Agalloch's last studio album dated back 2006 when they released "Ashes Against The Grain". The wait of their fans is finally finished and on November 23, 2010 the new "Marrow of the Spirit" will be released; the band describes the new album as; “...unlike anything Agalloch have ever produced before” and will be the first studio album to feature the new drummer Aesop Dekker. Marrow of the Spirit was recorded entirely in analog on vintage equipment at Audible Alchemy Studios in Portland, Oregon with Steven Wray Lobdell (guitarist of Faust). At the moment Agalloch have planned some live dates for December 2010 in the American West Coast.

Since 35 years Motörhead are trashing the stages (and the ears of hard rock and heavy metal fans) all around the world: a life of excesses and the loudest rock'n'roll, as their leader Lemmy has always proudly pointed out. Filmmakers Greg Olliver e Wes Orshoski have followed Mr. Kilmister for 3 years, and a documentary (or "rockumentary") is now ready to be released. Its title will be simply "Lemmy" and it will feature stage performances, interviews, life on the road and many special guests, from Metallica to Dave Grohl, from Slash to Ozzy Osbourne. Surely a must see!

Radiohead are heading back to the studio and "taking stock" of their new album. "We might just throw this all out," drummer Phil Selway said this week. "It's all up in the air."
Selway, who is currently promoting his first solo album, recentely spoke about this to the Canadian press. Last week it was bassist Colin Greenwood who talked about their "new group of songs". After the summer break it really seems that the band from Oxford is ready to record new material and as Selway puts it "We're just returning to it with fresh ears and taking stock of where we are and how close we are to finishing stuff, really, and we won't know till Monday."

Depeche Mode will release in November 2010 a DVD/Blue Ray that testifies their last tour. It was recorded live during the Tour of the Universe dates in Barcelona in November 2009 and the deluxe version will also contain 2 audio cds of the event. At the moment the band is also planning a new compilation to be realesed in 2011, a remix of their most popular songs.

The recently reformed Soundgarden will release a compilation of their best material on September 28, 2010. Everything is ready and the new single and video "Black Rain" is heating the engines and paving the way for what will certainly be a big success, followed by the event everyone expects: an extensive tour of one of the most influential alternative/grunge bands of the 90s, still no official news about this but rumors are thrilling fans... the compilation will be entitled Telephantasm, and "Black Rain" will be the only previously unreleased song, taken from the sessions of Badmotorfinger album.

The Oddity Faire, the reunion tour of alternative rock band Primus, started from Sacramento, California on September 14, 2010. At the moment dates have been planned for USA and South America in Autumn 2010 and for Australia in February/March 2011. Les Claypool himself presents the Oddity Faire world tour with his typical style, in a video published on the band's official website. More dates for the rest of the world will be surely available in next weeks, the important thing for every Primus fan is that they're back together and there could be the chance to see them again live maybe... right next door.

Rumors on a new 50 years anniversary tour of the Rolling Stones started from British tabloids in July 2010. Now drummer Charlie Watts feeds the expectations as he recently told a French newspaper, that the band is considering going on tour in 2012 to celebrate his 50 years of existence (the birth of Rolling Stones dates back to 1962): as Charlie puts it, this could also propably be the last massive tour of the Rolling Stones, mainly because "We have reached an age where you can't look too far into the future".
Fans are eagerly awaiting, more news on this subject will surely come!

Mike Portnoy The founder and drummer of progressive metal band Dream Theatre has announced with a press release that he's quitting his adventure in the group. Dream Theatre announced that they will carry on without Mike, because they already had planned a new album and a new world tour for 2011. Both parties declare their sadness after this decision; it seems that Mike didn't enjoy anymore staying in the band, as opposed to the positive feelings his recent projects Hail!, Transatlantic, Avenged Sevenfold gave to him. This news will surely be a bit of a shock for all the followers of this great band!

After publishing his last solo album in 2005, and since then having released works with Robert Fripp and David Byrne, Brian Eno is ready for a solo comeback; the new album will be called "Small craft on a milk sea" and will be released in November 2010. A collector's special edition will be available, the casket will include a numbered sleeve and a copper plate graven with the album title.

The historic Irish rock band Thin Lizzy have announced a Uk and Ireland tour in January and February 2011. The tour will also extend to some venues in Europe, at the moment 2 dates in Italy are confirmed in February (next to Milan and in Bologna) but more shows will be announced. Thin Lizzy recentely reformed with Scott Gorham (guitar), Vivian Campbell (guitar), Brian Downey (drums), Darren Warton (keyboards), Marco Mendoza (bass) and new vocalist Ricky Warwick (most known as founder and leader of The Almighty). A brand new website for this reincarnation of Thin Lizzy is available, for the new link please refer to the band's page in MusicAdvisor.