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 […]

Sweden’s CRYSTAL EYES has posted the following message on its official web site:“After nine years Jonathan [Nyberg, guitar] has now left the band. With a growing family, a house and a full-time job he felt his engagement in CRYSTAL EYES had been suffering too much lately. His decision was made during the recording of the […]

Neurotic Records has announced the signing of Dutch outfit DISAVOWED.After no less than five years, DISAVOWED is ready to record the follow-up to its highly acclaimed 2001 debut, “Perceptive Deception“. The as-yet-untitled album will be recorded in September for a tentative January release. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include “Dogmatic Conceit”, “The Veils […]

According to KissKollector.com, KISS performed “Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em” (from the 1976 album “Rock And Roll Over“) live in concert last month for the first time since November of 1976. The song was played at the Rainbow Hall in Nagoya during the band’s Japanese tour, which also marked the first ever time “Love ‘Em […]

DEF LEPPARD will be releasing a “deluxe edition” of their classic album “Hysteria” (1987) before the end of the year. No further details are currently available.“Hysteria” was recorded in 1986 at Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Netherlands; Windmill Lane Studio 2 in Dublin, Ireland; and Studio Des Dames in Paris, France with producer Robert John “Mutt” […]

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.