The leading riff from SLIPKNOT track The Negative One has been named the best of 2014 by readers of Total Guitar magazine. The piece from comeback album .5: The Gray Chapter tops a poll ahead of work by Slash, Mastodon, Royal Blood, Steel Panther and others. Total Guitar say: “The return of Iowa’s finest following […]

On today’s edition of his radio show NECRONOMICON, mighty Dr STIFFENSTEIN will tell us the story of RAKSHASA. It has several reruns during the week – for details check HERE…

One of singer Bryan Ferry’s sons is critically ill in hospital following a car crash, the BBC understands. Merlin Ferry, 24, is believed to have been cut free by firefighters after a collision near the village of Cound, Shropshire on Monday evening. West Midlands Ambulance said the trapped man had suffered a head injury plus […]

Cancer Bats, Kylesa and Ulver are among the bands who’ll appear on a Black Sabbath tribute album. The project is under production via Cleopatra Records. It was revealed by Kylesa, who posted the planned playlist online, saying: “It’s finally happening – Kylesa is interpreting Black Sabbath.” They’ll cover Paranoid, while Cancer Bats are to tackle […]

TWISTED SISTER will be headlining one of the nights of the KAVARNA ROCK 2015. The festival is set to happen on 26, 27 and 28 June in the city of Kavarna on the Black sea coast. Tickets are available via Eventim.bg.  

A Canadian porn actor has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder for killing and dismembering his lover in 2012. Jurors in Montreal rejected Luka Magnotta‘s defence that mental illness meant he was not responsible. Magnotta, now 32, had earlier admitted killing 33-year-old student Jun Lin before his body parts were posted to […]

SAXON drummer Nigel Glockler is making progress every day after emergency brain surgery earlier this month, his wife Gina has said. He was rushed to hospital midway through the NWOBHM giants’ winter UK tour, and later underwent an operation to address an aneurysm. A second procedure took place after the first was unsuccessful. But in […]

 VASKO RAYKOV’s very special ALIEN 2112 radio show will present: A very sepcial CHRISTMAS edition.   ALIEN 2112 kicks off on Thursdays at 4 pm BG time (5 pm CET).  

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has launched a promo for Undertow. It’s lifted from his most recent solo album Inferno which was released earlier this year via Prosthetic. Hear the track below. And Friedman, who now lives in Tokyo, says the video shows the real side of Japan – not the skewed version of the country […]

Sharon Osbourne leaves Christmas dinner down to her daughter-in-law. The 62-year-old star is preparing to spend the festive period with her husband Ozzy and kids Jack, Kelly and Aimee. They will be gathering at Sharon and Ozzy’s home in Los Angeles over the holidays for fun and food, but the red-haired star admits she won’t […]