EVERY TIME I DIE has announced that their new album is titled ‘Ex Lives,’ and that the effort will hit stores on March 6th via Epitaph Records. Additionally, the band has debuted their first offering from the release, a song (and video) titled ‘Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space.’ Have a listen below. The ‘Ex Lives’ […]

BONNIE RAITT will release her first album in seven years and it’s called Slipstream. USA Today is reporting that the renowned blues singer and guitarist has been taking a break for the past few years after losing her parents, brother and best friend. “I took a hiatus from touring and recording to get back in […]

Sofia’s math-rock heroes MР•NTAL ARCHITECTS – winners of the first local Jack Daniel’s Battle of The BandsВ contest backin 2008В are now working on their nextВ record with Aaron Harris (ex-ISIS). The album is going to be calledВ  ‘Celebrations’ and here’s the statment from the band: “We’ve just released the first “behind-the-scenes” footage of the making. It will […]

According to HeraldTribune.com, guitar player Larry “Rhino” Reinhardt, a Bradenton native who founded CAPTAIN BEYOND, died from a respiratory infection Monday at Manatee Memorial Hospital. He was 63. “He was one of the true American classic rock guitar players, like Michael Monarch of STEPPENWOLF and Mark Farner of GRAND FUNK RAILROAD,” said publicist Billy James […]

Stanislav Vassilev – Staffa of Bulgarian death metallers THE REVENGE PROJECT is now readyВ with his debut solo album. It’s called ‘Prima Vista’ and the music is pretty close to the vibe ofВ Staffa’s previous bandВ KARTZER. A number of guest musicians from THE REVENGE PROJECT,В  ACT OF GROTESQUE, LORA, G.R.A.S., FANDANGO, THE POMORIANS and more play on […]

According to a recent studio report featured in the February 2012 issue of Decibel; Converge are planning to title their forthcoming album ‘All We Love We Leave Behind’. The group will soon begin recording the outing with tentative plans for a late spring/early summer release date via Epitaph. (The pic below is a recent shirt […]

Audio Fidelity will issue DIO’s classic debut album Holy Diver as a 24 karat gold limited edition CD. The CD contains a two-page spread copy of the photo-montage LP liner with images from both RAINBOW and BLACK SABBATH days that was included in the original vinyl release. Leaving Black Sabbath to create a new group […]

Guns N’ Roses’ Ron Thal – a.k.a. Bumblefoot – has a holiday gift for you. It is a studio recording of ‘The Pink Panther Theme.’ It’s a tune GN’R performed on the band’s 2009-11 tours. You can learn guitar from this also. Via Bumblefoot’s website you can get a “Player Pack” that has “a transcription […]

DREAM THEATER Vocalist James LaBrie has issued the following update: “Hey everybody! Matt Guillory and I are very happy to announce that writing for my next solo album has started. We’re very pleased with how well Static Impulse was received and are excited to be making a follow-up. You can expect all the usual suspects: […]

Toronto-based CANCER BATS’s new song, ‘Old Blood’, was featured on the January 2nd edition of the Rock Show With Daniel P Carter, which airs on BBC Radio 1. Check it out below. The song is taken from the CANCER BATS’ new album Dead Set On Living, which is due to be released in April via […]