Monday, April 24, 2006
03:38 PM

...MERENDINE ATOMICHE have set the release dates for thier new CD, "Raw." The CD will be released in Europe on May 19th, May 22nd in Italy and June 6th in the U.S. and Canada...

Monday, April 24, 2006
03:36 PM

...Saturday, May 6th will mark the 20th Anniversary of the Annual NY KISS Expo and Hard Convention. To be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Secaucus, NJ, the convention will feature BRUCE KULICK (also performing a 45-minute set), EDDIE OJEDA, BOB KULICK, KARL COCHRAN, RON KEEL (also performing a 30-minute set), METAL MIKE, JAZAN WILD and "Psycho Circus" inker KEVIN KONRAD. Also featured are KISS tribute bands KISSTERA, ALMOSTQUEEN and JADED (A Cream tribute band). For more information, check out http://www.starzcentral.com/kissexpo Tickets are the same price as last year - $18 in advance - $20 at the door. Advance ticketholders enter first.

Monday, April 24, 2006
03:31 PM

...MOWER will join up with HEDPE, WICKED WISDOM and STRAPT for a tour beginning in May. Check out http://www.roughtour.com for more information...

Monday, April 24, 2006
03:29 PM

...MINISTRY will release their new CD, "Rio Grande Blood," on May 2nd. The CD features a remix of "The Great Satan," a track nominated for a Grammy in the Best Metal Performance category this past February 2006. For more information, check out www.ministrymusic.org...

Monday, April 24, 2006
03:27 PM

...PILLAR will record their live performance on May 3rd in Knoxville, TN to be released sometime later this year as a CD, DVD or both...

Monday, April 24, 2006
03:26 PM

...Finnish speed metallers SOLITAIRE return on May 29th with a new CD entitled "Invasion Metropolis"...

Monday, April 24, 2006
03:23 PM

...ILL NIÑO will headline the “One Nation Undivided” spring tour, joining GOD FORBID, SILENT CIVILIAN, EYES OF FIRE and BLEED THE SKY. ILL NINO is touring in support of their new CD, "One Nation Underground." Says the band's Cristian Machado: "We’re psyched that we’ll be able to bring our full 80-minute show to the U.S. for the first time in a while. The great thing about this tour is that the five bands are not only amazing and buzz-worthy in their own right, but they all represent different styles of metal. It’s definitely an aggressive and power tour, and it’s going to come and storm through your area like no other.” Check out http://www.roughtour.com for tour dates...

Monday, April 24, 2006
03:18 PM

...TUB RING will hit the road with DOG FASHION DISCO, LOOK WHAT I DID and KARATE HIGH SCHOOL. Check out http://www.roughtour.com for more info...

Monday, April 24, 2006
03:14 PM

...LIZZY BORDEN will hook up with WASP for a West Coast tour in May. Check out http://www.roughtour.com for tour dates...

Monday, April 24, 2006
03:12 PM

...SEETHER will release an acoustic CD/DVD on July 11th. The set will include a full acoustic set, interviews with the band and behind the scenes footage...

Friday, April 14, 2006
01:14 PM

...MUNICIPAL WASTE have released the uncensored version of thier "Unleash the Bastards" video. Check it out at http://www.earache.com/bands/municipal_waste/unleash-gore/player.html

Friday, April 14, 2006
01:13 PM

...The lineup for Northwest Death Fest 2006 scheduled for May 28, 2006 has been finalized. Performing on the Main Stage will be: OBITUARY, SADUS, IN MEMORIUM, TRY REDEMPTION, WAKE THE DEAD, FALLEN ANGELS, MUMMIFICATION, ZUKCUSS, SCORCHED EARTH, UNSANCTIFIED, EMBRYONIC DEVOURMENT, THE NEW PLAGUE, NECROBIOSIS, DISHARMONY and EMBALMED. Performing on the Second Stage will be: DEEDS OF FLESH, SEVERED SAVIOR, VULGARIZER, SHITSTORM, BUNG, CEREMONIAL CASTINGS, BELTFED WEAPON, MEATSHITS, DESOLATION, NON-EXISTENCE, PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE, DAMAGE OVERDOSE, NEAR LIFE, DOOM LIT SKY. For more information, check out http://www.northwestdeathfest.com

Friday, April 14, 2006
01:08 PM

...STARKWEATHER'S "Machine Rhythm" from their forthcoming CD, "Croatoan," (due May 2nd), has been posted at their MySpace page. Check it out at http://www.myspace.com/candlelightrecordsusa

Friday, April 14, 2006
01:06 PM

...POD, PILLAR, THE CHARIOT and MAYLENE will join up for The Warriors II Tour starting April 20th. Check out http://www.pillarmusic.com for more info...

Friday, April 14, 2006
12:58 PM

...BLUDGEON will release their new CD, "World Controlled," on June 27, 2006...

Friday, April 14, 2006
12:41 PM

...Z Records have signed VOX TEMPUS and will release their new CD, "The Eye of Time," in May...

