Swedish metal avantgardists Opeth have revealed the front cover artwork for their upcoming studio album (view it in the left). As already known, the CD shall be entitled “Watershed” and shall surface on June 2 via Roadrunner Records, featuring following tracks: 1. Coil2. Heir Apparent3. The Lotus Eater4. Burden5. Porcelain Heart6. Hessian Peel7. Hex Omega […]

Australian rock icon Nick Cave (The Bad Seeds, ex-The Birthday Party, The Boys Next Door) was awarded an honorary PhD from his old university. Cave attended Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, in 1977 and 1978, studying for a diploma in Fine Art, but left his course to pursue his musical career. The university’s vice-chancellor, Professor […]

Tom Petty has finished recording an album with his original band Mudcrutch, which he fronted in the early 70’s before forming The Heartbreakers. The group consists of guitarists Tom Leadon and Mike Campbell, drummer Randall Marsh, and future Heartbreakers’ keyboardist Benmont Tench. Although Mudcrutch had gained a solid fanbase in their home state of Florida, […]

The next edition of the Fracture weekly metal show on MM TV shall feature interviews with Vassil Varbanov of Tangra Mega Rock and Emil Separevski of the Gorgon Gothic Shop in Sofia, as well as videos by Hocico, Suicide Silence, Linea 77, Eluveitie, Rage, Firewind, Eufobia, Hellyeah, M3, Europe, 3 Inches of Blood, Pantera and […]

Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan of System of a Down have posted online a track recorded with their current project Scars on Broadway. The song is called “They Say” and can be listened to at scarsonbroadway.com.

After conquering the Tuborg Top 40 Mega Rock Chart with their new song “Rolling Spawns”, Bulgaria’s metal masters Fyeld are ready to present the video for it. This shall happen next Friday,В April 11, with aВ free live showВ at Sofia’sВ The Club. The band’s second full-length album, entitled “Not Blond Enough to Survive the Holocaust”, shall surface in […]

Eric Clapton has put in a guest appearance on Steve Winwood’s new single “Dirty City“, set to hit radio waves on April 28. The song comes off Mr. Winwood’s upcoming studio album, “9 Lives“, due out May 5. Afterwards Steve Winwood and his band are set to be special guests on Tom Petty’s US summer […]

The entire European tour by Onslaught and Carnal Forge has been “postponed due to bad promotion”, announced The Other Side. No further info is available yet…

Axl Rose has announced that “Guns N’ Roses I are now represented by the management team of Irving Azoff and Andy Gould. We are very excited and look forward to working with them and hope our relationship proves beneficial for everyone, especially the fans.” It’s interesting to note that up until recently, Azoff Music also […]

Former Audioslave and Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell has tapped hip-hop superstar Timbaland to produce his third solo album. We’re curious what the follow-up to last year’s “Carry On” shall sound like, having in mind that Timbaland is known for working with the likes of Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado… Chris Cornell – “Billie Jean” (live)