NEWS

10 March 2011

R.E.M. continue to roll out the videos for their new album, ‘Collapse Into Now,’ which was released this week. Michael Stipe oversaw the plan to have noted filmmakers create videos for each of the disc’s 12 tracks. The newest one to surface is ‘Oh My Heart,’ directed by Jem Cohen. A new York-based filmmaker, Cohen […]

09 March 2011

Former Anthrax singer Dan Nelson has joined forces with Dan “Shaggy” Hoffman and Joe Post in a brand new Levittown, New York-based “rock / blues / punk / metal / hardcore / fun” band called Farewell To Washington. According to Nelson, the group will enter “our junkie little studio a.k.a. ‘Potato Junction,’” next week to […]

09 March 2011

D.R.I. frontman Kurt Brecht told Buglarian fans via a hot telephone line from Spain the following: “We are very excited because this is going to be the first time we play in Bulgaria. I want to appologise to the fans for waiting for us for so long. But I promise it won’t be the last […]

09 March 2011

ALICE IN CHAINS have issued the following brief statement regarding the death of former bassist Mike Starr who died at the age of 44 in his Salt Lake City, Utah home earlier yesterday afternoon (March 8th) atВ 9:42 PM CETВ (1:42 PM local time). “Jerry (Cantrell) and Sean (Kinney) are mourning the loss of their friend and […]

09 March 2011

It’s closing in on 2,000 fans on Facebook that have now joined the effort in calling for a one-off reunion/tribute concert (or a series of US dates) with the surviving members of Pantera: vocalist Philip H. Anselmo, bassist Rex Brown and drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott. TMD has learned today from a source close to Vinnie […]

09 March 2011

As previously reported, AC/DC are to release ‘Live At River Plate’ CD/DVD on May 10th. It will be the band’s sixth live release which was filmed at the Buenos Aires gigs on December 2nd, 4th and 6th, 2009 in front of 65,000 people each night at the River Plate Stadium in Argentina. The film was […]

08 March 2011

French death metal pioneers LOUDBLAST are back with an uncompromising album, dark, melodic, and obviously the most intense piece from their discography. After a 5-weeks recording, the new album, Frozen Moments Between Life And Death, was just mixed by producer Peter TГ¤gtgren at the legendary Abyss Studio in Sweden. The album will be released on […]

08 March 2011

Duff McKagan has started up a new company – aiming to give advice on money to musicians. McKagan has a degree in finance and writes a regular column on this for Playboy. So, what’s the aim of the new company? Here’s what he says: “You think the money is going to keep coming. When you […]

08 March 2011

Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner told Rolling Stone this week that the band will release their 10th studio album “within the next six months.” “I just sent some music out to the rest of the guys,” said Pirner. “I’m waiting to hear back. At that point, we’ll go about finishing up.” Pirner revealed the song […]

08 March 2011

The Boston HC outfit will be haunting the Panick Attack show of Alex Boyadjiev on Tuesday night starting 10 pm BG time (9 pm CET). DEATH BEFORE DISHONORВ will play at The Box club in Sofia on Thursday night, supported by local heroes VendettaВ and Death Squad. Tickets are available through www.Eventim.bg.