Ira Black, arrested for an unpaid fine, has gone on hunger strike as none of his local correctional facilities accomodate a vegan/vegetarian diet. ‘Ira has been a vegan for 15 years and it seems none of the local correctional facilities will accommodate any inmate with a vegetarian or vegan diet,’ says Black’s fiancee. ‘They will […]

Corey Taylor has confirmed to that he is making plans to record his first solo album rather than go back to his other band, STONE SOUR, at the end of SLIPKNOT‘s current touring cycle. He adds that there are ‘a lot of songs I’ve written that don’t fit with either band, really’ and describes the […]

Kansas’ Founding guitarist Kerry Livgren and former lead guitarist and current Deep PurpleВ axe-manВ Steve Morse will be rejoining Kansas for a very special 35th Anniversary show.Kansas celebrate their 35th anniversary this year and will be commemorating thisВ with a performance at White Concert Hall in Topeka, Kansas, with Livgren and Morse both being part of the line-up […]

Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY), Tony Franklin (THE FIRM, WHITESNAKE), Brian Tichy (BILLY IDOL, OZZY OSBOURNE), Virgil Donati and Rusty Cooley (OUTWORLD) are among the guest musicians who appear on the new solo album keyboardist Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN), entitled ‘Molecular Heinosity’. Audio samples of five songs from ‘Molecular Heinosity’ are available on […]

AC/DC is the only hard rock band to make the ‘Los Angeles Times’ 2008 ‘Ultimate Top 10’ the newspaper’s annual survey combining sales of concert tickets, albums and digital downloads to measure which acts were most popular with the broadest swath of music lovers. METALLICA came in at No. 14, an impressive feat considering that […]

Austria’s newest and hottest property THE SORROW and Bulgarian outfit URBAN GREYВ will complete the impressive line-up for radio Tangra Mega Rock‘s 3rd birthday bash on February 6! The main attraction of the night will of course be the mighty Sepultura! They kick off their 20-date European tour in Sofia, Bulgaria with support on this and […]

The Who’s frontman Roger Daltrey performed a one-off joint gig with Babyshambles last night (January 12), at Bristol’s O2 Academy. The gig, performed to raise awareness of Teenage Cancer Trust and raise money for Moonfest, saw Daltrey share vocal duties with Pete Doherty on a number of Who classics including ‘Substitute’ and ‘Magic Bus’. The […]

The show is scheduled for March 22 at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia. The original line up of ASIA got back together again in 2006: John Wetton (King Crimson, Uriah Heep, Roxy Music), Steve Howe (Yes), Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) and Geoff Downes (Yes, Buggles). A reunion album ‘Phoenix’ was released […]

DOWN/ex-PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo has posted his new poem, ‘The Retired Journeyman’, on the Boxing Insider web site. Click here to check it out. ‘On our shows we see kids from 14 years old to people who are 50-60 years old. It’s crazy!’ Jimmy Bower, DOWN

Polish death/black metallers BEHEMOTH just posted the first of a series of episodes documenting the band’s new album!   The bands yet untitled new album is set to be released in fall 2009 via Nuclear Blast (in Europe)! see Behemoth live in sofia in 2007 here