A.M. CONSPIRACY, the new Orlando, Florida-based rock band fronted by ex-DROWNING POOL singer Jason “Gong” Jones, has uploaded two new songs to their MySpace page. The group’s lineup is rounded out by ex-STILL NAIVE guitarist Rob Dehaven and CANVAS members Clint Campbell (guitars and voice), Dean Andrews (drums) and Kenny Harrleson (bass).

A brand new AMON AMARTH song, entitled “Cry of the Black Birds“, has been made available for download at this location. The track comes off the Swedish viking death metal metallers’ sixth full-length album, “With Oden On Our Side” (cover), due in Europe on September 25 (September 22 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland) via Metal […]

SLAYER‘s latest album, “Christ Illusion“, has entered the Finnish national chart at position No. 2. View the whole chart at this location. As previously reported, “Christ Illusion” has debuted on the Australian national chart at position No. 9.According to Hits Daily Double, “Christ Illusion” is poised to sell between 55,000 and 60,000 copies in the […]

U.K.-based metal/hardcore act OUT FOR BLOOD will release its self-titled debut album on September 18 through The Devil Knows You’re Dead Records. The CD was produced and mixed by Andy Faulkner (BOLT THROWER), and was mastered by Eyal Levi (DAATH, MISERY INDEX, ARSIS). The artwork was created by Chris (NARCOSIS).“Out for Blood” track listing:01. ****02. […]

METALLICA performed another new song (Video, Windows Media) — tentatively dubbed “New Song No. 2” — during their headlining appearance Saturday night (August 12) at the Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo, Japan.As was the case with all the concerts on the band’s recent European tour, METALLICA played their entire 1986 album, “Master of Puppets“, during […]

TRIVIUM shot a video for the song “Entrance of the Conflagration” with director Dale “Rage” Resteghini (MUDVAYNE, HATEBREED, UNEARTH, SHADOWS FALL) on Thursday, August 10 at Eon Loft in Los Angeles, California.Watch footage of TRIVIUM shooting the “Entrance of the Conflagration” video at YouTube.com.

Vocalist Urban Breed (ex-TAD MOROSE) has officially left BLOODBOUND, the Swedish metal band also featuring Fredrik Bergh (STREET TALK; bass, keyboards and backing vocals) and Tomas Olsson (lead and rhythm guitars). “I’ve thought about this for some time and I’ve decided not to let Tomas and Bergh have any more of my time,” Urban said […]

Blender.com recently caught up with Cristina Scabbia (vocals) of LACUNA COIL, Candace Kucsulain (vocals) of WALLS OF JERICHO and Marta Peterson (keyboards) of BLEEDING THROUGH for an intriguing “Women of Ozzfest” piece. This unique feature sees the women touch upon many issues regarding the touring lifestyle among a male-dominated scene, how they deal with overly […]

Another new IRON MAIDEN song, entitled “Brighter than a Thousand Suns“, has been posted online at IronMaiden.com.According to Kerrang! magazine, “Brighter than a Thousand Suns” is arguably the heaviest track on MAIDEN‘s new album, “A Matter of Life and Death“, and one with heavy subject matter to match.

An e-card for the upcoming BLACK LABEL SOCIETY album, “Shot to Hell“, featuring album info, weblinks, AIM icon, and links to a contest giving away five signature Zakk Wylde model guitars, can be accessed at this location. The e-card also contains full streaming versions of “Concrete Jungle“, “Black Mass Reverends” and “Blood is Thicker than […]