Finnish metallers AMORAL kicked off their European tour with AMORPHIS and BEFORE THE DAWN last Friday (October 2) at Nosturi in Helsinki. Now you can keep track of their “whereabouts, doings and mischief on the road” by following the AMORAL tour blog at this location. AMORAL’s ‘Year Of The Suckerpunch’ video can be viewed below. […]

Jon Anderson has branded Yes “disrespectful” for going on the road without him. The singer – and longtime Yes stalwart – also insists that despite recent health problems he was fit and able to rejoin the band for their current tour – but they’d made other plans. “The band recruited a guy from a Canadian […]

Singer Mark Sandman coined the phrase “low rock” to describe the sonorous, languid groove he created with the acclaimed Boston band Morphine. Sadly, the band’s time together was cut short in 1999 when Sandman suffered a heart attack in Italy while onstage with Morphine and died on the way to the hospital. A decade later, […]

As previously reported, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has formed a solo band featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, his longtime production collaborators Nigel Godrich and Joey Waronker and multi-instrumentalist Mauro Refosco. The band playedВ two official live showsВ last weekend in Los Angeles’ Orpheum Theatre. Check out the video below. “We don’t really have a name […]

Ivaylo Ranov – Shecky is one of the most persistent and hard-working charachters on the Bulgarian emtal scene. His latest band creationВ is called SHEKY &THE BLOODRAIN and was chosen byВ Loud Concerts to support W.A.S.P. at their Sofia gig on November 17. Shecky is backed by: Stefan Stefanov – guitar, Stoian Radin (The Poison) –bass and […]

Saxon have postponed their European tour because frontman Biff Byford has a throat virus. The vocalist needs at least two weeks’ rest. However, the UK dates with Anvil and Suidakra in November will go ahead as planned. Saxon have also got plans to fully mix the recently unearthed tapes of their performance at the first […]

Slash & Friends played a two hour set on Friday, October 2 in Las Vegas.The impromptu collection of stars gathered in the Bare Pool Lounge at The Mirage Hotel – part of the hotel’s ongoing 20th anniversary celebrations. Joining Slash on stage, in front of audience of just 650, were Velvet Revolver pals Duff McKagan […]

Armored Saint have just started recording their first album since 2000’s Revelation.As yet untitled, it’s being produced by bassist Joey Vera and engineered by Bryan Carlstrom, who worked on the band’s 1991 record Symbol Of Salvation. Songs expected to feature on the album include ‘Black Feet’, ‘Chilled’, ‘Loose Cannon’, ‘Blues’, ‘La Raza’, ‘Head On’, ‘Get […]

John Joseph revealed details on his forthcoming novel ‘Meat Is For Pussies’ in an interview posted on Examiner.com. This is Joseph’s second novel following his autobiography ‘The Evolution Of A Cro-Magnon’ which was released in 2007 and earned him multiple coverage including the cover of the Village Voice. In the article Joseph also reveals other […]

Italian label Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the signing of Hard Rock icons CINDERELLA for the European release on the ‘Live at the Mohegan Sun’ album on November 6th 2009. Featuring the all original line-up of Tom Keifer (vocals, guitar), Eric Brittingham (bass), Jeff LaBar (guitar) and Fred Coury (drums), the show was recorded […]