“The Rasmus really do ROCK, but they’re definitely no Metallica or the Sex Pistols…or even H.I.M. for that matter.” “The merch stall offers some interesting items, not least some rather kinky Rasmus bikini…which I’m wearing as I write this report.” These are justВ some parts of the EMOtionalВ live review of Metal Willie,В for last night’sВ show ofВ THE RASMUS […]

Prog Metal veterans Dream Theater are currently wrapping up work on their tenth studio album. The band commenced work on the as-yet untitled album – their second for Roadrunner Records, following up 2007’s Systematic Chaos – in October of last year. Drummer Mike Portnoy and guitarist John Petrucci are once again producing the CD, while […]

TheВ leading Bulgarian ethno-metal band will finally present their brand new album ‘Zmey’ live at a special concert, this Saturday – February 14th. ThisВ day is also a celebration of the Bulgarian wineВ tradition. The show will take place at the Vlaykova cinema in Sofia with special guestsВ GOLOGAN – an ethno rock band fronted by American singer Angela […]

Take the classic video game Asteroids. Add a star-jumping Dave Lee Roth and all manner of mental DLR sounds and you’ve got the best excuse to waste 20 minutes at work ever. Play the Van Halen Asteroids video game here!

Wolfmother’s lone remaining member Andrew Stockdale made his return to the stage with three new additions backing him. Performing under the temporary band name White Feather, Stockdale and his new Wolfmother played a pair of shows this weekend, one at the Valley Studios in Brisbane and the other at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory. The band’s […]

A Belgian man was fired from his job at his day-care center job for turning up to work in a Kiss shirt with Gene Simmons in his classic tounge pose on the front of it. Parents and members of staff at the center had reacted to Simmons’ demonic face, saying that his face reminded them […]

The bandВ have announced that they are reforming with the original band lineup for the first time in eight years. Fred Durst, Wes Borland, Sam Rivers, John Otto and DJ Lethal have joined forces once again to tour and record a new album. Guitarist Borland, who left the band in 2001 and returned briefly only to […]

The popular Finnish band will play for the first time tonight in Sofia. These are parts of the interview we did with drummer Aki Hakala a couple of weeks ago. FIRST IMPORTANT QUESTION IS – IS THE RASMUS AN EMO BAND? I don’t know what “emo” is. If it stands for very emotional music and […]

Primal Scream have covered Suicide’s ‘Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne’ for a new, limited-edition 10-inch vinyl pressing. The band join the likes of The Horrors and Bruce Springsteen, both of whom have released Suicide covers to celebrate frontman Alan Vega’s 70th birthday this year as part of a vinyl release series on the Blast First Petite […]

Leonard Cohen has announced that everyone involved in his current tour in Australia is to donate $200, 000 to aid the victims of the recent Victorian bushfires. On tour for the first time in the country in 24 years, his tour support Paul Kelly, AEGLive UK and The Frontier Touring Company have all donated towards […]