According to the March 2003 issue of Record Collector magazine, the first recordings made by BLACK SABBATH, cut in 1969, when the band was still known as EARTH, have been uncovered in a sound archive. The multi-track tapes comprise both the eponymous debut album and its follow up, "Paranoid", in both mixed and raw form. ...
Writer Martin Carlsson from Sweden's premier rock/metal publication Close-Up has filed an exclusive report on five songs from METALLICA's upcoming album "St. Anger" (due out on June 10) on the magazine's web site, www.closeupmagazine.net. He told BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "The songs are brutal as hell, quite possibly the most aggressive material the band has ever ...
IRON MAIDEN are nearing completion of the mixing process for their as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2000's "Brave New World", due later in the year through Sony/Columbia Records. "We should be finished the first stage of mixing the IRON MAIDEN album next week," producer Kevin Shirley revealed via his web site. "I'll be off to New York ...
Former RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and current AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello is collaborating with ANTI-FLAG as the executive producer of their upcoming CD, tentatively due in October through Fat Wreck Chords. Morello's production assistance "has been an incredible source of ideas and inspiration," ANTI-FLAG vocalist/guitarist Justin Sane told Alternative Press. "He's definitely inspired us to ...
PINK ANVIL, the new band featuring MINISTRY bassist Paul Barker, have set the track listing for their debut album, "Halloween Party", due on April 22 through Ipecac Records. It is as follows: 01. Beginning 02. Rubber Suit 03. Cause I Told You 04. Desert 05. Adagio In Cb 06. Downer 07. Rubber Suit, Pt. 2 ...
U.D.O.'s forthcoming DVD will come in a special package containing a bonus live CD. "When the 'Live From Russia' [live album] was released, a lot of people were asking for the ACCEPT classics on it, but our concept for that album was to record only U.D.O. classics, and those songs that ACCEPT never released live," ...
TO/DIE/FOR's previously-unreleased cover version of KING DIAMOND's "Behind These Walls" has been posted online at this location. The track, which was originally recorded for a KING DIAMOND tribute album, was most recently set to surface as an exclusive track on the first single from the Finnish group's latest CD, "Jaded", but was eventually ...
GOD FORBID are tentatively scheduled to enter the studio in May to begin recording their new album, tentatively titled "A Perfect World", for a late 2003 release through Century Media Records. The band, who were recently rumored to have parted ways with frontman Byron Davis, have completed the following new tracks, among others: 01. Anti-Hero ...
TAPROOT's video for "Mine", the latest single from their current CD, "Welcome", has been posted online. Check it out: Real Video, Windows Media. The clip was directed by SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian, who initially contacted TAPROOT about helming the shoot after concocting a concept that suited the song. ...
STAIND have posted several photos taken at the video shoot for "Price To Play", the first single from their forthcoming album, "14 Shades Of Grey", at this location. "14 Shades Of Grey" was produced by longtime STAIND collaborator Josh Abraham and is due on May 6 through Elektra Records. STAIND will perform "Price ...
