Noiserockers Harvey Milk are back together to record an album and do a US tour with Khanate. The latter will release a 12"/MCD shortly and there's even talk about a new album later this year. In the meanwhile guitarist O'Malley has been busy recording Sunn0)))'s Black1 which will include Malefic's (Xasthur) vocals recorded from the casket.
Check this friends, Blabbermouth is reporting: Daniel Cardoso (ex-Sirius) and Kristoffer G. Rygg (Ulver, ex-Arcturus), plus a few "noble assistants", have been writing music and conspiring theories for Sindrome, a heavy rock project "with experimental edges, alternative feeling and a strong visual cinematic component", according to a press release. The group's debut album, A Killer View, is currently in its final recording stages and is expected to be debuted this fall. Label negotiations are already in process, but the band will wait for the end of the recording process to officially ink a record deal. According to the press release, A Killer View "explores and exposes mind distortion, insanity, perversion, dementia, the motivations and visions of a serial killer, and the patterns of the mind". A small trailer can already be seen and heard at the official website.
Tuvan rockers Yat Kha recorded some of their favourite songs like Motörhead's Orgasmatron and Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart for an album called Re-Covers, to be released in June. The two aforementioned tracks can be heard already at their site.
Drummer extraordinaire Terry Bozzio (Zappa, Vai, UK, Missing Persons, among others) will surely 'turn heads and excite people' when he'll take Dave Lombardo's seat in Fantômas on the upcoming tour. I presume Lombardo this time really had his hands full with the Slayer-festivaldates.
Boris classic Feedbacker -picked by yours truly as the best album of 2003- is at long last made available worldwide through Conspiracy Records. Don't miss this incredible album, that we reviewed here.
Håkon Gebhardt has left Motorpsycho. Hans Magnus 'Snah' Ryan and Bent Sæther intend on continuing with the band after the harmonious split with Håkon.
Dave Lombardo might be back in Slayer, that doesn't stop him working Fantômas and several other projects like the upcoming CD with DJ Spooky of which you can find samples here.
The entire new Queens Of The Stone Age album, Lullabies to Paralyze, is available for streaming at the band's MySpace.com page.
The final release of Brian Wilson's legendary SMiLE album will be followed up by a DVD on May 24th.
Exotica-master Martin Denny passed peacefully at 9 p.m. last night, at his Hawaii-Kai residence, five weeks short of his 94th birthday.
John Zorn has opened a venue in New York, each month will be curated by a musician, reedplayer Ned Rothenberg will kick off in April. Of course there will be a new CD-series on Tzadik which should render the money to keep the place open, as 100% of the revenue will go to the performers and there are no refreshments for sale at the shows.
A group of San Fransiscan funk alumni have formed Top Rockerz. The 'breakbeat band' features members of Ben Wa and Limbomaniacs.
After being hacked recently by Islamic fundementalists we're now moved to a new server. The site was unreachable for a day or so. Our apologies to everyone who were wondering what happened this time.
Finally Sunn0)))'s legendary debut The GrimmRobe Demos has been reissued by Southern Lord. On vinyl and CD and of course with bonustracks.
Best wishes for 2005 from the m[m]-team!
The official Depeche Mode website reports that the band will start recording a new album in early January under the guidance of producer Ben Hillier (Blur, Elbow, Echobelly). No tentative schedule announced so far. The Mode's last album, Exciter, was released in 2001.
The news from the natural disaster in Asia is bad enough, but apart from the astonishing amount of locals, among the tourists was Mieszko Talarczyk, member of Swedish grind-gods Nasum and producer. His girlfriend has survived but is badly injured and hospitalised, Mieszko is still missing.
Legendary technical doomband Confessor have rejoined and recorded a demo EP of which you now also can download a full track named Sour Times. The EP is also for sale at the site.
Buckethead expressed his sad feelings about Ol' Dirty Bastard's passing last weekend that he recorded a tribute, available for download here.
Season of Mist are reporting that Norwegian black metallers Mayhem have parted ways with singer Maniac and replaced him with Attila Csihar (Tormentor, Aborym). Csihar had previously worked with the group on their 1993 release, De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas.
Leaves are falling and another musician crossed over: Coil's John Balance died november 13th. Under the influence of alcohol he fell from the first floor landing, hitting his head on the floor some 15ft below. Balance was rushed to hospital, where his condition deteriorated, and he died soon after, without ever regaining consciousness.
Zweizz, the electronic project by former Fleurity and DHG member Svein Egil Hatlevik released a 7" in a pressing of 512 copies. These two tracks are available at Vendlus, it comes in two colours and the first 100 orders get a (surprise) bonus-CD.
MTV reports Wu-Tang-rapper Dirt McGirt (a.k.a. Ol' Dirty Bastard) died in the studio.
British atmospheric poprockers Anathema had the release of their DVD Were You There bumped for a few more weeks. It will feature a complete liveshow from their latest A Natural Disaster-tour, the acoustic show they did with the string quartet of the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra as well as video's and other extra's. In the meanwhile guitarist Danny recorded a tribute to Nick Drake on a limited release of a 1000 copies, now available for pre-order at Strangelight Records.