According to a posting on the IRON MAIDEN fan site MaidenFans.com, EMI Finland has announced that the new IRON MAIDEN album, “A Matter of Life and Death“, has sold more than 13,000 copies within just a few hours of its release on Friday (August 25) — just shy of that country’s official gold certification sales […]

HOLY MOSES have posted the following update at their official website:“Dear Holy Moses friends,Unfortunately, we have to let you know that our bass player Ozzy had to go into a psychiatric clinic unexpectedly. As soon as Ozzy will be back on his feet, he will be back in the band again, but for now we […]

WITHIN CHOKING RANGE‘s 2005 debut EP, “Most People Just Die“, has been made available for download in its entirety on the band’s MySpace profile. WCR put out the CD themselves (on their own label, Beserkfaced Records), limited to 1,000 copies, most of which have already been distributed. With that in mind, they made the decision […]

MANOWAR will release a new single, “The Sons of Odin“, on October 6, followed by a full-length DVD containing the historic Earthshaker Fest 2005 performance on November 10. “The Sons of Odin” will be available in two different versions — a jewelcase edition and a “special edition six-flap digipack” featuring a bonus DVD. Die bonus […]

The Who has inked a new deal with Universal Republic for the Oct. 31 release of “Endless Wire,” its first album since 1982’s “It’s Hard.” The set will feature the complete mini-opera “Wire & Glass,” a shortened version of which was released internationally last month.Other tracks expected to appear include “Mike Post Theme” and “Man […]

Vitamin Records has set an October 10 release date for “Scorched Earth Orchestra Plays Metallica’s Master of Puppets“, an orchestral tribute to METALLICA‘s classic 1986 album.“Master of Puppets” came out in the spring of 1986 and was METALLICA‘s first gold album and mainstream success. It featured staples of the band’s live set such as “Battery“, […]

On September 12, 2006, Escapi Music — home to BODY COUNT, DIRTY RIG, WARRIOR SOUL, CACTUS, MAHAVATAR, DISSECTION and THE CARMINE APPICE PROJECT — will release the debut recording of KOTTAK (formerly KRUNK), entitled “therupy“.Fronted by singer/songwriter/guitarist Jimmy Ratchitt, who, in another life, as James Kottak, drummed for KINGDOM COME and, for the last 10 […]

Groundbreaking Japanese act SIGH entered the studio today in Japan to commence work on its seventh album, titled “Hangman’s Hymn“, due out in 2007 on The End Records. The band will be working with engineer Takamichi Osada at Studio Moopies and will produce the album themselves.About the new album, SIGH frontman/leader Mirai Kawashima says, “It’ll […]

On September 12, Roadrunner Records will be releasing a set of ultimate metal albums. These “best of” collections will pull together the best material from some of metal’s greatest artists. The first batch includes music from FEAR FACTORY, SEPULTURA, ILL NINO and TYPE O NEGATIVE.The details of the above-mentioned “best of” collections — including the […]

DEVILDRIVER‘s sophomore album, “The Fury of Our Maker’s Hand” — which originally came out in June 2005 — will be re-released on Halloween (October 31) as a special edition CD/DVD set. The new package will include three rare studio tracks and three “killer” live songs. The DVD will feature four music videos. A poster advertising […]