Chris Harris of MTV.com reports that a security guard who claims he was knocked unconscious by NINE INCH NAILS guitarist Aaron North‘s microphone stand at a Madison, Wisconsin, concert last fall filed a lawsuit against the group.The suit, which alleges negligence and assault and battery, was filed in Wisconsin’s Circuit Court on June 28 and […]

INTO ETERNITY have set “The Scattering of Ashes” as the title of their new album, due this fall via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2004’s “Buried in Oblivion” was recorded at Touchwood Studios in Regina and was mixed by Andy Sneap (NEVERMORE, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY).INTO ETERNITY‘s new CD will mark the group’s first release […]

Cleveland, Ohio-based act MUSHROOMHEAD has finalized the track listing for its new album, “Savior Sorrow“, due on September 19 via Megaforce Records. It was produced in April 2006 by drummer Steve “Skinny” Felton and the band.MUSHROOMHEAD‘s follow-up to 2003’s “XIII” (Republic/Universal) will mark the group’s recording debut with singer Waylon, who replaced frontman J. Mann […]

SYSTEM OF A DOWN will be going on an indefinite hiatus following their appearance at this summer’s Ozzfest. For guitarist Daron Malakian and bassist Shavo Odadjian, it’s SCARS ON BROADWAY, a fresh collective that’s still very much in progress but should start working on material this fall.“It’s going to be another band that both me […]

DEICIDE’s concert at the Rio Grande Hotel in Laredo, TX Friday night (July 14) was shut down by the police after four songs and DEICIDE guitarist Ralph Santolla was reportedly arrested after he allegedly threw a “Red Bull” at one of the officers.

According to Loud! Online, Jeremy Lammas, guitarist and founding member of Australia’s avant garde grind combo ONE STEP BEYOND, was killed in a road accident. Jeremy died on July 12 when his car veered into a truck as he drove to Melbourne.At the time of Lammas‘ death, ONE STEP BEYOND was preparing material for its […]

EVANESCENCE frontwoman Amy Lee has posted the following message on the EVBoard.com message board:“A few weeks ago, Will [bassist William Boyd] decided to leave the band. He said that he just can’t go through with another huge tour right now, and wants to stay a little closer to his family instead. Tour is hard — […]

Australian rock ‘n’ roll legends ROSE TATTOO are back in the studio recording a new album with veteran Australian producer Mark Opitz (INXS, COLD CHISEL, KISS). The first single from the album is “Black Eyed Bruiser“, a song written by the band’s original production team, Harry Vanda and George Young, who also were AC/DC‘s producers. […]

The new STONE SOUR video, “Through Glass“, is being streamed online for the next four days exclusively at AOL Music. The clip was shot with director Tony Petrossian (HEAD AUTOMATICA, AVENGED SEVENFOLD) and features a special cameo by POISON guitarist C.C. Deville.

Belgian death metallers ABORTED have issued the following update:“Work is proceeding well on the ‘The Auricular Chronicles‘ DVD, which is set to be released by October through Listenable Records. Previews will be online by the end of the summer on both websites and OneOone (www.oneOone.fr), who are doing an amazing job with the footage so […]