A longtime vegetarian (The Smiths’ Meat is Murder was released in 1985), Morrissey has penned a letter to The Times as “singer from Cheshire,” appealing to the Queen to stop her guards wearing real fur hats. Morrissey-solo.com has the entire letter in which he states: “Hats are not worth killing for: guards wearing real fur […]

With every newВ LORDI album comes a brand new look for the Finnish heavy metal monsters and now with the imminent arrival of the band’s fifth studio album, ‘Babez For Breakfast’, Lordi has new masks to reveal. This time their costumes, as well as the music on the new album, have a hint of the golden […]

A stash of reggae legend Bob Marley’s master recordings and personal belongings has been destroyed by a fire in Aburi, Ghana. The tapes were being stored at the solar-powered studio established by Marley’s wife Rita, who has lived in Africa for the past decade. The studio complex, Studio One, was set to officially open in […]

Finnish metal band Children Of Bodom is currently in the studio recording a new album for Spinefarm/Universal. Tracking is taking place in Helsinki with producer/engineer Matt Hyde (Slayer, Hatebreed) at the helm and production is expected to continue through September. Bassist Henri Seppala has issued the following update: “Drums are being tracked right now. Jaska […]

The opening day of madness on the Jack Daniel’s Rock Stage at Spirit of Burgas 2010 promises to be a real belter, with a slate of hardcore bands, the radiant circus of Bicheto and, to cap it all off – Leepra Deluxe, premiering some brand new songs. Here’s all the info regarding running order and […]

Our crew had a rather pleasant and fine time at the recent Kavarna festival, where we had a mobile studio to broadcast from (being the festival radioВ and all). We’ve now uploaded audio files of all the interviews we conducted with the artists performing at the fest, for your pleasure. This way you can recap, reminisce […]

After an absolute stormer of a show at the ‘Hristo Botev Hall’ last November, Blackie and his W.A.S.P. cohorts are coming back for more of the same this Autumn! W.A.S.P. will resume the big love-in with their Bulgarian fans on October 27, this time in a bigger venue – ‘Festivalna Hall’. The show’s promoter is […]

‘A Voice In The Dark’, the brand new video from German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band’s new album,В ‘At The Edge Of Time’. “‘A Voice in The Dark’ is such a great song! And it delivers everythingВ  diehard Blind Guardian fans would probably like to listen to.” […]

10 days after closing by stormВ the KAVARNA ROCK FEST 2010, German heavy metal leaders are preparing for the official release of their first studio album in fourteen years. ‘Blood of The Nations’В will be officially out onВ 20В August through Nuclear Blast/Wizard. Рўangra INTERVIEW ACCEPT Meanwhile, ACCEPT announced that they willВ join forces with veteran rockers KING’S X for […]

Soundgarden have announced they will release a career retrospective titled Telephantasm. The recently reunited band will issue the set on 28 September. “It includes songs from all of our albums and EPs, including Black Rain, an unreleased track from the Badmotorfinger sessions,” the band said in a statemtent. “Plus, we are releasing our first-ever DVD […]