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A brand-new Alice Cooper track, entitled “Vengeance Is Mine“, is available for streaming at myspace.com/officialalicecooper. The song comes off the rock legend’s forthcoming 25th studio album, “Along Came a Spider“, due on July 29 via SPV. Some 3 weeks earlier, on July 6, Mr. Cooper will headline the second day of the Kaliakra Rock Fest […]

While waiting for Suicidal Tendencies new album, scheduled for release in late summer or early fall, fans of the legendary band can see them playing live during a TV appearance back in… 1981! Yes, that’s right – here’s how Mike Muir looked like 27 years ago: Suicidal Tendencies – live in 1981

Oasis will entitle their next, seventh studio album “Dig Out Your Soul“. The CD will surface on October 6 via the band’s own Big Brother label, and shall be preceded by the single “The Shock of the Lightning“, due out on September 29. The follow-up to 2005’s “Don’t Believe the Truth” was recorded at London’s […]

Massive Attack have revealed they’re well on the way to finishing the recordings for their fifth studio album. Unfortunately, the British trip-hop masters have stated they’re not rushing the mix nor the release of the follow-up to “100th Window” (2003)…

The Norwegian dirty rock’n’roll gang Chrome Division, featuring Dimmu Borgir frontman Shagrath, will release its second album on July 18 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to “Doomsday Rock’n’Roll” (2006) shall be entitled “Booze, Broads and Beelzebub“, and its title track can already be heard at myspace.com/chromedivision. Chrome Division – “Serial Killer“

The 30-year-old Emil Koverot (on the photo), a hard-rocking teacher from Sweden, was fired before ever setting foot in a classroom due to the lyrics he sings with his band Blodsrit. The guy, known in the local black metal circles under the stage name Yxmarder, had been offered and accepted a position in a high-school […]

A free video download of Fight performing the song “Into the Pit” live in Phoenix, Arizona in August 1993 is now available via the widget below. It can be downloaded for iPod, iPhone, Zune and your computer. Formats include: QuickTime (.mov), MPEG-4 (.mp4), iPod & iPhone (.m4v) and iPhone Cellular (.3gp). The recording comes off […]

MelodicRock.com is hosting the exclusive world premiere of the brand-new Jeff Scott Soto single “Testify” (view cover in the left). To download the track for free, right-click HERE. “Testify” comes off JSS’s upcoming new solo album “Beautiful Mess“.

Metallica, Dream Theater, Machine HeadВ and DevilDriver are among the bands contributingВ exclusive cover versionsВ of Iron MaidenВ songs toВ “Maiden Heaven” – a tribute CD (view cover in the left) set to be given away with the July 16 issue of Britain’s Kerrang! Magazine. Here’s the effort’s complete tracklist: 01. Black Tide – Prowler02. Metallica – Remember Tomorrow03. Avenged […]

After splitting with Interscope, the Texas-based rock avantgardists …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead have decided to release their next album via their own imprint, Richter Scale Records. The still untitled follow-up to 2006’s “So Divided” is expected in early 2009. …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead […]