Finnish black metallers GLORIA MORTI have issued the following update:“After long and painful writing process, GLORIA MORTI have finally set the dates for the recording of their second album. The recording is scheduled to begin at the early October and the album should be ready for release in the spring of 2007. Further info regarding […]

MVD Entertainment Group has set an October 31, 2006 release date for the AC/DC “Classic Album Under Review: Back In Black” DVD. According to a posting on the MVD web site, “this DVD documentary is the ultimate review and critical analysis of AC/DC‘s most influential and successful album. With the entire album dissected track by […]

ARCH ENEMY‘s highly anticipated double disc DVD set, “Live Apocalypse“, is now available just in time for the group’s triumphant return to the U.S. on Gigantour this September. A new e-card is available that features two videos taken from the DVD for the tracks “Ravenous” and “My Apocalypse“, along with a new photo gallery. You […]

DREAM THEATER‘s upcoming “Score” CD can be streamed in its entirety at MP3.com.Due on August 29 via Rhino, the “Score” 3-CD and 2-DVD sets will be available separately. Both versions will contain the entire “20th Anniversary World Tour” grand finale recorded live at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 1, 2006. […]

According to Hits Daily Double, SLAYER‘s “Christ Illusion” (American/Warner Bros.) is poised to sell between 55,000 and 60,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to land in the Top 10 on The Billboard 200 chart. Meanwhile, UNEARTH‘s latest effort, “III: In the Eyes of Fire“, appears headed for between 25,000 […]

A video clip of ATHEIST bassist Tony Choy falling through an unsecured part of the large outdoor stage at at Italy’s Evolution Festival on July 16, 2006 has been posted online at YouTube.com. Fortunately, his face was saved by his bass which was what the six-foot plank inevitably hit, in the process breaking all the […]

MOTГ–RHEAD, ATHEIST, EMPEROR, MORBID ANGEL, ORPHANED LAND, GAMMA RAY and METAL CHURCH are among the bands whose performances at this year’s Wacken Open Air festival (which took place this past weekend in Wacken, Germany) were professionally filmed and made available online at Streaming.Wacken.com. Live footage by the following acts is available at the above location:MOTГ–RHEADATHEISTEMPERORMORBID […]

Vitamin Records released “The String Quartet Tribute to Stone Sour” CD yesterday (Tuesday, August 8). “The String Quartet Tribute to Stone Sour” track listing:01. Get Inside02. Orchids03. Cold Reader04. Blotter05. Choose06. Monolith07. Inhale08. Bother09. Take a Number10. Idle Hands11. TumultFor audio samples, go to StoneSour.thetributeto.com.

WSBTV.com reports that Atlanta Police say they have charged a man with the murder of Andrew Richardson — who died after being beaten at a KORN concert.Police say they have arrested 24-year-old Michael Scott Axley and charged him with Richardson‘s murder.Richardson sustained a serious head injury and he died August 1.

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King was the featured guest on this past weekend’s edition of “Headbanger’s Ball“, which aired on Saturday, August 5 on MTV2. Watch clips of Kerry‘s appearance on the program at MTV2.com (click on “Videos” and scroll down).