Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl has written an open letter to Metallica, urging them not to release new material until it is “kick-ass”. The entire message reads as follows: “Hey, it’s Dave! Remember me? Yeah, I’m the guy that’s been listening to your band faithfully since 1983. I bought your first […]

“The Only One” – the brand-new single by Britain’s living legends The Cure – is available for listening to at thecure.com. The band intends to release new singles every month until September 13, when the new, as yet untitled, thirteenth studio album shall surface via Suretone/Geffen Records. The Cure – “The Drowning Man” (live)

Today, May 9, starts the new edition of the annual Wave-Gotik-Treffen festival in Leipzig, Germany. Scheduled to last four days – May 9-12 – the event shall feature shows by numerous bands, a.o. Irfan, London After Midnight, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Corvus Corax, Samsas Traum, Elis, Lake of Tears, Trail of Tears, Tristania, Diablo Swing Orchestra, […]

Swedish melodic metallers Evergrey have inked a deal with the label Steamhammer/SPV. The first result of this agreement shall surface in the beginning of September in the form of the band’s brand-new studio album, entitled “Torn“. Evergrey – “I’m Sorry“

Nine Inch Nails wrote following news on their official website: “As a thank you to our fans for your continued support, we are giving away the new Nine Inch Nails album one hundred percent free, exclusively via nin.com. The music is available in a variety of formats including high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless at […]

On Saturday, May 10,В the Bulgarian townВ Assenovgrad shall host a one-day open-air live rock event dubbed Assenvgrad Rock Fest 2008. The concert, scheduled to take place at the Shipka Stadium,В is going to feature sets by the local bands Plastic Bo., Mindown, Smallman, AlexUnder, Face the Truth, Soundbleed, A-D Allstars, Rezerven Plan, I Killed the LastВ and Anonimo.

An inquest in Maidstone has heard that Hannah Bond, a 13 year-old girl from Kent, committed suicide by hanging herself – and emo music has been blamed. Both Bond’s mother, Heather, and Roger Sykes, the coroner who gave the verdict of suicide, suggested that the fact that Bond was an obsessive fan of such music […]

R.E.M. have uploaded the video for their song “Hollow Man” on the Internet. The song follows “Supernatural Superserious” as the second single off the band’s current album, “Accellerate”, which was released last month via Warner. R.E.M. – “Hollow Man“

After the comeback single “Violet Hill” was made available as a free download for one week only, and figues have exceeded two million, Coldplay have decided to give away another song via coldplay.com. The track is called “A Spell A Rebel Yell” and will not be featured on the band’s upcoming album, “Viva La Vida […]

The fifth concert of the Credit to the Nation Live series shall take place at theВ Stroeja ClubВ in Sofia, Bulgaria next Monday, May 12. The event shall start at 8:30 p.m., and is going to feature sets by P.I.F., Sepuko 6, Saint Electrics, Mental ArchitectsВ and My Preserver.