Several hundred Mexican heavy metal, skate punk and alternative rock fans joined forces last Friday, March 7, in the in the center of QuerГ©taro, Mexico to confront a group of “emos” who regularly use the city center as a gathering place. Four people were injured and 28 persons were arrested (22 of them minors) when […]

Finnish folk metallers Korpiklaani have released the video for their brand-new song “MetsГ¤mies“. You may watch it below. The track comes off the band’s upcoming studio album, “Korven Kuningas” (view cover in the left), scheduled for release on March 21 via Nuclear Blast. Korpiklaani – “MetsГ¤mies“

A court in Preston has heard how a 20-year old woman was kicked and stamped to death for being a goth. Sophie Lancaster was murdered by a group of five teenagers in Bacup, Lancashire, in August 2007, in an unprovoked attack on her and her boyfriend, Robert Maltby (21), who was seriously injured in the […]

Portishead revealed that their new studio album, “Third” (view cover in the left), due on April 28, shall surface not just in a regular CD format, but also as a double vinyl, as well as a 1 GB USB. The follow-up to “Portishead” (1997) shall be preceded by the single “Machine Gun” on April 14. […]

The young Bulgarian alternative rock quartet Angel Sky shall present its music live at Sofia’s The Club tomorrow, March 14. The show starts at 10 p.m., with tickets costing 5 Euro. Additional info about the band can be found at myspace.com/angelskybg. Angel Sky – “You Lose Me“

Iron Maiden shall release a new 80’s best-of-collection, entitled “Somewhere Back in Time” (view cover below), as a free high-quality download from ironmaiden.com on May 12. However, the 320 kbps WMA files can only be played three times before expiring. Afterwards listeners will be able to purchase the album as a DRM-free download. “Somewhere Back […]

Free Kitten – the supergroup featuring Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon (on the photo), Pussy Galore’s Julie Cafritz and Yoshimi P-We, have announced they’re coming back to life with a new album. Entitled “Inherit“, it shall is the band’s first since 1997’s “Sentimental Education”, and is scheduled for release on May 20 via the Ecstatic Peace […]

Nick Cave is working on his second screenplay for director John Hillcoat, who previously filmed the singer’s script for “The Proposition”, released in 2006. Besides, the dark Australian is is writing his second novel, the follow-up to 1989’s “And the Ass Saw the Angel”. There is no rest for the wicked…

Magic Circle Music and Manowar are launching a Battle of the Bands Contest where bands from around the world will compete against each other to win the once in a lifetime chance to play on the main stage at the Magic Circle Festival 2008. The winning band will be invited to play 3 songs on […]

The entire DVD “Heima” by Iceland’s Sigur Ros became the first full-length music-related movie to be streamed in its entirety on YouTube. Just be sure to have 97:21 minutes of spare time, sit back relax, push play and watch: Sigur Ros – “Heima“