Exodus, Overkill (on the photo), 3 Inches of Blood and Bulgaria’s Last Hope are the four bands scheduled to perform at this year’s edition of the Thrash ’til Death FestivalВ in Kavarna, Bulgaria. The event is scheduled to take place on August 13, 2008 at the Kaliakra Stadium, with tickets going on sale today via Ticketstream.bg […]

The drum skin used on the cover of The Beatles‘ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album has sold for $1,07 million at auction in London, the BBC reports. The drum, which was handmade by a circus sign painter for the cover of the 1967 album, was up for auction alongside John Lennon‘s lyrics for […]

Freakshow – the new project featuring Cinderella guitarist Jeff LaBar, Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali, and Miss Crazy vocalist Markus Allen Christopher – have started working on their debut album. A release should be expected later in the year… Watch out for more news about Frekashow on myspace.com/freakshowrox.

A decade and a half after releasing its previous album, Guns N’ Roses will finally put out new music in September. Of course we’re not talking about the mythical album “Chinese Democracy”, but about a new song only. Its title is “Shackler’s Revenge“, and it’s gonna appear on the video game Rock Band 2.

The Sun reports that The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood has run off to Ireland with an 18-year-old cocktail waitress. The 61-year-old guitarist has retreated to one of his second homes alongside Ekaterina Ivanova, whom he met in a cocktail bar after the April premiere of the band’s “Shine a Light” film. A “source” also told […]

After “The Only One” and “Freakshow“, The Cure will please their fans with the third single off their upcming new album next Monday. As promised, the band is going to issue a brand-new cut on the 13th of every month until September 13, when the full-length effort is going to surface, so here it is […]

Kjetil Nordhus, vocalist of the disbanded Norwegian avantgardists Green Carnation, has started working on a solo album. This follows last summer’s decision of his former group to disband, just a few months after relasing the concert DVD “A Night Under the Dam”, part of which can be viewed below: Green Carnation – “Transparent Me” (live)

Professionally filmed video footage of Nightwish‘s July 6, 2008 concert at the Rock Werchter festival in Werchter, Belgium can be viewed below. The song shown is the Finnish band’s hit single “Nemo“, while the entire performance can be watched here. Nightwish – “Nemo” (live 2008)

Fan-filmed video footage of Slipknot performing their new single, “Psychosocial“, live for the first time ever on July 9 at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington can be viewed below. The song comes off the masked band’s upcoming studio album, “All Hope Is Gone“, due out on August 26 via Roadrunner Records. Slipknot – […]

Last October Green River announced they’ll reform after a two-decade-long break for a one-off show at the Sub Pop 20th anniversary party in Seattle on July 13. Well, the time has come now, and it’s been revealed that the cult rock band will play a 40-minute set this Sunday, a.o. songs like “Baby, Help Me […]