German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS were rejoined by special guests and former bandmates Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker and Herman Rarebell during their headlining appearance Thursday night (August 3) at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. The group’s setlist for the show — dubbed “A Night to Remember – A Journey in Time” […]

MTM Music has set a September 22 release date for TNT‘s “Live in Madrid” DVD. The set, which was filmed on April 1, 2006 in Madrid, Spain, will be accompanied by an 82-minute audio CD plus booklet liner notes from ex-TNT vocalist Tony Harnell about his work with the group as well as an additional […]

Steamhammer/SPV are proud to announce the signing of one of the greatest and most acclaimed hard rock acts of all time. November 3, 2006 in Germany and November 6, 2006 in Europe will see the arrival of Whitesnake’s new double live album, Live … In The Shadow Of The Blues, capturing for posterity the infectious […]

Savannah sludge rockers KYLESA have released details about the band’s follow-up to 2005’s “To Walk A Middle Course“. Due out October 31 through Prosthetic Records, the new album has been dubbed “Time Will Fuse Its Worth” and clocks in at just over 40 minutes. The tracklisting is as follows:01. What Becomes An End02. Hollow Severer03. […]

German black metallers AGATHODAIMON have announced the addition of bassist Till Ottinger (ex-MISANTHROPIC) to the group’s ranks.AGATHODAIMON is currently working on the follow-up to 2004’s “Serpent’s Embrace“, tentatively due on November 24 via Nuclear Blast Records.

GWAR has been pretty busy this summer, most notably destroying town after town on the Sounds of the Underground tour. The band is set to release their most crushing release yet, “Beyond Hell“, on August 29th via DRT Entertainment. An e-card has been made available streaming four tracks off the upcoming album at this location.

THE GATHERING will join forces with GREEN LIZARD for a split single to coincide with the two bands’ appearances at the Sziget festival in Budapest, Hungary (set to take palce August 9-16). A total of 5,000 copies of this single will be given away exclusively at the festival. GREEN LIZARD‘s contribution to this single will […]

DANZIG recently shot a video for the song “Crawl across Your Killing Floor” outside of Los Angeles. The track will be included on the upcoming “Lost Tracks of Danzig” collection, a two-CD set of previously unreleased DANZIG tracks spaning the band’s entire career — from the 1988 self-titled debut to the present. A November release […]

Finnish “melodic death-rock” band CALMSITE has split up due to “personal differences and lack of motivation,” according to a press release.CALMSITE released two albums during its eight-year existence: “The Erector” (2004) and “Elvisdeath” (2005). For more information, visit www.calmsite.com.

Due to ongoing circumstances and issues in vocalist Dan Tyrantor‘s personal life, he has resigned from Chicago’s USURPER. The remaining four members will indefinately continue as a four-piece, with guitarist Rick Scythe and bassist Jon Necromancer taking over the vocal duties. USURPER is still confirmed and will perform at both the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival […]