Jarboe (ex-Swans) and Justin K. Broadrick (Jesu, ex-Godflesh) shall release their debut joint album, entitled “J2” (view cover in the left), on March 18 via The End Records. The track “8mmsweetbitter” can already be heard on the label’s official MySpace page at myspace.com/theendrecords. Jesu – “We All Faulter” (live)

Deftones have set “Eros” as the title of their sixth studio album, tentatively due later in the year. According to frontman Chino Moreno, the songs in the follow-up to “Saturday Night Wrist” (2006) are “definitely weird… There’s a lot of atmosphere and a lot of soundscaping.” Deftones – “Minerva“

Filter are close to finishing their long-awaited new studio album. Entitled “Anthems for the Damned“, the CD is going to surface in April or May via Pulse Recording – a joint venture of the band’s frontman Richard Patrick and producer Josh Abraham. Filter – “Can’t You Trip Like I Do“

Scotland’s Biffy Clyro have released the video for their song “Who’s Got a Match?” on the Internet. You may check it out below. The track was chosen as the sixth and final single from their 2007 album “Puzzle” and shall surface as a CD on February 4, with a cover version of Rihanna’s hit “Umbrella” […]

California’s punk gods Rancid finally entered studio to begin work on their seventh studio album. The follow-up to 2003’s “Indestructible” shall be produced by Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion and is promised to surfaceВ this year… Rancid – “Salvation“

Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, Mika, Take That, Leona Lewis, Kate Nash and Mark Ronson lead the 2008 BRIT Award nominees, it was announced yesterday, January 14. The BRIT Awards ceremony is set to be held on February 20 at Earls Court, with Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne hosting, and the list of nominees looks like this: […]

King’s X frontman Doug Pinnick and drummer Brian Tichy (Billy Idol, ex-Ozzy Osbourne) are among the guest musicians who appear on the new solo album by Steve Stevens, best known as guitarist in Billy Idol’s band. The effort shall be entitled “Memory Crash” and is going to surface on January 29 via Magna Carta. Steve […]

Just like White Lion, California’s hard rockers House of Lords shall release a brand-new studio album on March 14 via the Italian label Frontiers Records, too. The follow-up to “World Upside Down” shall be entitled “Come to My Kingdom” and is going to contain 14 tracks. House of Lords – “Love Don’t Lie“

March 10 shall witness the re-release of At the Gates‘ classic 1995 album “Slaughter of the Soul” as a double-disk edition, featuring a CD and a DVD. The first one shall contain the original album, 6 bonus songs and the 35-minute documentary “The Making of Slaughter of the Soul”, while the DVD will include a […]

Carnivore – the resurrected band around Peter Steele before he formed Type O Negative – plan to release a live album by the summer and support it with a full-length tour of the USA and Europe. Carnivore’s current line-up features Mr. Steele on vocals and bass, Paul Bento on guitar, Life of Agony’s Joey Zampela […]