Mongrel – the new British supergroup featuring Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys), Andy Nicholson (ex-Arctic Monkeys), Drew McConnell (Babyshambles), Jon McClure (Reverend & The Makers), Joe Moskow (Reverend & The Makers), and rapper Lowkey – will release their debut album on October 22. The CD will be entitled “Better Than Heavy“.

Total Rock reports that Slash (Velvet Revolver, ex-Guns N’ Roses) was hired to compose the music for an upcoming Mexican movie. The film will be entitled “This Is Not a Movie“, and the director’s name is Olallo Rubio.

Pearl Jam bass player and one-time Mother Love Bone and Green River member Jeff Ament will release his first solo album on September 16. The effort will be entitled “Tone“, and shall be limited to just 3000 copies on CD.

Eric Clapton’s autobiography, originally published last year, has just been released with a translation in BUlgarian as well.

The 63-year-old British keyboard player and composer Keith Emerson shall pass through the ancient Bulgarian town Plovdiv on Sunday, September 7, as part of his current tour with the Keith Emerson Band. A week before the performance, the maestro himself spoke to us… Check out the entire interview HERE.

Rob Zombie’s brother Spider One and his Boston-based band Powerman 5000 have posted a live video for their song “Bombshell” on the Internet. You can check it out below. Meanwhile, the guys contie working on the follow-up to “Destroy What You Enjoy” (2006), but its unlikely that the new album will be released before 2009… […]

Atlanta rap/metal pioneers Stuck Mojo are hard at work on the follow-up to “Southern Born Killers” (2006). According to a posting on guitarist and main composer Rich Ward’s website, he is on his way to the UK to do some mixing at producer Andy Sneap’s Backstage Studio… Stuck Mojo – “I’m American“

Slipknot‘s “Psychosocial” was nominated in the “Best Rock Video” category at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. The event will be broadcast live on September 7 from the legendary Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood. Here are Slipknot’s rivals – the “Best Rock Video” nominees: Paramore – “CrushCrushCrush” Slipknot – “Psychosocial” Linkin Park – “Shadow of […]

Norway’s black metal wizards Satyricon will release their new album on November 3 via Roadrunner Records. Entitled “The Age of Nero” (view cover in the left), the effort was produced by Joe Barresi (a.o. Tool, Queens of the Stone Age), and is going to include 8 tracks. One of them, “My Skin Is Cold”, can […]

A TV commercial for the DVD release of “Chemical Wedding” – the supernatural horror-thriller written by Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson and longtime “Monty Python” editor Julian Doyle, who also directed the film — can be viewed below. The disc (view cover in the left) is slated for an early 2009 release. “Chemical Wedding” Trailer