MACHINE HEAD’s video for the song “Locust” can be previewed in the commercial for the band’s new album, “Unto The Locust”, which can be seen below. The clip was directed by Mike Sloat, who previously helmed MACHINE HEAD’s videos for “Imperium”, “Days Turn Blue To Gray”, “Aesthetics Of Hate”, “Now I Lay Thee Down” and […]

Gregorian chants generally don’t have too much in common with rock music. Sure, sometimes they set a brooding tone in an intro to a doom metal song, but rockers generally scream, growl, wail or sing. They don’t chant. German music producer, Frank Peterson, who previously performed in the elevator rock band Enigma, likes defying convention. […]

QUEENSRЕёCHE’s Scott Rockenfield just completed custom drums for pop icon LADY GAGA for her up and coming tour. She and her band are currently in pre-production rehearsals and called Scott to have him and his custom drum company RockenWraps design and manufacture custom drum graphic wraps to match the look of her stage setup. RockenWraps […]

The Streets’ Mike Skinner has launched a new musical project with former The Music frontman Robert Harvey. The pair have joined forces to form new act The Dot. The pair have already posted up a series of tracks on their official website The-dot.net, with Harvey taking up the lead vocals on the majority of the […]

Poison have been hit with a lawsuit that claims four of the band’s songs were stolen from another group. The Hollywood Reporter says the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Illinois federal court, is over some of the band’s old hits, including “Talk Dirty To Me,” “I Won’t Forget You,” “Fallen Angel” and “Ride he Wind.” The […]

Anthrax were Metal Thrashing Mad at L.A.’s Club Nokia Saturday night, and with good reason. When a fan jumped on stage during the band’s set, singer Joey Belladonna approached to put his arm around the guy – when a dopey security guard bolted on stage and tackled the two of them hard to the floor […]

According to Mike Fleming from Deadline.com, METALLICA are planning to self-finance a 3D feature film with producer Charlotte Huggins who has produced the 3D films Journey To The Center Of The Earth, and the just completed the sequel Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, which stars Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine and Josh Hutcherson. The band is […]

It’s finally official: Running Wild are back! To the delight of his countless fans, Captain Rock’n’Rolf has announced the release of the new album, Shadowmaker, seven years after Running Wild’s last studio album, Rogues En Vogue. “My comments in spring 2009 about the demise of Running Wild were absolutely serious at the time. I really […]

Learning to play guitar is tough. Learning unconventional guitar methods to play songs by bands like Incubus is even harder…unless their guitarist shows you how it’s done. Check out this series of video lessons Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger has been posting online. Incubus’ unique guitar stylings are a definitely reason the band is one of […]

VINNE MOORE (UFO, Alice Cooper, Vicious Rumors) is set to play two gigs with his solo band in Bulgaria end of November. Also in the band are Fulvio Feliciamo (rhythm guitar and vocals), Simone Massimi (bass) and Roberto Pirami (drums). Here are the dates: 22 November,В Sofia – Club Mixtape 5 – 9 pm;23 November,В Burgas -В Muppet […]