After debuting new songs last fall and promising the best Pumpkins’ LP since Mellon Collie, Billy Corgan & Co. have finally revealed the release date for the new SMASHING PUMPKINS album, Oceania. The record, part of the 44-song Teargarden By Kaleidyscope project, is due out on June 19th in the United States. The Pumpins’ label […]

KILLING JOKE are currently streaming 30 seconds of each track from their new album MMXII. The band promise that the snippets of the 10 songs will give fans ‘a chance to salivate at the genius of the forthcoming tour-de-force’. MMXII (aka 2012), featuring the single In Cythera, is released April 2 via Spinefarm Records/Universal. The […]

Guitar legends Joe Satriani (CHICKENFOOT), Steve Vai and Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE) recently announced that they will join forces for the European edition of the G3 tour in July/August. According to an update on STEVE VAI’s official website, the previously announced tour schedule has been shuffled slightly and now includes a show in Italy, and venues […]

SOUL legend Bobby Womack has been diagnosed with colon cancer after he was admitted to hospital suffering from pneumonia, according to his pal William ‘Bootsy’ Collins. The singer/songwriter’s health battle was revealed by Collins in a series of posts on his Facebook.com page on Sunday. His first message read, “Funkateers, Send Prayers & Love Vibes Up […]

TENACIOUS D, literally rock and roll’s most important duo ever, has released the triumphant music video for ‘To Be The Best’. The six-minute epic begins with a Maria Menounos-narrated news story chronicling the band’s downfall after the pitiful performance of their film Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. However, following Val Kilmer’s assassination, the […]

Australian squad behind Are You Gonna Be My Girl say “thank you and goodnight” in brief statement after two-year hiatus. Australian outfit JET have officially split after going on hiatus two years ago. The four-piece formed in Melbourne in 2001. After releasing an EP they achieved global success with first album, Get Born, featuring hit […]

SOUNDGARDEN has contributed its first piece of new music in 15 years to the soundtrack to The Avengers. Its comes in the form of a track called ‘Live to Rise’ and you can sample 22 seconds of it below. The new flick is the sixth in the Marvel comics superhero series. The film soundtrack will […]

Finnish metallers CATAMENIA will release The Rewritten Chapters on April 27th via Massacre Records. A free download of the track ‘Blackmension’ has been released by the label and can be found at this location. Recorded and mixed at Mastervox Studios in Oulu, Finland by Kari Vähäkuopus, The Rewritten Chapters includes re-recorded and rearranged versions of songs from […]

DIMITER VASSILEV – NUFRY is unbreakable. This good old bugger has been the main driving force behind several seminal bands on the Bulgarian scene, including PANICAN WHYASKER, PYROMANIA, R.O.B.T.F., BASTARDOLOMEY and more NUFRY was at Tangra studios today at noon to talk about SKITNICKS and to play some brand new songs. You can now listen to the interview AT THIS […]

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS are hoping they can persuade JIMMY PAGE to join them on-stage when they play at Knebworth Park in the U.K. on June 23. Speaking to London’s Daily Star, Chili Peppers drummer CHAD SMITH said: “Jimmy Page has come to our shows before but we haven’t had a chance to play with […]