UNKLE are set to release a new album this month. The CD, entitled “End Titles… Redux”, will include seven reinterpreted songs from the duo’s 2008 album “End Titles… Stories for Film” plus the two new songs. Around 3,000 copies will be released on CD on December 15, while digital copies will be available to download […]

Filmmaker Eddie Martin is working on a movie about AC/DC legend Bon Scott. The yet-to-be titled film is in its early stages. “We’ve been working heavily on it for a couple of months. It’s early days,” Martin tells Undercover News. “We are in the writing process. We’ve been meeting with Gaby, Mary, Irene and THE […]

Gary Moore has lost a plagiarism case in Germany, brought by guitarist Juergen Winter. The latter claimed that Moore’s solo in his 1990 hit “Still Got the Blues” copied his on the track “Nordrach” by the band Jud’s Gallery, which was written in 1974. Judge by yourselves by watching both songs: Jud’s Gallery – “Nordrach” […]

Judas Priest, Metallica, Ministry, Dragonforce and Slipknot have been nominated in the “Best Metal” category for the upcoming Grammy Awards, which happen in Los Angeles on February 8. The “Best Hard Rock” award will be a battle between Disturbed, Judas Priest, The Mars Volta, Motley Crue and Rob Zombie. Metallica, Kid Rock, Coldplay, The Raconteurs […]

German metal queen Doro Pesch has set “Fear No Evil” as the title of her new album, due on January 23, 2009 via AFM Records. The CD (view cover in the left) shall be preceded by the single “Herzblut”, set for release on December 12. Doro – “White Wedding“

Billie Joe Armstrong has hinted that Green Day’s new album could take a “power pop” direction… The frontman did not reveal song titles or details of the tracks they are currently working on in the studio, but name-checked The Creation, The Who, The Beatles, Cheap Trick and The Jam as possible influences. As already known, […]

Sofia, Bulgaria’s Toucan Bluzz & Rock Bar shall host a live punk rock night this Friday, December 5. The event shall feature sets by the local acts RemontВ and Counterbuff, helped out by Croatia’s Grupa Tvog Zivota.

The Dillinger Escape Plan are tentatively planning on entering the studio in June or July 2009 with producer Steve Evetts (a.o. Sepultura, Every Time I Die) to begin recording their new album. A late 2009 release is expected. The Dillinger Escape Plan – “Milk Lizard“

After releasing its debut album “V Is for Vagina” a year ago, Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan’s side project Puscifer is finally ready to make its live debut, too. This will happen in Las Vegas on February 13. Puscifer – “Cuntry Boner“

Dino Cazares and his current band Divine Heresy shall enter studio in February 2009 to start recording their second full-length album. The CD will be produced by Logan Mader and Lucas Baker, collectively known as Dirty Icon.