“ObZen”, the eagerly awaited new full-length studio effort by Sweden’s math-metal avantgardists Meshuggah, shall surface officially in Europe on March 7 via Nuclear Blast. According to drummer Tomas Haake, “the album is much more dense, while still being very clear and audible as far as drumparts and guitar riffs. Lyrically it’s quite different from “Catch […]

Swedish metal leaders In Flames have revealed the title of their eagerly awaited new full-length studio album. The follow-up to “Come Clarity” (2006) shall be called “A Sense of Purpose” and is scheduled to surface on April 4 via Nuclear Blast. In Flames – “Come Clarity“

Franz Ferdinand drummer Paul Thompson (on the photo) is preparing to release an album with his side-project Correcto. The band’s self-titled debut shall surface in February and is going to be preceded by the single “Do It Better”. The video for the song can already be seen below: Correcto – “Do It Better“

Deathstars drummer Bone W. Machine is to sit out the band’s upcoming European tour as support for Korn, starting on Sunday, January 13. The skins during the shows shall be beaten by no other that former Cradle of Filth member Adrian Erlandsson (on the photo). Deathstars – “Blitzkrieg“

Queen were crowned greatest British band of all time by BBC Radio 2 listeners. More than 20,000 fans voted by email, text and phone for the five finalists, however The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Oasis and Take That were “severely beaten” by Queen. Congrats! Queen – “Tie Your Mother Down“

Warrior Soul frontman Kory Clarke is completing the vocals for the debut album by Mob Research – the project he played together with late Killing Joke, Ministry and Prong bass player Paul Raven. Entitled “Holy City Zoo”, the CD is due in the spring. Until then check out some music by Mob Research at myspace.com/mobresearch69.

Henry Rollins will be releasing a new spoken-word DVD on January 15. Entitled “Live in the Conversation Pit” (view cover in the left), the film was shot in Sidney during Henry’s recent “talking shows” tour in Australia. Here’s the DVD’s complete tracklist: 1. Democracy 2. Complacency 3. Springtime in New York 4. Siberia 5. The […]

There’s still no confirmation whether the long-awaited and several-times-postponed new studio album by The Cure shall surface this spring or not, however the band spread another intriguing news via its official homepage: “5th March 2008 the Spanish “City of the Arts and Sciences” (Valencia) will welcome musical icons The Cure as the headline act of […]

Seattle’s alternative rock heroes Candlebox have entered an LA studio to start writing songs for their highly anticipated fourth full-length studio album. The follow-up to “Happy Pills” (1998) is due in late spring. Keep on checking myspace.com/candlebox for updates. Candlebox – “It’s Alright“

Trent Reznor and Saul Williams have revealed information about their free downloading experiment. As we informed you some time ago, Williams released his Reznor-produced solo album “The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust” via as a download version on niggytardust.com, where fans could either download it for free or pay $5 for the record. To […]