We’ve been waiting for PJ Harvey to share some more goodness from her forthcoming LP Let England Shake, the follow-up to 2007’s White Chalk, and today our wish has been granted in triplicate, with three new tracks available for listening. The world music angle of first album tease Written On The Forehead was a bit […]

An unreleased Phil Lynott track has appeared online on the 25th anniversary of the Thin Lizzy star’s death. The Story of My Life, available below, features Snowy White on guitar and was recorded during 1981 sessions which spawned the unsuccessful single Trouble Boys. At the time band members weren’t clear on whether they were recording […]

Metal fans will recognize Scott Ian as the guitarist from the legendary band Anthrax and comics fans will recognize him as the writer of last year’s LOBO: HIGHWAY TO HELL. Between releasing “Ironiclast”, the debut album of his newest band, The Damned Things (which features members of Anthrax, Fall Out Boy and Every Time I […]

GZR, the band featuring bassist Geezer Butler, appear to be back in some sort of action. Six years after the release of their last album, 2005’s Ohmwork, GZR are involved in writing new material.В  Where this leads, though, remains to be seen. It is known that drummer Chad Smith (not the Red Hot Chili Peppers […]

Def Leppard tribute band Pyromania have placed an advert looking for a one-armed drummer. According to a picture posted on Stereogum.com, the Texas band are looking to replicate the exact look of the British metallers and have placed an advert that begins with the words: “Seeking one-armed drummer (No prosthetics)!” The advert (pictured below) also […]

Record producer Pat Moran, who had worked with Robert Plant, Lou Gramm and Big Country, has died, according to ClassicRockMagazine.com. Moran passed away after a decades-long battle with a debilitating disease. Moran worked as a producer and engineer on many high-profile recordings. His rГ©sumГ© includes: Robert Plant’s Pictures at Eleven and Principal of Moments, Lou […]

‘Dead To Rights’, the first single from Devildriver’s forthcoming fifth album, ‘Beast’, is available for free download at RoadrunnerRecords.com (free e-mail sign-up required)В at this location. “‘Beast’ is an attack from start to finish and ‘Dead To Rights’ is just the beginning of the onslaught!” states Devildriver frontman Dez Fafara. “The song itself is directly about […]

Heaven and Hell singer Ronnie James Dio would still be alive today if he’d had a medical check-up while his bandmates had theirs, says friend and bandmate Geezer Butler. Dio died of cancer in May last year after a six-month battle against the disease. But Butler says the frontman had stage-four stomach cancer by the […]

Apocalyptica have been forced to pay Rammstein €45,000 (ВЈ38,000) after admitting in court to copyright infringement. The complaint stemmed from the advertising campaign for Apocalyptica’s 2007 album ‘Worlds Collide’, on which Rammstein’s Till Lindemann was one of the guest vocalists. The CD was sold with a sticker across its cover that said it featured “Rammstein” […]

The remaining members of Paramore are wasting no time moving forward after losing their drummer and guitarist, brothers Josh and Zac Farro, who quit the band last month. The band has confirmed that guitarist Taylor York’s brother Justin will fill in on guitar and rock veteran Josh Freese will step in on drums. Justin York […]