Christian rap-metal/alternative rock outfit P.O.D. have been back in the studio working on an as yet untitled new album. The album is expected to appear early 2012, but in the meantime, you can have a free download of a brand new song. You can download ‘On Fire’ by visiting the band’s official website here. It [...]
The first official trailer for the long-awaited Pearl Jam documentary “PJ20″ has appeared online. The new trailer features cameos from cult film director David Lynch and Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell. You can view the trailer by visiting Pearl Jam’s Vimeo site here. The film, directed by Cameron Crowe, whose other works include ‘Jerry Maguire’, ‘Almost Famous’ [...]
Australian music legend Jimmy Barnes has been forced to cancel upcoming solo shows due to ill health. Barnes was taken ill earlier today (26th July) and subsequently sought a doctor’s advice. According to a statement, there were concerns his illness may be heart related, though these have proved unfounded. How many shows will be cancelled [...]
The previous album from Murfreesboro, TN’s The Great Affairs (2010’s ‘Ricky Took The Wheels’) wasn’t a cast iron classic, but featured some great rootsy pop/rock tunes nonetheless. During the first half of 2011, Great Affairs frontman Denny Smith turned his time towards other projects, including work his other band fORMER. In between recording sessions for [...]
Courtesy of Hold Tight! PR: English thrashers EVILE and Finnish folk metallers TURISAS are the latest names added to the DAMNATION FESTIVAL 2011 bill. The duo – who will play the Jagermeister Stage at Leeds University Union on Saturday, November 5 - are joined by the progressive death of XERATH and a unique, one-off showing of A MAN CALLED CATTEN performing a Medulla Nocte set.Paul Catten said: ”After listening to [...]
Incubus’s fifth full length release ‘Light Grenades’ is often considered sub-par compared to the band’s previous releases. True, it doesn’t always have the all-round sophistication of which Incubus are often capable, but it has a sense of energy within the songs. That’s more than can be said for 2011’s ‘If Not Now, When?’, an album [...]
It may have been over a decade since Cold Chisel released a studio album (1998′s reunion disc, ‘The Last Wave of Summer’), but the Aussie rockers say they’ve been busy writing and recording on and off over the past year. The recordings will make up the band’s seventh studio disc, due for release sometime in [...]
AOR legends Journey have released a video clip for their current single ‘City of Hope’. The clip features footage of the band in performance and visiting Manila, and can be seen here. ‘City of Hope’ is the lead track from Journey’s fourteenth studio album ‘Eclipse’, released on Frontiers Records in May 2011. The album has [...]
Judas Priest’s debut album, 1974’s ‘Rocka Rolla’ hints at a potentially very talented band, but is ultimately let down by some plodding arrangements and somewhat leaden production values. Everything about Priest’s second album, ‘Sad Wings of Destiny’ (issued by Gull Records in 1976) is in a completely different league, right down to the fantastic album [...]
In an interview with the BBC, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has stated that when working on their upcoming album ‘I’m With You’, the band wrote seventy songs for consideration. With regards to only a mere fourteen of those making the final cut, the bassist says: “What was important to us when we put [...]
