On January 31st, Leonard Cohen returns with ‘Old Ideas’, his first album in almost seven years. We’ve already had our first listen with ‘Show Me the Place’, and now comes our second with ‘Darkness’. Classic Cohen, you might say, with a lurching crawl that’s both gloomy and menacing. Not exactly as dark as, say, Tom […]

Since early 2011, there’s been plenty of talk about a star-studded Ronnie James Dio tribute album. Well, it looks like 2012 will be the year it finally arrives. And the list of artists lined up to honor the late solo singer and onetime Black Sabbath and Rainbow frontman is quite impressive: Rob Halford (Judas Priest), […]

Prong are putting the final touches on their Long Branch Records debut with producer Steve Evetts.В  Says guitarist, vocalist and Prong founder Tommy Victor of the making of the album: “It was hardest I’ve ever worked in the studio on any record I’ve ever been involved with.” ProngВ (whose lineup includes bassist Tony Campos and drummer […]

The first music video from VAN HALEN’s new album, ‘A Different Kind Of Truth’, called ‘Tattoo’, can be seen below. The deluxe-edition version of ‘A Different Kind Of Truth’ will contain a bonus DVD featuring four brand new acoustic-performance videos titled ‘The Downtown Sessions’ including the songs ‘Panama’, ‘You And Your Blues’, ‘You Really Got […]

This just in from our friends at Gorgon: “We’re happy to announce the first ever Fetish Ball in Sofia, which will take place in the fabulously utopian ‘Four Rooms’ venue on January 28.” Looks like we’ll be getting the whole latex corset/stilleto/bondage/whip/body suspension/sex toys/tattoo experience then. Woohoo! “This will be one for true fetish people, […]

BLACK SABBATH earlier issued the following official statement: “With the news that Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, his bandmates would like everyone to send positive vibes to the guitarist at this time. Iommi is currently working with his doctors to establish the best treatment plan – the […]

Swiss folk metal horde ELUVEITIE have released a lyric video for the new song ‘Meet The Enemy’, giving fans the full historical background on the track which will be found on the band’s upcoming album, Helvetios, due to be released on February 10th via Nuclear Blast. Check it out below:

City of Fire, the heavy rock band featuring Fear Factory’s Burton C. Bell and Byron Stroud, have released the first track from their forthcoming sophomore album, Trial Through Fire. The song, ‘Bad Motivator,’ was unveiled on the band’s Facebook page over the weekend, after earlier being sent out to fans who helped fund the album’s […]

Faith No More’s multitalented and eccentric vocalist Mike Patton is scoring the upcoming film ‘The Place Beyond the Pines.’ The movie, written and directed by Derek Cianfrance (‘Blue Valentine’), stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes and Ray Liotta. ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’ is about a professional motorcyclist (Gosling) who becomes a bank robber, […]

‘She Smells So Nice’ was recently discovered while reviewing the session tapes for the band’s upcoming 40th Anniversary reissue of ‘L.A. Woman.’ Keyboardist Ray Manzarek says he had forgotten all about the bluesy track from the 1971 sessions. “I didn’t even know it existed,” Ray tells Complex. “It was a surprise to all of us. […]