We successfully accomplished theВ MEGADETH band of the Week mission last week and now we can start talking on how good or how bad is this brand new studio release – ‘TH1RT3EN’.В В  “For the superstitious 13 is a number that brings bad luck, but Megadeth leader Dave Mustaine has more than enough reasons to embrace its […]

Gene Simmons was in London last week hosting the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour Awards, and the KISS bassist also gave a lecture at the London Business School. Gene did lots of press interviews to spread his name/brand around, and spoke with Music-News.com about his London trip, his passion for British rock, and why he […]

Iggy Pop, legendary frontman of the Stooges, Bowie collaborator, and musician, is to be the face of Paco Rabanne‘s new fragrances called Black XS L’ExcГЁs. We understand that the line includes two scents, one aimed at men, and the other at women, with advertisements due to debut in France in January of 2012. This is […]

UK-based black metal misfits CRADLE OF FILTH have brought back their controversial Jesus Is A Cunt shirts, which have landed some fans in hot water with the general public and in court over the years. Go to the band’s official webshop here to purchase and take your chances.

Max Cavalera is currently working on his autobiography, with BritishВ journalist and writerВ Joel McIver. It will be published next year. The best-known of McIver’s 20 books to date is the bestselling Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica, first published in 2004 and selling close to 50,000 copies in nine languages since then. McIver’s other works […]

A couple of days after the big Autumn concert of radio Tangra Mega Rock at theВ ‘Рђrena Armeec Sofia’ (live reporty isВ available here),В we finally managed to put all the pictures of Bulgaria’s top rock photographer ELENA NENKOVA on this website. You can check them as follows: AMORPHISLeprous & NaHemaHAMORPHIS meet & greetAMORPHIS РІ студиото РЅР° Тангра […]

Metallica will headline the Download Festival in England next June. According to BBC News, drummer Lars Ulrich broke the news to BBC Radio 1 DJ, Zane Lowe. “In hard rock history, there’s no more sacred place to play than Donington. It’s the coolest,” he said. Ulrich and cohorts will play ‘The Black Album’ in full, […]

Actor James Earl Jones has received an honorary Oscar on the London stage, to the surprise of his matinee audience. Jones, currently starring opposite Vanessa Redgrave in Driving Miss Daisy – said he was “plain gobsmacked” as he accepted the award. The 80-year-old was presented with his Oscar on stage by Sir Ben Kingsley. Jones, […]

SEPULTURA has announced the addition of drummer Eloy Casagrande, replacing Jean Dolabella as the band’s full-time percussionist. The 20-year-old drum prodigy from Sao Paulo, Brazil, who won the Modern Drummer Undiscovered Drummer Contest as a teenager in 2006, is more than eager to begin his career with the veteran metal icon. “When I got the […]

German heavy metal legends ACCEPT have confirmed the title of their new album and second to feature singer Mark Tornillo. Stalingrad will be released by Nuclear Blast in April. The band are currently at guitarist Wolf Hoffman’s Nashville studios recording the album with British producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS), who also worked on the band’s […]