“Black Knight“, the first-ever unauthorized Ritchie Blackmore biography, will be published in the U.K. on September 4 by Omnibus Press.“Black Knight” was written and researched by Jerry Bloom, who first met Ritchie more than twenty years ago; has followed his career since the Seventies, and since 1996 has published and edited the international Ritchie Blackmore […]

Details of the debut single from Damon Albarn‘s new side project have been announced.The Good, The Bad And The Queen will release ‘Kingdom Of Doom‘ on October 20.It follows their debut live appearance at the Roundhouse in London on October 26 as part of the BBC’s Electric Proms.The band is made up of Albarn plus […]

Birmingham, U.K. grindcore/noisecore crossover act CHEMICAL VOMIT has announced that it has parted ways with bassist Aaron Thrasher and second vocalist Morbid James and will be continueing with just a three-piece lineup of:Jason Vomit (INFANT BILE, CORPSE ABORTION, COSMIC COCK) – VocalsSteven Pork (CORPSE ABORTION, COSMIC COCK) – Guitar, VocalsSpike Kane (ex-COSMIC COCK) – DrumsCHEMICAL […]

GODHEAD‘s new single, “Trapped In Your Lies“, has been made available for free download at the band’s MySpace page. The song comes off the group’s new album, “The Shadow Line“, due on August 29 in the U.S. and September 4 in the rest of the world through new label Cement Shoes Records. The band recently […]

Danish metallers HATESPHERE have posted the following message on their official web site:“We are at the moment in the process of writing songs for the new CD, and it’s going really well. It’s always a bitch to get the writing process started, but this time has been pretty smooth, and we already have two songs […]

MESS, the Finnish heavy metal band featuring bassist Jari Kainulainen (ex-STRATOVARIUS), drummer Atte Sarkima (AJATTARA, VERENPISARA), vocalist Tommi “Tuple” Salmela (TAROT, CARDIANT) and guitarist Elias Viljainen ( E.VIL), is currently working on its first EP, tentatively due before the end of the year.MESS was originally formed in 2001 but went on hiatus the following year […]

RUFFIANS, the reunited power metal band that at one time featured in its ranks late VICIOUS RUMORS frontman Carl Albert, will release its new album, “Desert of Tears“, on October 20 via Metal Heaven Records. The CD was recorded at Trident/Imperial Studios in Northern California.“Desert of Tears” track listing:01. I Believe02. Running Blind03. Day of […]

Virginia Records / Universal Music presents “On The Road” Vol.2There are 19 perfect songs – for the road, for the setting the right mood and saving nice memories. All that is expect form you is to load the fuel up, and listen. With the compilation On The Road you will get to anywhere, even the […]

IAN BROWN AND NEW GENERATION & CIGARETTA PERFORM AT SOUTH PARK SOFIA AND HERBALISER, SCRATCH PERVERTS AND DJ KINK FEAT. RACHEL ROW AND OGONEK & COOH PERFORM IN BLACK BOX IN THE EVENING AS PART OF MTV EXIT‘S UNPRECEDENTED PAN-EUROPEAN ANTI-TRAFFICKING EVENT TOUR.The MTV Europe Foundation and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) continue […]

German power metallers HELLOWEEN have uploaded photos from their recent video shoot for the the upcoming single, “Light the Universe“. The shoot took place at the castle Veldenstein in the southern part of Germany with renowned director Alex Diezinger (NEGATIVE, L’AME IMMORTELLE, EXILIA) of AVA Studios. The clip, which is said to be the first-ever […]