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Bloodbound Signs with Blistering Records BLOODBOUND, the Swedish melodic, heavy metal band featuring members from STREET TALK, TAD MOROSE, MORGANA LEFAY and PYRAMAZE, has signed a worldwide deal with BLISTERING RECORDS. The band's third album "Tabula Rasa" will be released by BLISTERING RECORDS in early 2009. The band has kept busy since their inception in 2004, having released two ... Read More / Post Your Comments Glassjaw Unveils New Song and Album Plans Long Island hardcore quartet Glassjaw has uploaded a new studio recording from their long-awaited follow-up to 2002's Worship And Tribute. "You Think You're John (Fucking) Lennon" can be heard on their official website. No release date for the album has been set. Read More / Post Your Comments Black Cobra To Support High On Fire On A Few Tour Dates Black Cobra will be touring in support of High On Fire for a few dates in December. The latest Black Cobra tour dates are as follows: 12/01/08 El Corazon, Seattle WA w/ Dub Trio 12/02/08 Doug Fir Lounge, Portland OR w/Dub Trio 12/03/08 Samurai Duck, Eugene OR 12/06/08 Stork Club, Oakland, CA w/ Totimoshi with High On Fire 12/09/08 Brick B... Read More / Post Your Comments This Ending Posts Trailer For New Album Online This Ending, the death metal band which includes Amon Amarth drummer Frederik Andersson, has posted a trailer online for their forthcoming second album, "Dead Harvest" which is scheduled to be released on January 30th of next year. You can check it out below. Read More / Post Your Comments Guns N' Roses Lawyer Blasts Dr Pepper Billboard.com reports: The lawyer for Guns N' Roses and Axl Rose has castigated Dr Pepper, accusing the soda maker of failing to deliver on its promotion to offer free soda in celebration of the band's new album, "Chinese Democracy." Guns N' Roses was never involved in the campaign. Beverly Hills-based Alan Gutman has written to Dr Pepper Snappl... Read More / Post Your Comments Rush Guitarist Alex Lifeson Discusses The Future Of Rush Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson recently did an interview with Toledoblade.com and spoke on a variety of issues, including what the band has planned next. Some excerpts from the chat can be viewed below. Rush has a third greatest hits package (Retrospective 3) due early next year. After that release, its contract with longtime record label Mercury/A... Read More / Post Your Comments An Interview With Drummer Jess Margera Of Viking Skull The UK based old school metal band Viking Skull just recently released their third full length album titled "Doom, Gloom, Heartache and Whiskey." The band will soon be embarking on a tour across the UK in support of their new album with their original guitar player Darren Smith. Viking Skull's drummer Jess Margera, who also plays in CKY and The C... Read More / Post Your Comments Maroon Finishes Recording New Album Maroon has completed recording their upcoming new album this past week. Here's the update they posted: "Everything was good and went extremely well. By now we are just happy that everything is done. Finally. We recorded the last two songs with vocals today and did some fine tuning on the solos and effects. And now it is evening and everything is... Read More / Post Your Comments Rob Zombie Comments On Disappearing YouTube Videos Rob Zombie has posted a short message explaining that he's not behind the removal of many YouTube videos featuring his songs: "I gotten many complaints lately that your Youtube videos featuring my songs have been taken down. I am not behind this and I am trying to figure out who is. I am all for the fan videos on Youtube. Sorry for the trouble. ... Read More / Post Your Comments The Haunted Planning North American Tour Among multiple recent updates, The Haunted frontman Peter Dolving has hinted at the band's upcoming North American tour plans: "So here's the deal. We are putting a US tour together shortly after the EU-tour we do with All That Remains. I can't tell you yet what the other bands are but it's gonna be a diverse and yes, very cool billing(I know, ... Read More / Post Your Comments Megadeth Drummer Shawn Drover Posts Update Megadeth drummer Shawn Drover has checked in with the following update: "I arrived home mid-afternoon on Thanksgiving day, which was a smart move on my part. Anybody who travel's as much as I do pretty much knows that the day before Thanksgiving is one of the WORST day's to travel all year. I avoided all that insanity and still made it home on t... Read More / Post Your Comments Chimaira's Mark Hunter Laying Down Vocal Tracks On New Album Chimaira vocalist Mark Hunter has posted and update to the band's site about the writing process and his experience laying down vocals this weekend. Here's what he posted: "Hey everyone. I hope our friends in the US and A had a good holiday. I spent the night tracking. I am a little behind schedule but there is good reason. I haven't really spo... Read More / Post Your Comments Am I Blood Posts New Song, "The Dawn Became Their Pride," Online Am I Blood, who has been working on a new album, has relaunched their website, which has been closed recently. With the new site is a music player that features a new rough cut of the song "The Dawn Became Their Pride," which is off their upcoming new album, "Existence Of Trauma." Read More / Post Your Comments Flowing Tears Posts New Song, "Colossal Shaped Despair," Online A new Flowing Tears track is available for full streaming via Ascendance Records' MySpace page! The song, entitled "Colossal Shaped Despair," is from their new album "Thy Kingdom Gone," which was released on October 20th. The track listing for "Thy Kingdom Gone" is as follows: 01. Orchidfire 02. Pain Has Taken Over 03. Rain Of A Thousand Ye... Read More / Post Your Comments Burden A.D. Announces New Vocalist Eero Haula Finland's Burden A.D. have issued the following update: "Our search is over! Hereby we officially announce that Eero Haula is our new vocalist. Eero did a brilliant job when doing vocals on Wasted by Metal and Latvian Tours. His skills impressed us and we knew his the right guy for Burden A.D. With his experience and variety of vocals we believe... Read More / Post Your Comments