Finnish death/thrash metal band DAUNTLESS has inked a two-album deal with Full Metal Records. The group's new CD will be released in early 2009. Formed in 1991, DAUNTLESS is a veteran of the Finnish death metal scene. The band is known as raging live act and its debut album, "Execute the Fact" (Firebox Records, 2007) ...
Los Angeles, California's ABYSMAL DAWN has finished filming the first video for its brand new album "Programmed to Consume". The clip, for the CD's title track, was shot in the band's hometown with director Gary Smithson (TOMAHAWK, HIGH ON FIRE, GOATWHORE). Commented ABYSMAL DAWN guitarist/vocalist Charles Elliott: "We can't wait to see the final product! ...
Earlier this year, former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord performed a new composition — actually a work in progress — titled "Air on the Blue String" at "Zermatt Unplugged". Swiss TV filmed the show and you can watch the new track at JonLord.org. "Air on the Blue String" was in part inspired by ...
Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA have posted more video footage from the recording sessions for their new album, "A-Lex". The latest clip, which features footage from the bass- and vocal-recording stages of the production process, can be viewed below. "A-Lex" (which stands for "no law" or "without law") is based on the Anthony Burgess novel "A Clockwork ...
Rolling Stone's Brian Hiatt has posted a review of METALLICA's new album, "Death Magnetic", at this location. He writes, "Half of 'Death Magnetic''s tracks are over seven minutes long, with song structures that are not so much "verse/chorus/verse" as 'long intro/heavy jam/verse/even heavier jam/chorus/bridge/wild solo/outro.' This feels like the right move for an ...
Fan-filmed video footage of UNEARTH's August 29, 2008 performance at Club Millenium in Anchorage, Alaska can be viewed below (clips uploaded by YouTube user "thiswillprobablyhurt"). A brand new UNEARTH song, "My Will Be Done", is available for streaming at this location. The track comes off the Massachusetts metallers' new album, "The March", which ...
Spanish heavy rockers RHINO have recorded a cover version of the NAPALM DEATH song "Narcoleptic" for a forthcoming Spanish tribute to NAPALM DEATH, with a special guest appearance on vocals by Tito from PHANTOM GROUND. The sessions took place at The Room in Barcelona. RHINO recently finalized the track listing for its second album, "Dead ...
Jonathan Cohen of Billboard.com reports that former VELVET REVOLVER and current STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland's second solo album, "Happy", will arrive November 18 via his own Softdrive label. The set was co-produced by Scott Weiland and Doug Grean, with Steve Albini engineering. "Happy" boasts guest appearances from three members of NO ...
Atlanta, Georgia-based metallers BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE recently entered a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada studio with producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR) to begin recording their third album. Entitled "Dichotomy", the CD will be released on November 25 via Solid State Records. The fourth in a series of webisodes covering the ...
Swedish metallers THE HAUNTED will take part in a signing session on Friday, September 19 at 19.00 (7:00 p.m.) at Media Markt in Gothenburg, Sweden. An e-card for "Versus", the new album from THE HAUNTED, can be found at this location. A trailer for the CD is available below. "Versus" will be released ...
