Joe Bosso of MusicRadar.com recently interviewed drummer extraordinaire MIKE PORTNOY. An excerpt follows: “March is going to be Mike Portnoy Month,” says the drummer whose name just so happens to be Mike Portnoy. “I’ve got ADRENALINE MOB coming out on the 13th, and FLYING COLORS comes out two weeks later. It’s either a brilliant move […]

Journey drummer Deen Castronovo has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. The incident is said to have occurred on Saturday, January 21, and Castronovo has been released on bail. He faces a number of charges, including coercion, assault and criminal mischief. A spokesperson for the drummer claimed it had all been a “misunderstanding that […]

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NEW ORDER are to headline the summer festival in Serbia on Friday,В 13В July 2012. Exit Festival has been the most popular live event in the country since 2000. PROMO TICKETSВ are on sale untillВ 15В February 2012 -В 50 BGNВ for all the festival days.

“This year is the next scheduled to be the last one, but it definitely starts good. Just mentioning Lacuna Coil causes a minor drool in the more shameless of us, but unlike the pop-shit in order to stand up in the rock world you need something more than anatomy.” – writes Jassen Petroff on his […]

As reported earlier today,В TARJA’s concert in Sofia, set to happen tonight at the Arena ArmeecВ has been postponedВ for tomorrow, 27 January. Snow is bloking TARJA TURUNEN’s nightliner in Romania,В milesВ away from the Bulgarian border whichВ has beenВ closed for hours.В В  The singer and her crew will be flying to Sofia tomorrow in time for the soundcheck. So, the gig […]

Snow is bloking TARJA TURUNEN’s nightliner in Romania,В milesВ away from the Bulgarian border whichВ has beenВ closed for hours.В В  TARJA’s concert in Sofia was set to happen tonight at the Arena Armeec but has been postponedВ for tomorrow, 27 January. However, the official confirmation from Loud Concerts, promoters of the eventВ is still to come.В  photo: close to the border […]

Guitarist Mark Tremonti, of Creed and Alter Bridge fame, has a solo album due in the spring. To be called All I Was, it will be heavier than his previous work, with a lot more guitar solos. Joining Tremonti, who also does the lead vocals, are Eric Friedman (guitar/bass/backing vocals) and Garrett Whitlock (drums). The […]

Halestorm have finally unveiled the name and release date for their upcoming sophomore album and have made four of the tracks available on a new EP — hear them all right here.Halestorm have named the new album ‘The Strange Case of…’ and it will hit digital outlets and stores everywhere on April 10th. The band […]

The band’s video for Underground, off their excellent 2011 album The Great Escape Artist, gives the song an alluringly dark dimension – due in no small part to the dim lighting and antique burlesque feel. Shot in Los Angeles at the club Fais Do-Do, originally a speakeasy from the 1920’s with a New Orleans ambience, […]