Slayer frontman Tom Araya was forced to call off the band’s show in Germany on TuesdayВ night after suffering vocal problems. The 49-year-old has hit the road with the thrash giants after they had to postpone a series of Canadian and UK dates when he needed back surgery in January. The operation implanted a metal plate […]

Let the onlsaught begin. Footage from IRON MAIDEN’s June 9th kick-off show in Dallas, TX for The Final Frontier North American tour is available below. The release date for IRON MAIDEN’S new studio album, The Final Frontier, is now confirmed for Monday August 16th. It features artwork illustrated by Melvyn Grant and, to mark the […]

The music industry’s collapse is good news for the Melvins, the defiantly uncommercial “thud-rock” band that just cracked the U.S. pop album chart for the first time in its 26-year career. The group, whose heavy guitar riffs and mumbled vocals paved the way for fellow Seattle-area bands such as Nirvana and Soundgarden, grabbed the last […]

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has issued the following message: “Wanna rock London with (me), Anthrax and a bunch of other sick metal bands at the Sonisphere Festival in the UK? Come rock the tables at UB first. There’s no deposit needed. Just download, sign up and play on the 30th. Even if you don’t know […]

The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger releases a new solo album on June 29. It’s titled Singularity, will be on the Oglio label and has a flamenco meets jazz-rock feel. Says Krieger on the choice of album title: “It was named after my painting which we used for the album cover. A singularity is a profound […]

Shania Twain’s divorce from producer Robert “Mutt” Lange has been finalized. The Canadian country singer split from her husband in May 2008 after 14 years of marriage after he reportedly cheated on her. The couple has a son. The documents to finalize the divorce were filed in Switzerland this week. Twain was seen at the […]

The Goo Goo Dolls long awaited new album, Something for the Rest of Us, now has an official release date of August 31st.В The album marks the band’s return after a four year hiatus. Produced by Tim Palmer (U2, Pearl Jam, David Bowie) with additional production by Butch Vig (Green Day, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, etc.) John […]

This annual celebration of film and music will inject some thrill’s’n’pills’n’bellyaches into the beautiful seaside town of Balchik from 19th-26th June. The international festival is named ‘In the Palace’ due to the fact that the main venue is the old palace-villa-botanical garden of a former Romanian princess in Balchik. The festival has two main parts […]

Fish has quite a number of shows lined up for the rest of the year.Here’s a list: June 9: Edinburgh Usher Hall (charity show)June 26: North Hykeham Terry O’Toole TheatreJune 27: Hull LampJuly 13: York DuchessJuly 14: Cambridge Junction 2July 15: Manchester Band On The WallAug. 6: Newcastle ClunyAug. 7: Carlisle BrickyardAug. 8: Glasgow ArchesAug. […]

Filter will release its fifth studio album, ‘The Trouble With Angels’, this August on Rocket Science Ventures. Fans of the band’s ‘Short Bus’ and ‘Title of Record’ will be ecstatic to hear Richard Patrick return to his industrial roots. Rocket Science owner Kevin Day says, “I have known Richard for a good while and have […]