Los Angeles-based industrial metal masters Static-X have set “Cult of Static” as the title of their sixth studio album, due on March 17, 2009 via Reprise Records. The CD will include a new version of the song “Lunatic” (originally from the soundtrack to “Punisher: War Zone”) featuring a guest guitar solo by Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine. […]

Blur are reforming to play live next year, revealed New Musical Express today. The full line-up – Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree – will play their first gig together since 2002. Speaking to NME, Albarn and Coxon explained they had put their differences behind them and were looking forward to playing […]

At the end of this news you’ll see the final front cover artwork of the Revolting Cocks’ eagerly awaited new full-length studio album, “Sex-O Olympic-O”.The CD is officially due out on March 3, 2009 via Al Jourgensen’s 13th Planet Recordings. Revolting Cocks – “Sex-O Olympic-O“

Swedish hard rock veterans Europe have set “More Is More” as the working title of their eighth studio album, tentatively due in early 2009. The CD, which was described by the band as a “a modern retro rock album,” is being helmed by the Swedish Grammy award-winning producer Tobias Lindell, known for his work with […]

Metallica’s “Death Magnetic” (view in the left) and Guns N’ Roses’ “Chinese Democracy” are among the Top 20 best album covers of 2008 as selected by the readers of Rolling Stone magazine. Here’s how the entire list looks like: 01. The Killers – Day & Age02. The Mars Volta – Bedlam in Goliath03. Fleet Foxes […]

Swedish experimental extreme metallers Meshuggah will team up with the reunited progressive metal legends Cynic for a North American tour in early 2009. So far the following dates have been revealed: Feb. 01 – House of Blues – Anaheim, CAFeb. 02 – House of Blues – San Diego, CA Feb. 06 – El Corazon – […]

The guitar duo Strunz & Farah shall play live at Sofia, Bulgaria’s National Palace of Culture on January 5, 2009. Get tickets via ticketpro.bg.

The Australian Pink Floyd Show (T.A.P.F.S.) shall perform live at the Sava Center Hall in Belgrade, Serbia on February 4, 2009. The Australian Pink Floyd Show – live 2007

Norway’s black metal leadersВ Emperor shall release the “Live Inferno” series in 2009. The first issues shall surface on April 16 via Candlelight Records under the nameВ “Thus Spake the Nightspirit“.

Yesterday, December 8, Jim Morrison would have turned 65… To “celebrate” the late The Doors’ singer birthday, who died at the age of 27 in 1971, scientists at the St. Andrews University used computer “ageing” software to reproduce an image of Morrison as a 65-year-old, showing changes in his skin, hairline and hair colour, reports […]