Digital Spy is reporting that William Shatner is recording a metal album ‘Seeking Major Tom’В in Los Angeles. According to LA Weekly, the actor, who celebrates his 80th birthday March 22, will collaborate with a number of rockers on the LP, including Peter Frampton, Mike Inez, Steve Howe of Yes, Ian Paice of Deep Purple, Brian […]

It was briefly mentioned last year, but it’s now official: Classic animated series Beavis And Butt-Head is returning to TV sometime this year. The news was announced yesterday at MTV’s Upfront Presentation in New York by the cast of Skins. Justin Bieber was in attendance, and expressed his excitement over the series’ comeback via tweet. […]

BIOHAZARD bassist/vocalist Evan Seinfeld is the subject of a new Inked feature, written by Bryan Reesman. An excerpt follows: You were married to a porn star, and now you’re dating a porn star—for a lot of guys that’s a big fantasy. But then the flip side of that is thinking about how many other people […]

Former DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has announced via Twitter that he is working on a new project with SYMPHONY X vocalist Russell Allen. Portnoy’s Tweet reads as follows: “VERY excited about a new project I’m working on w one my fav singers in the world: my bro Sir Russell Allen…wait til you hear this […]

Swedish progressive rock band WOLVERINE is set to release a brand new studio album. ‘Communication Lost’ was recorded at various locations in Sweden between february and august 2010. It was mixed by Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios (Denmark) in july/august 2010 and mastered by Eroc at Eroc’s Mastering Ranch (Germany) in December 2010/January 2011. ‘Communication […]

SIX FEET UNDER vocalist Chris Barnes has revealed exclusively to BraveWords.com that Kevin Talley (DYING FETUS, MISERY INDEX, DAATH) has been chosen as the band’s new drummer. A mere day after the departure of drummer Greg Gall and bassist Terry Butler – who has joined OBITUARY – Barnes details what he describes as “interesting circumstances” […]

Despite indications that 2011 would bring a long-awaited 7th album from The White Stripes,В yesterday Jack & Meg White announced that the band has “officially ended and will make no further new recordings or perform live.” The statement above was just posted to both The White Stripes’ official site as well as the Third Man Records […]

Congratulations to Epica keyboard player Coen Janssen. His wife Linda has just given birth to a daughter, named Cato Dianne. EPICA will play in SofiaВ on 26 March at the Jubileyna Hall.В 

They haven’t even stuck a fork in The Black Crowes and Chris Robinson has moved on. While the Crowes still have a series of European dates to play in July before embarking on their indefinite hiatus, frontman Chris Robinson has already booked the first tour for his new project. Pollstar reports the Chris Robinson Brotherhood […]

This morning the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that the original drummer for Prince & The Revolution, Bobby Z, is in critical condition after suffering a heart attack. The newspaper reported that the 55-year-old drummer (whose real name is Robert B. Rivkin) had three blocked arteries, two of which have so far been cleared. After Prince […]