trek was to begin Oct. 18 in Lowell, Mass., and wrap Oct. 31 in Universal City, Calif.In a statement, the band said its […]