Officials say a metal homage to the late punk legend Joey Ramone may be New York City’s most-stolen street sign. The Department of Transportation recently had the ‘Joey Ramone Place’ sign reinstalled in lower Manhattan for the fourth time since 2003. This time, it was raised 8 eight feet to curb temptation. The New York […]

EPICA recorded a new song called ‘This Is The Time’ that shows the band from a whole new, more calm and balladic side. This song and the profit of the income goes out to the WFF organization, who will use it for projects in the Amazon. The digital release of the song is set for […]

Norwegian black metallers are Tangra Mega Rock’s current Band of the Week. They are in the middle of their tour as special guests ofВ KORN with five more shows to go (1 in Belgium plus four in Germany). Ivaylo Alexandrov is pretty positive aboutВ ‘Abrahadabra’ -В DIMMU BORGIR’s brand new studio album. „When something works, don’t change it!” […]

A German musician who wanted to break a world record and promote his new CD gave concerts in eight countries this weekend — all in 24 hours. Vicente Patiz, 34, first performed in the northwestern German city of Oberhausen on Saturday and then drove more than 1,000 km (600 miles) to give more concerts in […]

LIMP BIZKIT’s manager has told TMZ.com that the band was forced to cancel last night’s show in Oslo, Norway after the group’s drummer, John Otto, was diagnosed with pneumonia. Otto is currently undergoing a series of tests to determine the seriousness of his condition. Earlier in the year, LIMP BIZKIT cancelled its planned U.S. summer […]

Ex-Warrant vocalist Jani Lane has hit the road with Great White, filling in for Jack Russell while he recovers from surgery. Russell is taking it easy ahead of another operation, after suffering a perforated bowel recently. According to Blabbermouth.com, Russell said, “I’ve felt better, but I’ve felt a hell of a lot worse. Nothing is […]

Veteran German thrashers Sodom have completed work on their new album, ‘In War And Pieces’, for a November 23, 2010 release (one day earlier internationally) via Spv/Steamhammer. The CD was produced by Waldemar Sorychta, who has previously worked with Tiamat, Moonspell, Lacuna Coil and Sentenced, among many others. The cover artwork (see below) was created […]

According to a posting on Katatonia’s Facebook page, the two guitars that were stolen while the Swedish band was performing on September 18, 2010 at Station 4 in St. Paul, Minnesota have been turned in to the police. The group states, “We won’t get into the murky ugly details right now as the priority was […]

Mr. Big have begun tracking their new studio album in Los Angeles, the first to feature all four original members since Hey Man in 1995. The band is working with producer Kevin “The Caveman” Shirley, who oversaw the formation and recording of Black Country Communion, the super group featuring Joe Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes, Derek Sherinian […]

An American telephone engineer has been awarded an unusual culinary prize for his performance at the World Karaoke Championships in Moscow. Edward Pimentel won one million Russian dumplings after being voted the audience’s favourite at the contest. The organisers said that even if Mr Pimentel eats a 100 dumplings a day, the supply should last […]