Four video clips of MOONSPELL performing at the Largo do Centenario in Valongo (near Porto), Portugal on August 11, 2006 have been posted online at AgeOfDawn.com. The four songs featured on the page are as follows: “Alma Mater“, “Full Moon Madness“, “Nocturna” and “At the Image of Pain“. Several photos taken at the same concert […]

German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER entered Principal Studios in MГјnster last Monday (August 14) to begin recording their new album, “Liberty or Death“, tentatively due on January 12, 2007 via Locomotive Records. Check out a studio diary at the band’s official web site, www.grave-digger.de.On September 29, 2006, Locomotive Records will release a new GRAVE DIGGER […]

A video clip of DREAM THEATER performing the track “I Walk Beside You“, taken from the band’s upcoming “Score” DVD, has been made available for streaming at Rhino.com. DREAM THEATER‘s upcoming “Score” CD can be streamed in its entirety at MP3.com.

SMASHING PUMPKINS have entered a studio with producer Roy Thomas Baker to record their first album since 1999, according to a new post on the band’s web site. Baker produced QUEEN‘s “A Night at the Opera“, which included their classic “Bohemian Rhapsody“, and also has THE CARS, JOURNEY and CHEAP TRICK on his lengthy rГ©sumГ©.In […]

The cover artwork for NAPALM DEATH‘s new album, “Smear Campaign“, has been revealed. Due on September 19 via Century Media Records (one day earlier inernationally), the follow-up to last year’s “The Code Is Red…Long Live the Code” was recorded at Foel Studios in Wales, England and features a guest appearance by THE GATHERING frontwoman Anneke […]

To celebrate EPICA‘s upcoming U.S. tour debut alongside KAMELOT, Candlelight Records will release a deluxe edition of the Dutch female-fronted band’s latest album, “Consign to Oblivion“. Recorded in early 2005 and featuring guest contribution from KAMELOT vocalist Roy Khan, the album will hit stores nationwide September 19. The CD packaging will include a special DVD.Kicking […]

Canadian quintet THE END has begun recording their new full-length album. This as-yet-untitled release is being recorded at B.W.C. Studios in Brampton, Ontario with producer Greg Dawson. The recording of the new album will wrap at summer’s end. An early 2007 release via Relapse Records is expected.

SLAYER‘s “Christ Illusion” sold more than 62,000 copies in its first week of release in the United States to debut at position No. 5 on The Billboard 200 chart. This is the highest position ever on the chart for SLAYER, who previously reached No. 8 with their 1994 release “Divine Intervention” after moving 93,000 copies […]

Candlelight Records continues its ongoing collector’s series this fall with stateside release of new and classic albums from 1349, CHILDREN OF BODOM, CARPATHIAN FOREST, NIGHTWISH, ZYKLON, GORGOROTH and more.Available September 19 the picture disc limited-edition (500 copies) pressing of “Beyond the Apocalypse” from 1349 finds its stateside vinyl debut during the band’s first tour of […]

SUPERNOVA — the new all-star band featuring ex-METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted, MГ–TLEY CRГњE drummer Tommy Lee and former GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke — will release it self-titled debut album on November 21. The CD, which is being produced by Butch Walker (AVRIL LAVIGNE, BOWLING FOR SOUP, PINK), can currently be pre-ordered through the […]