According to Deep-Purple.net, the second of the planned series of Tommy Bolin (late DEEP PURPLE/JAMES GANG guitarist) CDs and DVD has been compiled by Johnnie Bolin (Tommy Bolin‘s brother/drummer) and producer Greg Hampton. Due late September, “Whips and Roses II” features four alternate tracks from “Teaser” (“Vol. 1” contained alternate takes of the other five […]

METALLICA performed another new song (Video, Windows Media) — tentatively dubbed “New Song No. 2” — during their headlining appearance Saturday night (August 12) at the Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo, Japan.As was the case with all the concerts on the band’s recent European tour, METALLICA played their entire 1986 album, “Master of Puppets“, during […]

TRIVIUM shot a video for the song “Entrance of the Conflagration” with director Dale “Rage” Resteghini (MUDVAYNE, HATEBREED, UNEARTH, SHADOWS FALL) on Thursday, August 10 at Eon Loft in Los Angeles, California.Watch footage of TRIVIUM shooting the “Entrance of the Conflagration” video at YouTube.com.

Vocalist Urban Breed (ex-TAD MOROSE) has officially left BLOODBOUND, the Swedish metal band also featuring Fredrik Bergh (STREET TALK; bass, keyboards and backing vocals) and Tomas Olsson (lead and rhythm guitars). “I’ve thought about this for some time and I’ve decided not to let Tomas and Bergh have any more of my time,” Urban said […]

Blender.com recently caught up with Cristina Scabbia (vocals) of LACUNA COIL, Candace Kucsulain (vocals) of WALLS OF JERICHO and Marta Peterson (keyboards) of BLEEDING THROUGH for an intriguing “Women of Ozzfest” piece. This unique feature sees the women touch upon many issues regarding the touring lifestyle among a male-dominated scene, how they deal with overly […]

Another new IRON MAIDEN song, entitled “Brighter than a Thousand Suns“, has been posted online at IronMaiden.com.According to Kerrang! magazine, “Brighter than a Thousand Suns” is arguably the heaviest track on MAIDEN‘s new album, “A Matter of Life and Death“, and one with heavy subject matter to match.

An e-card for the upcoming BLACK LABEL SOCIETY album, “Shot to Hell“, featuring album info, weblinks, AIM icon, and links to a contest giving away five signature Zakk Wylde model guitars, can be accessed at this location. The e-card also contains full streaming versions of “Concrete Jungle“, “Black Mass Reverends” and “Blood is Thicker than […]

Two songs from the VIRGIN STEELE‘s forthcoming eleventh album, “Visions of Eden – The Lilith Project – A Barbaric Romantic Movie of the Mind” — “Immortal I Stand (The Birth Of Adam)” and “The Hidden God” — have been made available for streaming. Check them out: “Immortal I Stand (The Birth Of Adam)” : Windows […]

Finnish band EMBRAZE has a posted a new MP3 file containing audio samples of tracks that will appear on its fourth album, “The Last Embrace“, due on August 16. Download it at this location. “The Last Embrace” tentative track listing: 01. Carvings on the Gallowstree02. Branded03. Racing Against Time04. Dead Roses05. Liquid Fire06. Memory Trace […]

Critically-acclaimed sonic trailblazers THE ESOTERIC have posted three new tracks from their highly-anticipated new album, “Subverter“, online at their MySpace page. The tracks include the rocking “Destroy, She Said” as well as the titanic “Language Is a Virus / Shipyards of Foreign Cities” and the mind-bending “Clone Culture and the Cut-Up Method“. Produced and engineered […]