As previously reported, Saigon Kick will perform at the 2009 edition of Iowa’s “Rock Gone Wild” Festival is scheduled for August 20th – 23rd at Freedom Park in Algona, Iowa. Frontman Matt Kramer revealed that original bassist Tom Defile, who participated in the band’s 2001 reunion shows, would not be a part of the line-up. […]

The newly-reformed Faith No More will headline this year’s Download Festival The band, who originally split in 1998, will join other headliners Slipknot and Def Leppard at the bash, which runs until June 14. Other bands set to appear on the bill include Korn, Marilyn Manson and Limp Bizkit. Faith No More, who top the […]

The bandВ  with a never-say-die-attitude are finally set to release their newВ CD ‘Next Level’. “Cool album, but I detect a certain lack of testosterone”, commented one of my close friends when she heard ‘Next Level’. I beg to differ, as the album sounds ballsy enough to me” – this is a short summary of what […]

ADF guitarist Steve Chandra Savale (aka Chandrasonic) is to present a documentary series examining the influence of music on world politics on Al Jazeera. Called ‘Music Of Resistance’, the programme sees Chandrasonic travel the globe in an effort to document those who fight repression and injustice via song. Chandrasonic’s own band are featured in the […]

The punk iconВ has revealed that he has recorded a jazz album based on the French author Michel Houellebecq‘s novel ‘La PossibilitГ© D’une Ile’ (‘The Possibility Of An Island’). In a video interview originally posted on Iggypop.org, which you can watch below, Pop explains that he decided to record the album – called ‘Preliminaires’ – because […]

The band is finishing its first studio album in five years and planning a fall release on Suburban Noize Records, according to the group’s B-Real. “We’re mixing right now,” B-Real, who just released his first solo album, “Smoke N Mirrors,” tells Billboard.com. He describes the rap troupe’s new music as “gritty. It’s aggressive. It’s like […]

Official Metallica.com video footage of METALLICA performing the song “The Judas Kiss” for the first time last Wednesday at the kick-off show of the band’s current European tour at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham, England can be viewed below. The group’s setlist was as follows: 01. That Was Just Your Life02. The End Of […]

At the tonight’s edition of Vasko Katincharov showВ there will be a great interview withВ Mille PetrozzaВ of KREATOR. In another interview -В Peter HaralampievВ of “Art BG” (pictured above) will give you all the detailsВ about the frorthcoming LORDI concert in Sofia. TheВ new videos ofВ SIX FEET UNDERВ and THE ANSWER will be played for the first time and you can watch […]

U2 aren’t afraid of heights. Since 1987, they’ve played a bunch of rooftop gigs, and last night in London they did it again, treating 5000 onlookers to an energetic 20-minute set. The performance atop the BBC’s Broadcasting House capped a day of promotion for the band’s 12th album, No Line On The Horizon.The mini show […]

Frontman John Tardy has issued the following update: “We have been so busy finishing up this new Obituary album and getting ready to leave for Europe in a few days that I just have not had time to do it. The good news is, last night, we finished up the mixing and we are done. […]