Trip-hop’s finest Massive Attack will play live at the Parkorman in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 13. Additional info should be made available soon… Massive Attack – “Angel” (live)

The video for the song “The Islander” by Finland’s sympho metal superstars Nightwish can be viewed below. The clip premiered yesterday on MTV Finland, preceding the maxi-single “The Islander” (view cover in the left), due out on May 21. The substance of the MCD was revealed here. Nightwish – “The Islander“

The current alias of Green Day, Foxboro Hot Tubs, have made six new tracks available to download from Foxborohottubsdownload.com for $5.49. The band is expected to release a full-length album, entitled “Stop Drop and Roll!!!“, sometime in May. In other words – Green Day is dead, long live the Foxboro Hot Tubs!

Ozzy Osbourne is going to do his own one-day open air event, called The Monsters of Rock. The festival will take place on July 26 at the McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Canada. The Ozzy Osbourne’s Monsters of Rock billing is shaping up as follows: Ozzy Osbourne Judas Priest Serj Tankian Cavalera Conspiracy Shadows Fall Voivod […]

New York’s hardcore godfathers Agnostic Front uploaded the video for their current single “For My Family” on the Internet. You may check it out below. Enjoy! Agnostic Front – “For My Family“

Queen and Paul Rodgers performed a brand-new song from their eagerly awaited upcoming studio new album on Englands’s top comedy TV show “Al Murray’s Happy Hour”. The track is entitled “C-Lebrity” and is available for viewing here: Queen + Paul Rodgers – “C-Lebrity” (live)

Finland’s hard rock veterans Hanoi Rocks shall release a live DVD on June 10 via Cherry Red/MVD. Entitled “The Nottingham Tapes“, it shall feature a performance filmed on April 23, 1984 at the Palais in Nottingham, England. Hanoi Rocks – “Up Around the Bend” (live 1984)

Guitarist Aaron Slipp of Prong, bass player John Fahnestock (ex-Snot, Amen), singer Boris Bouma (Epidemic), and drummer Tommy Sickles of Nothingface have joined forces in a brand-new band called Noise Within. Four of the project’s tracks – “Opportunity”, “Privilege”, “In the Room” and “829” – are available for streaming at myspace.com/noisewithinband. Meanwhile, the quartet prepares […]

Sofia-based metal beasts She Was Asking for It shall present their debut album “The Downfall of Mankind” live this Saturday, April 19, at the Funkiss ClubВ in Bulgaria’s capital. The concert, which shall also feature OverdawnВ and Let Them Die, starts at 7 p.m. She Was Asking for It – “Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste” (live)

Sol Invicto, the drum’n’bass-meets-metal side-project of Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter, Eric Bobo of Cypress Hill on percussion and drums, and Richie Londres of C.L.P. on guitar and UK-based producer AJ Cookson, will release its debut EP, called “Unidose“, on May 12 via Altered Beats Music. For more information, visitВ myspace.com/solinvicto.