SCORPIONS have reportedly tapped songwriter/producer Desmond Child — who has worked with such high-profile pop/rock artists as AEROSMITH, BON JOVI, ALICE COOPER, KISS, RICKY MARTIN, CHER, MICHAEL BOLTON and BONNIE TYLER — to produce their next studio album, which they expect to release before the end of 2007.

According to Billboard.com, the sold-out crowd at Chicago’s House of Blues Theatre was treated to an all-star rock n’ roll extravaganza on July 2 when CHEAP TRICK‘s Rick Nielsen hit the stage for a special performance with Al Jourgensen (MINISTRY) and his band, REVOLTING COCKS. Nielsen was among the guests to appear on the recently-released […]

Hard Rock today unveiled its latest Signature Series T-shirt, designed by Ozzy Osbourne. Proceeds from the new Ozzy Osbourne T-shirt benefit the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, established by Ozzy‘s wife Sharon following her own battle with colon cancer. Ozzy Osbourne, the 22nd rocker to become part of Hard Rock’s Signature […]

Swedish/Greek melodic death metal outfit NIGHTRAGE has posted a live clip of its performance at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg, Sweden on April 14, 2006 at YouTube.com.

RIBSPREADER, the Swedish “old-school death metal” band featuring guitarist/vocalist/bassist Rogga Johansson (PAGANIZER, CARVE, HUMANITY DELETE), has posted a song from its upcoming album, “Serenity in Obscenity“, at its MySpace page. Check out the track “The Day It All Ended” at this location.

Escapi Records has announces the official release of the long-awaited underground classic, “Ultimate Guitar Zeus“, created, produced and co-written by drummer Carmine Appice. The CD features performances by 14 of the world’s greatest guitar players, including Yngwie Malmsteen, Brian May of QUEEN, Stevie Salas, Slash of VELVET REVOLVER, Steve Morse of DEEP PURPLE, Richie Sambora […]

Finnish death metallers SCENT OF FLESH have posted the following message on their official web site:“Niko Ahokas [vocals] is no more a member of SCENT OF FLESH. This decision was made because of his lack of motivation. We’re not looking for a new vocalist, and from now on all vocals will be done by Matti […]

NEMHAIN, the new band featuring CRADLE OF FILTH/AT THE GATES drummer Adrian Erlandsson and his wife, fetish model Morrigan Hel (a.k.a. Amber England), will record their debut demo this weekend. Songtitles set to appear on the effort are as follows:01. Mr. Bronson02. Blood Runs Free03. Ana04. Heroin Child05. Honey

GMR Music has set an October 20 release date for the second album from KRUX, the Swedish band featuring CANDLEMASS mainman/bassist Leif Edling, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Mats LevГ©n, ex-ENTOMBED drummer Peter StjГ¤rnvind, guitarist JГ¶rgen Sandstrom (also in THE PROJECT HATE, ex-ENTOMBED/GRAVE), and current ARCH ENEMY guitarist Fredrik Г…kesson. Entitled “II“, the CD was recorded at […]

Chris Cornell has shot down rumors that AUDIOSLAVE‘s forthcoming, Brendan O’Brien-produced album “Revelations” will be the singer’s last with the band, as he has been working on material for his first solo album in more than seven years.What Cornell didn’t ignore was an offer from the producers of the forthcoming James Bond film “Casino Royale” […]