‘Diary Of A Mad Band’, the long-awaited new CD+DVD from DOWN will be released in the U.S. on October 5 via Down Records/ADA. The set will feature footage of DOWN members “tearing up Europe” — literally and figuratively — on their first European tour. This special CD+DVD collection contains over 130 minutes of live video […]

Opeth mainman Mikael Akerfeldt has exclusively told Classic Rock that his long-mooted project with Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree is now well under way. “I got together recently with Steven at his house, and we wrote a new tune straight away,” says Akerfeldt. “Of course, with the two of us involved it was 10 minutes […]

Dio are to have their first release since the death of Ronnie James Dio in May.It’s a double live CD titled Dio At Donington UK: Live in 1983 & 1987. To be released by Niji Entertainment Group, this is due out on November 9. They feature the band’s two appearancesd at the Monsters Of Rock […]

ANZIG’s new video for the track ‘On A Wicked Night’ can be viewed below. The song is pulled off of Danzig’s new studio album, Deth Red Sabaoth and was shot on location in early June at the infamous BatCave in the Hollywood Hills. Vote forВ ‘On A Wicked Night’В in ourВ Tuborg Top 40 Mega Rock Chart -В RIGHT […]

IRON MAIDEN have issued the following update: “Adrian Smith has recently been in collaboration with old friend Dave ‘Bucket’ Colwell, a musician who’s versatile career has led him from his early days alongside Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith in the A.S.A.P project of the late 1980s via a 14 year tenure with BAD COMPANY, to his […]

Jane’s Addiction said Monday it has parted ways with its latest bass player, former Guns N’ Roses member Duff McKagan, five months after announcing his addition to the oft-vacated post. McKagan, 46, performed a few concerts with the band, and worked on new material for its first album in seven years, but musical differences cut […]

If you’re a singer, you should be following Claudia Friedlander’s blog. The classically-trained, New York-based voice teacher provides sage advice not only for singers for all types, but also for musicians and people in general. Although at least one of her students sings metal, Friedlander knows virtually nothing about it. I wondered what she would […]

No big surprise there, seeing as Brian Molko and Nasso Ruskov are sort of chummy from way back in 2003, when Nasso and Ivo’s then new band – Imbeciles – opened Placebo’s first ever show in Bulgaria. After the Imbeciles moved to London they supported Placebo on their short 2004 UK tour, playing two nights […]

The legendary hip-hop outfit will play for the first time in Bulgaria at Sofia’s Hristo Botev hall. Tickets will go on sale on Monday, 6 September via Ticketstream.bg. Presale price will be 40 BGN (20 Euro), to increase to 45 BGN the week before the show and toВ 50 BGN at the door.

Korn’s video for the song ‘Let The Guilt Go’ can be viewed below. The track comes off the band’s new album, ‘Korn Iii – Remember Who You Are’, which sold 63,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 2 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band’s […]