photo by Jon Wiederhorn
Job For a Cowboy have finished their second album for Metal Blade Record, Ruination, which is scheduled for July release.
The band will shoot a video for the new song "Regurgitated Disinformation" on June 6 in Philadelphia, and is inviting fans to attend and be a part of the event. Presented by R5 Productions & 94 WYSP/Rockers, the JFAC shoot will take place in Philly’s First Unitarian Church beginning at 8:00 PM EDT. Downloadable vouchers for the video shoot / live performance will cost just .94 cents and will go on sale tomorrow (May 9) at this location. In addition to the video shoot, the evening will include a full live set from both Job For a Cowboy and a “special guest” opening act. Read more...
On May 19, Camp Kill Yourself (a.k.a. CKY) will return with their first release since 2005's An Answer Can Be Found. The disc, Carver City, follows a label change, an ugly breakup and destructive battles with drugs and alcohol. The eerie, infectious hard rock album unravels like a horror movie and instead of writing about his own demons, Miller tells a tale of a cursed town and the evil things that happened there, and could happen anywhere. "Click "more" to hear frontman Deron Miller talk about the record and come clean about his depression, substance abuse, violent tendencies and the music that saved his life. Read more...
Here's part 2 of our video "Headbangers Ball" video interview with Heaven and Hell vocalist Ronnie James Dio and bassist Geezer Butler. Click "more" to see the beast up close. Read more...
When Heaven and Hell were in New York to promote their new album, The Devil You Know, "Headbangers Ball" tracked them down in an East Village apartment inhabited by a three-legged cat and put them to the test. Click "more" to hear bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ronnie James Dio discuss the band, lyrics and their musical influences. Read more...
L.A. power trio Nebula, whose cosmic cocktail of heavy riffs, electric blues and psychedelic space rock have earned the band international acclaim, will release their new album, Heavy Psych, on July 7. Nebula will also reissue their 1998 Tee Pee album Let It Burn on vinyl in various formats later this year. Click "more" to hear the new Nebula track "The Dagger." Read more...
Image From Berzerker's "All the Things She Said" video
Remember Russian pop stars, T.A.T.U., the supposed lesbian pop duo who rocketed to number one in 2002 with the infectious "All The Things She Said," which was accompanied by a video of the girls dressed in uniforms kissing in the rain. Australian extreme industrial metal band The Berzerker sure haven't forgotten, and have created a death metal cover of the song and a video far racier than the original. Click "more" to watch. Read more...
Our friends at MetalInjection.net have posted four live Gojira songs shot May 1 in Springfield, Virginia and Jaxx. Click "more" to watch "Oroborus," "The Heaviest Matter in the Universe," "A Sight to Behold," and "Flying Whales." Read more...
Veteran noise-metal band Burnt By the Sun have posted the demo for the new song "F-Unit" on their MySpace and created a promo video that features the tune as the soundtrack of a runaway train plowing through the walls of a station. Burnt By the Sun are currently in the studio with Eric Rachel recording their third album, Heart of Darkness, their first since 2003's The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good. click "more" to watch the train wreck. Read more...
The technical prog-death metal wizards of German band Obscura have been forced to cancel the remaining dates of their North American tour. The Relapse Contamination Tour will continue on through May 10, with Graves Of Valor and appearances on select dates from Brutal Truth and Hero Destroyed. Read more...
In its first week of sale, Chimaira's new album The Infection debuted at #30 on the Billboard Hot 200, marking the band's best opening week to date. In honor of auspicious beginnings, we're happy to present the band's first video from the album, "Destroy and Dominate." The clip was shot by Todd Bell in Cleveland, Ohio. Click "more" to watch. Read more...
