Ike Turner, the rock’n’roll legend and ex-husband and colleague of Tina Turner (as Ike & Tina Turner), passed away yesterday in San Diego at the age of 76. Turner made what many consider to be the very first rock‘n’roll record – “Rocket 88” – in 1951. He played guitar and piano on the track, and […]

Iced Earth mainman Jon Schaffer announced that the band’s emblematic former vocalist Matthew Barlow “is coming back and we will be getting back to work in the studio very soon. “Matt will be singing on Part 2 of the “Something Wicked” concept CD and we will be looking forward to getting out on tour and […]

Static-X frontman Wayne Static has revealed some details about his side-project Pighammer. “I’m going to write with a whole bunch of different people and it is going to be heavy as fuck,” Wayne stated. “I’m going to be writing with John 5 (ex-Marilyn Manson, 2wo), we’ve talking about working with Al Jourgensen, too, and Tony […]

British heavy metal legends Iron Maiden have extended their historic 28-year recording deal with EMI. The first result of the renewed business relationship shall appear on February 5, 2008, when the band’s 1985 VHS release “Live after Death” shall be released on DVD for the first time ever.

Sweden’s rockers The Hellacopters signed a deal with the label Wild Kingdom/Sound Pollution for the release of their last ever studio album. The effort, entitled “Head Off”, shall surface on April 18, 2008. The band shall wave goodbye with a tour during the autumn. Before that the guys shall do festivals some festivals all over […]

After releasing their latest album “Southern Born Killers” for free on the Internet, Atlanta-based rap metallers Stuck Mojo have changed their mind and inked a deal with Napalm Records. The the Austrian label will release “Southern Born Killers” on CD with 3 bonus tracks on February 29 in Europe… Afterwards Stuck Mojo will embark on […]

Salvatore Paul Erna, better known as Godsmack fronman Sully Erna, intends to start recording his first solo album. The work is scheduled to start in the spring. For updates, check out regularly Sully’s official MySpace profile at myspace.com/acessuck.

System of a Down bass player Shavo Odadjian is collaborating with RZA from W-Tang Clan on the soundtrack for upcoming Vin Diesel movie “Babylon AD“. The pair is working under the name Achozen. For updates on the project, keep an eye on myspace.com/achozen.

Finland’s monster metallers Lordi shall release a brand-new single, entitled “Beast Loose in Paradise“, as a download via zed.fi on December 24, and as a physical CD (view cover in the left) on January 9, 2008. “Beast Loose in Paradise” will also appear in Lordi upcoming feature film “Dark Floors”.

After their smashing comeback last night at London’s O2 Arena, fan-filmed video footage of Led Zeppelin’s reunion started to pop up on the Internet already. We know that probably the entire show shall surface in professional quality sometime next year, but until then – have a look what Robert, Jimmy, John and Jason did last […]