One complaint: that’s all it takes to get a song censored on Canada’s broadcast airwaves. Dire Straits’ ‘Money For Nothing’ will be getting the censor’s treatment from now on, or not played at all, after a decision by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. The QMI Agency reports that, after a complaint from a listener to […]

Social Distortion are to release their new album on January 17 – but you can hear it right now. The album, titled Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes, is released by Epitaph. But if you want to hear it in advance HERE.

Amplifier are regarded as one of the brightest and most ambitious prog bands on the scene. The Manchester trio are about to release their most challenging album to date – The Octopus on January 31 through their own label, AmpCorp. A double CD (also to be available as a triple vinyl LP), this has taken […]

Loud concerts СЃ РіРѕСЂРґРѕСЃС‚ съобщават, че билетите Р·Р° предстоящия концерт РЅР° германските хеви метъл герои са свършили напълно! Ето Рё цитат РѕС‚ официалното съобщение РЅР° фирмата: “Точно десет РґРЅРё преди РґР° СЃРµ Рµ състоял, РїСЉСЂРІРёСЏС‚ голям метъл концерт Р·Р° 2011 предизвика истинска истерия сред феновете РЅР° тежката РјСѓР·РёРєР°.” Поради РѕРіСЂРѕРјРЅРёСЏ интерес, организаторите обявяват втори концерт РЅР° HELLOWEEN, […]

Drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, TRANSATLANTIC), guitarist Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE, DIXIE DREGS), multi-instrumentalist Neal Morse (TRANSATLANTIC, SPOCK’S BEARD), bassist Dave LaRue (DIXIE DREGS) and vocalist Casey McPherson (ALPHA REV, ENDOCHINE) have joined forces in a brand new project. The as-yet-unnamed band recently entered the studio to begin work on a new album, due later […]

DRAGONFORCEВ bass playerВ FrГ©dГ©ric Leclercq will play with SABATON – but only for their World War Tour 2011. SABATON explain the situation as follows: “Our old friend and companion from the band DRAGONFORCE will take over on guitars from Rikard during the upcoming World War Tour in Europe. This is since Rikard has decided to multiply himself […]

Over New Year’s ‘D-A-D Leaks’ has come in possession of a surveillance tape from a German recording studio. Apparently revealing all four band members of D-A-D in some sort of recording session. The quality is referred to as rough, but experts agree that the recording appears to be very recent, and that the composition performed […]

When Aussie pop Queen Kylie Minogue asked indie rockers Primal Scream to work on an album with her they turned the prolific hitmaker down. According to Britain’s Daily Express, Kylie met up with Bobby Gillespie and Co. after a gig in Australia and approached them about collaborating. Gillespie, however, turned her down, explaining to Q […]

The demands from the Greek fans have been answered and MANOWAR will be heading to Thessaloniki to bring TRUE metal to Greece on March 18, 2011 at the Principal Club Theater!В After confirming shows in the UK and in the USA, now it’s time for Continental Europe to witness the raw power of a live performance […]

KISS have never been shy of investigating and seizing marketing opportunities, from condoms to coffins, and soon fans will be able to adorn their gardens with little gnome versions of the Starchild, the Demon, the Spaceman and the Catman. KISS offered a sneak peek of the gnome designs on their official website this week. The […]