According to a posting on the DEEP PURPLE fan site The Highway Star, THE STEVE MORSE BAND has just released a DVD, entitled “Live In Baden-Baden“, featuring performances from 1990 — a few years before guitarist Steve Morse joined DEEP PURPLE. The DVD features two concerts culled from the vaults of the German television program […]

MARILYN MANSON is among the artists paying tribute to Tim Burton‘s classic Halloween movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas” on a new soundtrack album.MANSON, FALL OUT BOY, PANIC! AT THE DISCO, FIONA APPLE and SHE WANTS REVENGE will all appear on a special two-disc edition of the “Nightmare” soundtrack, contributing cover versions of songs featured in […]

Widely acknowledged as one of the finest guitarists the British Isles have ever produced, Gary Moore has been making music for over 30 years. From his early days with SKID ROW to his time with THIN LIZZY to his extraordinarily successful solo career, Gary is truly part of U.K. rock royalty and all of his […]

The remaining members of The Beatles are launching legal proceedings against music labels EMI and Capitol.Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr plus the families of John Lennon and George Harrison allege that the companies fraudulently “pocketed millions of dollars” from the band between 1994 and 1999.The lawsuit was launched back in December and claims that […]

Live recordings of SLAYER and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE performing at this past weekend’s Reading festival in England were aired Tuesday night (August 29) on the “Mike Davies Rock Show” on BBC Radio 1. The following songs were aired:SLAYER: Live From Reading01. Dead Skin Mask02. Seasons in the Abyss03. Post Mortem04. Raining BloodBULLET FOR MY […]

On October 24, ILL NIГ‘O, the world re-known bi-lingual Latino metal sextet, will release a new five-song EP, “The Undercover Sessions“, comprised of three of their favorite cover songs from bands they loved growing up as fans, and two brand new songs — all overseen by legendary producer Andy Johns (LED ZEPPELIN, VAN HALEN, OZZY […]

Veteran Polish extreme metallers VADER have made their cover of the SLAYER classic “Raining Blood” available for download via their official web site. The song appears on the Japanese version of VADER‘s new album, “Impressions in Blood“, which came out a few days ago via Marqueee/Avalon. The CD features artwork by Greek artist Seth (ROTTING […]

According to Century Media Records‘ official release schedule, a new ICED EARTH DVD, entitled “Alive in Athens“, is slated for release on October 31. The set is believed to contain video footage recorded during the band’s 1999 two-night appearance at at the Rodon Club in Athens, Greece which previously resulted in a two-disc live CD […]

The cover artwork for AEROSMITH‘s upcoming best-of collection, “Devil’s Got a New Disguise“, has been revealed. Due on October 10 via Columbia, “Devil’s Got a New Disguise” takes its title from one of two new songs that will be included on the 16-track album. The rest of the set will be a “pared down” single-disc […]

According to ContactMusic.com, former SCORPIONS bassist Ralph Rieckermann has signed on to score new horror movie “Brotherhood of Blood“. The German rocker is making a name for himself as a horror film composer — he has also scored spoof movie “Drive-Thru”. Rieckermann says, “I love horror movies, and I love to work on them. I […]