Samples of the 3 audio tracks featured on Velvet Revolver’s EP “Melody and the Tyranny” (view cover in the left), which is being released today, can be heard HERE. Here’s the exact tracklist of the current effort by Scott Weiland, Slash, Duff McKagan, Dave Kushner and Matt Sorum: 01. She Builds Quick Machines 02. Just […]

On June 12 Eagle Rock Entertainment will release “They All Came Down to Montreux – Deep Purple Live at Montreux 2006”. The issue will be available as a deluxe 187-minute-long two-DVD set featuring 26 tracks (16 from Montreux and 10 from a London show), and as audio CD with 12 songs. The performance was recorded […]

Today, June 1, The Beatles’ classic album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” celebrates its 40 birthday. To mark the event, some of Britain’s most prominent contemporary rock bands are re-recording the LP. Acts confirmed to take part in the tribute so far include a.o. Oasis, The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, The FrayВ and Razorlight.

Download Festival and Iron Maiden have teamed up for a live and exclusive streaming of the band’s fourth Donington Park headline appearance on Sunday, June 10. Available free on DownloadFestival.co.uk, the performance will be shown in full.

Dream Theater‘s new studio album, “Systematic Chaos”, is officially released today via Roadrunner Records. The effort comes out in two versions – the regular one (view cover in the left) and a CD/DVD special edition package (view cover below), featuring the album in 5.1 surround sound plus the 90-minute-long video documentary “Chaos in Progress – […]

Marilyn Manson‘s entire new album, “Eat Me, Drink Me”, is available for streaming on the band’s MySpace profile. Due to appear in Europe on Monday, June 4, via Interscope Records, the CD features the single “Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)”, which can be voted for in the Tuborg Top 40 Mega Rock. […]

July 16 shall witness the birth of MotГ¶rhead‘s new double live album, entitled “Better MotГ¶rhead Than Dead – Live at Hammersmith”, containing 23 tracks recorded in front of 5000 maniacs at the famous London odeon on June 16, 2005 – the trio’s 30th anniversary party. The cover artwork is still unknown, but here’s the exact […]

INXS shall play at theВ Festivalna HallВ instead of the previously announced Academic Stadium in Sofia tonight. The venue change happens due to the constant rains pouring over Sofia during the last two weeks. Because of the heavy weather conditions, the promoter of the event, Balkan Entertainment Company, wouldn’t want to risk.

Manowar shall release their next double live album, entitled “Gods of War Live” (view cover in the left), on July 6. The over two-hour-long recording features the entire setlist of the just-completed leg of the metal kings’ Demons, Dragons and Warriors Tour 2007.

Prong have inked a deal with Ministry mainman Al Jourgensen’s label 13th Planet Records for the release of the their new album, by the end of the year. The follow-up to “Scorpio Rising” (2004) is currently being recorded at Sonic Ranch Studios in Texas in a line-up consisting of Tommy Victor (vocals and guitar), Monte […]