U.S. “ambient punk” rockers Deerhunter have revealed they’ll be touring the States with Nine Inch Nails this summer. Afterwards, on October 28, the band shall release it’s new album. The follow-up to 2006’s “Cryptograms” was recorded at Rare Book Studios in Brooklyn and will be called “Microcastle“. Deerhunter – “Lake Somerset“

OnВ July 15, 2008 the Funkiss Club in Sofia, Bulgaria shall host the birthday party of Let Them Die’s vocalistВ Simona. The event shall feature live sets by Shoot2Kill, Avril in Blood, S.W.A.F.I.В and Let Them Die.

Professionally filmed video footage of the Finnish cello metal quartet Apocalyptica performing a rendition of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” on June 29, 2008 at the Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium can be viewed below. Yesterday we offered you video footage of parts of the sets by Judas Priest and Testament at Graspop, and here’s a […]

Fan-filmed video footage of the legendary Chicago doomsters Trouble performing the song “At the End of My Daze” with new singer Kory Clarke (of Warrior Soul fame) on July 9, 2008 at Slim’s in San Francisco, California can be viewed below. If you like what you see and hear, you may get some professionally recorded […]

The Florida clothing company Back-Lite that affixed the Red Hot Chili Peppers logo to a jacket has been sued by the merchandising company Bravada International, which owns the rights to the logo, as well as logos of Guns N’ Roses, Led Zeppelin and more. The suit is for $11 million dollars, after Back-Lite used the […]

Dozens of professional live photos of the recent Bulgarian shows by Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper, Slayer, Manowar, In Flames and many, many more can be seen at photo.arrakis-studio.net. All pictures are courtesy of Victor Alexandrov. Rhino (Manowar, HolyHell)В & Victor Alexandrov

The cult British label 4AD (a.o. Dead Can Dance, The Birthday Party, Cocteau Twins, Bauhaus, This Mortal Coil) has signed the band Department of Eagles. The word goes about a project featuring three members of Brooklyn’s experimental act Grizzly Bear (Daniel Rossen, Chris Bear and Chris Taylor),В plus frontman Fred Nicolaus. The group’s first issue for […]

After we offered you a live report of the Graspop Metal Meeting 2008В and showed you part of Judas Priest’s set, now it’s time to see what Testament did at the Belgian festival on June 27. Here’s how Chuck Billy & Co. performed “Into the Pit“: Testament – “Into the Pit” (live 2008)

A lost album Jimi Hendrix recorded with Stephen Stills has been discovered more than 30 years after it was created. Stills recently found the recording among a stack of material he taped during the 70’s, and is due to be released by his Crosby, Stills and Nash bandmate Graham Nash. The lost Jimi Hendrix album […]

The video for “Love Is Noise” – the debut single off The Verve‘s comeback album – is available for watching below. As for the follow-up to 1997’s “Urban Hymns”, it was already revealed that its title shall be “Forth“. The Verve – “Love Is Noise“