According to KissKollector.com, KISS performed “Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em” (from the 1976 album “Rock And Roll Over“) live in concert last month for the first time since November of 1976. The song was played at the Rainbow Hall in Nagoya during the band’s Japanese tour, which also marked the first ever time “Love ‘Em […]

DEF LEPPARD will be releasing a “deluxe edition” of their classic album “Hysteria” (1987) before the end of the year. No further details are currently available.“Hysteria” was recorded in 1986 at Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Netherlands; Windmill Lane Studio 2 in Dublin, Ireland; and Studio Des Dames in Paris, France with producer Robert John “Mutt” […]

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 […]

NBCSanDiego.com reports that video footage has surfaced of the incident Saturday night (August 5) when nearly 100 fans were hurt after thousands of rock fans surged forward at a San Diego performance by TOOL. Watch the video footage at NBCSanDiego.com.

Swedish metallers BY NIGHT have finalized the track listing for their sophomore album, “A New Shape of Desperation“, due on September 25 in Europe and October 17 in the U.S. via Lifeforece Records. The follow-up to 2005’s “Burn the Flags” was recorded at StudioMega in Varberg, Sweden and was mixed by Chris Silver and Johan […]

Launch Radio Networks reports: AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello and SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian are among the people listed in an anti-George W Bush petition, in a full-page newspaper ad that ran Thursday (August 3) in the New York Times. The full-page ad from the group World Can’t Wait announced October 5 as […]

STRATOVARIUS frontman Timo Kotipelto has entered Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland in August to begin recording his third solo album, tentatively due in early 2007 via his own label, High and Loud Records.

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 […]

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, […]