Kjetil Nordhus, vocalist of the disbanded Norwegian avantgardists Green Carnation, has started working on a solo album. This follows last summer’s decision of his former group to disband, just a few months after relasing the concert DVD “A Night Under the Dam”, part of which can be viewed below: Green Carnation – “Transparent Me” (live)

Poland’s skastersВ Bibi Ribozo & The Banditos, theirВ Belgian colleagues Under Authority of and the Romanian punk rockers Scandal shall play live at the Area 51 Club in Varna, BulgariaВ onВ July 20. The event starts at 8 p.m.

The Sun reports that The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood has run off to Ireland with an 18-year-old cocktail waitress. The 61-year-old guitarist has retreated to one of his second homes alongside Ekaterina Ivanova, whom he met in a cocktail bar after the April premiere of the band’s “Shine a Light” film. A “source” also told […]

After “The Only One” and “Freakshow“, The Cure will please their fans with the third single off their upcming new album next Monday. As promised, the band is going to issue a brand-new cut on the 13th of every month until September 13, when the full-length effort is going to surface, so here it is […]

Professionally filmed video footage of Nightwish‘s July 6, 2008 concert at the Rock Werchter festival in Werchter, Belgium can be viewed below. The song shown is the Finnish band’s hit single “Nemo“, while the entire performance can be watched here. Nightwish – “Nemo” (live 2008)

The former lead singer for the 90’s Denver, Colorado-based metal band Angellic Rage, Paul Stitt a.k.a. Paul Vee, was murdered in Las Vegas during a liquor store robbery on Tuesday night. The police are trying to find his killers by looking at a surveillance video. Angellic Rage gained a cult following in their hometown during […]

Tennessee’s The Showdown will release their third full-length album on August 19 via Solid State Records. The CD (view cover in the left) will be entitled “Back Breaker“, and a track from it, “Achilles – The Backbreaker“, is available for streaming on myspace.com/theshowdown.

At the end of this news you may watch Buckcherry‘s video for their new song “Too Drunk…” (nothing to do with Dead Kennedys’ “Too Drunk to Fuck”). As for the band’s news full-length studio album, “Black Butterfly“, it will be released on September 23. Buckcherry – “Too Drunk…“

Professionally filmed footage of Judas Priest‘s June 27, 2008 performance at the Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium can be viewed below. As for a live report of the entire festival, you can find it here. Judas Priest – “Eat Me Alive” (live 2008) Judas Priest – “Metal Gods” (live 2008)

On Saturday, july 12, right after the end of Ministry‘s first and last ever concert inВ Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital shall host two Ministry After Parties. The first one shall take place at the 8th Ball ClubВ (feat. Dr. Terror), and the other one – at the Colors ClubВ (feat. DJs GothprinceВ and Magistus). Additional details can be found in […]