NEWS

14 March 2011

Singer Bryan Adams is set to become a first-time father at the age of 51, according to a U.K. report. The Summer Of ’69 hitmaker has allegedly been in a relationship with his personal assistant, Alicia Grimaldi, and they are expecting a baby together in May, reports Britain’s The Sunday Telegraph. A source tells the […]

14 March 2011

Chickenfoot have a title for their new album. The record, due out later this year, is to be called Chickenfoot IV. According to Blabbermouth, frontman Sammy Hagar had this to say about the choice of title: “We were all like, ‘What are we going to call second record? Well, Chickenfoot II’. And we’re going, ‘We […]

14 March 2011

Iron Maiden were forced to cancel all planned shows in Japan, because of the ongoing problems caused by the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunami. Bassist Steve Harris issued the following statement about the situation “We are extremely saddened by the calamitous events of the last day or so which led to the cancelation or our […]

11 March 2011

MOTГ–RHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister has topped video and DVD charts with his movie 49%, Motherfucker, 51% Son Of A Bitch, and his bandmembers – guitarist Phil Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee – have spoken out for not being more in the film. See the Artisan News video report below:

11 March 2011

Kyle Buchanan of NYmag.com reports that HBO has cast METALLICA drummer LARS ULRICH in Hemingway and Gellhorn, starring Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen. Ulrich will play Dutch documentarian Joris Ivens in the TV movie, which chronicles the stormy marriage between Ernest Hemingway and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn.В  pictured below: Joris Ivens (left) with Ernest Hemingway […]

11 March 2011

The surviving members of Pantera will never play together again, the band’s manager has stated. Rumors have been circulating about the possibility of a one-off appearance by Phil Anselmo, Vinnie Paul and Rex Brown – with Black Label Society mainman Zakk Wylde playing guitar in place of Dimebag Darrell Abbott, who was shot dead on […]

11 March 2011

‘Juggernaut Of Justice’, a brand new song from Canadian heavy metal legends Anvil, is available for free download as part of The End Records’ spring 2011 sampler at this location. “Juggernaut Of Justice” is the title track of Anvil’s new album, due on May 10 via The End Records. The CD was recorded at Dave […]

11 March 2011

Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser will play eight shows with Anthrax in July as a temporary replacement for Scott Ian, whose wife, Pearl Aday, is reportedly expecting the couple’s first baby. The daughter of legendary crooner Meat Loaf, Pearl was named after the infamous Janis Joplin and is the god daughter to Maria Muldaur. In addition, […]

11 March 2011

D.R.I. will be playing for the first time ever in Bulgaria next Tuesday, 15 March. Tangra Mega Rock hook up with vocalist Kurt Brecht on the phone: YOU HAVE SOME VERY SHORT SONGS WITHIN YOUR DISCOGRAPHY, PLEASE TELL US – HOW MANY SONGS IS THE AVERAGE SETLIST OF D.R.I. NOWADAYS? Around thirty five. WHAT IS […]

11 March 2011

For their upcoming shows in 2011, SLIPKNOT has asked Donnie Steele to fill in for the late Paul Gray on bass. Donnie was the original guitar player in Slipknot and had actually reconnected with Paul in recent years. Said the band on their decision, “Donnie was in the band at the very beginning, and rather […]