Albert Hofmann, the pioneering Swiss chemist and advocate of psychedelics who discovered the hallucinogenic properties of LSD, died yesterday at his home in Basel, Switzerland.. He was 102. Hofmann’s most famous discovery LSD happened onВ April 16, 1943.В В  Three days later, on April 19, he ingested 250 milligrams of LSD, embarking on the first full-fledged acid […]

“I think it was a one-off response to a particular situation,” YorkeВ explained the band’s decision last year to letВ fans pay if andВ what they wanted for digital downloads of their album “In Rainbows.” “Yes. It was a one-off in terms of a story. It was one of those things where we were in the position of […]

The yet untitled album of the re-united ExtremeВ is planned for release later this year. The band say they are soonВ going toВ finish the recording.В 

Last week Maynard James Keenan (TOOL, A PERFECT CIRCLE, PUSCIFER) gave a special interview for SuicideGirls.com, where he explained the idea of the title of Puscifer’s new albumВ “V is for Viagra: The Vagina Remixes”: “I, personally, have only done Viagra once,” Maynard revealed. “I took a half a tab and it did nothing. Later that […]

InВ a new interview published online yesterday the former voice of Fear Factory and current leader of Ascension of the Watchers Burton C Bell categorized Joey Jordison’s drumming azВ ‘sloppy’ and called Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno an ‘asshole’ and a ‘dick’. He also dared toВ accuse Ozzy of releasing ‘shitty music’ lately. Currently Ascencion of the Watchers are […]

Legendary Sweden’s music magazine Close-Up has published a list of the top 100 albums in metal, hard rock, hardcore andВ punk released during the past 17 years. Compiled from 23 individual writers’ selections, Close-Up‘s extensive list sees AT THE GATES classic cult album “Slaughter Of The Soul”. Close-Up‘s Top 20 albums 1991-2008: 01. AT THE GATES […]

From today (April 29), the song “Violet Hill” will be available for free dowloadВ for a week at theВ  band’sВ website. The new album “Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends” is due no to June 17 as was previously announced, but to June 12 with global release dates.

Stone Temple Pilots/Velvet RevolverВ frontman Scott Weiland is goingВ to serve 192 hours in jail, after being found guilty of Driving Under the Influence. This follows his arrest last November. He must serveВ the sentence by May 28.

The Wildhearts have released a cover versionВ of Helmet’s ‘Unsung’ . TheВ track will be includedВ in aВ covers album entitled ‘Stop us If you’ve Heard This One Before Vol. 1 planned to be released onВ May 19th. Meanwhile rumors insist that The Wildhearts will take part in this year Dowload festival.

The Swedish rockers Hellacopters decided to explain their decision to record a cover versions album: “If you haven’t noticed yet, our new album, ‘Head Off’, is comprised of songs we didn’t write ourselves. But before you scream, ‘Oh no, a cover album!,’ let’s just clear a few things up. “The idea for this record dates […]