UK rock legends QUEEN have issued the following update: “The Queen Tracklisting Game has now closed, thanks to all who entered, we hope that you found it fun and congratulations to all our winners! Click here for winners and tracklisting. The track selection of Absolute Greatest must have been tough for the band, deciding on […]

Pennywise have parted ways with frontman Jim Lindberg. The remaining members of Pennywise, Fletcher Dragge, Byron McMackin and Randy Bradbury, have issued the following statement regarding his departure: “After 19 years with Pennywise, Jim Lindberg has decided to step down as lead singer. Pennywise has long stood behind the motto that you should always follow […]

Powerhouse heavy metal singer Tim “Ripper” Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR) will guest on the forthcoming album from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet’s AVANTASIA project. Commented Tobias: “I had this pretty heavy riff monster and I remembered a JUDAS PRIEST live album with ‘the new singer’ on vocals. I listened again and […]

The side project of some of the guys in the folk-core band Artery will perform a special gig in the city of Sliven in Eastrern Bulgaria tonight. TheВ POMORIANS will go onstageВ at Tangra club at 9:30 pm, the entry is aВ joke -В 3 BGN (1.5 euro).

Forty years ago, Sly & The Family Stone were stars at Woodstock. But today, the band’s mastermind, funk pioneer Sly Stone, is practically destitute, scraping by on Social Secuity and living in campers and cheap hotels. At least that’s the picture painted in ‘Coming Back For More’, an upcoming documentary by Dutch filmmaker Willem Alkema, […]

A week after the kick off ofВ THE Bulgarian Summer festival, the biggest Bulgarian rock photographer – Elena Nenkova gave us the rights on more then 60 AMAZING pictures from the Spirit of Burgas 2009 festivalВ which you can seeВ in the GALLERY. NENKOVA is the BIGGEST and THE BEST. NENKOVA RULES! GET IN THE GALLERY

As previously reported, SLIPKNOT have announced a special edition release on Roadrunner Records of their seminal self-titled debut album. This special CD/DVD piece will commemorate the 10th anniversary of Slipknot’s first album’s release in 1999. Release is set for September 9th. The CD will feature 25 tracks, including the original album as well as rare […]

Gibson reveiled Zakk’sВ new limited edition Epiphone “Graveyard Disciple”. Scary Good Looks! You may have already caught a glimpse on YouTube of Zakk performing on the 2009 ‘Peddle to the Metal’ tour and caught a glimpse of this monster on stage. Designed by Zakk in cooperation with Epiphone, the new Graveyard Disciple combines killer sound with […]

Rockers Pearl Jam infuriated bosses at a London concert venue after their Tuesday night gig overran – with frontman Eddie Vedder staging a sit-down protest as organizers attempted to force the band offstage. The Alive hitmakers began their gig at the British capital’s O2 Arena 15 minutes late and played right up until the venue’s […]

According to HMV and Amazon.com, Sony Japan/Zoom has announced a new HALFORD CD for October 28th called ‘III Holidays’. Halford – led by JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford – released its last studio album ‘Crucible’ in 2002, although in 2007 Metal God Essentials, Vol. 1, had new songs called ‘Forgotten Generation’ and ‘Drop Out’.