SLIPKNOT DJ Sid Wilson (a.k.a. DJ Starscream) has told The Des Moines Register that he is currently collaborating with FEAR FACTORY drummer Raymond Herrera on a new project. “There’s not really a per se style yet,” he said. “We’re just kind of creating music and seeing what we’re coming up with. We haven’t decided what […]

AGNOSTIC FRONT drummer Steve Gallo has rejoined the New York hardcore band INHUMAN. Steve was in INHUMAN from 2001-2003 and recorded the band’s finest release to date, “The New Nightmare“, for A-F Records.INHUMAN is currently working on the last set of songs for what will become the band’s fourth full-length release, entitled “Last Rites“. The […]

SLIPKNOT, the multi-platinum, Grammy-winning, hard rock and heavy metal enigma, will release the DVD “Voliminal: Inside the Nine” on December 5, 2006.A special double disc package, “Voliminal: Inside the Nine” takes the viewer on a several hour journey into the world of SLIPKNOT as the band recently circled the globe in support of the multi-platinum […]

A “super-rare” video of SAVATAGE performing the song “Tonight He Grins Again” on the Tampa Music Awards in 1992 has been posted online at YouTube.com. The clip, which is believed to be some of the best existing live footage of the band’s “Streets” lineup (Jon Oliva, Criss Oliva, Steve “Dr. Killdrums” Wacholz, Johnny Lee Middleton, […]

Finnish rock outfit HIM has cancelled a two-week North American tour and will instead hit the studio to record a new album, with an eye on a 2007 release via Sire. The trek was to begin Oct. 18 in Lowell, Mass., and wrap Oct. 31 in Universal City, Calif.In a statement, the band said its […]

Revered vocalist Siouxsie Sioux has signed with the new Universal imprint W14 and will begin recording a new album before the end of the year. “I am really excited about making new music,” the artist said in a statement. “I have various collaborators in mind and am itching to get back in the studio.”Siouxsie‘s last […]

As teenagers in northern Minnesota in the late 1950s, Ric Kangas and Bobby Zimmerman would spend hours playing guitar and singing. During one of those sessions, Zimmerman asked his friend to record it.Kangas had no idea he was recording the man who would soon become Bob Dylan. Years later, he came across the tape, which […]

Finnish grinding death metal act DEATHBOUND, featuring members of THE DUSKFALL and ROTTEN SOUND, has finished recording and mixing its third album, entitled “We Deserve Much Worse“, at Biotech Audio Solutions. The cover artwork for the follow-up to 2005’s “Doomsday Comfort” is being handled by Ville Anger. An early 2007 release via Dynamic Arts is […]

Several better-quality video clips of ARSON ANTHEM — the new band featuring Philip Anselmo (DOWN, SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA), Mike Williams (EYEHATEGOD) and Hank Williams III (SUPERJOINT RITUAL) — performing on September 13 at the Howling Wolf in New Orleans, Lousiana have been posted online. Check them out: Video#1 Video#2 Video#3

UFO guitarist Vinnie Moore is scheduled to begin recording his new solo album in New York City today (Wednesday, Sept. 27). Laying down drums on the CD is Van Romaine, who has previously played with such artists as BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS, KANSAS, JOAN OSBORNE, BILLY JOEL and STEVE MORSE. Engineering duties are being handled […]