A memorial to Freddie Mercury will be unveiled in Feltham town centre next month. The Queen singer who lived in the area will be remembered with a Hollywood-style star outside the town centre library. “I am delighted that at last we are honouring Freddie Mercury’s memory and his achievements with a permanent memorial.” Councillor and […]

‘Seven Moons Live’ – the first-ever concert recording together of blues/rock legends Jack Bruce and Robin Trower will be released in the U.S. on October 13. The new CD also features drummer Gary Husband, who’s worked with John McLaughlin and Gary Moore, among others. The new CD was recorded in Nijmegen, Holland, in February of […]

Don Decker, the singer/songwriter of Minneapolis based metal veterans Anal Blast, passed away at 2:17 Sunday morning (October 11th.) He was only forty one years old. Details of his passing are expected to be revealed shortly. Anal Blast was founded in 1994 and recorded two studio albums: 1998’s, ‘Vaginal Vempire’ and 2004’s ‘Battered Bleeding Bitch’ […]

Julian Casablancas has described The Strokes’ new material as sounding like Thin Lizzy meets A-Ha. The New York singer is going it along with solo debut ‘Phrazes For The Young’, but has assured fans that the band’s long-awaited fourth record is not far away. He told XFM: “I’m looking forward to it. We worked on […]

Bill Steer of CARCASS has posted on the MySpace of his side project FIREBIRD the following message: “It is with sadness that we announce the departure of Smok Smoczkiewicz from Firebird. This split has come quite unexpectedly, and is due to personal reasons. “We would like to wish him the very best in all his […]

‘Voice of the Wilderness’ will be officially released on October 20В through Inferno records. The label is based on the small town of Clemront De L’Oise in Picardie, Northern France and signed RAMPART last April: “We’re really proud to announce the new band signed to INFERNO Records ! This time, the band comes from Bulgaria and […]

Evanescence vocalist Amy Lee took to the band’s Myspace this week to update fans on the band’s new album and answer fan questions. Here is what she had to say: I’ve been sitting here reading through so many of these questions and comments… trying to find one I haven’t answered and want to… I guess […]

Mudvayne are back with a self-titled release that will hit stores on December 22, 2009. One could say that this new album is the hardest, but yet most melodic record, Mudvayne has ever created. Alongside the blistering new tunes. Mudvayne have outdone themselves once again with the mind-blowing packaging for the new album. The new […]

The Liverpool fanВ whose attempted murder convictionВ in Bulgaria was freed following a High Court ruling. Michael Shields, 22,В was serving ten years for the attack onВ barman Martin Georgiev (pictured leftВ below)В in Varna, Bulgaria, in 2005, a few days after Liverpool FC’s European Cup Final victory in Istanbul, Turkey. The Michael Shields caseВ is the main thing on Tangra Mega […]

This is ana article in the Spin magazine: “Wait, what year is it? The Soundgarden man sings ‘Hunger Strike’ with EdVed, and the Alice in Chains guitarist shreds on ‘Alive’! It was a grunge rock class reunion Tuesday night in Los Angeles! During the third night of Pearl Jam’s sold-out stand at the Gibson Amphitheater, […]