Friday, April 14, 2006
12:24 PM

...OZZFEST dates have been announced and you can find them at http://www.ozzfest.com Taking the Main Stage this year will be OZZY OSBOURNE (on 10 dates only), SYSTEM OF A DOWN, DISTURBED, HATEBREED and LACUNA COIL. Headlining the Second Stage will be BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, ATREYU, UNEARTH, BLEEDING THROUGH and NORMA JEAN with rotating acts including A LIFE ONCE LOST, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, THE RED CHORD, FULL BLOWN CHAOS, WALLS OF JERICHO, ALL THAT REMAINS and BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME...

Friday, April 14, 2006
12:21 PM

...CELTIC FROST will release "Monotheist" on May 30th. The new CD, which SLIPKNOT's Joey Jordison calls, "the next essential CELTIC FROST purchase since 'To Mega Therion'," is the band's first new release in over a decade...

Friday, April 14, 2006
12:19 PM

...VALIENT THORR have completed their new full-length CD, "Legend of the World," due on July 11th via Volcom Entertainment...

Friday, April 14, 2006
12:13 PM

...WICKED WISDOM has released the video for their song, "Bleed All Over Me." Says Jada Pinkett Smith about the track: "The song is about my co-dependency. No matter how much therapy I have, I can’t seem to kick it.” She continues: "We are really excited about the new video. The video is basically about resurrecting those aspects of ourselves we kill to make other people happy with us. Every aspect of who we are is what makes us whole. You kill one part of ourselves, we don’t realize it destroys the foundation of who we are.” For more information, check out http://www.wickedwisdom.net

Friday, April 14, 2006
12:10 PM

...Sweden's CRUCIFIED BARBARA will release their debut album, "In Distortion We Trust," on May 30th...

Friday, April 14, 2006
12:09 PM

...GODSMACK's new CD, entitled simply "Godsmack IV," will hit stores on April 25th. The first single, "Speak," is already #1 at active Rock Radio. The band will perform on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on April 26th and Jimmy Kimmel Live on April 28th...

Friday, April 14, 2006
12:01 PM

...Sound Riot Records has signed INBORN SUFFERING. The band will release their debut CD, "Wordless Hope," in July or August of this year...

Monday, April 10, 2006
03:15 PM

...Relapse Records has released "Flat Tracker" and "Super Sound Racing," two early CDs by ZEKE. Remastered and repackaged, the two CDs are now available at your favorite music peddler...

Monday, April 10, 2006
03:07 PM

...On April 15, 2006, for the first time ever on CD, the music of N.W.O.B.H.M. glamster Regent St. Claire and his various incarnations of CASTLE BLAK/BLAK/MONSTER ISLAND and more will be released in a limited edition (of only 1,000) 3-CD Box Set, containing 45 tracks (many rare and/or previously unreleased), plus a 20 minute radio interview, three extensive 20-page color booklets (60 pages in all) containin lyrics, artwork, previously unpublished photos, linear notes about the songs, the bandmembers and a new CASTLE BLAK song recorded in 2005. The Box Set is available exclusively through The Good Intentions Paving Co., at http://www.goodintentionspaving.com for $30.00 plus shipping and handling. For more information, check out http://www.goodintentionspaving.com

Monday, April 10, 2006
03:03 PM

...THE ACACIA STRAIN will release their new CD, "The Dead Walk," on June 13th through Prosthetic Records. You can check out the artwork for the new CD by clicking here http://www.prostheticrecords.com/images/acacia_cover.jpg or find two demo versions of songs from the CD by checking out the band's MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/theacaciastrain

Monday, April 10, 2006
02:57 PM

...Unsigned artists, this could be your big break! MySpace.com and Wind-up Records are hosting a song contest for the forthcoming film "John Tucker Must Die." Winning songs will be eligible for inclusion in the movie and on the film's soundtrack. A grand prize winner will be chosen on May 26th by a panel of celebrity judges and music executives. Wind-up Records will award a $10,000 production budget to the winner for professional re-recording, mixing, and mastering of the winning song. Ten ten finalists will each win a Gibson electric guitar. The "John Tucker Must Die Undiscovered Band Contest,' at http://www.myspace.com/johntucker will run until April 24th...

Monday, April 10, 2006
02:52 PM

...Legendary bassists BILLY SHEEHAN, JEFF BERLIN and STU HAMM will perform at the World Cafe Live on April 20, 2006, 7:30 PM. For more information, check out http://www.worldcafelive.com

Monday, April 10, 2006
02:50 PM

...BLACK COBRA's “Bestial” will be released in North America on April 25th. For more information, check out http://www.blackcobra.net

Monday, April 10, 2006
02:48 PM

...June 1st will mark the release of GLENN HUGHES's new CD, "Music for the Divine." Produced by Hughes and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith, the CD features Chad on drums, long-time Glenn Hughes collaborator JJ Marsh on guitar, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS guitarist John Frusciante and Mark Killian who has provided the string arrangements and keyboards... Release date in Europe is set for June 9th! Stay tuned for more news!

