ROSE TATTOO frontman ANGRY ANDERSON hopes to become an MP in the Australian parliament after joining the nation’s right-wing National Party. He believes it’s the next step in his career as a community worker and political activist. The 65-year-old singer, real name Gary Anderson, has already made a name for himself in campaigns against the introduction of a […]

CNN has been getting heat for its record-low ratings and declining relevance as a news destination and now the network is under fire for labeling heavy metal band HATEBREED a white power group. In a CNN.com story posted on Aug. 8 about the recent Sikh temple shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, in which 41-year-old shooter […]

Surviving members of 60s pop band THE MONKEES  will perform their first live shows together in fifteen years. The 12-date US tour, which begins in November, will mark the band’s first tour since Davy Jones died in February, at the age of 66. Band members Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork will perform some […]

We have four HOT new tracks entering our TUBORG TOP 40 Mega Rock chart. ALANIS MORISSETTE – Guardian DORO – Raise Your Fist KATATONIA – Dead Letters TESTAMENT – Native Blood VOTE HERE  

BECK fans won’t have to wait much longer for a new album… that is, if they can play the music themselves. The alt-rock veteran announced on Wednesday (Aug. 8) via his website that he will partner with McSweeny’s to release a 20-song album in an “almost-forgotten form” — sheet music! — in December. The music […]

KING’S X has announced several weekends of shows with the legendary KANSAS. The band will be main support on these nine shows. Tour dates: September 13 – New York, NY – Best Buy Theater 14 – Bethlehem, PA – Sands Casino 15 – Atlantic City, NJ – Music Box 20 – Springfield, IL – Prairie […]

German thrash legends DESTRUCTION are currently in the studio, working on their 30th-anniversary album, entitled Spiritual Genocide, due out in November. The band has now announced that SODOM frontman Tom Angelripper will be featured on the new album. Angelripper entered the studio this week to record vocals. TANKARD vocalist Gerre will also be featured on […]

Jon Lord‘s final studio work, a new version of his Concerto For Group and Orchestra, will be released on September 25. It was recorded in Abbey Road Studios and features the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic orchestra plus Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, Joe Bonamassa, Deep Purple guitarist  and Bulgarian guitarist Darin Vassilev. Lord, who died last month […]

The first black metal video game has now been made available, for iPhone. Called ‘Black Metal Man’, it’s been put out by Norwegian one-man company SinSquid. The object of the game is: ‘You follow the story of a man fleeing from the light, and his fight to reach the depths of hell. Be brave as […]

US clothing retailer GAP is selling a kids’ t-shirt featuring graphics stolen from Judas Priest, says Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher. He’s pointed out that a two-tone shirt bearing a metal eagle on an orange oval background looks dramatically similar to the album cover of Priest’s Screaming For Vengeance album, due for its 30th anniversary release […]