BLACK LABEL SOCIETY‘s latest CD, “Shot to Hell“, has entered the Italian album chart at position No. 49. This marks the first time a BLACK LABEL SOCIETY release has charted in Italy.As previously reported, “Shot to Hell” sold just under 32,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at […]

SIRENIA, the Norwegian gothic metal band featuring former TRISTANIA guitarist/vocalist Morten Veland, has posted the following message on its official web site:The recording sessions for the new album are completed and we are now in the middle of the mixing process. We are on schedule, so the album wil be completed by the 1st of […]

Cleveland’s CHIMAIRA has uploaded more webisodes documenting the songwriting process for its new album, entitled “Resurrection“. Check them out at this location.CHIMAIRA will begin recording the new CD on October 2 with the production team of Jason Suecof (GOD FORBID, TRIVIUM) and Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY). The group is in the process of […]

“Extreme doom” metal band KHANATE, the brainchild of Stephen O’Malley (THORR’S HAMMER, BURNING WITCH, SUNN 0))), LOTUS EATERS) and James Plotkin (OLD, SCORN, ATOMSMASHER), has disbanded. In a statement, Plotkin writes, “I have decided to leave KHANATE due to the lack of commitment of certain members. The decision was a difficult one, as I’ve put […]

LIVING COLOUR guitarist Vernon Reid has issued the following update:“[Friday] night [Sept. 22] something truly extraordinary happened: for the first time in 17 years, LIVING COLOUR played with Muzz Skillings on bass. The occasion was a private party the iconic master drummer/mentor-musician Jack DeJohnette threw for his lovely wife Lydia. Doug was unable to come […]

A revealing portrait of U2 guitarist The Edge has been filmed by his bandmate Bono – and can now be viewed online.Bono filmed his pal in Miami during last year’s US leg of U2‘s ‘Vertigo‘ world tour. The footage includes The Edge getting out of bed, doing yoga and chasing paparazzi down the beach.You can […]

Damon Albarn‘s new band The Good, The Bad And The Queen are set to release their debut single ‘Herculean‘ on October 30.The track will be available on CD and 7″ and deleted on the day of release.As previously reported by NME.COM, the artwork for the single has been created by the band’s bassist – former […]

Jarvis Cocker is set to release his debut solo album ‘Jarvis‘ later this year.The tracklisting for the album, out November 13, does not include the online release ‘Running the World‘, a former NME single of the week.The track does feature on the soundtrack for the film ‘Children Of Men‘, which stars Michael Caine and Clive […]

Rolling Stone magazine reports that Marilyn Manson will begin filming his movie project, “Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll“, in just a few weeks in Paris, France. In addition, he will celebrate the Halloween opening of his new L.A. art gallery, located at the nearly satanic address of 667 Melrose. (“I looked at the lease […]

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons will publish his book, “Ladies of the Night: A Historical and Personal Perspective of the First and Oldest Profession“, on November 1, 2006 via Simmons Books/Phoenix Books. Amazon is currently taking pre-orders for the 244-page book at this location.