Billie Joe Armstrong is adding a punk yet Beatle-esque twist to the England’s Elizabethan era – he is writing songs for a modernized version of the William Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing. The Green Day guitarist and frontman will compose original material for a 2014 production by the Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut. […]

Finnish metal superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM have named their 8th studio album ‘Halo Of Blood’ and have unveiled the album artwork. Coverart was created this time by Sami Saramaki (Follow The Reaper, Are You Dead Yet?, Hate Crew Deathroll).   Mastermind Alexi Laiho commented: “Halo Of Blood is the 8th studio album from Children Of […]

With their 13th studio album entitled Delta Machine dropping next week (03/26/13), DEPECHE MODE has teamed with Itunes to share the 13 track effort. You can check it out for yourself by clicking this link. In the event you just can’t get enough DEPECHE MODE, the band is set to kick off a lengthy World […]

The Jackson family wants FORTY BILLION DOLLARS from promoters AEG Live for allegedly working their boy to death–or, more specifically, hiring the wrong doctor–the Propofol-administering Dr. Conrad Murray–to look after him. They arrived at the $40,000,000,000 number (looks pretty impressive when you write it out all the way, doesn’t it?) this way: -$10,000,000,000 for future […]

PRO-ROCK mag’s issue # 100 will be on sale on Thursday, 21 March. The cover story this time is the magazine itself. There are also articles about DARKTHRONE, ROTTING CHRIST, THYRFING, DEVOURMENT, YEAR OF THE GOAT, ABHORRENCE. And about KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, STRATOVARIUS, HYPOCRISY, FINNTROLL, AVANTASIA, SAXON, STEVEN WILSON, SOILWORK, THE BLACKOUT, CLUTCH, HEART IN HAND. And many […]

HEAVEN SHALL BURN has made another track available from their upcoming album, VETO. To listen to ‘Die Sturme Rufen Dich’ (which features guest vocals by BORN FROM PAIN’s Rob Franssen and Dominik Stammen), please visit here.  

As previously reported, Finland’s metal diva will be performing for her Bulgarian fans in the most special of settings on 30 March. TARJA has a show at the National palace of Culture (Hall 1), where she will be performing with a philharmonic orchestra and choir. TARJA will be presenting her ‘Beauty and the Beat’ show, […]

On today’s edition of his ZOO radio show, ANDREY VLADOV will present some new sounds from:  Endless Boogie,  Foxygen, Brandt Brauer Frick, Gemma Ray and K-X–P (pictured). The ‘ZOO SHOW’ kicks off on Monday at 4 pm BG time (3 pm CET) on radio Tangra Mega Rock. It has several reruns during the week – for details check HERE… 

Although he told 60 Minutes Australia recently that “amnesia is a fantastic condition – the good thing about it is you keep moving and you don’t write a book,” – USA Today is reporting that It Books has acquired rights to a biography of LED ZEPPELIN singer ROBERT PLANT , written by music writer Paul Rees, […]

KCBD.com’s Tiffany Pelt reports that a man is dead following an accident during a rock concert at the Lonestar Event Center in Lubbock, Texas on Monday, March 11th. Police say Jubal Colvin (pictured above), 39, of Abilene, TX was denied entry to a VOLBEAT concert at the Lubbock venue and was observed by private security […]