The Pulse of Radio reports that a documentary about the efforts of TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan and his partner Eric Glomski to establish a wine-making industry in Arizona's Verde Valley is about to go into production. According to Keenan's publicist, the film will be co-directed by Christopher Pomerenke and Ryan Page, the same team that made the acclaimed music documentaries "Moog" and "The Heart Is A Drum Machine". The movie will showcase the "unusual and often metaphysical " location of the business, described by Keenan as "thick, dense, rich, complex, engaging and spiritual," while also profiling the mysterious singer and his wine-making partner.

Keenan and Glom ...

"Robot", the new Kris McManus-directed video from former IRON MAIDEN/WOLFSBANE vocalist Blaze Bayley, can be viewed below. The track comes off Bayley's new album, "The Man Who Would Not Die", which was mixed by former WOLFSBANE guitarist Jase Edwards at Jase's studio in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. Released on July 7, 2008 via Bayley's own independent label (with additional licensing to various countries), the CD was engineered by James Dunkley, produced by Blaze Bayley and it takes Blaze in new songwriting directions, ushering in a new phase of an already renowned career. It is also the first recorded showcase for Blaze's new lineup.

Blaz ...

In his first interview since announcing his departure from QUEENSRŸCHE, guitarist Mike Stone tells "Rockin' Metal Revival" that he left the group on good terms. "Working with QUEENSRŸCHE has been awesome, and I don't have any problem with the guys in the band," he says. "It was time for me to move on and work on my own music."

Stone is the co-host of this week's edition of "Rockin' Metal Revival", which is available for download at this location.

Mike Stone announced his departure from QUEENSRŸCHE on February 3. He said in a statement, "After much consideration, I will not be joining ...

Former SCAR SYMMETRY vocalist Christian Älvestam has posted a new song entitled "Bränd Mark" ("Burnt Ground" in English) from his THE FEW AGAINST MANY project (in which he plays rhythm guitar and sings). The track, which is expected to appear on the band's debut album, "Sot" ("Soot" in English), was recorded at Panic Room studios with producer Tomas "Plec" Johansson and features lyrical contributions from Mikael Stanne (DARK TRANQUILITY) and Jonas Renkse (KATATONIA, BLOODBATH). The cover artwork will be created by acclaimed artist Dan Seagrave (MORBID ANGEL, ENT ...

Springfield, Massachusetts grindcore act AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED has posted a new song, "Agorapocalypse Now", on the band's MySpace. The track comes off the group's fourth full-length album, "Agorapocalypse", which is scheduled for an April 14 North American release (April 20 internationally) via Relapse Records. The CD was recorded by the band's own Scott Hull at his Visceral Sound studios and contains 13 tracks, including "Moral Distortion", "Question Of Integrity", "Trauma Queen", "Agorapocalypse Now" and "Flamingo Snuff". The artwork was created by AGORAPHOBIC NOSEB ...

Miika Tenkula, the lead guitarist and main songwriter of the acclaimed Finnish band SENTENCED, passed away earlier today at the age of 35.

Nalle Österman (GANDALF, LULLACRY, CHAOSBREED) told BLABBERMOUTH.NET, "It's true, confirmed personally by [former SENTENCED] drummer Vesa Ranta.

"The fact remains that Miika had a serious drinking problem for many years which escalated after SENTENCED was buried. They don't call it King Alcohol for nothing...

"The metal scene in Finland mourns now for one of the most talented metal guitarists to ever emerge from [the country]."

SENTENCED's posthumous DVD, "Buried ...

It finally managed to happen and manifest, France’s AMESOEURS (featuring Neige of ALCEST and award winning animation filmmaker Fursy Teyssier of LES DISCRETS) have completed work on their mind-blowing debut album, simply titled "Amesoeurs".

Being released in North America by Profound Lore (Code666 in Europe), following the band’s highly praised and acclaimed 2007 "Ruines Humaines" EP and with the justifiable praise and hype built upon the EP, the AMESOEURS self-titled debut full-length is easily one of the most anticipated releases of the year.

Formed by Neige and vocalist Audrey Sylvain in 2004, "Amesoeurs" is a ...

Legendary Swedish guitarist YNGWIE MALMSTEEN will release an all-instrumental acoustic album, "Angels Of Love", which will contain rearrangements of his ballad songs played on acoustic guitar and string and choir arrangements only. It is a masterpiece showing the tender, delicate version of his classic songs as well as a new composition. A March 10 release via Rising Force Records is expected.

"Perpetual Flame", the new album from Malmsteen, sold around 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Released on October 14, 2008, the CD is the first-ever Yngwie effort to be issued via Rising Force Rec ...

Finnish folk metal band FINNTROLL has issued the following update:

"You may have noticed that there aren't any shows booked for us so far, but this doesn't mean that we won't play at all this year. We just decided after the Heidenfest tour that we will have half a year off from playing and be concentrating on writing a new and the best FINNTROLL album so far, also working on the DVD is a priority.

"We have now got the chance to start from a clean slate and so we will do. All gigs will be handled by ourselves for the time being, which means that if you have a festival/show/tour that you want us to play on, please be kind send your request to the following ...

German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN have updated their official web site with the following message:

"After finishing the first part of their studio recordings [for the new RAMMSTEIN album] successfully, RAMMSTEIN have started to put the final touches to their new songs. For example, they're thinking about the usage of strings and choirs. Therefore, the band sat down with the orchestra arranger Sven Helbig last week. Aside from the last musical changes, the final lyrical changes are being made, too. We're highly awaiting the next steps of the album production: the mixing of the songs. It is supposed to start mid-March and will take about six up to eight we ...