German melodic metallers MASTERPLAN have revealed their new band lineup. Joining recently announced new drummer Martin “Marthus” Skaroupka (CRADLE OF FILTH) are vocalist Rick Altzi (AT VANCE, SANDALINAS, THUNDERSTONE), who replaces Jorn Lande, and bassist Jari Kainulainen (pictured below, ex-STRATOVARIUS, SYMPHONIA). The band are currently recording the follow-up to their 2010 release, Time To Be […]

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE have a new drummer. It’s sort of their old drummer. You might recognize him. His name is Dave Grohl. Moments before QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE frontman/nucleus Joshua Homme broke the news to Zane Lowe on BBC’s Radio 1 today that longtime drummer Joey Castillo had left the band, the […]

Not only is Public Image Ltd. back in action these days, but two of that band’s key early members — bassist Jah Wobble and guitarist Keith Levene — have reunited to record their first full-length collaboration since PiL’s classic 1979 album Metal Box. Their new record, Yin & Yang, is due out Nov. 12 in […]

One of Bulgaria’s best alternative bands of the 90s,  ANIMATSIONERITE will play a reunion gig at Sofia’s *MIXTAPE 5* club on Friday, 9 November. MOBY’s bass player SVETLANA VASSILEVA is joining the band for this event.  ANIMATSIONERITE will present new material at the gig and will release it soon after. Here are the running orders for the show: 19:30 – doors […]

AEROSMITH marked yesterday’s release of their new album, ‘Music From Another Dimension,’ with a free Boston street concert on Monday and fans can watch it online. The band played live at their first home when they arrived in Boston, located at 1325 Commonwealth Avenue. AEROSMITH also marked the occasion by putting their handprints in the […]

A promotional video for the very limited mediabook edition of JON LORD’s Concerto For Group And Orchestra, which includes a CD, documentary DVD, and 80-page book, can be viewed below; the release date is December 7th. With his legendary organ blues-rock sound, DEEP PURPLE’s founder and soul, Jon Lord has influenced decades of rock music. […]

SOUNDGARDEN are streaming their reunion album, King Animal, in full on iTunes. The band’s first album in over 15 years spans 13 tracks and includes the crunchy rock anthem ‘Been Away Too Long’ and the politicized throwback ‘Non-State Actor’. The album arrives officially November 13th via A&M. King Animal Tracklist: 01. Been Away Too Long […]

SIGUR ROS performed in their native Iceland for the first time in four years Sunday night and they marked the occasion by debuting a brand new song. Coming just six months after the release of Valtari, ‘Brennisteinn’ packs an urgent drive of industrialism stemming from squonking, mechanical synths that plod through a web of strings. […]

According to the Torontosun.com, SHARON OSBOURNE has undergone a preventive double mastectomy over fears she could develop breast cancer. OZZY OSBOURNE’s wife, who battled colon cancer in the early 2000s, was horrified to discover she has a genetic mutation which raises her chances of developing the disease, so she decided to have surgery. She tells […]

Connecticut hardcore icons HATEBREED will release their new studio album, ‘The Divinity Of Purpose’, in Europe on January 25, 2013. This is HATEBREED sixth album to date and first for new label partners Nuclear Blast in Europe and various additional international territories and Razor & Tie in North America (January 29, 2013). The band is […]