“Black Knight“, the first-ever unauthorized Ritchie Blackmore biography, will be published in the U.K. on September 4 by Omnibus Press.“Black Knight” was written and researched by Jerry Bloom, who first met Ritchie more than twenty years ago; has followed his career since the Seventies, and since 1996 has published and edited the international Ritchie Blackmore […]

Details of the debut single from Damon Albarn‘s new side project have been announced.The Good, The Bad And The Queen will release ‘Kingdom Of Doom‘ on October 20.It follows their debut live appearance at the Roundhouse in London on October 26 as part of the BBC’s Electric Proms.The band is made up of Albarn plus […]

Birmingham, U.K. grindcore/noisecore crossover act CHEMICAL VOMIT has announced that it has parted ways with bassist Aaron Thrasher and second vocalist Morbid James and will be continueing with just a three-piece lineup of:Jason Vomit (INFANT BILE, CORPSE ABORTION, COSMIC COCK) – VocalsSteven Pork (CORPSE ABORTION, COSMIC COCK) – Guitar, VocalsSpike Kane (ex-COSMIC COCK) – DrumsCHEMICAL […]

A low-quality video clip of METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett performing with TOOL during their headlining appearance at the Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii on Friday (August 18) has been posted online at YouTube.com.

WITHOUT END, the band featuring guitarist/vocalist Adam Tranquilli (BLOODFEAST, HEADLOCK) and bassist Tom Lorenzo ( M.O.D., HEADLOCK), will enter Big Blue Meenie studio in Jersey City, New Jersey on September 25 to begin recording its second full-length album, entitled “Doctrine of Hate“. Tentatively due in the spring of 2007, the album will contain 11 tracks, […]

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS have posted the cover artwork for their upcoming third album, entitled “Victory“, at this location. The cover painting for the CD was created by J.P. Fournier, who was also responsible for the band’s first album cover, “Satrap“, in 2003.“Victory” was recorded at Top Room Studios in Lunner, Norway. The band, […]

A brand new DEFTONES song, entitled “Hole in the Earth“, has been posted online at the band’s MySpace page. The track is the first single off the band’s upcoming album, “Saturday Night Wrist“, due on October 31 through Maverick. The follow-up to 2003’s “Deftones” features guest appearances by SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian […]

Virginia Records / Universal Music presents “On The Road” Vol.2There are 19 perfect songs – for the road, for the setting the right mood and saving nice memories. All that is expect form you is to load the fuel up, and listen. With the compilation On The Road you will get to anywhere, even the […]

IAN BROWN AND NEW GENERATION & CIGARETTA PERFORM AT SOUTH PARK SOFIA AND HERBALISER, SCRATCH PERVERTS AND DJ KINK FEAT. RACHEL ROW AND OGONEK & COOH PERFORM IN BLACK BOX IN THE EVENING AS PART OF MTV EXIT‘S UNPRECEDENTED PAN-EUROPEAN ANTI-TRAFFICKING EVENT TOUR.The MTV Europe Foundation and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) continue […]

German power metallers HELLOWEEN have uploaded photos from their recent video shoot for the the upcoming single, “Light the Universe“. The shoot took place at the castle Veldenstein in the southern part of Germany with renowned director Alex Diezinger (NEGATIVE, L’AME IMMORTELLE, EXILIA) of AVA Studios. The clip, which is said to be the first-ever […]