A two disc best of album is set to be released to mark what would have been Freddie Mercury’s sixtieth year.‘The Very Best Of Freddie Mercury Solo’ is released as a special edition on September 4 and comes complete with a bonus CD of rare tracks.The collection dates back to 1973 with Freddie’s cover of […]

Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl is set to release solo material.A track ‘Vile‘ will appear on the soundtrack to the film ‘Rising Son: The Legend Of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi’, which is released on November 13.The soundtrack also features Gnarls Barkley and Queens Of The Stone Рђge.The tracklisting for the album is:Gnarls Barkley – ‘Just A […]

Blur/Gorillaz principal Damon Albarn has formed yet another band, the Good the Bad and the Queen. He is flanked by former Clash bassist Paul Simonon, former Verve guitarist Simon Tong and Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen in the group, which will release its Danger Mouse-produced debut album next year via Parlophone in the United Kingdom. […]

LINKIN PARK performed a brand new song, tentatively dubbed “Qwerty“, during its appearances at this past weekend’s Summer Sonic festivals in Japan. Listen to the audio of the song at YouTube.com.

SUPERNOVA — the new all-star band featuring ex-METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted, MГ–TLEY CRГњE drummer Tommy Lee and former GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke — will release it self-titled debut album on November 21. The CD, which is being produced by Butch Walker (AVRIL LAVIGNE, BOWLING FOR SOUP, PINK), can currently be pre-ordered through the […]

SLAYER‘s “Christ Illusion” sold more than 62,000 copies in its first week of release in the United States to debut at position No. 5 on The Billboard 200 chart. This is the highest position ever on the chart for SLAYER, who previously reached No. 8 with their 1994 release “Divine Intervention” after moving 93,000 copies […]

Candlelight Records continues its ongoing collector’s series this fall with stateside release of new and classic albums from 1349, CHILDREN OF BODOM, CARPATHIAN FOREST, NIGHTWISH, ZYKLON, GORGOROTH and more.Available September 19 the picture disc limited-edition (500 copies) pressing of “Beyond the Apocalypse” from 1349 finds its stateside vinyl debut during the band’s first tour of […]

We got JJ French on our hot telephone line and put him live on Tangra Mega Rock.V.V. – Hello Mr. French how are you doing?JJ French – I am very well thank you.Good, so let’s start will this – what are you to now?Well we are right now finishing up recording our next release which […]

The “Wacken Radio” broadcast of German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS’ headlining appearance August 3 at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany — where they were joined by special guests and former bandmates Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker and Herman Rarebell — has been made available for download at this location. The group’s setlist […]

PEEPING TOM — the new project of Mike Patton (FAITH NO MORE, MR. BUNGLE, TOMAHAWK, FANTOMAS) — will open for THE WHO on seven East Coast dates in early September. PEEPING TOM‘s self-titled debut album was released on May 30 via the Ipecac label. The CD features Patton alongside a slew of collaborators, such as […]