Former Mushroomhead guitarist and founding member John E. Sekula (a.k.a. Jj Righteous) passed away on Thursday, October 28 at the age of 41. moreKyuss are to reunite next year for a tour well, most of the influential stoner band anyway. Under the name of Kyuss Lives, vocalist John Garcia, bassist Nick Oliveri and drummer Brant Bjork will get together in the spring. more
Representatives for Bret Michaels have dismissed reports of an alleged affair between the rocker and Miley Cyrus' mum Tish broke up her marriage to Billy Ray Cyrus. more
Guns N' Roses fans fell prey to a prank by a hacker that gained access to Axl Rose's official Twitter account, Russian computer security company Kaspersky reported in a press statement. more
Converge has announced plans to begin writing their next album this week. As usual, most of the album will be written and ultimately recorded at guitarist Kurt Ballou's own studio more
Unearth have tapped drummer Branden Morgan of Misery Signals for their upcoming European dates as part of the Persistence Tour. The band says, "Branden is a great drummer and has been nailing all the tunes in rehearsal. Everyone headed to the Persistence Tour can expect Unearth to be as solid as ever during this run." more
According to Monica Rizzo from People.com, Motley Crue's Vince Neil will be participating in ABC's new reality competition, Skating With The Stars. more
Pink Floyd singer/guitarist David Gilmour is unimpressed with the state of the music industry, insisting modern singers fail to measure up to his icons Neil Young and Leonard Cohen. more
Korn: 'Working with Ross Robinson was not comfortable at all' - video New recruit Ray Luzier says he found producer 'difficult' more
This Friday, November 5th, you will have another chance to catch Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell playing with his hobby project , Sir Sodoff & The Trainwrecks, at Harper's Bar & Grille in Tarzana, CA. more
Vocalist Kasper Thomsen will sit out Raunchy's upcoming European tour with Sybreed and Threat Signal "for family and personal reasons" and will be temporarily replaced by "good friend" Travis Neal from Divine Heresy. more
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Denim And Leather album, Saxon will be playing the whole of this record at next year's Sweden Rock. more
Prior to his show with Gaslight Anthem, Chuck Ragan has announced a special fundraising event on November 6th at the Eine Welt Haus in Munich, Germany to raise money for kids with a refugee background. more
Adler's Appetite, the band led by former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler, has announced more 2011 tour dates. more
Abysmal Dawn has set "Leveling The Plane Of Existence" as the title of its new album, due in North America on February 1 via Relapse Records more
On this day in 1964, During The Rolling Stones North American tour, a 17 year-old Stones fan fell from the balcony during a gig in Cleveland, Ohio. The Mayor of Ohio banned all future pop concerts, saying, "Such groups do not add to the community's culture or entertainment." And on this day in 1997, Metallica came to an out-of-court agreement with a fan who claimed he lost his sense of smell after being dropped on his head by fans at one of Metallica's shows four years earlier. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here
The Metal Den has obtained several never before seen live photos of the original Van Halen lineup performing on stage circa Fall/1977 at the legendary Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. more
Classic Rock will be presenting a special Rush night on November 8 at the Cineworld in Haymarket, London, starting at 6pm. more
Most Precious Blood will be regrouping in mid to late-January for two shows. Said shows are expected to take place in Albany and New York City. more
While Devo were forced to cancel all their remaining tour dates, Descendents have stepped in to pick up their spot at Fun Fun Fun Fest more
There Are Rules, the Get Up Kids' first album since Guilt Show was released seven years ago, if be self-released by the band in January more
Robert Plant has revealed how he was ready to quit Led Zeppelin and become a teacher when his young son died. more
F**k The Facts has finished recording its new album, "Die Miserable", for a spring release via Relapse Records. The band self-recorded the CD, which will contain nine songs with a running time of around 40 minutes. more
The track 'We Win', which ESPN and Major League Baseball are using during their coverage of The World Series, is an early taste of what's to come from the new Duff McKagan's Loaded CD. BW&BK is streaming the track right now, right here
Diabolical are set to release their new album 'Ars Vitae' on January 21, 2011. The album contains 17 tracks, 4 new studio tracks, 9 live tracks and their first EP 'Deserts Of Desolation' remastered. more
Dimmu Borgir will tour Japan for the first time in 10 years in February 2011. more
Iron Maiden have posted a new graphic on their official website of Eddie holding the Earth in his hand, with the geographical area focusing on the North Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, with the words Tuesday, November 2nd at 6PM GMT more
