NEWS

02 July 2008

Mark Ronson has revealed some curious details of the forthcoming, third Kaiser Chiefs album, which he is producing. He compared the effort’s sound to that of post-punk legends Talking Heads and 70’s rock/pop titans E.L.O., and suggested that Kaiser Chiefs fans may find the follow up to 2007’s “Yours Truly, Angry Mob” “bizarre”…

02 July 2008

Swedish viking metallers Amon Amarth have been officially added to “The Unholy Alliance: Chapter III” tour alongside Trivium, Mastodon and the headliners Slayer. The shows will pass through Europe in October and November. A month earlier, on September 22, Amon Amarth will release their seventh full-length album, “Twilight of the Thunder God“, via Metal Blade […]

02 July 2008

At the end of June 2008, just a day before the official release of her debut solo album “Calm Before the Storm“, Steve Harris’ charming daughter Lauren Harris talked live on Tangra Mega Rock…В and HERE’S the entire conversation.

02 July 2008

Area 51 Booking announced the final details for the upcoming East Noise Attack Fest IV. The punk/hardcore/metal event is scheduled to take place on August 15-17В in the so-calledВ Northern Industrial AreaВ in Varna, Bulgaria. Tickets costВ 15 EuroВ for the three days, and here’s the schedule: August 15:Minddread D.S.O.L. The Revenge Project PropagandaG.O.T.C. Overdawn Symbolic Past Redemption Deadrise Melekh […]

02 July 2008

Undercover News reports that legendary Australian hard rockers AC/DC have three titles that they are considering for for their upcoming album, including “Black Ice” (which is said to be “a frontrunner at the moment”) and “Runaway Train“. AC/DC’s first album in eight years is tentatively due in October and is expected to be followed by […]

01 July 2008

Slipknot have unveiled their new imagery. Check out the Iowa band’s new masks in the video below while listening to the title track of the group’s upcoming new album, “All Hope Is Gone“, due out on August 26 via Roadrunner Records.

01 July 2008

In an interview with the Liverpool Daily Post, Gordon Brown picked “All My Loving” as his favourite Beatles track. “This was my early favourite because it was the first I learnt to play on the piano when my parents sent me for lessons when I was young,” he told. Leader of the Conservatives David Cameron […]

01 July 2008

Britain’s indie rock stars Arctic Monkeys are set to reconvene this month to begin writing their third album. The process of creating the songs for the follow-up to 2007’s “Favourite Worst Nightmare” shall take place in the their hometown of Sheffield.

01 July 2008

The Verve are offering fans to download an exclusive free song over six weeks before the release of their forthcoming album. The track is called “Mover” and is available to download from vervedownload.com. It will not appear on the reunited band’s new CD, “Forth“, due for release on August 18.

01 July 2008

Fan-filmed video footage with decent quality of original Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley (on the photo) joining Pearl Jam on June 25, 2008 during the second of a two-night stand at Madison Square Garden to play lead guitar on Kiss’ “Black Diamond” can be viewed below. The track was mostly sung by drummer Matt Cameron and […]