Def Leppard will offer an early taste of its next studio album with three new songs that will be part of a live album, ‘Mirrorball,’ which is due out this summer. The group is also planning to release a retrospective book, ‘Def Leppard, The Definitive Visual History,’ featuring more than 30 years of photographs by […]

In honour of Kalevala Day, AMORPHIS has announced the name and track listing of the upcoming album, due for release on May 25, 2011. In April, the band will offer a first glimpse of the new material by releasing the single ‘You I Need’. The central character of the new songs is the iconic hero […]

According to Cwg Magazine, Alice In Chains vocalist William DuVall – who cut his musical teeth in the ’80s punk rock/hardcore scene with his former band Neon Christ – has teamed up with director Edgar Johnson to put together a documentary that shines the light on the inclusive and explosive punk scene in Atlanta, Georgia. […]

Vince Neil has been out of jail early. The Motley Crue frontman was due to serve 15 days in jail, after pleasing guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. But he’s been let out after just 10 days. He’ll now serve 15 more days under house arrest.

We ended last week by mentioning that the Deftones would be celebrating Record Store Day 2011 by releasing a limited edition covers album, but now we’re kicking the first week of March off with more details on the release. While we already knew that the release would be limited to 5,000 vinyl copies, an issued […]

This May will mark a year since the world lost the great Ronnie James Dio, but tributes for the metal icon remain in full force. The latest and greatest to be announced comes in the form of a star-studded tribute album being put together by Dio’s late wife, Wendy. While the project isn’t expected to […]

According to a posting on Manowar’s official web site, the band is scheduled to return to the studio in April, presumably to resume work on its long-awaited new album, ‘Hammer Of The Gods’. Manowar bassist and producer Joey DeMaio previously stated about the status of the songwriting and recording sessions for ‘Hammer Of The Gods’, […]

Tampa-based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER have issued the following update: “Just wanted to give you a Six Feet Under band update and let you all know that we would like to announce our good friend Rob Arnold (CHIMAIRA)will be joining SFU as second rhythm guitarist for up coming touring duties, as well as collaborating […]

Tom Cruise is to start in the film version of the hit Broadway musical Rock Of Ages, which is based on classic rock hits from the 1980s. The Hollywood superstar is to take the role of Stacee Jaxx, an ageing rocker whose glory days are long past. He’ll get to sing Bon Jovi’s Wanted Dead […]

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won aВ Oscar in the top music categories at the 83rd annual Academy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 27). Reznor reacted with shock and amazement after he and co-composer Atticus Ross won the Best Original Score Oscar for ‘The Social Network’ – Reznor’s first film score, which also won a Golden Globe. […]