Buzz Osborne and his experimental metal gang Melvins shall entitle their upcoming full-length studio album “Nude with Boots“. The 11-song follow-up to 2006’s “A Senile Animal” shall surface on July 8 via Mike Patton’s Ipecac Records. Melvins – “Queen“

Rapper Mos Def (on the photo) will play legendary rock’n’roller Chuck Berry in “Cadillac Records“, which is filming in New Jersey. Beyonce is starring as Etta James in the film, which chronicles the rise of legendary label Chess Records. The movie also features such characters as Chess co-founder Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody), Muddy Waters (Jeffrey […]

Swedish metal avantgardists Opeth have revealed the front cover artwork for their upcoming studio album (view it in the left). As already known, the CD shall be entitled “Watershed” and shall surface on June 2 via Roadrunner Records, featuring following tracks: 1. Coil2. Heir Apparent3. The Lotus Eater4. Burden5. Porcelain Heart6. Hessian Peel7. Hex Omega […]

Australian rock icon Nick Cave (The Bad Seeds, ex-The Birthday Party, The Boys Next Door) was awarded an honorary PhD from his old university. Cave attended Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, in 1977 and 1978, studying for a diploma in Fine Art, but left his course to pursue his musical career. The university’s vice-chancellor, Professor […]

Tom Petty has finished recording an album with his original band Mudcrutch, which he fronted in the early 70’s before forming The Heartbreakers. The group consists of guitarists Tom Leadon and Mike Campbell, drummer Randall Marsh, and future Heartbreakers’ keyboardist Benmont Tench. Although Mudcrutch had gained a solid fanbase in their home state of Florida, […]

The next edition of the Fracture weekly metal show on MM TV shall feature interviews with Vassil Varbanov of Tangra Mega Rock and Emil Separevski of the Gorgon Gothic Shop in Sofia, as well as videos by Hocico, Suicide Silence, Linea 77, Eluveitie, Rage, Firewind, Eufobia, Hellyeah, M3, Europe, 3 Inches of Blood, Pantera and […]

Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan of System of a Down have posted online a track recorded with their current project Scars on Broadway. The song is called “They Say” and can be listened to at scarsonbroadway.com.

After conquering the Tuborg Top 40 Mega Rock Chart with their new song “Rolling Spawns”, Bulgaria’s metal masters Fyeld are ready to present the video for it. This shall happen next Friday,В April 11, with aВ free live showВ at Sofia’sВ The Club. The band’s second full-length album, entitled “Not Blond Enough to Survive the Holocaust”, shall surface in […]

The entire European tour by Onslaught and Carnal Forge has been “postponed due to bad promotion”, announced The Other Side. No further info is available yet…

Radiohead are to start working on new material with producer Nigel Godrich soon. Bassist Colin Greenwood confirmed that the band had booked studio time, but didn’t elaborate on how far they are down the creative process. Besides, the group is rehearsing 70 songs for its forthcoming world tour. Radiohead – “Karma Police” (live)