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Porcupine Tree mainman Steve Wilson has a new solo album on the way. The album is called Grace For Drowning, and is released by KScope on September 26. It’s the follow-to 2009’s Insurgentes. Says Wilson: “Insurgentes was an important step for me into something new. This record takes that as a starting point, but it’s […]

RAY WILSON will present his Genesis Klassik show atВ Hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture on December 20. Tickets are on saleВ via Eventim.bg.

Machine Head have revealed the tracklisting for their seventh studio album ‘Unto The Locust’. The album, which is the band’s first since their 2007 album ‘The Blackening’, was recorded the album in Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong’s Jingletown studios with the band’s frontman Robb Flynn also acting as producer. The album features seven tracks […]

Last month, new music from ZZ Top was circling the globe in the hands of Astronaut Michael Fossum on his way to the International Space Station via a Russian spacecraft. The opportunity to debut the song ‘Flyin’ High’ in space was too good to miss. “We figured it’d be the perfect song to pass along […]

Former Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord has received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music from the University of Leicester. “Jon Lord is one of British music’s most eclectic and talented instrumentalists. There are no signs of his creative talents abating.” These words rounded off a detailed account of Jon Lord’s musical life that preceded […]

The Australian government is funding a biopic of late AC/DC frontman Bon Scott. According to the NME, the movie is being produced by Lizzie Atkins with Eddie Martin directing. Screen Australia, the government’s film fund, is backing the project. Scott was with the famed Australian rock band from 1974 to 1980, when he died from […]

FANTA – featuring ex-MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman, Japanese celebrities Takamizawa, Nana Tanimura, Ayanocozey and sumo superstar Akebono — have released the video for their debut track вЂFantastic Love’ online. Watch the video below! FANTA is a product of the Coca-Cola company beverage FANTA. With each member’s initials spelling out the soft drink’s name.

Legendary rocker and former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley will release his memoir ‘No Regrets’ on November 1st. The 288 page book, co-authored by Joe Layden, will be published under Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books’s VH1 Books imprint and can be pre-ordered at Amazon.com. Ace Frehley is known worldwide as the legendary original lead guitarist for the […]

‘On Fire’, a brand new song from Christian rockers P.O.D., is available for free download from the band’s official web site. The track is expected to appear on the group’s next album, tentatively due in the spring of 2012. The CD is currently being recorded with longtime producer Howard Benson, who has previously worked with […]

Massachusetts rockers STAIND will release their self-titled seventh album on September 13 via Atlantic Records. Produced by Johnny K – known for his work with 3 DOORS DOWN, DISTURBED, and SEVENDUST, not to mention his Grammy Award-nominated collaboration with STAIND, 2008’s ‘The Illusion Of Progress’. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Aaron Lewis recently described ‘Staind’ as “the heaviest thing […]