Kevin Michael Allin, born on this day 55 years ago as Jesus Christ Allin, would become known to the world as G.G. Allin – the most infamous Rock and Roll icon of all time.  

   Stéphan Forté has just signed a worldwide deal with Listenable Records (Gojira, Soilwork, Adagio) for the release of his first instrumental solo album, The Shadows Compendium.  

  In what is sure to be one of the most talked-about alliances of the year, New York king of avant-rock Lou Reed has teamed up with best-selling hard rock band Metallica to record a brand-new album, entitled Lulu, which will be released by Warner Bros. Records on November 1st, 2011.  

Aussie classic rockers ELECTRIC MARY are coming back with a brand new album on Oct 17th (in limited edition CD/ full live dvd !) on Listenable records and after having shared states with kings of the music genre like WHITESNAKE, ALICE COOPER, DEEP PURPLE , ELECTRIC MARY will tour Europe as follows.   

LISTENABLE is delighted to announce the signing of Swedish death metal machine COLDWORKER and will release their new album The Doomsayer’s Call  in Winter 2011.  

I’m With You, the new album from multi-platinum rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers is released today, August 29th, on Warner Bros. Records.  

Odin’s rage has been awakened by the steady decline of support for metal in the USA! The Allfather has spoken – Metal bands and Einherjar from all over the world shall gather for the Final Battle!  

The folks at FUNKO have come up with yet another way to reinvent one of the most influential rock and roll bands of all-time of all time… KISS! On September 7th, they will release their new line of KISS Plushies to the masses. (Click on the images to the right for hi res photos)  

  Shot in February 1996, the original House of the Damned marked the directorial debut of Sean Weathers. Inspired by THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD and EVIL DEAD movies as well as THE TWILIGHT ZONE television series, Weathers wanted this film to be something that combined all of the things he enjoyed watching as a kid, shot with an all black cast, which is a first for a film of this genre.  

Friday, August 26, 2011, 2011 – Fresh off the 2011 Warped Tour and armed with what the UK’s Metal Hammer called the band’s “most ferocious release to date,” rising metalcore darlings The Devil Wears Prada announces “Dead Throne Tour: North America 2011” the first North American leg of the band’s 2011 – 2012 worldwide tour.  

Hey all you Arch Enemy fans, Metalmachine.net and Live Nation/The Best Buy Theater bring you…  

Charred Walls of the Damned returns with the follow up to their critically acclaimed self-titled debut! Richard Christy, Tim “Ripper” Owens, Jason Suecof and Steve DiGiorgio once again join forces to bring to life Christy’s latest body of work, Cold Winds on Timeless Days. The writing process for the new album actually began while the band was mixing their 2010 debut. Richard Christy used his experience on the first album to write songs that catered not only to each member’s playing style, but to Jason Suecof’s production style. The result: demos that turned out nearly identical to what ended up on the album.