As in previous years, bands on the JD Rock Arena are selected by Tangra Mega Rock radio, so expect an exciting and dead cool mix of local and foreign talent. Some slight changes in the timings have occured due to the changes of the schedules on the Main stage and the addition of one more […]

Megadeth has finally announced the name ofВ  their forthcoming release. The name of the album is TH1RT3EN, which is an excellent choice since this is the band’s thirteenth studio album. Dave Mustaine spoke briefly to Rolling Stone about the album’s title. “I was born on September 13th; this is my thirteenth record. It just seemed […]

Looks like the speculation was dead on, as Alternative Press has confirmed that Gallows has added Alexisonfire guitarist/vocalist Wade MacNeil to their line-up on vocals. MacNeil replaces Frank Carter, who left the group last month. Describing the process of joining Gallows, MacNeil tells AP: “After the boys decided they were going to keep going, my […]

Whenever the Foo Fighters hit the stage, you know it’s gonna rock. And rock they did last weekend at Lollapalooza in Chicago, playing a 2-hour set in almost constant rain to about 90,000 fans. The Foos closed out the weekend spectacle, which featured three days of music in the Windy City. Now, you can sit […]

Irish rockers The Answer will release their latest studio album on October 3 via Spinefarm Records/Universal. Titled Revival and produced by the Grammy-nominated Chris ‘Frenchie’ Smith, with mixing handled by Chris Sheldon, this is the third studio album released by the Downpatrick quartet since first coming together a decade ago. The initial run of the […]

Former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord has posted the following message: “I would like all my friends, followers, fans and fellow travelers to know that I am fighting cancer and will therefore be taking a break from performing while getting the treatment and cure. I shall of course be continuing to write music – in […]

The Bangles will release the guitar-driven Sweetheart of the Sun, their first new album in eight years, on September 13. The album aims to celebrate the love of rock’s golden age that originally drew the band members together, balanced with their trademark vocal harmonies.В  Guitarist/vocalist Vicki Peterson says the album is inspired by California. “As […]

John Martyn was a pioneering British singer-guitarist who released 20 albums and worked with everyone from Eric Clapton to Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour before passing away in 2009 from pneumonia. On a new album Johnny Boy Would Love This…A Tribute to John Martyn (out August 16), the late musician will get the full-blown tribute treatment: […]

Listen to the brand new ANTHRAX single, ‘The Devil You Know’, from their album Worship Music – in stores September 13th – via the video below.

OzTV caught up with Ozzy and the guys at their tour stop at the Wacken metal festival in Germany. Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) is a summer open air heavy metal music festival. It takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. With 80,000 festival visitors, and including personnel a total […]