Shrapnel Records has set a September 12 release date for L.A. GUNS‘ live album, entitled “Loud and Dangerous“. This record contains not only some of the band’s biggest hits, but is also the first release of live versions of the band’s best newer material. As a bonus, the CD includes exclusive live video performances of […]

Classic Rock Magazine has opened their annual Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards for voting by the public here. The nominations you can vote on follow:Album of the Year:Muse – Black Holes & RevelationsThe Answer – RiseWolfmother – WolfmotherIron Maiden – A Matter Of Life And DeathMotorhead – Kiss Of DeathCheap Trick – RockfordOpeth – […]

Brazilian heavy metal band ANGRA will release its new album, “Aurora Consurgens“, in Europe on October 30 via SPV Records. The complete track listing for the effort is as follows:01. The Course Of Nature02. The Voice Commanding You03. Ego Painted Grey04. Breaking Ties05. Salvation: Suicide06. Window To Nowhere07. So Near So Far08. Passing By09. Scream […]

Guitarist Jesse Pintado (TERRORIZER, ex-NAPALM DEATH) died over the weekend in a hospital in Holland, Century Media Records has confirmed. He died from complications of a diabetic coma. A pioneer in our musical genre, Jesse and his influential sound will be sorely missed. In a recent interview with Rockdetector.com, Pintado spoke about his final days […]

CIRCUS DIABLO, the new project featuring THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy, former THE ALMIGHTY frontman Ricky Warwick (guitar), ex-THE CULT touring bassist Billy Morrison (vocals), former FUEL frontman Brett Scallions (bass), and drummer Jeremy Colson, has posted a three-minute video clip containing footage from the first two shows on the band’s current U.S. mini-tour. Check […]

Metal War Productions has just released a live album from the long-defunct Dutch extreme metallers PESTILENCE, entitled “Chronicles of the Scourge“. The collection includes two live shows: Zeche in Bochum, Germany on November 18, 1988 and Kix Festival in Veghel, The Netherlands on June 24, 1989. Metal War Productions mailorder customers will receive a bonus […]

News.com.au reports that GUNS N’ ROSES‘ “Sweet Child O’ Mine” and VAN HALEN‘s “Eruption” were selected as two of the tracks with the best guitar solos of all time.PINK FLOYD‘s “Comfortably Numb” topped the list, with “Sweet Child O’ Mine” following in second place.Third was “Freebird” by LYNYRD SKYNYRD, while “Eruption” by VAN HALEN was […]

Nuclear Blast Records Greece has uploaded 12 new music videos to its MySpace page. Check out the following clips at www.myspace.com/nbgreece:THREAT SIGNAL – “Counterbalance” (home video)DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER – “Friede Sei Mit Dir”SCAR SYMMETRY – “The Illusionist”CHROME DIVISION – “Serial Killer”AMORPHIS – “House of Sleep”IN FLAMES – “Take This Life”EDGUY – “Superheroes”DIMMU BORGIR – “Progenies […]

A brand new BY NIGHT track, entitled “Cursed by the Thought“, has been made available for download at the band’s official MySpace page. The song comes off the Swedish metallers’ sophomore album, “A New Shape of Desperation“, which is available for streaming at this location. Due on September 25 in Europe and October 17 in […]

Danish black metal horde HORNED ALMIGHTY, featuring current members of EXMORTEM and former members of KOLDBORN, have uploaded another song from their second album, “The Devil’s Music – Songs of Death and Damnation“, at their MySpace page. The track “To Despise the Life” can be streamed at this location.“The Devil’s Music – Songs of Death […]