Pat Padavona, the father of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio, passed away peacefully on December 28, 2010 at Cortland Care Center in Cortland, New York. Pat, 92, was laid to rest on January 11 at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Cortland. He served his country during World War II. He enjoyed working with his […]

Soundgarden are to release their first ever official live album in March. Titled Live On 15, it features recordings made during the band’s West Coast tour of America in 1996. Here’s the full track listing: 01. Spoonman02. Searching With My Good Eye Closed03. Let Me Drown04. Head Down05. Outshined06. Rusty Cage07. Burden In My Hand08. […]

Loud concerts СЃ РіРѕСЂРґРѕСЃС‚ съобщават, че билетите Р·Р° предстоящия концерт РЅР° германските хеви метъл герои са свършили напълно! Ето Рё цитат РѕС‚ официалното съобщение РЅР° фирмата: “Точно десет РґРЅРё преди РґР° СЃРµ Рµ състоял, РїСЉСЂРІРёСЏС‚ голям метъл концерт Р·Р° 2011 предизвика истинска истерия сред феновете РЅР° тежката РјСѓР·РёРєР°.” Поради РѕРіСЂРѕРјРЅРёСЏ интерес, организаторите обявяват втори концерт РЅР° HELLOWEEN, […]

Drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, TRANSATLANTIC), guitarist Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE, DIXIE DREGS), multi-instrumentalist Neal Morse (TRANSATLANTIC, SPOCK’S BEARD), bassist Dave LaRue (DIXIE DREGS) and vocalist Casey McPherson (ALPHA REV, ENDOCHINE) have joined forces in a brand new project. The as-yet-unnamed band recently entered the studio to begin work on a new album, due later […]

One complaint: that’s all it takes to get a song censored on Canada’s broadcast airwaves. Dire Straits’ ‘Money For Nothing’ will be getting the censor’s treatment from now on, or not played at all, after a decision by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. The QMI Agency reports that, after a complaint from a listener to […]

Social Distortion are to release their new album on January 17 – but you can hear it right now. The album, titled Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes, is released by Epitaph. But if you want to hear it in advance HERE.

Amplifier are regarded as one of the brightest and most ambitious prog bands on the scene. The Manchester trio are about to release their most challenging album to date – The Octopus on January 31 through their own label, AmpCorp. A double CD (also to be available as a triple vinyl LP), this has taken […]

Famous BG rapper GP who addressed the Tangra Mega Rock nation on this New Year’s Eve is now starting 2011 on fire. GP who’s been based in Malaga, Spain for six years, has now finally launched his own MySpace profile and will probably shock his afficionados with a brand new track called ‘Gimme THE Five’ […]

DRAGONFORCEВ bass playerВ FrГ©dГ©ric Leclercq will play with SABATON – but only for their World War Tour 2011. SABATON explain the situation as follows: “Our old friend and companion from the band DRAGONFORCE will take over on guitars from Rikard during the upcoming World War Tour in Europe. This is since Rikard has decided to multiply himself […]

Over New Year’s ‘D-A-D Leaks’ has come in possession of a surveillance tape from a German recording studio. Apparently revealing all four band members of D-A-D in some sort of recording session. The quality is referred to as rough, but experts agree that the recording appears to be very recent, and that the composition performed […]