What to expect from Anthrax's new album

I gave up trying to figure out who’s singing in Anthrax now and even if I knew, it could change at any second anyways so I’m just going with the flow.

This week’s vocalist, apparently Joey Belladonna, talks Anthrax’s new album. You know, the one recorded with a different singer that they’re now redoing? Got a headache yet?

“There are new lyrics being done right now and just the overall vocals are going to be brand new. Music-wise, there might not be a lot of recording. Who knows?! Again, it’s open to anything at this point, because you get a whole other shot at everything. But they are really happy with what they have, so there is not a lot of finagling going on”

Read full interview here.

So Joey doesn’t sound too sure, either. We’re guessing the band is just using the “rock paper scissors” technique to make decisions, which explains all the uncertainty.

Primal Fear want more money

Primal Fear are re-releasing their first four albums – Self titled, Jaws Of Death, Nuclear Fire and Devil’s Ground.  The four albums have been remastered and all have leftover songs that were not good enough from 1998-2004 bonus tracks.  The albums will be released in November for the European fans and a North American date is set for early 2011.

Good idea for newbies of power metal, but will the die hard Primal Fear fans want this?

Ozzy confirmed for some Euro fests

Despite actually being half dead, former Black Sabbath Metal legend, current MTV celeb icon, Ozzy Osbourne, has been confirmed for some big European festivals next year.

Ozzy will be playing the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6, 2011, in Germany, and the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 8-11, 2011.

I can’t imagine Ozzy walking to his local corner shop, let alone making it all the way to Germany or Sweden, but I guess these have been announced early, so that he can start making his journey there now.

How can it be an Orgy if there's only one guy?

Seriously? It seems that the planned and failed Orgy reunion just failed some more: Jay Gordon left the band, but get this, he’s keeping the name Orgy.

Make the jump to see what the (now former) bandmates had to say about this.

New old hate machine

Have you ever wondered why Trent Reznor re-released, remixed and re-re-released every album he ever made, but never Pretty Hate Machine? It’s because the original recordings have been considered lost for a long time. Fortunately for him (and unfortunately for fans’ wallets), they found its way home, and a re-release is scheduled for November 22nd. Read more for his announcement and see a “reinterpretation” of the original album cover.