Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen will release her new album, "Colours In The Dark", in Europe on August 23 via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of Edel Group.

JON OLIVA'S PAIN and SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva will release his first-ever solo album, "Raise The Curtain", on June 21 in Europe and July 2 in North America via AFM Records.

The official lyric video for "The Sinister Supremacy", the title track of the sixth album from Swedish thrashers DARKANE, can be seen below.

"Where Dreams Go To Die", a brand new song from the Todd La Torre-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE, can be streamed below.

In part one of a new video interview, Bruce Kulick shows off the ESP guitars he used during his tenure in KISS.

"...Like Clockwork", the title track of the new album from QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE can be streamed in the YouTube clip below.

Swedish melodic death metallers AMON AMARTH have released a trailer for their forthcoming mini-documentary.

Israeli progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND will release thier sixth full-length album, "All Is One", in North America on June 25 (one day earlier internationally) via Century Media Records.

A new Stone Temple Pilots track titled "Out of Time" featuring vocals from Linkin Park's Chester Bennington can be streamed at this location. Bennington joined the band for their unannounced set at KROQ's Weenie Roast in Irvine, CA on May 18th. The track can be downloaded for free here.

The Infinite Staircase, featuring Zakk Wylde, Kevin Martin, Morgan Rose and JD DeServio, have debuted the video for "The Pride" at this location.

Candlebox will kick off their 20th Anniversary tour with Open Air Stereo on May 28th. Dates are listed here.

Queens of the Stone Age's new track "If I Had a Tail" has been posted at this location. The band's new album '...Like Clockwork' is due out June 4th.

New dates have been added to Drowning Pool's upcoming tour which features Eye Empire. Current dates can be found here.

A new track from Filter titled “Surprise” is now online and streaming here. Their new album ‘The Sun Comes Out Tonight‘ drops June 4th.

Nine Inch Nails bassist Eric Avery has announced his departure from the band to focus on his film and musical life in Los Angeles. No word on a possible replacement.

Skillet have posted the title track from their new album 'Rise' at this location. The album is due out June 25th.

Sad news to report as Ray Manzarek, the legendary keyboardist of the Doors, has passed away at the age of 74. The veteran musician died today in Germany after a long battle with bile duct cancer. Manzarek formed the Doors with John Densmore, Robby Krieger and the late Jim Morrison back in 1965, and the [...]

Testament are currently enjoying one of the most successful albums of their career, ‘Dark Roots of Earth,’ and they recently turned up at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards to not only take their rightful place amongst metal’s top acts, but also to serve as presenters, introducing one of metal’s top young acts, Dillinger Escape Plan. [...]

On May 20, 1997, the Foo Fighters took a major step toward becoming the stadium-filling band they’ve turned into by releasing their second album, ‘The Colour and the Shape.’ Though the recording of the disc came during a very tumultuous period for Dave Grohl, but the outcome of the material was top shelf and ready-made [...]

At this weekend’s Rock on the Range festival, Device‘s David Draiman brought up a special guest to sing ‘Close My Eyes Forever.’ He was joined by Maria Brink of In This Moment to sing the duet from Device’s self-titled debut album (watch video above). Originally recording by Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford, the version on Device’s self-titled [...]

Never in Cage Match history have we had a tie, but last week, both Filter and Nonpoint received exactly the same number of votes as the polls closed. After a special overtime battle, Nonpoint came out victorious and have moved on to the next round. Papa Roach enter the Cage Match with their newest single, [...]

In a series of Facebook posts that went up today (May 20), System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian opened a huge can of worms in a very public way. According to a number of posts on Odadjian’s official fan page — on which the bassist does post regularly — he accuses System vocalist Serj Tankian of [...]

Filter are set to unleash their new album ‘The Sun Comes Out Tonight’ on June 4, and we’ve got the exclusive premiere of the track ‘Self Inflicted’ (listen below). The band has already released the song ‘What Do You Say’ as the disc’s first single, and ‘Self Inflicted’ is another explosive track off the album. [...]

Stone Temple Pilots recently parted ways with singer Scott Weiland (again), leaving a vacant spot center stage that needed to be filled. In an unexpected twist, Stone Temple Pilots stunned an Irvine, Calif., crowd as Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington took the stage with STP to perform an eight-song set Saturday night at KROQ’s Weenie [...]