“The Rasmus really do ROCK, but they’re definitely no Metallica or the Sex Pistols…or even H.I.M. for that matter.” “The merch stall offers some interesting items, not least some rather kinky Rasmus bikini…which I’m wearing as I write this report.” These are justВ some parts of the EMOtionalВ live review of Metal Willie,В for last night’sВ show ofВ THE RASMUS […]

Prog Metal veterans Dream Theater are currently wrapping up work on their tenth studio album. The band commenced work on the as-yet untitled album – their second for Roadrunner Records, following up 2007’s Systematic Chaos – in October of last year. Drummer Mike Portnoy and guitarist John Petrucci are once again producing the CD, while […]

TheВ band fronted by former COAL CHAMBER singer Dez Fafara, has set ‘Pray For Villains’ as the title of its fourth album. ‘Pray For Villains’В isВ due this summer via Roadrunner Records. DEVILDRIVER’s last album, 2007’s ‘The Last Kind Words’, has sold around 70,000 copies in the United States The band is expected to tour Europe in the […]

Scott Weiland has told Spin magazine that the band will release a new album in early 2010. The singer revealed that guitarist Dean DeLeo and bassist Robert DeLeo have begun writing music, explaining, “Those guys have already been writing the instrumental music … with STP, Robert, and Dean write the chords and riffs and then […]

Fresh from the news that poor ticket sales forced the cancellation of Miami’s Langerado festival, it has been revealed that this year’s Ozzfest has also been cancelled. Instead of citing recession-based reasons for the cancellation, Ozzy Osbourrne said that he has decided to spend more time working on his 10th album. Ozzfest has undergone many […]

A Belgian man was fired from his job at his day-care center job for turning up to work in a Kiss shirt with Gene Simmons in his classic tounge pose on the front of it. Parents and members of staff at the center had reacted to Simmons’ demonic face, saying that his face reminded them […]

The bandВ have announced that they are reforming with the original band lineup for the first time in eight years. Fred Durst, Wes Borland, Sam Rivers, John Otto and DJ Lethal have joined forces once again to tour and record a new album. Guitarist Borland, who left the band in 2001 and returned briefly only to […]

The popular Finnish band will play for the first time tonight in Sofia. These are parts of the interview we did with drummer Aki Hakala a couple of weeks ago. FIRST IMPORTANT QUESTION IS – IS THE RASMUS AN EMO BAND? I don’t know what “emo” is. If it stands for very emotional music and […]

TheВ leading Bulgarian ethno-metal band will finally present their brand new album ‘Zmey’ live at a special concert, this Saturday – February 14th. ThisВ day is also a celebration of the Bulgarian wineВ tradition. The show will take place at the Vlaykova cinema in Sofia with special guestsВ GOLOGAN – an ethno rock band fronted by American singer Angela […]

Take the classic video game Asteroids. Add a star-jumping Dave Lee Roth and all manner of mental DLR sounds and you’ve got the best excuse to waste 20 minutes at work ever. Play the Van Halen Asteroids video game here!