A Roxy Music DVD anthology, entitled “The Thrill of It All: A Visual History (1972 – 1982)”, is due out on February 5. The double issue spans the decade between 1972-1982 in the history of Bryan Ferry‘s cult art rock band and includes 38 music videos, concert clips and television performances, a.o. the Roxy Music’s […]

Florida’s legendary technical metallers Cynic, who reunited last summer for a series of live shows, have announced they intend to record a brand-new album. So far the band has recorded the 3 demo tracks “Integral Birth”, “Evolutionary Sleeper” and “Adam’s Murmur” with producer Jason Suecof (a.o. Trivium, Chimaira, DevilDriver), but the musicians plant to release […]

German metallers Gamma Ray, Helloween and Axxis have filmed their sold-out concert in Barcelona on the Hellish Rock Tour ’07-’08. So far it’s been confirmed that Gamma Ray will include the recordings in their upcoming DVD (view cover in the left). The issue’s complete title is “Hell Yeah! The Awesome Foursome (And the Finnish Keyboarder […]

Former Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale will release his first solo album in April. The still untitled effort was recorded last year in Hawaii with former Metallica producer Bob Rock. Gavin RossdaleВ – “Adrenaline“

Rock’n’roll pioneer and former husband of Tina Turner, Ike Turner, who passed away on December 12, 2007 at the age of 76, has dies of a cocaine overdose, the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office said… Ike TurnerВ – “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” (live 2002)

Long-running UK rockers The Wildhearts have released a “controversial and disturbing”В new video for their song “Destroy All Monsters“, which can be viewed below. The tune comes off the band’s self-titled album, released in April 2007 and reviewed here. The Wildhearts – “Destroy All Monsters“

Korn lead guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer has left the band’s current European tour for “personal and family reasons”. Luckily, there’s been no word that Munky has left the band for good – on the contraty: Vocalist Jonathan Davis stated that “after the world tour, I think we’re gonna just take four months off. We’re gonna […]

Stryper frontman Michael Sweet has revealed the Orange County hard rock veterans plan to start mixing a dozen of new songs by the first week in February. “We should be finshed mixing by the end of February,” the singer added. “The album should be out July or August and, of course, a tour will follow […]

The reunited Sex Pistols are set to record their first new songs in 30 years after the success of their recent reunion tour. According to drummer Paul Cook, he, vocalist Johnny Rotten, bassist Glen Matlock and guitarist Steve Jones are “talking of new material. The only problem is that it’s a bit hard to work […]

After Radiohead and Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones have become the next big name to leave EMI. The band’s current five-year deal with the label, estimated at ВЈ14 million, expires in May, but Mick Jagger & Co. have already signed a new one-album record deal with Universal Music. Meanwhile, The Rolling Stones will release a […]