Rob Halford's Two is recording new material, although it's not clear who the group is recording it for. A spokesperson for Nothing Records has confirmed to MTV News that the band is no longer signed to that label.

The former Judas Priest singer shed his studs and leathers, hooked up with Trent Reznor (and subsequently the Reznor-co-owned Nothing label), and released the industrial-flavored, ill-fated "Voyeurs" with Reznor as executive producer in 1998. The record failed to make even a blip on the U.S. charts.

Halford had been well into recording the album when Reznor stepped in, however, and now Halford is posting many of the pre-Reznor mixes from those sessions on his recently revamped Web site (www.two-online.com) -- a move which appears to suggest Halford's feelings about the finished product.

New demos from Two's current sessions have been posted on the site as well. The band is said to be starting to record in earnest in September and planning on touring in the year 2000.

Halford is also advertising for a new guitarist to replace the departed John Lowery, who joined Marilyn Manson and morphed into John 5.

Meanwhile, Halford's former bandmates in Judas Priest are reportedly close to signing a deal with a major label, which has been rumored to be Atlantic. A spokesperson for Atlantic could only say that Judas Priest is not currently on their roster.

Priest recently pulled out of the Ozzfest tour in order to work on material for a new CD, citing label commitments, according to a report on its Web site. The site also confirms that Tim "Ripper" Owens will continue to handle the vocal duties, dismissing rumors that the singer was leaving the band.

Owens is about to be immortalized on film as well as on record. As previously reported by MTV (see "Mark Wahlberg Weighing "Metal" Role For Next Film"), "Marky Mark" Wahlberg is said to be set to play the lead role in "Metal God," a movie based on an article in the "New York Times" detailing Owens' journey from lead singer in a Judas Priest tribute band to getting hired by his idols to replace the errant Halford.