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.

GOATWHORE has uploaded a new track, entitled “Alchemy of the Black Sun Cult“, to Downloadpunk.com. The song comes off the group’s upcoming third full-length album, “A Haunting Curse“, due on September 5 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded at Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida with producer Erik Rutan (MORBID ANGEL, HATE ETERNAL).“A […]

The first glimpse of the rough cut of NONPOINT‘s video for its cover of PHIL COLLINS‘ “In the Air Tonight“, which is the lead single from the “Miami Vice” soundtrack, along with an accompanying commentary, can be found on NBC6.net web site. The video was shot by Darren Doane and will have clips of the […]

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” […]

Roadrunner Records will be releasing a “best of” collection from ILL NINO, aptly titled “The Best of Ill Nino“, on September 12. The track listing for the CD is as follows:01. What Comes Around02. Unreal03. God Save Us04. If You Still Hate Me05. Liar06. This Time’s For Real07. How Can I Live08. Cleansing09. Te Amo. […]