KISS' new album, Sonic Boom has entered the US Billboard Top 200 Album Chart at #2 selling 104,485 copies. more

Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley's previously announced Australian tour, which was supposed to kick off on October 19 in Melbourne, has been postponed until February 2010 in order to accommodate the artist schedule and the newly tour dates. more

Saosin have released a video for the "Changing," the track comes from their new album 'In Search Of Solid Ground'. You can watch the video here and check out the making of the video right here

Hall Out Boy: MySpace premiered a brand new episode of the popular Artist on Artist program featuring Daryl Hall of the legendary Hall and Oates and Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump. In this episode the two musicians hang out by Daryl's indoor pool to chat about songwriting inspiration, how they collaborate with musicians and why only the strong survive. Check out the full interview here

Ben Burnley, frontman for Breaking Benjamin, mined his personal demons for the new songs on Dear Agony, including his battle with alcoholism. "I've suffered permanent brain damage through alcoholism," Burnley, who has been sober for over two years, told Billboard. "I don't want to say that I'm proud to have stopped, but I'm glad I realized that I wanted to stick around for a while." more

This lil tidbit from the Smashing Pumpkins camp: The Robert Smith doll has challenged the Billy Corgan doll to a duel! More specific details on the duel are forthcoming but for now, you can follow each opponent on twitter on their respective accounts. Follow @billycorgandoll and Follow @robertsmithdoll . Maybe after such a duel, Billy will really need to see a shrink

Tom Waits has announced a new live album covering his recent, sold out"Glitter and Doom" tour. The record is titled Glitter and Doom Live and is due out November 24, 2009 more

Brendon Small, co-creator of "Metalocalypse" has revealed that Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Slash and members of Mastodon will all have speaking/voiceover roles in the series' next season. more

A few months after the Beatles box sets made retailers scramble to fill orders, the King of Rock 'n' Roll is getting the royal treatment. Legacy Recordings is marking Elvis Presley's 75th birthday in January with a 100-song box set called "Elvis 75: Good Rockin' Tonight." The four-disc set arrives December 8. more

Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions Of Guns N' Roses � lands in stores November 10th via Baby Rock Records An excerpt from a press release reads: "Is a sweet child o' yours trying your patience at bedtime? Do you have an appetite for noise reduction? Don't you cry tonight. Fire up these gentle renditions of GNR's metal classics to rock your little devil to a peaceful sleep. Welcome to the nursery, baby. It's paradise city." You know you're curious

Anti-Flag will be covering The Clash on three upcoming European shows. The band took a similar approach to Hoodwink this past Spring, playing sets of all Clash tracks.more

Regular John's single "Transmitter" is featured in EA's "Need for Speed: Shift" video game. Check out the new video, created in partnership with Electronic Arts, which incorporates actual footage from the game here

Circa Survive has been in the studio working on its major label debut with producer David Bottrill (Tool, King Crimson). The band has been documenting the sessions with a series of webisodes (more like mini-films, actually). Check out the latest video at http://www.circasurvive.com.

Venom will be embarking on a tour of South America/Mexico this coming December. more

Sweet Cobra has completed work on their third album, titled "Mercy," which will hit stores in early-2010 via Black Market Activities.more

Book Of Black Earth has dropped off the Moonspell, Divine Heresy, and Secrets of the Moon tour, which kicks off this week in Florida. The following explanation has been issued: "Due to a major budget failure, we are not able to do the tour" more

Converge is streaming their new album, Axe to Fall, on their Myspace -

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