Megadeth has finally announced the name ofВ  their forthcoming release. The name of the album is TH1RT3EN, which is an excellent choice since this is the band’s thirteenth studio album. Dave Mustaine spoke briefly to Rolling Stone about the album’s title. “I was born on September 13th; this is my thirteenth record. It just seemed […]

Looks like the speculation was dead on, as Alternative Press has confirmed that Gallows has added Alexisonfire guitarist/vocalist Wade MacNeil to their line-up on vocals. MacNeil replaces Frank Carter, who left the group last month. Describing the process of joining Gallows, MacNeil tells AP: “After the boys decided they were going to keep going, my […]

Whenever the Foo Fighters hit the stage, you know it’s gonna rock. And rock they did last weekend at Lollapalooza in Chicago, playing a 2-hour set in almost constant rain to about 90,000 fans. The Foos closed out the weekend spectacle, which featured three days of music in the Windy City. Now, you can sit […]

Irish rockers The Answer will release their latest studio album on October 3 via Spinefarm Records/Universal. Titled Revival and produced by the Grammy-nominated Chris ‘Frenchie’ Smith, with mixing handled by Chris Sheldon, this is the third studio album released by the Downpatrick quartet since first coming together a decade ago. The initial run of the […]

Former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord has posted the following message: “I would like all my friends, followers, fans and fellow travelers to know that I am fighting cancer and will therefore be taking a break from performing while getting the treatment and cure. I shall of course be continuing to write music – in […]

Bjork’s ambitious iPad album Biophilia arrives September 27, but the Icelandic singer has already been releasing tunes, along with a series of apps. The latest is ‘Virus,’ which you can hear below. Compared to the previously leaked ‘Crystalline’ and ‘Cosmogony,’ this is the most intimate song yet. As lyrics like “I see protein transmutate / […]

Green Day have been voted the best punk band of all time, ahead of genre stalwarts like the Clash, the Ramones and the Sex Pistols. But Rolling Stone, who ran the poll, admit the result was almost certainly skewed because the US three-piece’s official website and leading fan club site both asked people to vote […]

According to KSAT.com, AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton recently underwent a radical medical procedure after his tongue-base cancer came back and extended into his voice box. Five years ago, Hamilton underwent chemotherapy and radiation for the cancer, and agreed to be the first person treated by Dr. Steven Zeitels with the green-light KTP laser. The risk, […]

The Bangles will release the guitar-driven Sweetheart of the Sun, their first new album in eight years, on September 13. The album aims to celebrate the love of rock’s golden age that originally drew the band members together, balanced with their trademark vocal harmonies.В  Guitarist/vocalist Vicki Peterson says the album is inspired by California. “As […]

John Martyn was a pioneering British singer-guitarist who released 20 albums and worked with everyone from Eric Clapton to Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour before passing away in 2009 from pneumonia. On a new album Johnny Boy Would Love This…A Tribute to John Martyn (out August 16), the late musician will get the full-blown tribute treatment: […]