Buddy Rich has been named the most influential drummer of all time by Rhythm magazine, narrowly beating out Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham. The full top ten is as follows: 1. Buddy Rich2. John Bonham3. Gene Krupa4. Ringo Starr5. Steve Gadd6. Stewart Copeland7. Tony Williams8. Keith Moon9. Elvin Jones10. Billy Cobham

Eurogamer have announced that ‘Guitar Hero: Metallica’ has a European release date of March 29th. The game will contain a full 28 Metallica songs as well as songs that have influenced the band such as Alice In Chains, Queen, Slayer and Mastodon. Robert Trujillo has told Pulse of The Radio about the stop-motion process that […]

Metall Willy was our exclusive live reporter at the glorious Napalm Death gig in Sofia. Metal Willy is one odd motherfucker. His live report turned out pretty good, as you can see for yourselves HERE. The thing is, apart from sharing his personal impressions with us and hammering some free vodka at the show, Metal […]

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 […]

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