Two years ago, the young Brooklyn-based rock band Nude Beach released their album II, deeply enjoyable piece of classic-rock-informed punk. Every song aimed straight for the pleasure center and hit its target, and I fucked up badly when I didn’t give it Album Of The Week. (Seriously, in three years of writing that column, it’...

The members of Slipknot held a press conference last night in their home town of Des Moines, Iowa to pay tribute to bassist Paul Gray who passed away on Monday (May 24)."Paul Gray was the essence of the band Slipknot," said percussionist Shawn 'The Clown' Crahan. "Paul was there from the very very beginning and none of us would be on the path w...

Heaven And Hell have announced that they are set to release their debut album, The Devil You Know, next month.This will be the first studio album from the former Black Sabbath members - Ronnie James Dio (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinnie Appice (drums) - since Black Sabbath's 1981 album, Mob Rules.The Devil You Know w...

-- Whoever picks bands for those iTunes Live Sessions deserves a beer. Thus far, the series of iTunes-only EPs has featured stalwarts like Spiritualized and Billy Bragg, and just last week, My Morning Jacket. And on February 3, San Franciscan noise-pop weirdos Deerhoof will drop their own Apple-endorsed short-player. It features live versions of...

Come and get an animated video from Gojira and a racy clip from Bring Me The Horizon.Gojira have recently posted their animated video 'All The Tears' and British metallers Bring Me The Horizon have also posted their new clip for the track 'Chelsea Smile'.Enjoy!