Monday, April 10, 2006
02:45 PM

...Metal Blade Records has teamed with AS I LAY DYING to release "A Long March: The First Recordings" The new CD collection contains all of the band's original Pluto Records material, including 2001's "Beneath The Encasing Of Ashes," as well as both a new recording and the original recording of the band's much sought after 2002 "EP"...

Monday, April 10, 2006
02:42 PM

...You can check out THE SMASHUP's new video for "No Name" by clicking this link: http://www.warconent.com/Video/TSU_NoName.mov

Monday, April 10, 2006
02:40 PM

...ATREYU's new CD, "A Death-Grip on Yesterday," debuted at #9 on Billboard's Top 200 Chart, selling over 68,000 copies...

Monday, April 10, 2006
02:37 PM

...SEVENDUST will hook up with SOIL and HOURCAST for a series of dates beginning in May. Check out http://www.roughtour.com for dates and places...

Monday, April 10, 2006
02:32 PM

...FIREBALL MINISTRY will join DISTURBED for a two week tour beginning May 20th. Says the band's James A. Rota: "We took a rest, but now we’re back to get you drunk and make you deaf." Check out http://www.roughtour.com for dates and places...

Tuesday, April 04, 2006
03:15 PM

..."On Borrowed Time," the full-length debut from Toronto's THE ILLUMINATI, will be released in the U.S. on June 28. The band are already on tour and will continue in support of the new CD...

Tuesday, April 04, 2006
03:12 PM

...WHEELS OF FIRE, a tribute to CREAM, will perform at the Mexicali Blues in Teaneck, NJ on April 15th. Wheels Of Fire is Richie (Eric) Ranno, Joe (Ginger) Dube and Gregg (Jack) Hollister. For more information, check out http://www.mexicalibluescafe.com

Tuesday, April 04, 2006
03:08 PM

...MOWER will release their new CD, "Not For You," on May 16th through Suburban Noize Records...

Tuesday, April 04, 2006
03:07 PM

...Sweden's BLINDED COLONY have signed with Pivotal Rockcordings. The band has entered the studio and are recording their new CD, due out later this year. For more information, check out http://www.blindedcolony.com

Tuesday, April 04, 2006
03:05 PM

...DEICIDE's new CD, entitled "The Stench of Redemption," will be released on June 6, 2006 (6/6/6. Get it?)...

Tuesday, April 04, 2006
03:03 PM

...RHINO BUCKET are hitting the road in support of their new CD, "And Then It Got Ugly." Check out http://www.roughtour.com for tour dates, etc...

Tuesday, April 04, 2006
02:59 PM

...ALL THAT REMAINS have entitled their new CD, "The Fall of Ideals." The CD will hit stores on July 11th...

Tuesday, April 04, 2006
02:58 PM

...ANATA have made a new track entitled "Downward Spiral Into Madness," from their upcoming "The Conductor´s Departure" albuml, available at their MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/anata

Tuesday, April 04, 2006
02:55 PM

...Chicago's YAKUZA has posted a live video for "Back to the Mountain" on their MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/yakuza

Tuesday, April 04, 2006
02:53 PM

The first bands have been announced for the legendary Bloodstock and B.O.A. (Bloodstock Open Air) metal festivals. Confirmed for the B.O.A. Fest (Friday, July 14, 2006) are -- Main Stage: METAL CHURCH, ATHEIST, NOCTURNAL RITES, PYRAMAZE. Second Stage: EVILE, HEADLESS CROSS, PITFUL REIGN. (Friday, July 15, 2006): Main Stage: TURISAS, CALLENISH CIRCLE, ENSIFERUM, RAUNCHY, ASHTAR, SEASON'S END, Second Stage: 8 bands to be announced. And, for the Bloodstock Indoor Festival (Friday, September 29th, 2006) -- Main Stage: PRIMAL FEAR, AXEL RUDI PELL, MAJESTY, MARSHALL LAW; Second Stage: EDEN, STEEL TORMENTOR, CAPTIVE AUDIO, AWAKEN. (Saturday, Septmeber 30th, 2006) -- Main Stage: MY DYING BRIDE, ONSLAUGHT, BRAINSTORM, MACHINE MEN, OMNIUM GAHTERUM, SPELLBLAST, ILLUMINAUTUS. Second Stage: DIED SMILING, ENEMY UNKNOWN, DEADFALL, SWORN AGAINST, BEYOND AFTERLIFE, AGANKAST, MAEL MORDHA. For more information, check out the official website at http://www.bloodstock.uk.com

Tuesday, April 04, 2006
02:45 PM

...AXEMASTER has re-formed with all its original members. Drummer Brian Henderson has joined vocalist/bassist Christopher Michael and guitarist Joe Sims, the same line-up that recorded the band's releases on Azra International Records. For more information, check out http://www.myspace.com/Axemaster1

Tuesday, April 04, 2006
02:42 PM

...Peace or Die Records will releaes the debut, self-titled release by RETRIBUTION in May. Check out www.myspace.com/retributionband for more information...