Australia’s PyroMusic.net webzine has uploaded video and audio footage of Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY performing a new song, entitled “Where Death Is Most Alive“, live at the Manning Bar in Sydney on Sunday, September 17. Support at the show came from Melbourne’s ALARUM and Sydney locals INFERNAL METHOD. DARK TRANQUILLITY recently announced that […]

German death metal band SCYTHE has completed work on its fourth album for Witches Brew, entitled “Decay“. “Whether you are getting pounded by the heavy old-school death metal of ‘Bitterness‘ or floating away on an atmospheric composition like ‘Pretending Not To See‘, this new masterpiece offers the perfect mixture between both extremes,” according to a […]

Swedish melodic hard rockers BALTIMOORE have finished recording their tenth album, to be titled “X“, which is due for release on October 29. The album will be issued via BLP Music, the label set up by BALTIMOORE vocalist/band leader BjГ¶rn Lodin, which saw the band’s latest offering, “Kaleidoscope“, released in April 2006.“X” marks the return […]

Online video giant YouTube has penned a deal with Warner Music Group to legally show their footage through their website.Warners will show music videos, artist interviews, original programming and behind the scenes footage through YouTube.YouTube – which shows a massive 100million videos a day – will also be using archive footage from the label.Both parties […]

Thom Yorke and former Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich is starting his own television show for British TV.‘From The Basement’ features a variety of star guests performing live, with Thom Yorke, Four Tet and The White Stripes appearing in the first episode.Godrich said: “I’m interested in the visual arts side of things, and somehow integrating that […]

According to a posting at SickthingsUK, Dennis Dunaway, legendary bassist for the original ALICE COOPER GROUP, has released a brand new album, “Bones from the Yard“, with his new band, THE DENNIS DUNAWAY PROJECT. The group’s lineup is completed by Rick Tedesco (guitars, vocals), Russ Wilson (drums), and Ed Burns (keyboards, lead vocals). Guest musicians […]

Finnish/Swedish grinding death metal act DEATHBOUND, featuring members of …AND OCEANS, THE DUSKFALL and ROTTEN SOUND, entered the studio on September 11 to begin recording its third album, tentatively titled “We Deserve Much Worse“. The cover artwork for the follow-up to 2005’s “Doomsday Comfort” is being handled by Ville Anger. An early 2007 release via […]

Italian progressive-aggressive metal band ELDRITCH has set “Blackeneday” as the working title of its seventh album, tentatively due next May.ELDRITCH‘s sixth album, “Neighbourhell“, was released this past February. The recordings for the follow-up to 2004’s “Portrait of the Abyss Within” were done between April and June 2005 in three different studios (Syncropain, Bigwave and Eldritch […]

German metallers UNREST have inked a deal with Massacre Records. The group’s sixth album,”Back to the Roots“, is scheduled for release on November 10. The track listing is as follows:01. Go to Hell02. Bang Your Head03. A Legend Is Born04. Far, Far Away05. Don’t Stop06. We Will Rock07. Braking the Chains08. Lost09. Open the Gates10. […]

St. Louis-based metallers VAMPIRE MOOOSE‘s second album, Serenade The Samurai, will be released on October 31st through Rotten Records. The tracklisting for the album is as follows: ‘Portauni’ ‘Ogdru Juhad’ ‘1.21 Gigiwatts’ ‘Seranade The Samurai’ ‘Pujols’ ‘Snow Driven Engine’ ‘Sumatra’ ‘Monstersgotamotherfuckinbomb’ ‘Adrians Song’‘Crown Of Lice’ ‘Estaban Was Eaten’