Gustav Schaefer was reportedly injured in a fight at a nightclub in Germany on Sunday. According to the band’s manager, Schaefer, 20, was injured at The Club in Magdeburg, his hometown. Police also confirmed the incident to German news site Bild.de. “In one of Magdeburg’s night clubs, a stranger smashed two beer bottles on the […]

A Los Angeles blogger who leaked new Guns N’ Roses songs on the Internet before their official release on the band’s first new album in 17 years, was sentenced to two months of home confinement on Tuesday. Kevin Cogill also received one year’s probation and must appear in an anti-piracy commercial under the terms of […]

This will be the inaugural show of the new company – MASK MUSIC, founded by people of Art Bg agencyВ (Lordi, Crematory, Vital Remains, Haggard, Sodom & Grave Digger, Exciter).В  CrematoryВ and Evergrey will headlineВ the ‘Pill Against Depression Festival’ at ‘Hristo Botev’ hall in Sofia on September 19th with local support bands to be announced soon. Tickets […]

EDGUY/AVANTASIA frontman Tobias Sammet has issued the following update: “Freaks of the world – I just wanted to drop you a few lines as I had a killer weekend. Friday we headlined Masters Of Rock Festival in the Czech Republic, 25,000 crazy fellows gave their everything, although it was fucking cold for a summer day. […]

A medley of extracts from ‘The Incident’ is now available to listen to on the PORCUPINE TREEВ MySpace. Written and recorded between September-May, ‘The Incident’ is the tenth studio album by Porcupine Tree. Released worldwide by Roadrunner on September 14th (one week earlier than previously announced in order to coincide with the first tour dates), the […]

Collaborations have always been part of the Basement Jazz shtick, and it seems that their new album ‘Scars’, due for release in October, will be chock-a-block with them. The most intriguing name to appear on Scars’ contributor list is that of Yoko Ono, who The Jaxx recorded in New York. Speaking about the experience to […]

SLIPKNOT percussionist Chris Fehn was forced to miss the last two shows of the band’s most recent European tour — July 10 in Madrid, Spain and July 11 in Barcelona, Spain — due to a “tragic death in his family.” SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn “The Clown” Crahan missed a couple of the band’s shows in May […]

There’s Judas Priest fans and there’s Judas Priest superfans. And then there’s Jim Bartek from Maple Heights, Ohio, who has listened to the band’s album Nostradamus for 391 days straight and counting. Oh yeah, did we mention that Nostradamus is a concept album? Not only that, it’s a double-CD. A verrrrry long one too. “That’s […]

The band has pushed back the release date to October 23. Once again, since the album was supposed to come out in May, then has been moved to last week of September and now to October 23.В  ‘Worship Music’ is hugely anticipatedВ because it will mark the recording debutВ of new singerВ Dan Nelson (the big guy on […]

Finally some news from the Peter TГ¤gtgren / HYPOCRISY camp! The follow-up to 2005`s ‘Virus’ now has a title and release date. The cover artwork is also finished. В  Here is what mainman Peter had to say: “Hey, it`s about time for an update now. We have a title for the new album now : […]