The legendary Iron Maiden are going to release their new album A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH in September. The band started writing songs at the end of 2005 after a short break from their hugely successful festival appearances in Europe and the USA. After Christmas, the songs were completed and rehearsed when the band […]

German metallers SACRED STEEL have set a November 10 release date via Massacre Records for their sixth album. The band will enter the Spiderhouse studio in Berlin on July 10 with legendary producer Harris Johns (VOIVOD, HELLOWEEN, ST. VITUS, DEPRESSIVE AGE, SODOM, KREATOR) to begin recording the effort.

Atlanta’s MASTODON have officially completed work on their third album, “Blood Mountain“, due this fall via the band’s new label, Warner Bros. See the album’s cover artwork HERE “Blood Mountain” is being recorded with producer Matt Bayles (ISIS, HORSE THE BAND). The CD was mixed in New York by Rich Costey (AUDIOSLAVE, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE).

KING DIAMOND have finished recording the drums, bass and rhythm guitars for their upcoming album, tentatively due in early 2007. The follow-up to 2003’s “The Puppet Master” will contain 13 tracks, five of which were written by the band’s guitarist Andy La Rocque. Frontman King Diamond will soon begin writing the lyrics for the album, […]

For the first time in over 35 years, former MC5 members DKT – Michael Davis, Wayne Kramer and Dennis Thompson – will share a bill with Iggy & The Stooges. The event will take place at the request of Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, who is the latest curator of the upcoming All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival […]

VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum (ex-GUNS N’ ROSES) has posted the following message on his official blog:“Have been hard at work on the new VELVET REVOLVER stuff. We have been working five days a week for the last month. And have about 10 songs worked up. Going to work in my studio for another couple […]

“The Essential Alice in Chains“, a two-CD compilation that originally was slated to be released more than two years ago, finally will see the light of day July 25 via Sony/Legacy. The complete track listing for the collection is as follows:CD 1:01. We Die Young02. Man In The Box03. Sea Of Sorrow04. Love, Hate, Love05. […]

HAMMERFALL recently entered the studio to begin recording the follow-up to 2005’s “Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken“. The album will be released on October 20 through Nuclear Blast Records. Other songtitles set to appear on the CD include “Carved In Stone”, “Titan”, “Dark Wings, Dark Words”, “Shadow Empire”, “Rebel Inside”, “Threshold”, “Howlin’ With The Pac” […]

Former WARRANT frontman Jani Lane has taken a little side step and has recorded some new rock tunes under the moniker ANGEL CITY OUTLAWS. RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer and a few other ’80s-era rockers are part of the band. Lane’s “Back Down to One” solo album, which was originally released in June 2003 via Z […]