Eight months before Motörhead recorded their iconic self-titled debut album, half of those tracks were recorded in an initial 1976 session. Now, nearly 50 years later, those raw versions are set to finally be released for the first time as The Manticore Tapes, due out June 27. The first sample of those potent early recording…

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil said that the band is planning to release their long-delayed final album featuring late frontman Chris Cornell, who tragically died by suicide in 2017 at the age of 52. “Our objective and goal was always to complete that [album],” Thayil, 64, told the publication.…