Prooducer Steve Lillywhite reveals their secrets Read more

Swedish metallers FALCONER have completed work on their new album, entitled "Among Beggars And Thieves", at Andy La Rocque's (KING DIAMOND) Sonic Train Studio in Varberg, Sweden. Read more

Rebel TV conducted an interview with bassist Jay Bentley of California punk legends BAD RELIGION at this year's Rock am Ring festival, which took place June 6-7 in Nürburgring, Germany. Read more

Swedish metallers OPETH have sold more than 19,000 copies of their new album, "Watershed", in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. Read more

The Pulse of Radio reports: An unconfirmed item at Idolator.com suggests that VELVET REVOLVER may be in talks with an unnamed Australian singer to replace vocalist Scott Weiland, who was dismissed from the band two months ago. Read more

LOWA, the new band featuring ex-GRIP INC./ HEATHEN bassist Jason VieBrooks and former FORBIDDEN/MANMADEGOD drummer Steve Jacobs, has parted ways with former MORBID ANGEL bassist/vocalist Steve Tucker. Read more

Full Metal Jackie of Metal Edge TV conducted an interview with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz and bassist Mike D'Antonio at the end of 2007 during the band's tour with LAMB OF GOD, DEVILDRIVER and SOILWORK. Read more

PunkTV.ca recently conducted an interview with AS I LAY DYING guitarist Nick Hipa. Read more

Angel Thorne Music will release the new live album from Danbury, Connecticut's SACRED OATH on June 17. Read more

Italian melodic death metallers FORGOTTEN TEARS have announced the addition of rhythm guitarist Simone Laruccia to the group's ranks. Read more

Vocalist Michael Drive (a.k.a. Read more

Movie star Jude Law says he will travel to Afghanistan to show a film about world peace. Read more

Yahoo! Music - The Cure have announced that they will release a new single each month leading up to the release of their 13th studio album in September. Read more

Norwegian extreme avantgarde/black metal band ENSLAVED will embark on a European headlining tour in November/December. Read more

"We worked our (explicative) off playing in front of kids eating nachos"

Finnish metallers OMNIUM GATHERUM recently began recording their fourth album at Sound Supreme Studios in Hämeenlinna, Finland with Janne Saksa and SouthEastSounds studio to Karhula with Teemu Aalto. Read more

Former CELTIC FROST mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "For the fourth time this year, I will return to Norway tomorrow to contribute my share to the mixing of the black metal album production commenced this past January. Read more

Los Angeles, California-based thrashers MELTDOWN have inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. Read more

The UK's GOREROTTED have decided to take the big step of changing their name to THE ROTTED! Having worked so hard on their new album, "Get Dead Or Die Trying", the lads felt that due to the huge progression they've made from previous releases musically and lyrically and after frequent lineup changes this was the only right thing to do. Read more

SOULFLY/CAVALERA CONSPIRACY frontman Max Cavalera was interviewed a few weeks ago by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). Read more

It's their first official full-length concert film Sex Pistols are to release a live DVD of their 2007 reunion shows. via NME.com

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen is elated by the success of her solo debut, "My Winter Storm", in her homeland of Finland and elsewhere in Europe. Read more

Johnson Cummins of the Montreal Mirror recently conducted an interview with DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Silenoz. On whether he considers himself a Satanist: "I don't know if I would classify myself as a Satanist. I wouldn't really label myself with any of those '-ist' words, because I am my own person. I do believe in personal responsibility and, in my opinion, Islam and Christianity don't teach that because they have this reference book that says you can do anything you want, because then all you have to do is go and get forgiven. Just look at all of the wars going on in the world. People think it's politically motivated, but it always comes back to religion causing all of the conflict in the world. I suppose if I were anything, you could call me an atheist." Read more

Former CRADLE OF FILTH guitarist James McIroy — who left the band in 2005 — has formed a new project. Read more