Our current Band of the Week, the mighty Machine Head, shall support British metal legends Iron Maiden on their show at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy, on June 20. Robb Flynn & Co. shall perform prior to Bruce Dickinson’s gang along with Motorhead and Mastodon.

After drummer Nick Oshiro broke his hand and was temporarily replaced by Will Hunt (a.o. Vince Neil, Dark New Day, Stuck Mojo, Tommy Lee) for the last couple of weeks, Static-X have recruited Bevan Davies (ex-Danzig, Jerry Cantrell, Comes with the Fall) to beat the skins during the next month or so, until Nick has […]

After “postponing” their shows in Japan due to an injury suffered by bassist Tommy Stinson a week ago, Guns N’ Roses have cancelled their shows in South Africa, too, leaving the nation’s largest outdoor festival without a headliner. Axl Rose & Co. were scheduled to headline the My Coke Festival 2007 in Johannesburg on April […]

Sofia Music Enterprises announced the third concert scheduled to take place as part of this year’s edition of the Arena Muzika Festival in Bulgaria. The word goes about Marilyn Manson and Type O Negative, who shall play together at the Academic Stadium in Sofia on July 4 (Wednesday)! Tickets for the show shall be available […]

The second official single off Nine Inch Nails‘ current album, “Year Zero”, shall be “Capital G”. The follow up to “Survivalism” shall hit the stores in its physical format on June 4 via Nothing/Interscope Records. According to NIN mastermind Trent Reznor, the “G” in “Capital G”, also known under the title “Halo 25”, stands for […]

The song “Rio Grande Blood (Rio Grande Dubya Mix)”, taken from Ministry‘s upcoming album of remixes, “Rio Grande Dub” (view front cover in the left), has been made available for streaming HERE. The CD shall be released in June via 13th Planet Records. The complete tracklist has been revealed at this location.

The avantgarde electro duo UNKLE has teamed up with Queens of the Stone Age mainman Josh Homme for its third album, “War Stories”, due out on July 9. Homme will sing on the track “Hold My Hand”, which is also going to feature the vocal debut of UNKLE mastermind James Lavelle (on the photo). This […]

The second edition of the so-called Rock Nights on Bulgaria’s music television channel MM TV shall be broadcasted between 0:30В and 6:00 a.m. (CET+1) this Sunday, and shall be dedicated toВ death metalВ andВ grindcore. You’ll see videos and live footage of bands like Morbid Angel, Carcass, Suffocation, Deicide, Gorefest, Benediction, interviews with Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Pungent Stench, […]

Eagle Rock Entertainment have uploaded some audio samples of the upcoming full-length studio album by Gary Moore, “Close As You Get”, due to be released in Europe on May 21. Listen to the new music recorded by the singing guitar virtuoso with the help of Brian Downey (drums), Vic Martin (keyboards) and Pete Rees (bass) […]

Sigur Ros are gearing up for a host of releases across the year. The Icelandic group will kick off with a new book of photos shot during their 2006 tour, entitled “In a Frozen Sea”, out on June 1. During the following month, in July, the quartet shall release a soundtrack for the 2002 movie […]