Bulgaria’s ska leadersВ Wickeda shall start a three-month European club tour at the end of this week. All dates and venues confirmed so far can be seen in our GIG GUIDE.

Former Pop Will Eat Itself members Graham Crabb (vocals) and Adam Mole (guitar) shall release the debut effort with their new project Vileevils on March 25. The word goes about a maxi-single entitled “Fucking and Fighting“, which can already be checked out at myspace.com/vileevils. No details on a full-length album were revealed, nor on a […]

Anthrax guitar hero Scott Ian has formed a new side-project called Methusaleh. According to the man, the group features “some lovely fellows that play in some major bands. I can’t say shit about it right now other than the songs are fucking heavy, like a more metallic Kyuss.” Anthrax – “I’m the Man” (live)

Speaking to BB6 Music, Metallica‘s drummer Lars Ulrich said: “We’re just finishing up a record, we’ve got six weeks left and it should be out in September, that’s the idea right now.” The still untitled CD has been produced by Rick Rubin in Los Angeles and is reportedly a return to the band’s early fast […]

American rockers My Morning Jacket shall release their new studio album on June 10 via ATO Records. Entitled “Evil Urges“, the CD by the Kentucky-bred rock act was recorded in New York late last year with co-producer Joe Chiccarelli, and is going to feature 14 tracks. My Morning Jacket – “The Way That He Sings” […]

Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails are rumoured to be headlining this year’s Lollapalooza Festival. Nothing’s been confirmed yet, except for the fact that the upcoming edition of the event, which was founded by Perry Farrell, is set to take place at Chicago’s Grant Park on August 1-3, with more than 100 artists expected to perform.

After The Sex Pistols, Nightwish and Ministry, half a dozen more acts have been added to the bill for this year’s EXIT Festival, set to take place on July 10-13 at the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia. The word goes about Gogol Bordello (on the photo), Paul Weller, The Hives, Sven Vath, Franscois K, […]

Britain’s rock veterans Uriah Heep shall finally release a brand-new full-length studio album. The follow-up to 1998’s “Sonic Origami” shall be suitably entitled “Wake the Sleeper” (view cover in the left) and is going to surface on June 2 via Universal Music Group. Uriah Heep – “July Morning” (live)

For the first time in Nuclear Blast‘s history, eight of the German label’s releases appeared last week in the German album and single charts at the same time. To be more precise, the honour goes to: Albums: RAGE – “Carved in Stone” (#24) NIGHTWISH – “Dark Passion Play” (#29) AVANTASIA – “The Scarecrow” (#70) SUBWAY […]

Samael’s guitarist Makro and his extreme metal side-project Sludge shall release its new studio album, “Lava“, in April or May via the Danish label Mighty Music. The Swiss group’s CD contains 9 songs described as “dirty, un-commercial, heavy as shit”. Some of them can be heard at myspace.com/sludgedoomers, and the video for the opening track, […]