Megadeth have uploaded a streaming demo version of a new track on their website, www.megadeth.com. It’s called “Gears of War” and comes off the band’s fortchoming album “United Abominations”. Meanwhile, it was announced that frontman Dave Mustaine and Dean Guitars have announced a new guitar line called “Vehement: VMNT”. “The whole process has been surreal,” […]

According to publications on the website of Billboard and an article in The Los Angeles Times, one of the most popular American bands of the 1990’s, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, will reunite for a performance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival this spring in California. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, Bjork and the Red […]

MARILYN MANSON has set “Eat Me, Drink Me” as the title of his new solo album, according to a posting on his official web site. The shock-rocker is currently putting the finishing touches on the CD, which is tentatively due this spring. A world tour will follow. In an October 2005 interview with MTV.com, Manson […]

The metal legends SAXON embark on a tour in February, days before the release of their new album, “The Inner Sanctum”, on March 5. The tour will end in mid-May and will takeВ Biff Byford (vocals), Paul Quinn (guitar), Doug Scarratt (guitar), Nibbs Carter (bass) and Nigel Glockler (drums) throughВ  England, Ireland, Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, […]

KISS fan “Expo” will be held in Holland on March 17. The Expo’s special guests are Eric Singer and Bruce Kulick. Eric and Bruce will take part in a question-and-answer session and will also be available for autographs and photos. KISS merchandise will be on sale throughout the event. Eric, Bruce, John Corabi of Motley […]

In February will be published the book “A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa”, exploring the life and mostly the death of the legendary guitarist of Pantera and Damageplan DIMEBAG DARRELL, who was shot onstage by Nathan Gale in 2004. The book is written by Chris A. with a foreword […]

Blender.com has posted a three-minute video of SLAYER paying a visit, in November to the 52nd Services Squadron, located on the Spangdahlem U.S. Air Force Base in Germany. The band, whose latest release, “Christ Illusion”, deals with the brutality of war and religions fanaticism, scrutinizing America’s role in Iraq and Afghanistan, spent a couple of […]

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE tour manager, Mark Strickland has been awarded ?40,000 libel damages by the High Court over a claim he was caught masturbating at work. Mark Stickland said he was portrayed as a “sexual deviant” in the January 2006 edition of music magazine Kerrang! Publisher Emap Metro had argued the claim, made in […]

The December 30, 2006 AMORPHIS gig at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland will be shown several times on Welho Dina cable TVВ  as well as via webstream from the Dina homepage. You will find two streaming links for Windows Media Player in the top right corner of that page (click the “Katso Dinaa” TV icon, 400/800 […]

Britain’s self-styled “electro-punks” the Prodigy have a new label home. The Liam Howlett-led trio has established its own label, Ragged Flag, which will handle the band’s next album and projects from any subsequent signings. The imprint is backed by U.K. indie Cooking Vinyl, which is home to Billy Bragg, the Buzzcocks, Echo and the Bunnymen, […]