Finland’s NIGHTWISH has issued the following update:“Today [Friday, September 15], NIGHTWISH enters the studio to begin recording the new album. Jukka [Nevalainen] starts the process by recording the drum parts in the next 5-6 days. Then guitars, bass and demo keyboards, followed by orchestral/choir recordings. After those, the final synths and vocals will be recorded. […]

CHIMAIRA frontman Mark Hunter has issued the following update:“So it’s been a while, I know. After I got back from PR, I spent a week in NYC. All you can eat meat baby!“Went and did some vocal training with [voice coach] Melissa Cross. I now sound like Carrie Underwood, if she sang like Chris Barnes.“Anyway, […]

SOULFLY‘s official web site has been updated with the following message: “Last week, one of our own, Bobby Burns [SOULFLY bassist] suffered a mild stroke and was immediately hospitalized. He was ordered to remain under the care of a doctor until he was fully recovered, and although we are happy to report that he has […]

THERION mainman Christofer Johnsson has posted the following message on the band’s official web site:“We’re happy to announce that the recordings [for the new THERION album] have been finished and that the mix of the album is in progress. We estimate to have the album done by the end of the month and the release […]

Several video clips of ARSON ANTHEM — the new band featuring Philip Anselmo (DOWN, SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA), Mike Williams (EYEHATEGOD) and Hank Williams III (SUPERJOINT RITUAL) — performing last night (Wednesday, September 13) at the Howling Wolf in New Orleans, Lousiana have been posted online at this location. The unannounced appearance took place during Hank […]

Eric M. Syre, vocalist/bassist for Quebec-based black metallers THESYRE has issued the following update via the band’s official blog:“We’re setting the last details with Osmose Productions in order for them to release our third full-length album, titled ‘Exist!’ If all goes as planned, the album will come out in November on both CD and LP […]

The third volume of the “Horror Pain Gore Death” DVD collection of horror music videos (horror films mixed with metal music) from established and obscure death, thrash and ’80s metal bands will be released on September 26. The complete track listing for the set is as follows:CANCER – Blood BathEXODUS – A Lesson In ViolenceSLAYER […]

Although the Rolling Stones‘ mammoth A Bigger Bang tour was expected to conclude in mid-November, guitarist Ron Wood tells Billboard.com the band is considering another round of dates in 2007. As previously reported, A Bigger Bang is on track to become the highest-grossing tour of all time.“We’re gonna have a well-needed break over Christmas, and […]

Norway’s TRAIL OF TEARS has revealed the final track listing for its fifth album, “Existentia“, tentatively due in November via Napalm Records. The CD was recorded at Soundsuite Studio in Marseille, France with producer Terje Refsnes and includes contributions from French female singer Emmanuelle Zoldan and Norwegian keyboard master Bernt Moen.“Existentia” track listing:01. Deceptive Mirrors02. […]

According to a posting on the MEGADETH fan site Rattlehead HQ, the live album that MEGADETH recorded on October 9, 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina appears to be slated for a March 6, 2007 release via Image Entertainment. Entitled “That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires“, the set will be released in both CD and […]