Slipknot‘s “Psychosocial” was nominated in the “Best Rock Video” category at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. The event will be broadcast live on September 7 from the legendary Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood. Here are Slipknot’s rivals – the “Best Rock Video” nominees: Paramore – “CrushCrushCrush” Slipknot – “Psychosocial” Linkin Park – “Shadow of […]

Norway’s black metal wizards Satyricon will release their new album on November 3 via Roadrunner Records. Entitled “The Age of Nero” (view cover in the left), the effort was produced by Joe Barresi (a.o. Tool, Queens of the Stone Age), and is going to include 8 tracks. One of them, “My Skin Is Cold”, can […]

A TV commercial for the DVD release of “Chemical Wedding” – the supernatural horror-thriller written by Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson and longtime “Monty Python” editor Julian Doyle, who also directed the film — can be viewed below. The disc (view cover in the left) is slated for an early 2009 release. “Chemical Wedding” Trailer

All the 11 tracks off Evergrey‘s new album “Torn” are available for streaming in its entirety on myspace.com/officialevergrey. The CD itself (view cover in the left) will be released in Europe via the Swedish band’s new label, Steamhammer/SPV, on September 22. Evergrey – “Masterplan“

“Down From the Sky“, the new video from Florida’s metal defenders Trivium, can be viewed below. The song is one of the 11 tracks on the band’s upcoming studio album, “Shogun” (view cover in the left), which is scheduled for release on September 30 via Roadrunner Records. Trivium – “Down From the Sky“

Britain’s trio Keane will release a new single, entitled “The Lovers Are Losing“, next month. The MCD will be backed with the tracks “Staring at the Ceiling” and “Time to Go”, and is going to surface on October 17 – exactly one week after the birth of the band’s new, third full-length studio album “Perfect […]

The Wildhearts are to release a DVD called “Live in the Studio: A Film by Tim Smith” on October 20. This features the band performing ten songs, plus the promo videos for “Destroy All Monsters” and “The New Flesh”. The latter can also be seen below: The Wildhearts – “The New Flesh“

Stone Temple Pilots and former Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland will release his second solo album in mid-November via his own label Softdrive Records. The CD, entitled “Happy“, was co-produced by Weiland and Doug Grean, with Steve Albini engineering. Scott Weiland – “Barbarella“

Chris Barnes and his Florida-based death metal masters Six Feet Under have set “Death Rituals” as the title of their new album, due on Novemebr 11 via Metal Blade Records. The CD (view cover in the left) was mixed by Toby Wright, who has previously worked with a.o. Slayer, Soufly and Alice in Chains. Six […]

“Dildo“, the new song by Bulgaria’s dirty rock’n’rollers Daily Noise Club, can be downloaded for free here.