California’s traditional melodic metal band CRESCENT SHIELD, which features which features the talents of former DESTINY’S END guitarist Dan DeLucie and former ONWARD vocalist Michael Grant, has posted the cover artwork for its upcoming debut album, entitled “The Last of My Kind“. A full-length MP3 of the album’s title cut can be downloaded here. “The […]

AUDIOSLAVE‘s “Revelations” sold 142,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to land at No. 2 on next week’s The Billboard 200 chart. This is a sharp drop from the first-week performance of last year’s “Out of Exile“, which premiered with 263,000 units to debut at No. 1 on The Billboard […]

A California judge has ordered producers of the CBS reality show “Rock Star” to find a new name for its group Supernova, ruling that an established band already exists with that moniker. The original Supernova had previously filed for a preliminary injunction protecting its name.The news comes at a particularly bad time for the TV […]

FREEDOM CALL/GAMMA RAY drummer Daniel Zimmermann has posted the following message on the FREEDOM CALL web site:“I have some good news for all FREEDOM CALL fans and those who join in in the future!“Right after the successful European tour with RAGE in March and April the band went into the sudio again to write new […]

Debabani Majumdar of BBC News reports: It has played its part in rock history and was named after Britain’s first foreign secretary. But one of London’s oldest pubs — the Intrepid Fox in Soho — is facing closure, inspiring 5,000 people to back a campaign to save it. These days those seeking a night of […]

Vitamin Records has set a September 19 release date for the CRADLE OF FILTH tribute album, “Scorched Earth Orchestra Plays Cradle of Filth: The Orchestral Tribute” (view cover artwork below). A description of the album on the Vitamin web site reads as follows:“With a revolving-door line-up and fanbase that is equally ready to embrace and […]

Several video clips of SUPERNOVA members Tommy Lee (MГ–TLEY CRГњE), Jason Newsted (VOIVOD, ex-METALLICA) and Gilby Clarke (ex-GUNS N’ ROSES) recording the group’s debut album have been posted online at their official web site.SUPERNOVA is using the “Rock Star” TV program to search for a lead singer from a pool of 15 contestants selected in […]

The Rolling Stones, long identified with their lips-and-tongue logo, are about to get the cartoon treatment in “Ruby Tuesday,” an animated film featuring 12 of their songs set to begin production later this year.EuropaCorp. and Mick Jagger‘s Jagged Films are co-producing the project, which will be written and directed by Paul and Gaetan Brizzi. The […]

THE BIG DIRTY BAND, the one-off project featuring Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee of RUSH alongside ex-TEA PARTY drummer Jeff Burrows, Adam Gantier of THREE DAYS GRACE, THORNLEY‘s Ian Thornley, and singer Care Failure of Toronto band DIE MANNEQUIN, has posted its version of the often-covered “I Fought The Law” by the BOBBY FULLER FOUR […]

ELIS, the Liechtenstein-based gothic metal band whose singer, Sabine DГјnser, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on July 7 during rehearsal and passed away the following day in hospital, has decided to continue with a new vocalist. The group has posted the following message on its official web site:“We have decided to continue on our path. For […]