Green Day have announced they are to cover John Lennon’s “Working Class Hero” for a tribute album of artists performing the late Beatle’s songs, entitled “Instant Karma”. The CD, due out on June 20, will also feature contributions from The Cure, Black Eyed Peas, Jack Johnson and Willie Nelson, a.o. All proceeds from the album […]

King’s X shall call their new album “Go Tell Somebody”. Just like its predecessor, “Ogre Tones” (2005), the effort is being produced by Michael Wagener, known for his work with Dokken, Extreme, Stryper, White Lion, Skid Row and many more. The next release by Doug Pinnick (vocals and bass), Ty Tabor (guitar and vocals) and […]

Metallica shall kick off their European tour in Lisbon on June 28. During the next month the quartet shall play a dozen arena shows across the continent, including a date at the Wembley Stadium. The confirmed dates are as follows: June 28 – Lisbon, Portugal – Super Bock Super Rock FestivalJuly 01 – Werchter, Belgium […]

Long-time running rockers The Quireboys are currently in Lost Boys Studios in Bedfordshire, UK, with producer Nick Mailing, recording their next album. The songs for the still untitled CD shall be finished by the end of May for a late summer release. About a month ago, on February 5, The Quireboys released their first official […]

German melodic metallers Blind Guardian will release a new single, “Another Stranger Me”, on May 4 (view front cover in the left). The first edition will be available as a digipack, and the tracklist is as follows: 1. Another Stranger Me 2. All the King’s Horses 3. DreamВ a Little Dream of Me4. Lionheart (demo) 5. […]

American punk rock institution Bad Religion has set “New Maps of Hell” as the title of its new album, due on July 10 through Epitaph Records. The follow-up to 2004’s “The Empire Strikes First” contains 17 songs recorded at Grand Master Studios in Los Angeles with Grammy-nominated producer Joe Barresi, famed for his job for […]

Finland’s AmorphisВ shall release theirВ  still untitled eighth album on August 31 in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records. As a first taste of the material, a single will be released on June 27. The CD was recorded at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki, Finland. Mixing duties will be handled by Mikko Karmila (famous for his work […]

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Emil “Kembula” Trifonov has died in a car accident on Saturday. Kembula is known to many rock fans as a musician in the band Tutaksi and Termus, both active in the mid-90’s. Letaly he was working as a TV moderator. Rest in peace.

Deftones release their new single, “Mein” (view cover in the left),В on March 19, which means today. That’s the second single off the band’s fifth album, “Saturday Night Wrist”, and features Serj Tankian of System of a Down as guest vocalist. Deftones shot a video for “Mein” on January 20, and you can already watch in […]