NEWS

10 December 2008

Blur are reforming to play live next year, revealed New Musical Express today. The full line-up – Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree – will play their first gig together since 2002. Speaking to NME, Albarn and Coxon explained they had put their differences behind them and were looking forward to playing […]

10 December 2008

Thrash metal veterans Testament uploaded the video for their song “More Than Meets the Eye” on the Internet, as can be seen below. The track comes off the band’s latest album, “The Formation of Damnation” (view cover in the left). Testament – “More Than Meets the Eye“

10 December 2008

Reactivated late 80’s Portland, Oregon-based thrash metal/hardcore icons Wehrmacht are back! For the last two months, Marco Zorich (guitar), Shann Mortimer (bass), Tito Matos (vocals), Brian Lehfeldt (drums) and John Duffy (guitar) have been rehearsing “all the old Wehrmacht material and are booking shows for the beginning of the year. Yes, it’s actually all five […]

10 December 2008

Total Rock reports that Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel are currently writing new songs for A Perfect Circle. Whether this leads to a full album remains to be seen…

09 December 2008

The Australian Pink Floyd Show (T.A.P.F.S.) shall perform live at the Sava Center Hall in Belgrade, Serbia on February 4, 2009. The Australian Pink Floyd Show – live 2007

09 December 2008

Norway’s black metal leadersВ Emperor shall release the “Live Inferno” series in 2009. The first issues shall surface on April 16 via Candlelight Records under the nameВ “Thus Spake the Nightspirit“.

09 December 2008

Yesterday, December 8, Jim Morrison would have turned 65… To “celebrate” the late The Doors’ singer birthday, who died at the age of 27 in 1971, scientists at the St. Andrews University used computer “ageing” software to reproduce an image of Morrison as a 65-year-old, showing changes in his skin, hairline and hair colour, reports […]

09 December 2008

Nova Entertainment Group and Magic Circle Films International have announced a joint venture. The partners will develop and produce a variety of entertainment formats together – from movies to live music events and special-interest programs. Just for the record – Nova Entertainment is one of the most successful production companies in Hollywood, lead by Reginald […]

09 December 2008

Metallica’s “Death Magnetic” (view in the left) and Guns N’ Roses’ “Chinese Democracy” are among the Top 20 best album covers of 2008 as selected by the readers of Rolling Stone magazine. Here’s how the entire list looks like: 01. The Killers – Day & Age02. The Mars Volta – Bedlam in Goliath03. Fleet Foxes […]

09 December 2008

Swedish experimental extreme metallers Meshuggah will team up with the reunited progressive metal legends Cynic for a North American tour in early 2009. So far the following dates have been revealed: Feb. 01 – House of Blues – Anaheim, CAFeb. 02 – House of Blues – San Diego, CA Feb. 06 – El Corazon – […]