An audio sample of the new Slipknot single “All Hope Is Gone” (view cover in the left) is available by playing the short video below. The track, which will be released digitally on June 20, comes off the group’s long-awaited new album, due on August 26 via Roadrunner Records. Other working song titles set to […]

Metallica have posted a mysterious image on their website on Tuesday. On Wednesday an updated version of the picture appeared. On Thursday – another one… And another one on Friday… And the “final” one on Saturday…? Check out the five images below. There is still no word as to what the images represent or whether […]

Bulgarian indie rock leaders Ostava shall release their new, fourth full-length studio album on June 19 via Virginia Records. Entitled “Rock’N’Roll Song Designers?”, the CD (view cover in the left) is going to feature following tracks: 01. Baby02. Rock‘N’Roll Song Designers?03. Mexico04. Funny Girls05. Bring Me Down06. Should Eye07. Tomorrow08. Parallel World09. Sex in the Morning10. […]

The Cure have released the second single from their as yet untitled new album. The song is entitled “Freakshow” and is available for streaming on thecure.com. The MCD itself (view cover in the left) comes with a b-side called “All Kinds of Stuff”. The Cure plan to unveil a new song on the 13th of […]

Scottish rockers Mogwai announced that their next, seventh record shall be out on September 22. The CD, which is going to feature 11 tracks, shall be entitled “The Hawk Is Howling” and is going to be preceded by a three-track EP, “Batcat“, two weeks earlier. Mogwai – “Hunted by a Freak” (live)

Vice Films released a critically acclaimed documentary about aggressive music in Iraq on DVD. Entitled “Heavy Metal in Baghdad” (view cover in the left), the film focuses on Acrassicauda – “the only Iraqi heavy metal band”, following its history and development from the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 to the present day. Check out […]

Fan-filmed footage with decent sound quality of Rancid performing a new song, dubbed “L.A. River“, can be watched below. The track, recorded live on June 11 in Texas, will appear on the band’s long-awaited, still untitled new record. The follow-up to “Indestructible” (2003) was produced by Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion and is expected to […]

Flotsam & Jetsam drummer Craig Nielsen has issued the following update: “The latest news is all good. It’s already been released directly from the President and CEO of Warner Music Group, but in case you haven’t heard, the band is now signed to Driven Music, founded by Brian “Head” Welch from Korn, and now formally […]

(hed) P.E. has debuted the new song “Ordo Ab Chao” on myspace.com/hedpe. The track is one of 3 brand-new studio recordings that will be included on the group’s upcoming two-disc live album and DVD, “The DIY Guys“, which is set for release on July 8 via Suburban Noize Records.

Mehida, the Finnish/Swedish metal band featuring vocalist Thomas VikstrГ¶m (Therion, ex-Candlemass), Mikko Harkin (ex-Sonata Arctica) on keyboards, and Jani Stefanovic (ex-Am I Blood) on guitar, have completed the recordingings for their second album. The follow-up to “Blood & Water” (2007) is due later in the year via Napalm Records. “The rhythm guitars were recorded at […]