Pink Floyd were presented with the 2008 Polar Music Prize by Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf at a ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall yesterday, August 26. The rock legends were honoured with the country’s biggest music prize for their contribution to popular music, alongside American soprano Renee Fleming. Roger Waters and Nick Mason (on […]

Serj Tankian of System of a Down and Mike Patton of Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Tomahawk and-many-more-fame have just collaborated on a song. It shall be included in the soundtrack for the upcoming Ridley Scott movie “Body of Lies“, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe and Carice van Houten, and set for release on […]

Finland’s goth rockers The 69 Eyes will release a four-disc box set on Halloween. It will be appropriately entitled “Goth’n’Roll“, and will include previously unreleased material spread on three CDs and one DVD. The 69 Eyes – “Devils“

Fall Out Boy will release their new, fifth album on November 4 – the same day as the U.S. presidential election. The follow-up to “Infinity on High” (2007) shall be entitled “Folie a Deux“, and is going to be preceded by the single “I Don’t Care”, set to hit radio on September 15. Fall Out […]

Former Trouble singer Eric Wagner has launched a new Illinois-based “rock/acoustic/psychedelic project” called Blackfinger. A song called “All the Leaves Are Brown” is already being streamed on myspace.com/blackfingereric. Eric left Trouble in April 2008, and was quickly replaced by no other that Kory Clarke of Warrior Soul.

Former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman has launched a brand-new project called Lovefixer. The word goes about an American/Japanese collaboration featuring Marty on guitar and Shinichiro Suzuki on vocals. For more information, visit Lovefixer’s official website at lovefixer.syncl.jp.

Peter Tagtgren will release the new album by his electro-metal project Pain on October 31 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to “Psalms of Extinction” (2007) shall be entitled “Cynic Paradise” (view cover in the left), and will feature 11 songs. Two of them – “Follow Me” and “Feed Us” – were recorded with a special […]

AC/DC will release much-anticipated new album “Black Ice” in three different collectible covers, which can be seen below. The CD is due out on October 20 worldwide, and the first single off it, “Rock’n’Roll Train“, shall hit radiostations this Thursday. A 30-second sample of it is already available on myspace.com/acdc. В  В  В 

After “The Day That Never Comes“, Metallica offered a second out of the 10 songs set to appear on the band’s eagerly anticipated new album, “Death Magnetic” (view cover in the left), scheduled for release in less than 3 weeks – on Friday, September 12. The track chosen is the CD’s closer, “My Apocalypse“, which […]

Rick Wakeman shall perform his first-ever concert in Bulgaria on September 1, 2008. The event promises to be a unique one, as the maestro thinks himself… You can read his full revelations HERE.