Billboard reports ZZ Top is “in full production” on a new album, its long-awaited follow-up to 2003’s ‘Mescalero,’ which guitarist Billy F. Gibbons predicts will be out “by the end of the year.” Gibbons tells Billboard.com that the Texas trio has been working on the set in both Houston and Los Angeles. “I’ve got a […]

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Sofia hardcore leaders have been lockedВ at Sofia’sВ Balkandji studios where they began recording their brand new record. It will be untitledВ ‘Vreme Razdelno’ and will be released by the end of the year. VENDETTA reunited in their classical line up in Ocotober 2009 for the first time in four years.В Last summer theyВ were one of the main actsВ at […]

Sebadoh singer/guitarist Lou Barlow says he plans to tour and record again with J Mascis as Dinosaur Jr. The Sub Pop label is releasing a double-disc expanded version of Sebadoh’s 1994 album Bakesale in June, and Barlow will also reunite with former Dinosaur Jr. bandmate Mascis for a series of shows to play 1998’s Dinosaur […]

The owners of a California Web site that sold Beatles songs for 25 cents each before they went on sale legally through iTunes have agreed to pay the band’s EMI Group label $950,000 to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit, court papers showed Monday. A federal judge ruled last December that Santa Cruz-based Media Rights Technologies […]

Legendary rocker Alice Cooper spoke to Aol’s Noisecreep about ‘Welcome 2 My Nightmare’, a sequel to his 1975 concept album ‘Welcome to My Nightmare’ – his first “solo” release after the break-up of the original Alice Cooper band. “It will be out next year,” he said, “We have to do the whole festivals tour first […]

Official press release: Century Media Records is proud to announce the signing of In Flames. “We are very happy to make In Flames part of the Century Media Family. The band has a very loyal international fan base and has found a partner with an international set up,” says Antje Lange, Century Media Records. “This […]

Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson and Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth have now finishing writing the songs for their new project Storm Corrosion. Says Wilson: “There’s a lot of recording work to do, but this should definitely be out in early 2012.” Of the style of music people can expect, Wilson continues: “The one thing we didn’t […]

AC/DC has posted a second trailer online to promote its forthcoming live concert DVD titled ‘Live At River Plate.’ The set is planned for release on May 10, 2011 through Columbia Records and will feature the following tracklisting; 01. Rock N Roll Train02. Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be03. Back In Black04. Big Jack05. […]

Safety first. That’s the idea behind Iron Maiden’s move to cancel a gig in Rio Sunday night when a barricade at the front of the stage collapsed due to a surging crowd of enthusiastic fans. Terra reports the incident happened during the first song of the band’s set at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, […]