Jailhouse have reunited to write, record and release their first new song "Straight At The Light" in over 19 years. more
Buried Inside will play their last show on November 13th at Babylon (317 Bank St.) in Ottawa, ON more
In Flames will are "almost finished" with the pre-production on their next album are preparing to start the actual recordings for the CD at their own If studios in Gothenburg, Sweden. According to the band, "The plan is to spend the remaining part of 2010 and the beginning of 2011 creating and recording the follow-up to 'A Sense Of Purpose'." more
Styx have added dates in Houston and San Antonio. Texas to their current Grand Illusion / Pieces Of Eight tour, which showcases both albums performed in their entirety. more
According to a post on the BW&BK BraveBoard (found here), Voivod bassist Blacky (Jean-Yves Thιriault) and guitarist Dan Mongrain are currently writing material for a new album. more
Michael Brandvold just posted an old interview he did with former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent back in 1987 here
Gojira will be in Los Angeles next week in the studio with Logan Mader, recording an EP to support the action of Sea Shepherd led by Paul Watson. more
Former Union/Motley Crue frontman John Corabi will be doing a benefit gig for Toys For Tots. It will take place on December 3rd in Nashville, TN more
Jetboy have released a Greatest Hits compilation CD entitled "Now and Then" more
InnerWish and Terry Moros have decided to go their separate ways more
On this day in 1969, The Beatles scored their 13th U.S. #1 album with Abbey Road. The final studio recordings from the group featured two George Harrison songs, "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun," plus "Come Together," "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and the Side Two medley. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here
Former Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant headlined BBC Radio 2's Electric Proms festival on October 29. Check it out here
The Autumn Offering's singer Matt McChesney has now announced that the band is taking a "long break," and possibly breaking up. more
Arcade Fire were due to kick off European dates at the Atlantica Pavillion in Lisbon on November 18, but are being forced to postpone the show by Nato. more
Check out the latest trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops, which features "Gimme Shelter" from The Rolling Stones here
Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson is on the short list for the Face Of Travel 2010 Award. This acknowledges the celebrity who's made the biggest contribution to the travel and tourism industry during the past year. more
The Decemberists announce new album release date and tracklisting 'The King Is Dead' is due out on January 11, 2011 more
Drive-By Truckers have just announced that their upcoming full length, Go-Go Boots will be on shelves on February 15th, 2011. more
Stephen Pearcy tells BW&BK "I'm personally taking a break from Ratt to concentrate on my label Top Fuel Records, work on a new solo album..." more
Senses Fail's Buddy Nielsen says, "A band like All Time Low should have no business being associated with a band like Senses Fail, but they are. There's no similarity whatsoever in everything that we do. The Maine might as well be Matchbox 20. All Time Low might as well be Mickey Mouse Club." more
Butch Frable has resigned as guitarist for Beyond Fallen due to health issues. more
Bobby Lee Morgan, musician and songwriter of the late 80's-early 90's rock band Badd Attitude passed away on October 29th more
Allman Brothers legend Gregg Allman has revealed the track listing for his first solo album in 14 years, 'Low Country Blues', which is scheduled for release via Rounder Records on January 18, 2011. more
Jane's Addiction will close out 2010 with a pair of shows in Aspen, CO on December 30th and 31st at Belly Up. more
Flogging Molly will be heading back into the studio at the end of the year to record their new studio album, set for release the first half of 2011. Their annual Green 17 Tour will be announced soon more
Two months after filing for divorce, Slash has withdrawn the petition. more
Joy Division releasing new vinyl box set named '+-' Ten-disc set will be released in December more
According to Australia's Soundwave Festival, Alesana have joined Epitaph Records. more
Reign Supreme will be releasing a new EP on Deathwish Inc. in 2011. more
Periphery is currently finishing up work on their upcoming EP. Additionally, the band has commenced writing for their second full-length. more
Doomenicus have announced they have split up due to a number of unspecified issues within the band. Doomenicus released their acclaimed debut album, 'Sacred,' in 2009 more
Details have been released for the recently promised split from Dan Potthast and Tomas Kalnoky of Streetlight Manifesto (under the name Toh Kay. The album is titled You By Me: Volume 1 more