Swedish metallers BY NIGHT have finalized the track listing for their sophomore album, “A New Shape of Desperation“, due on September 25 in Europe and October 17 in the U.S. via Lifeforece Records. The follow-up to 2005’s “Burn the Flags” was recorded at StudioMega in Varberg, Sweden and was mixed by Chris Silver and Johan […]

Launch Radio Networks reports: AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello and SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian are among the people listed in an anti-George W Bush petition, in a full-page newspaper ad that ran Thursday (August 3) in the New York Times. The full-page ad from the group World Can’t Wait announced October 5 as […]

STRATOVARIUS frontman Timo Kotipelto has entered Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland in August to begin recording his third solo album, tentatively due in early 2007 via his own label, High and Loud Records.

Former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen received a platinum sales award for sales in excess of 10,000 copies of her Christmas single “Yhden Enkelin Unelma“, which topped the Finnish charts in 2004 and again in 2005. Check out a picture of Tarja with the award below.

AUDIOSLAVE‘s video for its new single, “Original Fire“, has been posted online at Yahoo! Music. The clip was shot in late June in Los Angeles with graphic designer/video director P.R. Brown, whose rГ©sumГ© includes clips for MATISYAHU and DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE.“Original Fire” comes off AUDIOSLAVE‘s third album, “Revelations“, which is due out on September […]

POISONBLACK‘s video for its new single, “Rush“, has been posted online at YouTube.com. Also available at YouTube.com is a video clip of POISONBLACK mainman Ville Laihiala (vocals, guitar, formerly of SENTENCED) performing the band’s song “Pain Becomes Me” acoustically. Check it out at this location.“Rush” and “Pain Becomes Me” come off POISONBLACK‘s long-awaited second album, […]

DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan has announced the lineup of musicians that will join him on his North American dates in support of his new album, called “Gillan’s Inn“. They are as follows:Randy Cooke – DrumsRodney Appleby – BassMichael Lee Jackson – GuitarsDean Howard – GuitarsJoe Mennonna – Keys, Tenor SaxThe “Gillan’s Inn” tour is […]

The Associated Press reports that about 200 KISS fans protested in front of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to demand that the band be inducted into the hall.Fans, some from as far away as California, carried signs Saturday and had painted their faces in black-and-white to resemble KISS band members.Those participating […]

SLAYER‘s entire appearance on “The Henry Rollins Show” — including live performances of the songs “Cult” and “Disciple” (which didn’t air on the original program), and an interview with all four members of the group — has been made available for viewing online at this location.

The San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting that at least 15 people were injured when thousands of fans surged forward during TOOL‘s Street Scene 2006 performance in the parking lot of San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium. The report is as follows:More than a dozen concertgoers were sent to area hospitals last night after a crowd disturbance at […]