‘On Fire’, a brand new song from Christian rockers P.O.D., is available for free download from the band’s official web site. The track is expected to appear on the group’s next album, tentatively due in the spring of 2012. The CD is currently being recorded with longtime producer Howard Benson, who has previously worked with […]

Massachusetts rockers STAIND will release their self-titled seventh album on September 13 via Atlantic Records. Produced by Johnny K – known for his work with 3 DOORS DOWN, DISTURBED, and SEVENDUST, not to mention his Grammy Award-nominated collaboration with STAIND, 2008’s ‘The Illusion Of Progress’. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Aaron Lewis recently described ‘Staind’ as “the heaviest thing […]

Velvet Revolver have an album’s worth of material ready to release, with Slipknot’s Corey Taylor on vocals. But it’s unlikely ever to come out. Blabbermouth report that drummer Matt Sorum has revealed that the band recorded 10 songs with Taylor. “We had 10 songs. We could put the album out tomorrow. It’s done. I said, […]

Former Sex Pistol John Lydon – aka Johnny Rotten – has revealed his home in London burned down two weeks ago. Speaking at the Mojo music awards on Thursday, the 55-year-old blamed a faulty spin dryer for the kitchen fire that decimated the property. “I was in Italy,” he said after accepting an outstanding contribution […]

Veteran Colorado metallers Jag Panzer have split up. The band started in 1981 and released nine studio albums.

The gig is set for 30 September at the Hristo Botev Hall. It’s part of IN FLAMES’s forthcoming European tour in support of the bnrad new studio release ‘Sounds of a Playground Fading’. NOCTIFERIA from Slovenia will support IN FLAMES on all the dates. Promotional tickets for the Sofia concert are sold out and tickets […]

There are strong rumours that Disturbed may be about to split up. These have been even further by the following comment from singer David Draiman on his Twitter account: “We don’t know what we’re doing yet. All I can tell you is that we will be gone for quite a while”.

The man who photographed the cover of Nirvana’s iconic Nevermind album wants to revisit the image and take a shot of the naked baby all grown up. Snapper Kirk Weddle was hired to find a swimming baby and capture him chasing a dollar bill underwater for the cover of the 1991 album. He picked little […]

Amy Winehouse died after suffering an ecstasy overdose, TV producer Danny Panthaki has claimed. The singer passed away at the age of 27В on SaturdayВ (July 23). Her body was found in her flat in Camden, London by police at around 4pm (BST). A drugs overdose has been widely reported as the cause Winehouse’s death, although police […]

Anathema are back with a new album in September. Titled Falling Deeper, it features orchestral arrangements of songs from the band’s early days, when they were hailed as a pioneering metal band. It’s to be released by KScope on September 5. The album features a guest appearance from vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen was produced by […]