It’s probably a well-known fact by now that Johnny Depp has great admiration for Keith Richards. The actor reportedly based his Pirates of the Caribbean character on the Rolling Stones guitarist, and even got him to appear in a couple of the franchise’s films. Appearing onstage together would be a predictable next step. Last Tuesday, […]

According to TMZ, MГ–TLEY CRГњE bassist Nikki Sixx reported his son missing this week to the Malibu Sheriff’s Department although he had a pretty good idea where his youngest son had run off to – a friend’s house. TMZ reports that deputies visited the friend’s house and found the boy, who had fled following an […]

Legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen flew to Sweden in June 2011 to be a part of a program called ‘Moraeus Med Mera’ in which he can be seen playing traditional Swedish folk music with Kalle Moraeus. Also available is a candid behind-the-scenes look at Yngwie hanging out his fellow Swedish musicians. The entire show, which […]

The official site of RAMMSTEIN finally announced the song ‘Mein Land’ (“My Country” in English) as Rammstein’s next single. According to the official announcement, this is the first single from the best-of album ‘Made in Germany 1995-2011’, and will be released on November 11st in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (with the international release date set […]

A pretty anonymous artistВ is sharing his brand new piece of art throughout Facebook. It’s a collage of METALLICA & LOU REED’s new collaboration album ‘Lulu’ putting the face of drummer Lars Ulrich instead of the original face on the cover.В В And the titleВ has beenВ changed to ‘Lars’. ‘Lulu’ is out on Monday, October. A deluxe version the […]

Next month, The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn will offer the first taste of his debutВ  solo album with the release of a two-song single. ‘Honolulu Blues’, backed by the b-side ‘Rented Room’, will be released by Vagrant Records on a limited edition 7″ vinyl for Record Store Day’s Black Friday event on November 25th. A […]

Legendary ex-ACCEPT vocalist Udo Dirkschneider is bringing his band U.D.O. to Sofia for a huge concert atВ the Hristo Botev Hall on 16 November. The gig will be filmed for a future DVD release. U.D.O. is: Udo Dirkschneider (vocals), Igor Gianola (guitar), Stefan Kaufman (guitar), Fitty Wienhold (bass)В and Francesco Jovino (drums).В  Support band will be Norway’sВ SEVENFIELD […]

In April 2011 the band performed their monumental album Draconian Times (from 1995) live at The Forum, London. The DVD features the London show, a documentary from the whole tour filmed by the band’s bass player Steve Edmondson, interviews about the history of Draconian Times with Simon Efemey (producer of Draconian Times, 1995), Nick Holmes […]

Steel Panther’s new album, ‘Balls Out’ which comes out Nov. 1, continues the collaborative tradition. The cut ‘In the Future’ is a spoken word intro by comedian Dane Cook and ‘It Won’t Suck Itself’ includes guest vocals by Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger and a guitar solo from Extreme‘s Nuno Bettencourt. The band have just launched […]

Metal and politics aren’t the most synonymous realms, but that has never stopped Dave Mustaine from making social commentary and political statements with Megadeth’s music. His latest government critique comes not in the form of song, but in that of spoken word. According to Blabbermouth, Dave recently shared his thoughts about our President via the […]