The Los Angeles City Council officially declared May 30 ‘Ronnie James Dio Day.’ The announcement was made at Sunday’s public memorial service for the legendary heavy metal singer who died of stomach cancer at the age of 67 two weeks earlier. Eddie Trunk, host of VH1 Classic’s ‘That Metal Show’, read councilmember Paul Koretz’s official […]

KOKOSHA GLAVA (Chiken Head) and NOVI TZVETIA (New Flowers) are treaming with Russian punkers The Пауки and BasqueВ Kaos Kooperativ. The 38 track 4 wasy spilt CD is calledВ ‘Local Punk For Global Chaos…in 2010’ and here is the cover artwork.В  The release party-concert will be held at the Rock Bar FANS in Sofia on June 9 […]

June 2 is celebrated in BulgariaВ as the Day of the Fallen heroes. Your favorite rock radio will hounour them with a long silence this morning playing no sound at all. This one goes for theВ currently lost rock heroes – Ronnie Dio, Paul Grey, Peter Steele…! We’ll be back with SLAYER at 2 pm!

Metal heavyweights MANOWAR will honor the legacy of Ronnie James Dio with ‘Magic – A Tribute To Ronnie James Dio’. MANOWAR bassist Joey DeMaio said “Heavy Metal has lost a great artist and a true gentleman. I had the privilege of being his friend and I, along with other friends and admirers, wish to honor […]

Steven Tyler is to have his eagerly anticipated autobiography published by Ecco in November. To be titled Does The Noise In My Head Bother You?, Ecco (an imprint of HarperCollins) reportedly paid the Aerosmith frontman $2 million for the rights. Says the frontman of people can expect from the book: “This is not just my […]

KORN’s video for the band’s brand new single, ‘Oildale (Leave Me Alone)’, premiered earlier today exclusively on MTV2. The band’s new album, ‘Korn III – Remember Who You Are’, is due out July 13. It is the band’s first release for Roadrunner Records and is their ninth studio release.В  As its title suggests, ‘Korn III […]

Slipknot has posted a 10-minute tribute video to the band’s late bassist Paul Gray, featuring previously unseen footage. Check it out below. Private funeral services for Gray were held on Friday (May 28) in Des Moines, Iowa. Paul was found dead in a hotel room in a Des Moines suburb on Monday (May 24). The […]

Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh has filed for a restraining order against an elderly man who allegedly threatened to kill him. The rocker has asked a judge to ban his neighbour Nassar Adhoot, who is in his 70s, from coming near him after the man allegedly trespassed on his property earlier in May and attacked his […]

On Finnish dark metallers AMORPHIS’ Forging Europe Tour 2010 in November, the band will be supported by GHOST BRIGADE and ORPHANED LAND. Says the band, “Please note that Ghost Brigade will not play at the first two shows in Denmark but join the tour on November 7th in Hamburg.” A complete list of dates can […]

Wolfmother have pulled out of the Download Festival. This is due to illness in the band. They’ve been replaced on the main stage on June 11 – the first night, when AC/DC headline – by Killswitch Engage. For full details, go to downloadfestival.co.uk