Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-zone.com: What initially prompted the band to begin playing again? Rachel: “We missed our fans. We kept getting a lot of e-mails about how people wish we would get back together so they could see us. But we knew when […]

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY is inviting fans to vote for the setlist for the band’s upcoming “Shot to Hell” tour. You can only vote once on each album. Voting ends October 14.To vote, visit the BLACK LABEL SOCIETY MySpace page under the “blog” section.In other news, several pictures from BLACK LABEL SOCIETY‘s September 26 concert at […]

Thom Yorke, Muse and Lily Allen were all big winners at the BT Digital Music Awards last night.The Radiohead frontman scooped the Best Artist Campaign and Best Use of Mobile awards, while Lily Allen fought off stiff competition to take the Best Pop Act award.Muse beat the likes of Hard-Fi, Kasabian and Editors to take […]

IRON MAIDEN‘s new album, “A Matter of Life and Death“, has been certified platinum in Finland for sales in excess of 30,000 copies. The CD topped the Finnish album chart for three weeks and currently stands at position No. 3.“A Matter of Life and Death” has sold 89,000 copies in the United States since its […]

Launch Radio Networks reports: Robert Plant‘s appearance on the PBS series “Soundstage” will be released on DVD October 24 as ROBERT PLANT AND THE STRANGE SENSATION. The show took place in Chicago on September 16, 2005, and it was shot in high-definition and mixed in 5.1 Surround Sound.The 66-minute performance with Plant‘s band the STRANGE […]

Last night in front of the Monument of the Soviet Army in Sofia was held the first edition of One Day Overground Festival. The basic idea of the festival was to bring together on the same stage 6 of the best contemporary Bulgarian underground bands and to celebrate the one day underground subculture’s appearance on […]

Pixies are set to release a 29-song DVD of an intimate 2004 club performance in Boston.‘Pixies Live At The Paradise In Boston‘ features the band performing to a 200-capacity crowd in their hometown. The DVD also features a bonus 12-song set from their first-ever filmed show in 1986 when the band performed at TT The […]

Floridian black metallers KULT OV AZAZEL have issued the following update via their official web site:“Due to circumstances beyond control, we have postponed the recording of the new album and all other scheduled appearances. From now until further notice all KULT OV AZAZEL activities will be put on hold. The last show we’ll do for […]

SIRENIA, the Norwegian gothic metal band featuring former TRISTANIA guitarist/vocalist Morten Veland, has finished mixing and mastering its new album, “Nine Destinies and a Downfall“, due in early 2007 via Nuclear Blast Records.“Nine Destinies and a Downfall” was recorded at Jailhouse studios in Norway with engineer Hans Eidsgard and Soundsuite studios in France with Terje […]

AMON AMARTH‘s new album, “With Oden on Our Side“, has entered the German national chart at position No. 21. This is the highest chart entry in Germany of any band on the Metal Blade roster, according to a posting on the group’s web site.AMON AMARTH‘s last album, “Fate of Norns” (2004), debuted on the German […]