Marilyn Manson, the shock rocker born Brian Hugh Warner, is putting the final touches on his eighth studio album, Born Villain, which will be released sometime in 2012. Despite losing many crucial band members over the years (they all seem to end up in Rob Zombie’s band), Marilyn Manson hasn’t thrown in the lipstick-smeared towel [...]

Black Sabbath’s upcoming reunion has been put in jeopardy with news that drummer Bill Ward might drop out due to an “unsignable contract”. Ward posted a detailed statement on his official website. One of the excerpts reads as follows: “At this time, I would love nothing more than to be able to proceed with the [...]

‘Love Interruption’, the first taste of Jack White’s forthcoming debut album, Blunderbuss, is available exclusively to Third Man Records’ Vault members to hear now, and will become available to the public as a free stream at www.jackwhiteIII.com in 30 minutes. The digital version of the track will be available to purchase tonight at 9 pm PST/12 AM EST. Blunderbuss will [...]

Not content with just one Biebster, the evil scientists in the music dungeon have created yet another teenage pop star. His name is Conor Maynard – yes, with just one “n”, yo! The 19-year-old Brighton singer/songwriter has just won MTV’s Brand New 2012 competition with 45% of the public votes and has found exposure by [...]

Noel Gallagher (Oasis) has revealed that his next single will be ‘Dream On’. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will release new single ‘Dream On’ on March 12. The B-side of the single will be ‘Shoot a Hole into the Sun’.

Shinedown’s much-anticipated new album, Amaryllis, will arrive in stores and at all digital retailers on March 27.

Washington Township, NJ’s pop punks I Call Fives will be releasing a teaser 7″ titled Someone That’s Not You, on March 20th, via Pure Noise Records. The 7″ will include two new songs, an acoustic song, and a cover of Third Eye Blind’s ‘How’s It Going To Be’. The 7″ will serve as a teaser [...]

After an eight year hiatus premier post-modern dance act, Apollo 440, have resurfaced with a new full-length player. Receiving its worldwide release on January 30th, via their own Stealth Sonic Recordings label, the band’s 5th artist album titled The Future’s What It Used To Be is an interstellar dub-ladled package signalling a band still brimming [...]

MusicReview’s “Band of the Week” is Twin Atlantic. Galloping out of Glasgow, Scotland, and creating more excitement than a Rangers vs. Celtic game, Twin Atlantic are quickly becoming your new favourite band – according to Kerrang! – and latching on to huge tours (with big name acts such as Blink-182, You Me At Six and [...]

Lest we forget the visually enticing, here are our picks of the best album covers of 2011. 10. Lagwagon – Hoss (Reissue) Okay, we’re cheating a bit, since Hoss was released in 1995 – but it was reissued in 2011, so, technically, it can be considered. There is a whole joke about Hoss being the [...]