MTV.com reports that a court order barring the “Rock Star: Supernova” band (featuring Tommy Lee, Jason Newsted, Gilby Clarke and now vocalist Lukas Rossi) from using the moniker SUPERNOVA has forced the act to amend its name to, er, ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA, in deference to a California band that already holds the rights to the […]

AFTER DEATH, the Tampa-based band featuring former MORBID ANGEL, NOCTURNUS and ACHERON drummer/vocalist Mike Browning, has made its latest four-song demo, “Secret Lords of The Star Chamber Below“, available for download via its MySpace page. The recording is described in a press release as “four songs of atmospheric occult metal.”

An audio recording of TOOL‘s first-ever live performance of the song “10,000 Days” (from the Sept. 14, 2006 concert in Dallas, Texas) has been posted online at YouTube.com.TOOL was forced to cancel its concert at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin last night (Sept. 19) due to frontman Maynard Keenan being sick. This is the […]

Californian alternative rockers MONSTER IN THE MACHINE are the second confirmed act to be signed to KORN guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer‘s record label emotionalSYPHON Recordings, according to Korn-Locker.MONSTER IN THE MACHINE features Shannon Crawford and Doug Ardito, both of whom were previously in CELLOPHANE. Ardito also spent time in PUDDLE OF MUDD. After CELLOPHANE, Crawford […]

Swedish guitarist Janne Stark (OVERDRIVE, LOCOMOTIVE BREATH) has released more information about his MOUNTAIN OF POWER project, featuring guest appearances by current and/or former members of HAMMERFALL, LIZZY BORDEN, ANDROMEDA and TREAT, among many others.Says Janne: “The project is basically me with a lot of guests. It was initiated by Joe Romagnola at Grooveyard Records […]

Savannah, GA-based sludge rockers KYLESA have revealed the artwork, track listing, and a song from the band’s forthcoming record, “Time Will Fuse Its Worth“. Snippets of the foldout artwork, which was constructed by KYLESA guitarist/vocalist Laura Pleasants, can been seen here, and links are also provided to both an mp3 and a video for the […]

OSLO, NORWAY – SUSPERIA (Dimmu Borgir, Old Mans Child, Satyricon) entered StrandStudio in Oslo, Norway at the beginning of August to start work on their fourth studio album, the follow up to 2004’s acclaimed release ‘Unlimited‘. The band are once again working with Marius Strand, who previously assisted Susperia on 2005’s Norwegian Top 20 hit, […]

“Due to circumstances beyond anyones control WW will not be coming over to tour with Papa Roach. Jada,the band and management would like to thank everyone for their hard work and belief in Wicked Wisdom and apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.”So far we don’t know the reason for the cancelation. We also don’t […]

The nominations for this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards have been announced last night (September 19).Red Hot Chili Peppers lead the way, picking up four nominations, while Madonna, Shakira, Nelly Furtado, Christina Aguilera, Kanye West and Muse have all got three nods.The ceremony takes place on November 2 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with Justin Timberlake set […]

The Who are set to receive a lifetime achievement award next month for their live shows.The legendary four piece will be honoured at the first ever Live Music Awards next month in London.In the tour of the year category the nominations include Take That, Oasis and Arctic Monkeys while Coldplay, Kaiser Chiefs and Muse are […]