Sweden’s CRYSTAL EYES will release its fifth album, “Dead City Dreaming“, on November 3 in Europe and North America. The title track will be made available for download in a couple of weeks.“Dead City Dreaming” was recorded at Crystal Sounds studio with producer Fredrik NordstrГ¶m. The cover artwork for the CD can be viewed at […]

U2 is working on material for its next studio album with producer Rick Rubin, according to the band’s Web site. The group has been at work on the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2004’s “How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb” since last month. While in the studio, U2 will be joined by Green Day to record a […]

Check out METALLICA rocking the back of a pickup truck for the September 10 season premiere of “The Simpsons” at www.thesimpsons.com.The four members of METALLICA recorded their voices for the program in September 2005.METALLICA joins a long list of artists who have been featured on the show, including BLINK-182, Mick Jagger, ‘N SYNC, RED HOT […]

Metal Blade Records will re-issue one of THE classic albums of its catalogue —FLOTSAM AND JETSAM‘s mighty “Doomsday For The Deceiver” — in November. The album will be re-issued as a three-disc-set — two CDs and one DVD. It includes the original version, a remastered version, demo tracks and a DVD. In addition, it includes […]

After over a decade of treading the boards, “British Steel” veterans STAMPIN’ GROUND have released the dates of their last-EVER tour.Commented the band: “We slogged our hearts out for 11 years; harder than any band we’ve ever met, and we loved every minute of it. It’s been the greatest ride and we’re proud to have […]

TAROT, the Finnish group led by NIGHTWISH/ex-SINERGY bassist Marco Hietala, will release its new album, “Crows Fly Black“, in Finland on October 27.“Excluding the group backing vocals, the whole album has now been recorded and the album will be mixed and mastered at Finnvox studios in the beginning of next month,” the band writes in […]

Even an extremely ambitioned metal act doesn’t come up with a real classic every year. It takes a very special mood and a coinciding of creativity, intuition and skill to produce a truly monumental recording. For countless Kreator fans, Enemy Of God is not only a milestone in the band’s history, it is also a […]

According to a posting at KissKollector.com, Universal Music will be releasing an “Alive!” box set featuring KISS‘ first three “Alive” albums (as released on Universal labels, whereas the latest “Alive IV“/”Kiss Symphony” album came out via Sanctuary Records) in November. The set will appearently be a four-disc box set, with the fourth disc expected to […]

Germany’s “doom-metal kings” MIRROR OF DECEPTION will release their third album, “Shards“, on October 6 via Cyclone Empire. The band has scheduled a CD-release party on October 20 at Krypta in GГ¶ppingen, Germany.“Shards” (view cover below) was recorded at Soundmann Studio in Bad Cannstatt, Germany and has a running time of 55 minutes. The complete […]

MOTГ–RHEAD‘s video for the song “Be My Baby” has been posted online at this location (Real Media). The track comes off the band’s brand new CD, “Kiss of Death“, which has entered the national album charts in the following countries: Germany: #4Norway: #9Sweden: #13Austria: #20Switzerland: #26U.K.: #45Denmark: #53