Republic/Universal has set a November 14 North American release date for “Uneasy Listening Vol. 1“, a compilation of alternate mixes of H.I.M. songs that were recorded prior to the band’s breakthrough album, “Dark Light“. The track listing is as follows:01. The Sacrament (Disrhythm Remix)02. The Funeral Of Hearts (Acoustic Version)03. Join Me In Death (Strongroom […]

The Nirvana concert film “Live! Tonight! Sold Out!” will make its DVD debut Nov. 7 via Geffen. Originally issued on VHS in 1994, the release was conceived by Kurt Cobain as a way to anthologize Nirvana‘s quick ascent to rock superstardom but was not completed until after his 1994 suicide.The bulk of the DVD features […]

Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-zone.com: What initially prompted the band to begin playing again? Rachel: “We missed our fans. We kept getting a lot of e-mails about how people wish we would get back together so they could see us. But we knew when […]

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY is inviting fans to vote for the setlist for the band’s upcoming “Shot to Hell” tour. You can only vote once on each album. Voting ends October 14.To vote, visit the BLACK LABEL SOCIETY MySpace page under the “blog” section.In other news, several pictures from BLACK LABEL SOCIETY‘s September 26 concert at […]

Thom Yorke, Muse and Lily Allen were all big winners at the BT Digital Music Awards last night.The Radiohead frontman scooped the Best Artist Campaign and Best Use of Mobile awards, while Lily Allen fought off stiff competition to take the Best Pop Act award.Muse beat the likes of Hard-Fi, Kasabian and Editors to take […]

IRON MAIDEN‘s new album, “A Matter of Life and Death“, has been certified platinum in Finland for sales in excess of 30,000 copies. The CD topped the Finnish album chart for three weeks and currently stands at position No. 3.“A Matter of Life and Death” has sold 89,000 copies in the United States since its […]

Floridian black metallers KULT OV AZAZEL have issued the following update via their official web site:“Due to circumstances beyond control, we have postponed the recording of the new album and all other scheduled appearances. From now until further notice all KULT OV AZAZEL activities will be put on hold. The last show we’ll do for […]

As expected, the soundtrack to the Cirque Du Soleil/Beatles show “Love” will arrive in November via Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol Records. The music for the album and stage extravaganza, which is running at Las Vegas’ Mirage Hotel, was assembled by Beatles producer George Martin and his son, Giles, from the original master tapes.Although the album track […]

SIRENIA, the Norwegian gothic metal band featuring former TRISTANIA guitarist/vocalist Morten Veland, has finished mixing and mastering its new album, “Nine Destinies and a Downfall“, due in early 2007 via Nuclear Blast Records.“Nine Destinies and a Downfall” was recorded at Jailhouse studios in Norway with engineer Hans Eidsgard and Soundsuite studios in France with Terje […]

U2 have announced details of a new Best Of compilation that will feature their recent collaboration with Green Day.The song, a cover version of the Skids ‘The Saints Are Coming’, will be part of a sixteen song set of “U2’s best songs’ according to the bands official website.The track was recorded by the two bands […]