Mindless Self Indulgence have streamed their new album If in it’s entirety on their Myspace page. 24 hours and almost 700,000 plays later, Mindless Self Indulgence is the number one band on MySpace in all genres globally, though the band have never been off the top 10 list for almost 4 years now.
If is released April 29th, and any caveman wanting one of those ye olde shiny discs (CDs?) will have to sacrifice all their street-cred by going to Hot Topic to buy one. Thanks MSI.

AC/DC posted on their website (which is apparently no longer a pr0n site, “though still is dirty”):

The waiting is almost over! AC/DC fans can expect the band’s next album of new material sometime later this year. The band are currently recording in Vancouver with producer Brendan O’Brien and long time audio engineer Mike Fraser. This will be the band’s first collection of new material since the release of Stiff Upper Lip in 2000.

Metallica have launched a new website to let fans “experience the album… before it’s done”. “Mission: Metallica” will be launched in May to promote the band’s new album. You can check it out at MissionMetallica.com.
You can even enter your email address! I did, I expect my email from Lars momentarily!

Bullet For My Valentine have been forced to cut their stint on the Taste of Chaos tour short as bassist Jay James’s daughter has been hospitalized.

The missed dates are as follows
April 15 – WaMuCenter, Seattle, WA
April 17 – PNE, Vancouver, BC CANADA
April 19 – Stampede Corral, Regina, SK CANADA
April 21 – Brandt Center, Regina, SK CANADA
April 22 – Northlands AgriCom, Edmonton, AB CANADA

Axl Rose and the dudes he got to replace Slash and Buckethead have apparently finished Chinese Democracy, an album that has been in the works for about 14 years. To put that into context, most of the people reading this are around 14 years old. Needless to say we’re expecting something mind-blowing here, especially when one considers that Geffen are reportedly paying $13 million for the album. That’s almost a million a year!

Don’t get too excited though, the album’s completion has been reported several times, without it’s actual apparition. In fact I might just go and draft “No Chinese Democracy afterall”…

Sanctity have recently parted ways singer Jared MacEachern (as well as bassist Derek Anderson), and are now looking for a new vocalist. Jared became a father late last year, and has left the band to concentrate on his family it seems.
The band who originally were signed on Roadrunner (after Matt Heafy of Trivium saw them perform), have now been dropped by the label. Ouch. Talk about kicking people when they’re down. The band however, seems determined to carry on, and are holding auditions for a new vocalist.

The suits and ties behind Myspace have launched Myspace Music, a music download service to rival iTunes.

News Corp. has announced the long-anticipated MySpace Music, a music portal that will let users stream and download music in addition to allowing them to buy concert tickets and merchandise.

Yay for capitalism!

Velvet Revolver have parted ways with their “increasing erratic” vocalist Scott Weiland.
The supergroup have sparked many break-up rumours in the past few weeks, so it’s hardly surprising to hear that they’ve ditched Scott, who is well known for his drug problems.
Slash was quoted as saying:

This band is all about its fans and its music, and Scott Weiland isn’t 100% committed to either

Apparently Scott is all about acting weirdly and taking drugs, something completely alien to the world of rock *cough*.

Slipknot have posted dates for the Rockstar Mayhem tour on their myspace. They’ll be headlining the tour, and Disturbed and UnderOath among others will be joining them. Dates are as follows:

Jul 09 2008 White River Amphitheatre Auburn, Washington
Jul 11 2008 Sleep Train Amphitheatre Wheatland, California
Jul 12 2008 Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View Mountain View, California
Jul 13 2008 Glen Helen Pavilion San Bernadino, California
Jul 13 2008 Save Mart Center Fresno, California
Jul 16 2008 Coors Amphitheatre Chula Vista, California
Jul 18 2008 Cricket Wireless Pavilion Phoenix, Arizona
Jul 19 2008 Journal Pavilion Albuquerque
Jul 20 2008 Coors Amphitheatre at Fiddler’s Green Englewood, Colorado
Jul 22 2008 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Kansas City, Missouri
Jul 23 2008 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Maryland Heights, Missouri
Jul 25 2008 Superpages.com Center Dallas, Texas
Jul 26 2008 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Selma, Texas
Jul 27 2008 Sam Houston Race Park Houston, Texas
Jul 29 2008 Ford Amphitheatre Tampa
Jul 30 2008 Cruzan Amphitheatre West Palm Beach, Florida
Aug 01 2008 Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater Virginia Beach, Virginia
Aug 02 2008 Post-Gazette Pavilion Burgettstown, Pennsylvania
Aug 03 2008 Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, New York
Aug 05 2008 Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts Mansfield, Massachusetts
Aug 08 2008 Downsview Park Toronto, Ontario
Aug 09 2008 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, Michigan
Aug 10 2008 First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre Chicago
Aug 12 2008 Lakewood Amphitheatre Atlanta, Georgia
Aug 13 2008 Verizon Wireless Music Center Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana
Aug 15 2008 Susquehanna Bank Amphitheatre Camden
Aug 16 2008 New England Dodge Music Center Hartford, Connecticut
Aug 17 2008 Nissan Pavilion Bristow, Virginia
Aug 19 2008 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Darien Center