Robert DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots tells Spin.com "we just finished the last two songs at my home studio, and we're going through the editing process and getting everything sounding tasty. A gentleman by the name of Chris Lord-Alge, who actually mixed a song of ours back in early 2000 called 'All in the Suit That You Wear', will mix the new album." Read the full interview hereSaxon vocalist Biff Byford is reportedly figure-heading a campaign to get heavy metal recognized as a religion in the UK. Byford has teamed up with Metal Hammer Magazine for a campaign urging British rock fans to adopt heavy metal as their religion ahead of the 2011 census. more
Hatebreed has announced the first three shows of the Black Procession tour with Machine Head (scheduled to take place in Stuttgart, Offenbach and Hamburg) have been postponed due to frontman Jamey Jasta falling ill more
Looks like Ozzy isn't the only Black Sabbath legend to pen his memoir Foundry Literary + Media cofounder Peter McGuigan has reportedly completed a six-figure North American rights deal, at auction, with Ben Schafer of Da Capo for Black Sabbath/Heaven & Hell guitarist Tony Iommi's book "Iron Man", a memoir due out later this year. more
Freshkills entered the studio just before the holiday break to record their third album with drummer Jim Sclavunos of Bad Seeds/Grinderman fame producing. Jim is also responsible for producing the first Horrors and has earned an incredible reputation over the past 20 years drumming along Nick Cave in both the Bad Seeds and Grinderman. more
Crazed Hits is reporting the MySpace Records has logged off for good. more
Smashing Pumpkins have posted the second song from the ' Teardrop By Kaleidyscope ' project on their Myspace page. You can check out the track called "Widow Wake My Mind" here.
Metallica had this quick note about a change of venue: We recently became aware that the Fire Department has expressed some concerns about the safety of Estadio Zequinha in Porto Alegre, so as a precautionary measure our show scheduled there for January 28, 2010 has been moved to Parque Condor. more
Muse will be playing a show at Switzerland's Stade de Suisse on Wednesday 2nd June. more
Blink-182 posted on twitter that their fans have now raised $20k from the sale of the Blink Haiti shirt. You can get one here
Aborted, Rotten Sound, and The Red Chord will co-headline (the bands will rotate every night) a spring European tour. Those who Lie Beneath will serve as the opening act. more -
Share this article on Twitter
