TOTO are the latest band to sue a label over digital royalty payments. The band are taking action against Sony, claiming they are being underpaid. This arises out of a dispute as to how digital royalties should be calculated on the basis of it being licensing revenue, whereas the label believe it should be regarded […]

ROCKETJUICE AND THE MOON, the new project featuring Damon Albarn, Flea and Tony Allen, have unveiled their first single ‘Hey Shooter’. The track features Erykah Badu and is the first to be revealed from the band’s self-titled debut album, which is due for release on March 26. The Blur and Gorillaz man began working on […]

FOREIGNER guitarist MICK JONES is recovering after urgent heart surgery last week, according to the New York Post. JONES is reported to have checked into the Mount Sinai Heart Institute in Miami Beach, Florida, according to New York Post gossip column Page Six. Page Six says that after the surgery, JONES was treated in an […]

In his latest video update, AYREON / STAR ONE mastermind ARJEN LUCASSEN reveals the title of his upcoming solo album, as well as the poster created from the cover artwork, designed by artist extraordinaire Claudio Bergamin (watch here). Entitled Lost In The New Real, the album will be released on April 23rd in Europe via […]

According to the UK’s The Telegraph, former THIN LIZZY guitarist GARY MOORE died after drinking enough alcohol to put himself nearly five times over the drink-drive limit, tests have shown. The musician suffered a heart attack brought on by the massive amount of booze he knocked back at the start of a sunshine holiday, the […]

Thrash legends OVERKILL will release their 16th full-length studio album, entitled The Electric Age, on March 30th via Nuclear Blast Records. The band has released the first single, ‘Electric Rattlesnake and it is now available via iTunes. Check out ‘Electric Rattlesnake’, streaming below. OVERKILL traveled to Asbury Park, NJ this weekend to shoot a brand new music […]

Legendary German metallers ACCEPT will follow-up their highly-praised return to form, Blood Of The Nations, with their new album, Stalingrad. Nuclear Blast will release the album on April 6th. Check out the title track of the album below. Because of the huge success of Blood Of The Nations, the expections are very high for the […]

Legendary frontman for Black Label Society, ZAKK WYLDE will release his handbook to everything heavy metal, ‘Bringing Metal to the Children,’ on April 10 on William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Tales of “general mayhem” aboard Wylde’s tour bus on adventure, including stories of rocking with some legendary metal personalities, including Metallica’s Lars Ulrich […]

JORDAN KARADJOV, frontman of Bulgarian rock vets SIGNAL will be celebrating his 60th Anniversary with a huge conert at Hall 1 of the National palace of culture on 21 March. There will be plenty of very special guests on the bill. Tickets priced 15, 20, 30 and 50 BGN are already available through www.Ticketstream.bg and www.Eventim.bg.  

MARIJUANA DEATHSQUADS sound almost exactly like their name suggests: Brash, chaotic, and drugged out as hell. The “noise collective” can be traced back to Ryan Olson, who also founded the Gayngs collective (which also includes Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and Mike Noyce). ‘Crazy Master’ is the title track of the group’s four-song debut (hear the […]