HYMN TO THE IMMORTAL WIND

While Hymn continues to mine the cinematic drama inherent in all of MONO's music, the dynamic shifts now come more from dark-to-light instead of quiet-to-loud. The maturity to balance these elements so masterfully has become MONO's strongest virtue - save for perhaps their uncanny ability to sound every bit like a plane crashing into a Beethoven concert.

CHICKENFOOT

The Rock supergroup of the year, the most rumoured name since months on all magazines and music websites in the world! Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony (VAN HALEN), Joe Satriani and Chad Smith (Red Hot Chilli Peppers). SUPER-GROUP.

TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE (2CD & DVD DELUXE EDITION)

In a conversation with music journalist Bill Flanagan, published on Bob Dylan's official website, Flanagan suggested a similarity of the new record to the sound of Chess Records and Sun Records, which Dylan acknowledged as an effect of "the way the instruments were played."

DEATH MAGNETIC (DIGIPAK)

The Digipak features a dye cut throughout the middle of the digipak to give a 3D effect to the coffin in the ground design Death Magnetic, at least the title, to me started out as kind of a tribute to people that have fallen in our business, like Layne Staley and a lot of the people that have died, basically — rock and roll martyrs of sorts. - James Hetfield