Burton C. Bell has inked a deal with MINISTRY frontman Al Jourgensen’s 13th Planet Records for Bell’s ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS project. The group’s full-length debut is scheduled for release in February 2008. In addition to Bell, ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS features John Bechdel (MINISTRY, KILLING JOKE, FALSE ICONS). The group’s debut five-song EP, “Iconoclast”, […]

The band have completed the recording of their new album and will start mixing in September for a spring 2008 release. Sixteen new tracks were recorded, all of which have not yet been played to a live audience. The album was recorded at Allaire Studios in Shokan, New York and was produced by Paul Stacey […]

В Playing its most watched U.S. show in a decade, Pearl Jam closed the 2007 edition of Lollapalooza on a political note, bringing injured Iraq War soldier Thomas Young on stage to urge the audience to rededicate itself to ending the conflict in the Middle East. The two-hour-plus set concluded with a stage full of friends […]

Reuters reports that Iranian police detained more than 200 people and seized alcohol and drugs in a raid on a “satanic” underground rock concert, media in the conservative Islamic state reported on Saturday. Iran, which has launched an annual summer crackdown on “immoral behavior”, bans alcohol, narcotics and parties with unrelated men and women dancing, […]

ANTHRAX has abandoned plans to utilize the services of SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor on its next album due to scheduling conflicts with Taylor’s other projects. ANTHRAX is said to be currently looking for a new singer to join the fold, although this has not yet been officially confirmed by the band or its management. […]

Danish extreme metallers KONKHRA recently finished re-recording their long-awaited new album, “Nothing Is Sacred”, after encountering technical difficulties which forced them to scrap some of the previously completed early tracks. A song from the CD, entitled “Religion is a Whore”, has been posted on the group’s MySpace page. Also available at the same location is […]

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has confirmed via his official web site that SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker and rock legend Alice Cooper will appear on the third installment of his AVANTASIA project, entitled “Lost in Space Part 1 and Part 2” (the “Scarecrow” working title has now apparently been scrapped). Commented Tobias: “I am really proud […]

The band has parted ways with guitarist Eric Klinger and has replaced him with Marshall Stephens. “We would like to thank Eric for his years of dedication and friendship, and we wish nothing but the best for him and his family,” the band writes in a statement. “At the same time, we are very pleased […]

CIRCUS DIABLO frontman Billy Morrison has checked in with the following update: “As I sit here in Dallas, TX, on the bus that has taken us from our home town of Los Angeles, to the middle of the South, it pains me to tell you all that we have to call it a day for […]

Alex Turner and THE RASCALS’ Miles Kane are set to record an album together later this month. The pair became friends when Kane’s first band THE LITTLE FLAMES supported ARCTIC MONKEYS on their early tour. Kane contributed guitar to ARCTIC MONKEYS’ second album ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’ and has joined the Sheffield band live frequently this […]