The lawyer for Guns N’ Roses and Axl Rose has castigated Dr Pepper, accusing the soda maker of failing to deliver on its promotion to offer free soda in celebration of the band’s new album, “Chinese Democracy.” Guns N’ Roses was never involved in the campaign. Beverly Hills-based Alan Gutman has written to Dr Pepper […]

German thrash metal veterans Kreator will unveil their video for the title track of their forthcoming album, “Hordes of Chaos” (view cover in the left), in about two weeks. The clip was shot on November 2 in Berlin, Germany with director Joern Heitmann, who has also worked on the band’s video for the song “Enemy […]

Poison frontman Bret Michaels’ video for his new single “Driven” has been released exclusively on BretMichaels.com and can be viewed below. The song comes off the singer’s solo album “Rock My World“. Bret Michaels – “Driven“

Greece’s Virgins O.R Pigeons shall play at the Gorgon Electro Mini FestВ in Sofia, Bulgaria on March 29, 2009. Headliners of the event shall be Combichrist. Get tickets via Eventim.bgВ or Ticketstream.bg.

The Prodigy will give away the title track of their new album “Invaders Must Die” as a free download today. The song can be downloaded from 7:30 p.m. GMT on the band’s website, TheProdigy.com, and will be available for the next week. “Invaders Must Die”, the follow-up to 2004’s “Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned”, will be […]

Answering questions from fans on the Muse forum, bassist Chris Wolstenholme confirmed that work had started on the follow-up to the band’s 2006 album “Black Holes and Revelations”. Chris wrote: “It would be nice to have the album out in the second half of 2009, but we have not set ourselves any targets. It is […]

Former members of Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack, Spiritualized, Echo & The Bunnymen and Goldfrapp are set to perform their first gig under the name The Hookham Boys tonight in London. To be more precise, the new “supergroup” features Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins), Damon Reece (Massive Attack, Echo & The Bunnymen, Spiritualized), Alex Lee (Placebo, Suede, […]

Members of Obituary, Cannibal Corpse, Dimmu Borgir, Testament and Exhorder will unite under the name Death Metal Allstars. Unfortunately, the project will be active for five live shows in Japan olny…Below you can see the dates and venues, as well as the poster for the mini-tour, and here’s the Death Metal Allstars’ line-up: Kyle Thomas […]

The label I Am: Wolfpack, owned by producer Ross Robinson, has closed down after releasing two albums by Black Light Burns – “Cruel Melody” (2007) and “Cover Your Heart & The Anvil Pants Odyssey” (2008). The above-mentioned band’s leader – former Limp Bizkit and current Marilyn Manson guitarist Wes Borland, has confirmed the news, saying […]

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has told Rolling Stone that the band is contemplating the possibility of an Internet release for its next album. “We’re free of our record contract,” Lars said. “We have that element of complete freedom with the next record, so we can do whatever we want. We could do an Internet thing […]