THE CULT enter studio next month to start recording a new album. It will be the group’s firstВ offering since 2001’s “Beyond Good and Evil”. A fall release is expected. Also planned for release is a DVD of the band’s November 13, 2006 concert at Irving Plaza in New York City, tentatively due in April. THE […]

U2 frontman Bono is set to release a new book, titled “On the Move”, which is based on the singer’s 2005 speech at the White House. In his speech Bono called on Americans to act against poverty in Africa, and all royalties from the book will go towards the ONE Campaign to Make Poverty History. […]

Megadeth have uploaded a streaming demo version of a new track on their website, www.megadeth.com. It’s called “Gears of War” and comes off the band’s fortchoming album “United Abominations”. Meanwhile, it was announced that frontman Dave Mustaine and Dean Guitars have announced a new guitar line called “Vehement: VMNT”. “The whole process has been surreal,” […]

According to publications on the website of Billboard and an article in The Los Angeles Times, one of the most popular American bands of the 1990’s, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, will reunite for a performance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival this spring in California. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, Bjork and the Red […]

MARILYN MANSON has set “Eat Me, Drink Me” as the title of his new solo album, according to a posting on his official web site. The shock-rocker is currently putting the finishing touches on the CD, which is tentatively due this spring. A world tour will follow. In an October 2005 interview with MTV.com, Manson […]

The metal legends SAXON embark on a tour in February, days before the release of their new album, “The Inner Sanctum”, on March 5. The tour will end in mid-May and will takeВ Biff Byford (vocals), Paul Quinn (guitar), Doug Scarratt (guitar), Nibbs Carter (bass) and Nigel Glockler (drums) throughВ  England, Ireland, Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, […]

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE tour manager, Mark Strickland has been awarded ?40,000 libel damages by the High Court over a claim he was caught masturbating at work. Mark Stickland said he was portrayed as a “sexual deviant” in the January 2006 edition of music magazine Kerrang! Publisher Emap Metro had argued the claim, made in […]

KISS fan “Expo” will be held in Holland on March 17. The Expo’s special guests are Eric Singer and Bruce Kulick. Eric and Bruce will take part in a question-and-answer session and will also be available for autographs and photos. KISS merchandise will be on sale throughout the event. Eric, Bruce, John Corabi of Motley […]

In February will be published the book “A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa”, exploring the life and mostly the death of the legendary guitarist of Pantera and Damageplan DIMEBAG DARRELL, who was shot onstage by Nathan Gale in 2004. The book is written by Chris A. with a foreword […]

Blender.com has posted a three-minute video of SLAYER paying a visit, in November to the 52nd Services Squadron, located on the Spangdahlem U.S. Air Force Base in Germany. The band, whose latest release, “Christ Illusion”, deals with the brutality of war and religions fanaticism, scrutinizing America’s role in Iraq and Afghanistan, spent a couple of […]