HAMMERFALL recently entered the studio to begin recording the follow-up to 2005’s “Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken“. The album will be released on October 20 through Nuclear Blast Records. Other songtitles set to appear on the CD include “Carved In Stone”, “Titan”, “Dark Wings, Dark Words”, “Shadow Empire”, “Rebel Inside”, “Threshold”, “Howlin’ With The Pac” […]

Former WARRANT frontman Jani Lane has taken a little side step and has recorded some new rock tunes under the moniker ANGEL CITY OUTLAWS. RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer and a few other ’80s-era rockers are part of the band. Lane’s “Back Down to One” solo album, which was originally released in June 2003 via Z […]

Danish metallers MNEMIC have begun recording their as-yet-untitled third album for Nuclear Blast Records in Los Angeles, California. Production is being handled by Christian Olde Wolbers (FEAR FACTORY, THREAT SIGNAL) and Warren Riker (DOWN, CATHEDRAL, THE FUGEES). The current sessions mark the first time that MNEMIC have recorded in America and represent the second production […]

Belgian melodic death metallers GARDEN OF DECAY have parted ways with founding member, female singer Claude Remacle, due to musical differences. The band will continue as a five-piece with only male vocalist Quentin.GARDEN OF DECAY have also announced plans to head into a slightly different musical direction, integrating some new influences like progressive metal and […]

According to a posting at www.maiden-serbia.org, SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera (ex-SEPULTURA) and NUCLEAR ASSAULT/ex-BRUTAL TRUTH/S.O.D. bassist Danny Lilker will be taking part in a jam session at the Exit Fest in Novi Sad, Serbia on July 7. No further details are currently available.

В  Bassist Michael LePond of the progressive metal band SYMPHONY X — who were recently forced to cancel a couple of European festival appearances after LePond was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease (an inflammatory bowel disorder) SYMPHONY X are currently working on the follow-up to 2002’s “The Odyssey”, tentatively due this fall. The band expect to […]

Satyricon will reissue their 1999 album, Rebel Extravaganza, July 25. The record will be remixed and feature three bonus tracks: “Nemesis Divina (Clean Version Mix)” and “Blessed From Below (Melancholy Oppression Longing),” as well as a cover of Sarcofago‘s “I.N.R.I.” В 

Former SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera has formed a brand new project with hardcore Brooklyn “death rapper” NECRO. Cavalera had previously appeared on the song “Necrotura” off NECRO‘s “The Circle of Tyrants” CD. Igor Cavalera will be joining Necro on stage on August 26, 2006 at the Nokia Theatre in New York City to perform “Necrotura” […]

MIKEYLA FEATURING THE METAL FORCES, the collaboration between 19-year-old Swedish pop singer Mikeyla and a several acclaimed metal musicians — including former HELLOWEEN and current MASTERPLAN drummer Uli Kusch, Ronny Milianowicz (DIONYSUS), Joacim Cans (HAMMERFALL), and Ralf Scheepers (PRIMAL FEAR) — has entered the Swedish chart at position No. 7 with its single, entitled “Glorious”. […]

Australia’s The Bulletin is reporting that feuding gangs armed with spears and machetes — and named after such heavy metal bands and albums as Judas Priest, Cowboys From Hell and Fear Factory — have run amok at the biggest Aboriginal settlement in Australia, destroying homes and terrifying families hiding from the violence. Read more at […]