It appears that rumours of BLUE CHEER’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Because the band are planning a return to action with several releases in the pipeline. The hugely influential proto-metallers were thought to be over following the death in 2009 of bassist/vocalist and driving force Dickie Peterson. But now guitarist Tony Ranier, who was […]

The family of the late singer Whitney Houston have agreed to let her funeral be broadcast online this weekend. A single video camera will be placed inside the church on Saturday to record the service at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. Footage will be made available to media outlets via the […]

Vinnie Paul has rejected a lucrative offer to take part in a one-time Pantera reunion to pay tribute to his brother Dimebag Darrell Abbott who was murdered in 2004. Vinnie Paul had previously discounted an online campaign for the tribute show reunion by telling www.darkside.ru, “Dime was such a huge part of it that it […]

COHEED AND CAMBRIA are hard at work on their next album and frontman Claudio Sanchez is offering up a free download of an acoustic take on the new track ‘Sentry The Defiant’ — check it out here. Despite having dropped two members in the past year, COHEED AND CAMBRIA’s new album seems to be coming […]

DIMITER VASSILEV, aka NUFRI, leader of seminal Bulgarian alternative band PANICAN WHYASKER, but also member PYROMANIA, R.O.B.T.F., BASTARDOLOMEY and more, has started a brand new band called SKITNICKS. A brand new song called ‘SHIZO DOLL’ is entering our TUBORG TOP 40 Mega Rock chart his week. SKITNICKS consists of NUFRI (vocals and guiar), drummer MILEN IVANCHEV (Bastardolomey), guitarist IVO PESHEV (Pistamashina) and bass player RADO YOVHEV (Тremor). You can listen to some more songs […]

IRON MAIDEN are going back on the road this summer, and they’re turning the clock back to 1988. The band will launch their Maiden England world tour in North America on June 21, in Charlotte, North Carolina. And the set list and stage production will closely mirror the Maiden England video, which was filmed on […]

Liverpool, UK-based atmospheric rockers ANATHEMA will release their new album Weather Systems on April 24th. The track ‘The Beginning And The End’ off the new album can be downloaded for free at this location. And here’s the Weather Systems tracklist: 01. ‘Untouchable, Part 1 02. Untouchable, Part 2 03. The Gathering Of The Clouds 04. […]

A full length sample of EPICA’s new song ‘Storm The Sorrow’, the first single from their new album Requiem For The Indifferent, is available below. Click the Amazon.com widget at the bottom of the page to order. EPICA will release their new album, Requiem For The Indifferent, in Europe on March 9th via Nuclear Blast. The North […]

April 6th 2012 is the day! The new ACCEPT album ‘STALINGRAD’ will be released worldwide. The previous record ‘Blood Of The Nations’, which was released in August 2010 was a huge success and nominated over 50 times worldwide for the “Hardrock and Metal Album Of The Year” being the most successful album of ACCEPT history.  […]

OPETH will be playing for teh first time in Sofia on 1 March for radio Tangra Mega Rock’s SIXTH Anniversary bash. According to Swedenabroad.com, in celebration of OPETH’s nomination to the Swedish Music Export Prize and the Swedish Grammy Award, the Ambassador of Sweden hosted a reception at the Swedish residence where the band members had the opportunity to […]