The first music video from VAN HALEN’s new album, ‘A Different Kind Of Truth’, called ‘Tattoo’, can be seen below. The deluxe-edition version of ‘A Different Kind Of Truth’ will contain a bonus DVD featuring four brand new acoustic-performance videos titled ‘The Downtown Sessions’ including the songs ‘Panama’, ‘You And Your Blues’, ‘You Really Got […]

This just in from our friends at Gorgon: “We’re happy to announce the first ever Fetish Ball in Sofia, which will take place in the fabulously utopian ‘Four Rooms’ venue on January 28.” Looks like we’ll be getting the whole latex corset/stilleto/bondage/whip/body suspension/sex toys/tattoo experience then. Woohoo! “This will be one for true fetish people, […]

BLACK SABBATH earlier issued the following official statement: “With the news that Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, his bandmates would like everyone to send positive vibes to the guitarist at this time. Iommi is currently working with his doctors to establish the best treatment plan – the […]

Swiss folk metal horde ELUVEITIE have released a lyric video for the new song ‘Meet The Enemy’, giving fans the full historical background on the track which will be found on the band’s upcoming album, Helvetios, due to be released on February 10th via Nuclear Blast. Check it out below:

City of Fire, the heavy rock band featuring Fear Factory’s Burton C. Bell and Byron Stroud, have released the first track from their forthcoming sophomore album, Trial Through Fire. The song, ‘Bad Motivator,’ was unveiled on the band’s Facebook page over the weekend, after earlier being sent out to fans who helped fund the album’s […]

Faith No More’s multitalented and eccentric vocalist Mike Patton is scoring the upcoming film ‘The Place Beyond the Pines.’ The movie, written and directed by Derek Cianfrance (‘Blue Valentine’), stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes and Ray Liotta. ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’ is about a professional motorcyclist (Gosling) who becomes a bank robber, […]

‘She Smells So Nice’ was recently discovered while reviewing the session tapes for the band’s upcoming 40th Anniversary reissue of ‘L.A. Woman.’ Keyboardist Ray Manzarek says he had forgotten all about the bluesy track from the 1971 sessions. “I didn’t even know it existed,” Ray tells Complex. “It was a surprise to all of us. […]

POWERSLAVE – a brand new IRON MAIDEN tribute band was formed by membersВ of A-MORAL, SYMBOLICВ and CASPER. They played a first sold out show back in November andВ now are hungry for more.В  You can check POWERSLAVE on the following dates andВ  locations: 20 JanuaryВ (Friday) -В Varna – Three Lions Pub – onstage: 9:30 pm; entry: 4 BGN. […]

Bob Weston, who was briefly a member of Fleetwood Mac in the early 70s, has died at the age of 64. The guitarist joined the band in 1972, replacing Danny Kirwan. He appeared on the Penguin album the following year, and then toured with them, before being fired in 1974. His departure paved the way […]

LAMB OF GOD will unleash its brand new studio effort ‘Resolution’В on 24В January 2012, but TMR’s Dr Stiffenstein already has a pretty clear idea about how it sounds: “Everything in ‘Resolution’ is superior to the straightforward ‘Wrath’ (2009) but like their guitar player Mark Morton told me in a recent phoner “in this band we do […]