Jarvis Cocker is set to release his debut solo album ‘Jarvis‘ later this year.The tracklisting for the album, out November 13, does not include the online release ‘Running the World‘, a former NME single of the week.The track does feature on the soundtrack for the film ‘Children Of Men‘, which stars Michael Caine and Clive […]

Rolling Stone magazine reports that Marilyn Manson will begin filming his movie project, “Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll“, in just a few weeks in Paris, France. In addition, he will celebrate the Halloween opening of his new L.A. art gallery, located at the nearly satanic address of 667 Melrose. (“I looked at the lease […]

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons will publish his book, “Ladies of the Night: A Historical and Personal Perspective of the First and Oldest Profession“, on November 1, 2006 via Simmons Books/Phoenix Books. Amazon is currently taking pre-orders for the 244-page book at this location.

Swedish death/thrash metal band TAETRE has posted a couple of video clips online at YouTube.com: a live video for the song “Virus” (from TAETRE‘s third album, “Divine Misanthropic Madness“, released by Mighty Music back in 2002), recorded in the summer of 2005 at Belsepub in Gothenburg, Sweden; and a clip for the song “Departure Suicide” […]

Florida-based death metallers OBITUARY have set “Frozen Alive” as the title of their first-ever live DVD, which was shot on August 24 at the Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland. The group’s setlist was as follows:01. Intro: Rain02. Redneck Stomp03. On The Floor04. Insane05. Chopped In Half06. Turned Inside Out07. Dying08. Intro09. Internal Bleeding10. Back To […]

German hard rockers S.I.N. (SOMEWHERE INTO NOWHERE) have announced the addition of Norwegian singer Patrick Simonsen (HUSH) to the group’s ranks. A short audio sample of the song “Nail it to the Wall“, featuring Patrick, can be heard on the band’s MySpace page.S.I.N.‘s sophomore album, “Equilibrium“, was released last year through Metal Heaven Records.

TO/DIE/FOR‘s new single, “Like Never Before“, is currently at position No. 5 on the Finnish chart after debuting at No. 14 last week. An audio sample of the title cut has been posted online at this location. The single, which also features a cover of OZZY OSBOURNE‘s “(I Just) Want You“, was delivered to Finnish […]

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REVENGIA, the Swedish metal band featuring ARCH ENEMY drummer Daniel Erlandsson, is putting the finishing touches on its new album, entitled “Eraser“.“Eraser” track listing (NOTE: Not all songs will appear on the album):01. Eraser02. Pain03. Sweet Dreams04. Life05. Still a Tomorrow Dawning06. Deny07. Whore08. Hollow Soul09. Prince of Darkness10. Holy Lies11. Breathe Me12. Back to […]

Cleveland’s CHIMAIRA has uploaded more webisodes documenting the songwriting process for its new album, entitled “Resurrection“. Check them out at this location.CHIMAIRA will begin recording the new CD on October 2 with the production team of Jason Suecof (GOD FORBID, TRIVIUM) and Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY). The group is in the process of […]