Keith Richards could be in trouble with Scottish authorities for smoking throughout the Rolling Stones gig in Edinburgh on Friday.The guitarist flouted new laws banning smoking in public places by lighting up frequently during the show at Hampden Park and the city council says it will investigate the incident.Richards could face a ВЈ50 fine, somehow […]

THE PANIC CHANNEL‘s Dave Navarro (guitar) and Steve Isaacs (vocals) performed “Blue Bruises” unplugged last week on MTV Canada’s “MTV Live” in Toronto, Ontario. Watch the performance at MTV Overdrive.THE PANIC CHANNEL‘s debut album, “(ONe)“, sold more than 8,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. […]

Appropriate to the breakneck pace of the hardcore genre, Rhino has packed 26 songs into its 37-minute soundtrack for the documentary “American Hardcore.” The album will be available digitally Sept. 26 and in stores on Oct. 10; the film opens Sept. 22 in New York and Los Angeles.The soundtrack cherry-picks from regional hardcore staples to […]

Rhino is devoting massive new boxed sets to the careers of the Doors and Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, both of which will arrive in time for the holiday season. First up on Nov. 14 is the Plant box, “Nine Lives,” which includes all nine of his post-Zeppelin solo discs as well as a DVD. […]

Anders Teglund (keyboards and electronics) and Magnus Lindberg (drums) of Sweden’s CULT OF LUNA will put a special song for streaming/downloading on the CULT OF LUNA MySpace profile. The track, which is described by the band as “‘Marching to the Heartbeats‘ in a quite different form,” will be uploaded on Sunday, August 27 at noon […]

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has issued the following update:“I am happy to announce that effective immediately, I will be managed by Rick Sales of Sanctuary Artist Management out of Los Angeles California. From now on, any and all business-related matters should be addressed to Rick Sales. We have a brand new record label, […]

You can see the cover artwork for HAMMERFALL‘s new album, “Threshold” below:Due in the U.S. on October 31 via Nuclear Blast Records (October 23 in Europe, except in Germany, where it will arrive on October 20), the CD will contain the following track listing:01. Threshold02. The Fire Burns Forever03. Rebel Inside04. Natural High05. Dark Wings, […]

Legendary hard rock band UFO has uploaded audio samples of all the tracks that will appear finalized on its new album, “The Monkey Puzzle”, due in Europe on September 25 via SPV Records (one day later in North America). The follow-up to 2004’s “You Are Here” was recorded at Area 51 Studios with producer Tommy […]

A brand new CRADLE OF FILTH track, entitled “Dirge Inferno“, is available for streaming at this location. The song comes off the British extreme metallers’ new album, “Thornography“, due on October 16 via Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2004’s “Nymphetamine“, “Thornography” was recorded at Lincolnshire, England’s Chapel studios with producer Rob Caggiano (BLEEDING THROUGH, ANTHRAX) […]

According to PunkNews.org, MOTГ–RHEAD is among the artists that will be contributing a track each to the soundtrack of “Poultreygeist: Night of The Chicken Dead“, released by infamous shock/b-movie factory Troma. Troma, the legendary studio behind b-movie classics like the “Toxic Avenger” series will be releasing the film in October and it is expected to […]