Lamb of God have what promises to be an excellent album coming out at the end of this month. But it looks like an album and tour are the least of vocalist Randy Blythe’s concerns now that he’s announced his presidential candidacy. We’ll let Randy take it away … “It’s 2012 now, the year some […]

Legendary Polish metallers BEHEMOTH will play on the first day – 2 June – of the brand new and long-awaited festival wich is to be held in the Park of Terminal 2 of Sofia Airport.В  The bill of LOUD FESTIVAL 2012 will be announced shortly, but we already haveВ start BEHEMOTH and legendaryВ W.A.S.P. on the first […]

EVERY TIME I DIE has announced that their new album is titled ‘Ex Lives,’ and that the effort will hit stores on March 6th via Epitaph Records. Additionally, the band has debuted their first offering from the release, a song (and video) titled ‘Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space.’ Have a listen below. The ‘Ex Lives’ […]

BONNIE RAITT will release her first album in seven years and it’s called Slipstream. USA Today is reporting that the renowned blues singer and guitarist has been taking a break for the past few years after losing her parents, brother and best friend. “I took a hiatus from touring and recording to get back in […]

Sofia’s math-rock heroes MР•NTAL ARCHITECTS – winners of the first local Jack Daniel’s Battle of The BandsВ contest backin 2008В are now working on their nextВ record with Aaron Harris (ex-ISIS). The album is going to be calledВ  ‘Celebrations’ and here’s the statment from the band: “We’ve just released the first “behind-the-scenes” footage of the making. It will […]

According to HeraldTribune.com, guitar player Larry “Rhino” Reinhardt, a Bradenton native who founded CAPTAIN BEYOND, died from a respiratory infection Monday at Manatee Memorial Hospital. He was 63. “He was one of the true American classic rock guitar players, like Michael Monarch of STEPPENWOLF and Mark Farner of GRAND FUNK RAILROAD,” said publicist Billy James […]

Stanislav Vassilev – Staffa of Bulgarian death metallers THE REVENGE PROJECT is now readyВ with his debut solo album. It’s called ‘Prima Vista’ and the music is pretty close to the vibe ofВ Staffa’s previous bandВ KARTZER. A number of guest musicians from THE REVENGE PROJECT,В  ACT OF GROTESQUE, LORA, G.R.A.S., FANDANGO, THE POMORIANS and more play on […]

According to a recent studio report featured in the February 2012 issue of Decibel; Converge are planning to title their forthcoming album ‘All We Love We Leave Behind’. The group will soon begin recording the outing with tentative plans for a late spring/early summer release date via Epitaph. (The pic below is a recent shirt […]

Audio Fidelity will issue DIO’s classic debut album Holy Diver as a 24 karat gold limited edition CD. The CD contains a two-page spread copy of the photo-montage LP liner with images from both RAINBOW and BLACK SABBATH days that was included in the original vinyl release. Leaving Black Sabbath to create a new group […]

Guns N’ Roses’ Ron Thal – a.k.a. Bumblefoot – has a holiday gift for you. It is a studio recording of ‘The Pink Panther Theme.’ It’s a tune GN’R performed on the band’s 2009-11 tours. You can learn guitar from this also. Via Bumblefoot’s website you can get a “Player Pack” that has “a transcription […]