2007 is now upon us and The 69 Eyes have released their Hollywood album, called simply 'Angels' and it's dripping blood and gasoline. The vision is Mad Max; the world is at the end of a nuclear war but the Helsinki Vampires are coming over the wasteland to save us, armed with blazing guns, tight leather pants and several cases of liquor. Once again produced by the Hiilesmaa/Lee Michaels combo, 'Angels' is the band's ninth studio recording and the flip-side of 'Devils' - the slutty rocker to the seductive sister.

The second single is "Never Say Die" - the video which includes a whole bunch of The 69 Eyes' Hollywood-inner-circle party people as well as mySpace's world famous sleaze queen Forbidden was also directed by Ralf Strathmann and filmed around L.A. in January 2007.

AC/DC are a hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Although the band are considered pioneers of hard rock and heavy metal,[1][2] its members have always classified their music as "rock 'n' roll".[3] AC/DC underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album, High Voltage, in 1975. Membership remained stable until bassist Cliff Williams replaced Mark Evans in 1977. In 1979, the band recorded their highly successful album Highway to Hell. Lead singer and co-songwriter Bon Scott died on February 19, 1980, after a night of heavy alcohol consumption. The group briefly considered disbanding, but soon ex-Geordie singer Brian Johnson was selected as Scott's replacement. Later that year, the band released their best selling album, Back in Black. The band's next album, For Those About to Rock We Salute You, was also highly successful and was their first album to reach number one in the United States. AC/DC declined in popularity soon after the departure of drummer Phil Rudd in 1983. Poor record sales continued until the release of The Razors Edge in 1990. Phil Rudd returned in 1994 and contributed to the band's 1995 album Ballbreaker. Stiff Upper Lip was released in 2000 and was well received by critics. A new album was announced in 2004 and is expected sometime in 2008. AC/DC have sold an estimated 150 million albums worldwide,[4][5] including 68 million albums in the US.[6] Back in Black has sold an estimated 42 million units worldwide[7] and 22 million in the US alone,[8] making it the 5th highest-selling album ever in the US. AC/DC ranked fourth on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock"[9] and the seventh "Greatest Heavy Metal Band Of All Time" by MTV.[10]

Although their brand of wild-eyed, tuneful garage punk is unlike anything else in contemporary indie, the Black Lips have still been the talk of the underground for the past year. The Atlanta quartet's explosive, raucous stage show has earned them notoriety (and rabid fans) wherever they've played, and the recent VICE Records release of the all-live Los Valientes Del Mundo Nuevo has only solidified their rep as a ridiculously exciting gigging group. Recorded in Tijuana - that capital city of licentiousness - Los Valientes captures a group on the brink of self-immolation, playing insanely-catchy garage punk tunes with the vigor and zeal of rock and roll evangelists.

The Burden Brothers are a Dallas-based rock band.

The band was formed by singer Vaden Todd Lewis (formerly of Toadies) and drummer Patrick "Taz" Bentley (formerly of Reverend Horton Heat, Tenderloin, and the Izzy Stradlin Band) in 2002.

The band can be regarded as a Texas rock supergroup since its members were all members of other Texas-based bands (of varying success and popularity) before joining the Burden Brothers. Guitarists Corey Rozzoni (formerly of Clumsy) and Casey Hess (formerly of Doosu and Jump Rope Girls) and bassist Zack Busby (formerly of Slow Roosevelt and Halls of the Machine) round out the band.

Chevelle (pronounced sh?-VELL) is an alternative metal/hard rock band from Chicago, Illinois founded in 1994 by brothers Pete and Sam Loeffler with the later addition of Joe Loeffler in 1996 (who was replaced by the Loeffler's brother-in-law, Dean Bernardini). The band's name refers to the Loeffler brothers' father's favorite car.

Crossfade is a post-grunge/hard rock band from Columbia, South Carolina. The group was formed in 1999 with singer and guitarist Ed Sloan, bassist and backing vocalist Mitch James, and drummer Brian Geiger as the power trio The Nothing. The band changed its name to Crossfade in 2002, and later added singer and DJ Tony Byroads. Crossfade attracted the interest of the Los Angeles, California A&R company Taxi, which ultimately led to the signing of a record deal with the Earshot division of Columbia Records. They released their first full-length album on April 13, 2004.

Crossfade's latest album, Falling Away, was released on August 29, 2006 on Columbia Records.

Who says that music needs to be sung in English to be successful in America? During the past few years, the J-Rock movement has proven otherwise. J-Rock - performed entirely in Japanese - has claimed a place in the crowded stateside market. And J-Rock artists haven't merely played at their own well-attended shows and festivals; increasingly, heavy bands from Japan have shared bills with the some of the biggest names in American metal. Alongside Atreyu and Avenged Sevenfold, this year's RockStar Taste Of Chaos tour will feature several thunderous Japanese rock bands. And whenever a major J-Rock bill is assembled in the United States, you can count on one thing: D'espairsRay will be part of the show. The Japanese four-piece is no stranger to these shores. They've already familiarized rock audiences with their music on their recent American tour with Florida's Genitorturers (they were one of the last bands ever to play at CBGB), and they rocked the massive JRock Revolution show held in Los Angeles last year. Away from America, they're already stars: in Asia, their records are beststellers, and they followed up their turn at the '06 Wacken Open Air metal festival in Germany with a swing through Scandinavia. Their international profile - and their compelling sound - has placed D'espairsRay at the very forefront of the J-Rock movement. Upon hearing the band, it's immediately apparent why they've connected with stateside audiences. On their most recent full length offering, Mirror, there's nothing exotic, difficult, or off-putting about the music they make; if anything, D'espairsRay sounds and feels more like a classic U.S. hard rock band than most American groups working this territory. Beyond the foreign-language lyric, "Squall", their current single, is simply a dramatic, ambitious, heartfelt, and sharply-performed piece of radio rock. You might not be able to understand exactly what D'espairsRay is singing about, but frontman Hizumi is such a talented communicator - and so emotionally forthright - that you're certain to connect with the song. In fact, if you aren't paying close attention, you might not even realize that Hizumi is telling his story in another language. You don't need to know any Japanese to feel the force of this "Squall" D'espairsRay first made their name in their homeland as part of the "visual kei" insurgency - an underground music uprising that emphasized theatrics, costuming, make-up, and spectacular stage sets. Thus, it's not surprising that the group is terrific to look at. The four members of D'espairsRay are tall, slim, cool, and stylish, and they are - rightfully - the focus of the "Squall" clip. The stark and chilling video, is, again, not so different from what you'd expect to see from a first-rate modern rock band: it's just been better executed. A beautiful young woman wanders through the rubble surrounding an abandoned and crumbling factory; the expression on her face is serene, knowing, mysterious. Inside the distressed structure, D'espairsRay roars out their song. Hizumi sits in a leather chair and stares out the fractured, cloudy industrial windows. Shot in cold greens and muted greys, the "Squall" clip matches the desperate, epic, slightly futuristic tone of the song. This decaying world is strange, yes - but it's oddly familiar, too.