The Florida clothing company Back-Lite that affixed the Red Hot Chili Peppers logo to a jacket has been sued by the merchandising company Bravada International, which owns the rights to the logo, as well as logos of Guns N’ Roses, Led Zeppelin and more. The suit is for $11 million dollars, after Back-Lite used the […]

Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe is guest singing on the the new Gojira album, namely on the track “Adoration for None”. The CD itself is going to be entitled “The Way of All Flesh” and is due out via Listenable Records on October 13.

В Ministry’s tour management has revealed that the band shall bring tons of merchandise, a.o. t-shirs, sweatshirts and CDs to its first and last ever show in Bulgaria this Saturday, July 12. The event is scheduled to take place at Sofia’s Hristo Botev Sports Hall, starting at 9 p.m. with a set by local opening act […]

Kjetil Nordhus, vocalist of the disbanded Norwegian avantgardists Green Carnation, has started working on a solo album. This follows last summer’s decision of his former group to disband, just a few months after relasing the concert DVD “A Night Under the Dam”, part of which can be viewed below: Green Carnation – “Transparent Me” (live)

Poland’s skastersВ Bibi Ribozo & The Banditos, theirВ Belgian colleagues Under Authority of and the Romanian punk rockers Scandal shall play live at the Area 51 Club in Varna, BulgariaВ onВ July 20. The event starts at 8 p.m.

The Sun reports that The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood has run off to Ireland with an 18-year-old cocktail waitress. The 61-year-old guitarist has retreated to one of his second homes alongside Ekaterina Ivanova, whom he met in a cocktail bar after the April premiere of the band’s “Shine a Light” film. A “source” also told […]

The video for “Love Is Noise” – the debut single off The Verve‘s comeback album – is available for watching below. As for the follow-up to 1997’s “Urban Hymns”, it was already revealed that its title shall be “Forth“. The Verve – “Love Is Noise“

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds are to release their entire album back catalogue digitally re-mastered and remixed in 5.1 surround sound. The first four albums – “From Her to Eternity“, “The First Born Is Dead“, “Kicking Against the Pricks” and “Your Funeral, My Trial” – are set to surface at the end of the […]

The former lead singer for the 90’s Denver, Colorado-based metal band Angellic Rage, Paul Stitt a.k.a. Paul Vee, was murdered in Las Vegas during a liquor store robbery on Tuesday night. The police are trying to find his killers by looking at a surveillance video. Angellic Rage gained a cult following in their hometown during […]

Tennessee’s The Showdown will release their third full-length album on August 19 via Solid State Records. The CD (view cover in the left) will be entitled “Back Breaker“, and a track from it, “Achilles – The Backbreaker“, is available for streaming on myspace.com/theshowdown.