New Music

Slayer have sparingly worked on new music this year, focusing mostly on their touring with the Mayhem Festival, but according to singer Tom Araya, the group is working hard to make sure their twelfth studio album arrives next year.

“I’ve been away for too long,” Chris Cornell sings on, well, ‘Been Away Too Long,’ the first track issued from Soundgarden‘s forthcoming comeback album, ‘Animal Kingdom,’ which drops Nov. 13

DevilDriver frontman Dez Fafara has made good on his promise to help out his sister Kerri by writing and releasing a benefit song about her that will help raise funds for her breast cancer treatment.

Veteran punk rockers Rancid have set up shop in a San Francisco studio to record what will be their eighth album, reveals drummer Branden Steineckert via Twitter.

Kid Rock, the original ‘American Bad Ass,’ returns this fall with his new disc titled ‘Rebel Soul.’ Slated for a Nov. 19 release date, the new album marks Kid Rock’s follow up to his 2010 juggernaut ‘Born Free.’

Avenged Sevenfold have kept a fairly low profile this year but they did find some time to contribute a new track for the latest edition in the ‘Call of Duty’ video game series. The new Avenged Sevenfold tune ‘Carry On’ will be featured in ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops II’ due out on Nov. 13. Fans don’t have to wait that long to hear the new song though – listen below.

Former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler has announced that his new band, Adler, will soon be releasing their debut album. The upcoming disc, ‘Back From the Dead’ will hit the shelves on Nov. 26 and will feature appearances by Rob Zombie / former Marilyn Manson guitarist John 5 and Steven Adler’s former GN’R bandmate Slash.

With October 2012 new music releases coming, and the sweltering summer finally behind us, we can forget about all those sticky-sweet fun ‘n’ sun R&B jams and finally get into some real music

It’s a great day to be a Deftones fan! The eclectic rock band have announced the track listing for their hugely anticipated seventh full-length, ‘Koi No Yokan.’ Not only that, but Deftones are offering the new track ‘Leathers’ as a free download with no catch whatsoever on the band’s website. It also can be heard in the player below.

Bobaflex are sure to turn a few heads with their standout cover of Simon and Garfunkel‘s ‘The Sound of Silence,’ and Loudwire is proud to present the exclusive premiere of the new video for the song.

Strap yourselves in and get ready for October, because it’s absolutely insane how many highly anticipated albums are set to be released. October will see releases from Papa Roach, Three Days Grace, Converge, Pig Destroyer, Cradle of Filth, Between the Buried and Me + many more.

The Smashing Pumpkins have received some positive reviews for their latest album, ‘Oceania,’ and it’s got Billy Corgan energized for what’s to come next. The singer revealed that he’s already working on the follow-up even though ‘Oceania’ is only a few months old.