Danish extreme metallers KONKHRA recently finished re-recording their long-awaited new album, “Nothing Is Sacred”, after encountering technical difficulties which forced them to scrap some of the previously completed early tracks. A song from the CD, entitled “Religion is a Whore”, has been posted on the group’s MySpace page. Also available at the same location is […]

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has confirmed via his official web site that SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker and rock legend Alice Cooper will appear on the third installment of his AVANTASIA project, entitled “Lost in Space Part 1 and Part 2” (the “Scarecrow” working title has now apparently been scrapped). Commented Tobias: “I am really proud […]

The band has parted ways with guitarist Eric Klinger and has replaced him with Marshall Stephens. “We would like to thank Eric for his years of dedication and friendship, and we wish nothing but the best for him and his family,” the band writes in a statement. “At the same time, we are very pleased […]

The organizers of this year’s Wacken Open Air festival — which his taking place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany — are streaming select performances and press conferences from the event live (and some pre-recorded) via the festival’s official web site www.wacken.com. The webcast schedule for today (Friday, August 3) is as follows (all times are […]

CIRCUS DIABLO frontman Billy Morrison has checked in with the following update: “As I sit here in Dallas, TX, on the bus that has taken us from our home town of Los Angeles, to the middle of the South, it pains me to tell you all that we have to call it a day for […]

Alex Turner and THE RASCALS’ Miles Kane are set to record an album together later this month. The pair became friends when Kane’s first band THE LITTLE FLAMES supported ARCTIC MONKEYS on their early tour. Kane contributed guitar to ARCTIC MONKEYS’ second album ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’ and has joined the Sheffield band live frequently this […]

Soccer star-turned-movie tough guy VINNIE JONES is so inspired by David Beckham’sВ  transfer to LA Galaxy, he’s setting up his own celebrity team in Tinseltown. The former Welsh international is moving to the U.S. city later this year (07) and can’t wait to replicate Beckham’s rapturous reception there with his own all-star side. He says, […]

Not going to Lollapalooza this year? You can catch it online via AT&T’s Blue Room music portal (www.attblueroom.com), which will stream the entire event live through an exclusive agreement. The festival is set for August 3-5 and features more than 130 performances. The webcast will feature the following artists: Amy WinehouseInterpolLCD SoundsystemBlue OctoberJack’s MannequinSatellite PartyG. […]

AC/DC is finally selling its music digitally. But not on iTunes. Verizon Wireless has snagged the exclusive rights to sell the band’s entire back catalog through March 2008, becoming the first and only digital music store to offer the Australian combo’s content. However, the deal is limited to full-album downloads, one of the reason’s AC/DC’s […]

MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen has revealed that the group’s previously announced “final” album, “The Last Sucker”, will be followed by an all-covers release, tentatively due in 2008. According to Jourgensen, the as-yet-untitled effort will contain “a lot of different cover songs from various bands,” some of which have already been released on MINISTRY albums over […]