MAD SEASON, the Seattle supergroup that attained something of a legendary status after its demise,  might see a sort of comeback later this year. Originally formed by Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, Alice In Chain’s Layne Staley, Screaming Tree’s Barrett Martin (as well as special guest Mark Lanegan),  and John Baker Saunders, the group officially dissolved […]

SYSTEM OF A DOWN front man SERJ TANKIAN is using your favorite fetish to promote his upcoming solo record Harakiri. With the first single Figure It Out set to make its debut on May 1st, an interesting new teaser trailer for the jam has hit the World Wide Web. Harakiri will be released July 10th […]

Further to this afternoon’s report that Roadrunner Records may be closing their European Offices, Ed Christman of Billboard.biz has filed the following update: “In a changing of the guard at Roadrunner Records, founder/CEO Cees Wessels is leaving the label 17 months after the completion of its sale to the Warner Music Group. Concurrent with his […]

Gothenburg, Sweden based metal sextet MARIONETTE have released a video for their song ‘Stand In Line’. The video is the first part in the ‘Rite Of Ascension’ series and was recorded, produced and edited entirely by MARIONETTE. Nerve, the follow up to Marionette’s 2009 release Enemies, was recorded at Studio Fredman with producer Fredrik Nordström […]

Tommy Marth, touring saxophone player and frequent collaborator with THE KILLERS, has died aged 33. Marth was found dead at his home in Las Vegas on Monday (April 23). His death has now been confirmed as suicide by local coroners. Marth played on THE KILLERS‘ 2006 second album ‘Sam’s Town’ and its follow-up, 2008’s ‘Day […]

Nearly nine months after parting ways with original bassist Mic Todd, COHEED & CAMBRIA has revealed that the vacancy will be filled by Zach Cooper. The band posted a video Wednesday in which Cooper discusses the audition process and the band members speak out as to why Cooper was chosen as the ideal candidate. Check […]

THE CULT have released the official music video for their new single, ‘For The Animals’, from their forthcoming album, Choice of Weapon. With the video, THE CULT has captured the rising tensions and frustration of a growing group of disenfranchised youth. The provocative clip, from visionary director Michelle Peerali and starring actress Hanna Mosqueda as […]

PIRANHA, BFDM and C4 are set to play a killer hardcore punk concert i at Sofia’s *MIXTAPE 5* club on Friday, 27 April. C4’s frontman- ALEX BOYADJIEV (also of Last Hope and Tangra Mega Rock) will be celebrating his birthday – so the party will be obviously a blast. Tickets priced 7 BGN will be sold at the […]

Outside his duties with the DEFTONES, vocalist Chino Moreno keeps busy with a few side projects, most notably Team Sleep and †††. Recently, Moreno added another act to his stable by joining forces with former members of post-metal band ISIS (Aaron Harris, Clifford Meyer, and Jeff Caxide) to form PALMS. The group is signed to […]

German thrash legends DESTRUCTION got their own star in Ecuador. Bandleader SCHMIER posted the picture on Facebook and commented: “We got our own star with handprint yesterday in Quito/Ecuador! Pretty fuckin cool to see they appreciate fuckin German Metal high up here in the Andes mountains!!!”