KING’S X guitarist Ty Tabor has released “Homeschool (The Demos * Volume I)“, a collection of “his most intimate recorded moments, some of which were recorded twenty years ago,” according to a posting on Ty‘s web site. The CD contains Tabor‘s original 4- and 8-track demos “created for the songs you know and love. These […]

Oakland, California-based ALL SHALL PERISH has uploaded a new song to their MySpace profile. The track is the album version of “Eradication” and comes off the group’s upcoming album, “The Price of Existence“, due on August 8 via Nuclear Blast Records. Also available for preview on the band’s MySpace profile is the song “Wage Slaves“, […]

Finnish “fantasy metal” band BATTLELORE will enter MusicBros Studio in September to begin recording their fourth album, tentatively due in early 2007. The follow-up to 2005’s “Third Age of the Sun” will be produced by Miitri Aaltonen, who has previously worked with the group on their first two CDs, “…Where The Shadows Lie” (2002) and […]

Norway’s legendary eccentric artist Mortiis recently completed a remix for industrial metal band I:SCINTILLA. The remixed track, which has been dubbed “Havestar (La Malediction Mix)“, is planned to be featured on the band’s upcoming but as-yet-untitled second album.I:SCINTILLA recently signed to the Alfa Matrix label, which is expected to release the band’s first EPCD, “Havestar“, […]

SYSTEM OF A DOWN will be going on an indefinite hiatus following their appearance at this summer’s Ozzfest. For guitarist Daron Malakian and bassist Shavo Odadjian, it’s SCARS ON BROADWAY, a fresh collective that’s still very much in progress but should start working on material this fall.“It’s going to be another band that both me […]

DEICIDE’s concert at the Rio Grande Hotel in Laredo, TX Friday night (July 14) was shut down by the police after four songs and DEICIDE guitarist Ralph Santolla was reportedly arrested after he allegedly threw a “Red Bull” at one of the officers.

According to Loud! Online, Jeremy Lammas, guitarist and founding member of Australia’s avant garde grind combo ONE STEP BEYOND, was killed in a road accident. Jeremy died on July 12 when his car veered into a truck as he drove to Melbourne.At the time of Lammas‘ death, ONE STEP BEYOND was preparing material for its […]

Swedish hardcore rockers WONDERLAND DEMENTATION DEPT. will release their brand new EP, “Conquest of the Last Frontier“, at the end of July through Mind Riot Records (Europe) and The Orchard (U.S.). Three tracks from the upcoming EP — “American Liberation”, “Puppeteers of the New Age” and the first single, “Black Channel” — can be found […]

UNEARTH‘s video for the track “Giles” has been posted online in the following formats: Windows Media Quicktime In other news, Metal Blade Records has uploaded two new UNEARTH songs: “This Glorious Nightmare” (mp3) “Sanctity of Brothers” (mp3)

Swedish melodic metal masters LION’S SHARE have uploaded another batch of photos from last week’s vocal recording sessions for their new album at www.myspace.com/lionsshare. This time the band went to a house in Falun, Sweden (to be able to work closer to singer Patrik Johansson‘s home), and set up a mobile studio there. Patrik (also […]