MOGWAI have launched a range of skateboards and t-shirts to help raise funds for a proposed Glasgow skatepark. As part of their 20th anniversary celebrations, MOGWAI have teamed up with Focus Scotland on the series of limited-edition skateboard decks and t-shirts. The boards will cost £49.99 each, with t-shirts selling for £16 and £18. For […]

Fans of THE SWORD won’t have to wait much longer for new music, as the band is set to unleash a new album this summer. The group has been spending time in the studio working on the follow-up to Apocryphon, and is now spilling a few key details on the disc. The new disc will […]

The International Day Of Slayer will be taking place for the tenth time on Saturday, June 6, having started on 06/06/06 (when else would it have started, right?). Listen to Slayer at full blast in your car. Listen to Slayer at full blast in your home. Listen to Slayer at full blast at your place of employment. Listen […]

VON HERTZEN BROTHERS have released a video for Hold Me Up ahead of their appearance at Download this month. The song is taken from the band’s current album New Day Rising, the follow-up to 2013’s Nine Lives. Hold Me Up “portrays the seldom-seen mainstream side of VHB,” say the Brothers. “We were aiming for an […]

With the title and release date just announced for SLAYER’s Repentless, due out September 11th (Nuclear Blast), today the thrash icons announce their heaviest release ever, literally – Repentless Metal Eagle Edition. Made of aluminum alloy, measuring 15” X 17” X 3” and weighing in at a hefty seven pounds, the Metal Eagle Edition will […]

TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan has been awarded his purple belt in the martial art of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. The singer – who is also a member of Puscifer and A Perfect Circle – has practiced the grappling technique for years under the guidance of jiu-jitsu icon Rickson Gracie, but had been sidelined by injuries for some […]

PARADISE LOST drummer ADRIAN ERLANDSSON will sit out the band’s European tour due to other commitments. He’s busy with AT THE GATES and THE HAUNTED, so he’ll be replaced by Finnish drummer Waltteri Vayrynen for the run of shows. Vayrynen says: “No words can explain how excited, grateful and honoured I am to do all these shows […]

LAST HOPE frontman ALEX will have his hardcore show on radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK today. He will play music from the new albums of MILLENCOLIN and GOOD RIDDANCE plus two bands will be in the studio – EXPECTATIONS and MY TURN  to talk about their gig in Sofia tonigh. PANIC ATTACK kicks off on Tuesday at 4 pm BG time (3 pm CET) […]

NUCLEAR ASSAULT premieres the lyric video for the song titled ‘Analog Man In A Digital World’ taken from the upcoming new EP ‘Pounder’ which is out now via Dry Heave Records as digital release. The vinyl release is set for June 22nd 2015. Check out now the new track below.  

MARILYN MANSON hopes the rekindling of his friendship with KORN’s JONATHAN DAVIS will lead to a collaborative project. The pair were good friends in the past, notably working together on DAVIS’ song Redeemer for 2002 movie Queen Of The Damned. But they’ve become more distant in recent years, with rumours of their drug addictions causing a feud […]