Launch Radio Networks reports: A celebration planned for this weekend in Zanzibar to honor native son Freddie Mercury has been called off due to religious protests. The population of the Tanzanian islands off the East Coast of Africa is primarily Islamic, and conservative Muslims threatened to disrupt the event, which would have marked the 60th […]

Brian May is apparently at the end of his rag (not rug) with news he’s discovered three bogus Brian Mays on MySpace.According to www.musictowers.com, Brian is threatening to get handy with his dukes with these impersonators, who even have the audacity to write blogs assuming the character of Brian May.Anyway, May apparently wrote: “It seems […]

Atlanta’s MASTODON has made its entire new album, “Blood Mountain“, available for streaming via its MySpace page.“Blood Mountain” is scheduled for release on September 12 via Warner Bros. Records. A video for the song “The Wolf is Loose” can be viewed by clicking here. The clip was shot on August 12 with director Jonathan Rej […]

Defunct Swedish grindcore merchants NASUM have uploaded video footage of two complete live shows from the band’s very first tour.According to former NASUM drummer Anders Jakobson, Rob of Loudnet.tv “shot these videos back in 1999 at CBGBs in New York and Melody Bar in New Brunswick, and they bring back a lot of memories. The […]

MJI Interactive reports: WOLFMOTHER have won over lots of new fans this year, but apparently Mike Patton isn’t one of them. “Are you hearing this shit?” the former FAITH NO MORE singer exclaimed while listening to the band during an interview held backstage at this year’s Lollapalooza festival. “Forgive me, but WOLFMOTHER, you suck! Enough […]

A new KOLDBORN track, entitled “Lord of Stupidity“, has been made available for download at this location. The song comes off the Danish death metal band’s new album, “The Uncanny Valley“, due on October 16 via Listenable Records.The follow-up to 2002’s “First Enslavement“, “The Uncanny Valley” was recorded in August 2005 and mixed in January […]

According to Rockdetector.com, Swedish melodic hard rockers BALTIMOORE are currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on their tenth album, to be titled “X“, which is due for release in October. The album will be issued via BLP Music, the label set up by BALTIMOORE vocalist/band leader BjГ¶rn Lodin, which saw the band’s latest […]

AVENGED SEVENFOLD won the “Best New Artist In A Video” award for their “Bat Country” clip at the the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, which were held Thursday (August 31) at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. A complete list of the winners is as follows:Video of the Year: Panic! At the […]

According to a posting on KISS‘ official web site, KissOnline.com, Hallmark has a new line of greeting/sound cards that include original recordings by KISS. This new collection, available exclusively at Hallmark Gold Crown stores, features CD-quality original recordings by more than 100 original music artists including the legendary KISS. Their song, “Rock and Roll All […]

MOTГ–RHEAD‘s “Kiss Of Death” has entered the Swedish album chart at position No. 13. This marks the highest chart position in Sweden in the legendary band’s career spanning 31 years. The album is also expected to mark a great impact on the album chart in Norway, where a recent MOTГ–RHEAD resurgence has lead to twice […]