Former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen received a platinum sales award for sales in excess of 10,000 copies of her Christmas single “Yhden Enkelin Unelma“, which topped the Finnish charts in 2004 and again in 2005. Check out a picture of Tarja with the award below.

AUDIOSLAVE‘s video for its new single, “Original Fire“, has been posted online at Yahoo! Music. The clip was shot in late June in Los Angeles with graphic designer/video director P.R. Brown, whose rГ©sumГ© includes clips for MATISYAHU and DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE.“Original Fire” comes off AUDIOSLAVE‘s third album, “Revelations“, which is due out on September […]

A number of high-quality photos of reunited ATHEIST and CARNIVORE, along with ABORTED, ARCH ENEMY, CELTIC FROST, CHILDREN OF BODOM, DANKO JONES, FEAR FACTORY, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, MINISTRY, MORBID ANGEL, MOTГ–RHEAD, NEVERMORE, SIX FEET UNDER, SOILWORK, SOULFLY, WHITESNAKE and WINTERSUN, taken at this year’s Wacken Open Air festival — which took […]

SLAYER is streaming its entire new album, “Christ Illusion“, on the band’s official MySpace page.Due on August 8, “Christ Illusion” is SLAYER‘s first new studio album since 2001, and the first recorded by the band’s original line-up — Kerry King (guitar), Tom Araya (bass, vocals), Jeff Hanneman (guitars), Dave Lombardo (drums) — since 1990’s “Seasons […]

German power metallers GAMMA RAY have set “Hell Yeah! The Awesome Foursome (And The Finnish Keyboarder Who Didn’t Want To Wear His Donald Duck Costume) Live in Montreal” as the title of their upcoming DVD. The set will feature a ulti-camera recording of the band’s May 6, 2006 show at Medley in Montreal, Quebec as […]

Several clips from the Ozzfest 2006 stop at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts on Tuesday (August 1) have been posted online. Check out performances from DISTURBED and SYSTEM OF A DOWN at YouTube.com.

Swiss metalcore band CATARACT has announced the addition of bassist Kay Brem to the group’s ranks. “He is a very talented bass player with experience of more than a decade,” the group writes in a statement. “He played in several bands (TRIBES OF CAIN, etc.) and to top it off, Kay is a very cool […]

Two complete tracks from LAMB OF GOD‘s upcoming “Sacrament” album — “Redneck” and “Walk with Me in Hell” — are available for streaming at LambOfGod.tv.“Sacrament“, the second Epic Records studio release from LAMB OF GOD, will be issued on August 22 individually and as a CD and DVD deluxe edition, which will include over 90 […]

POISONBLACK‘s video for its new single, “Rush“, has been posted online at YouTube.com. Also available at YouTube.com is a video clip of POISONBLACK mainman Ville Laihiala (vocals, guitar, formerly of SENTENCED) performing the band’s song “Pain Becomes Me” acoustically. Check it out at this location.“Rush” and “Pain Becomes Me” come off POISONBLACK‘s long-awaited second album, […]

DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan has announced the lineup of musicians that will join him on his North American dates in support of his new album, called “Gillan’s Inn“. They are as follows:Randy Cooke – DrumsRodney Appleby – BassMichael Lee Jackson – GuitarsDean Howard – GuitarsJoe Mennonna – Keys, Tenor SaxThe “Gillan’s Inn” tour is […]