On Friday, May 11, veteran shock rocker Alice Cooper presented the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award to Chris Cornell at the third annual MusiCares Map Fund Benefit concert, which took place at the Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre in Hollywood, California. The former singer of Audioslave, Soundgarden and Temple of the Dog, who went through rehab […]

Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour), Dave Lombardo (Slayer; on the photo with Mikko Siren and Perttu Kivilaakso), Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil), Joseph Duplantier (Gojira) and Japanese composer Tomoyasu Hotei are among the confirmed musicians who have recorded guest appearances on the upcoming Apocalyptica album. The CD, produced by Jacob Hellner (Rammstein, Clawfinger), shall be released […]

From now on you can stream the entire new Paradise Lost album, “In Requiem” (view cover in the left), at the band’s official MySpace profile. Note that the tracks off the CD shall be available for a week only, which means you’ve got time till next Friday. In other news, the British gothic metal godfathers […]

Swedish symphonic metallers Therion have decided to part ways with their current vocalist Mats LevГ©n after their performance at the Wacken Open Air in early August. Mastermind Christofer Johnsson has already taken the decision who’s going to be Therion’s next frontman. The honour shall be given to Thomas VikstrГ¶m (Talk of the Town, ex-Candlemass). According […]

New York hardcore beasts Madball are finishing up the recordings for their upcoming album at Planet Z Studios in Massachusetts with producer Zeuss (worked with a.o. Hatebreed, Shadows Fall, Throwdown). Entitled “Infiltrate the System”, the CD is scheduled to surface sometime during the autumn via Ferret Music.

Nuclear Blast have launched a special website dedicated to the current activities of Nightwish. You can check it out HERE. The final details about the future activities of Finland’s metal superstars are as follows: A new single, entitled “Eva”, shall be available for download on May 30. That’s when the name of the band’s new […]

German heavy metal veterans Helloween entered singer Andi Deris’ Mi Sueno Studios in Tenerife, Spain today, May 11, to begin recoding their next full-length album. The CD, due to be produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (Blind Guardian, Saxon), is scheduled to appear on Halloween, October 31, followed by a European tour starting in mid-November.

Velvet Revolver shall release an EP entitled “Harmony and the Tyranny” in the beginning of June. The effort will contain two tracks from the band’s upcoming studio album, “Libertad” (view cover in the left), plus a cover version of Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer” and a video documentary about the making of “Libertad”, which, on the […]

Original Sex Pistols bass player Glen Matlock (on the photo), also known for recording stuff with Iggy Pop, The Damned, The Rich Kids, The Philistines and The Flying Padovani’s, has joined forces with Blondie drummer Clem Burke in a new project called Slinky Vagabond. The band will make its live debut at The Filmore in […]

Irish Grammy Award winning singer and multi-instrumentalist Van Morrison has been confirmed as the special guest for the opening nights of The Rolling Stones Summer Tour. The legendary artist will play on the first two nights, respectively on June 5 in Belgium and June 8 in Holland. Further guest artists for the remaining Rolling Stones […]