Big Stereo — Cool video for San Diego band Jamuel Saxon for their song “1000 Centipedes”. Not only do they have an awesome name these guys know how to get a crowd going, and besides that they’re brilliant. Is San Diego coming up again like it did the in the... more info

Guardian Music — Metalheads are campaigning to have their tribal sounds recognised as a religion. But surely there are more suitable types of music – like psychedelic trance"Metal's our religion," proclaimed loincloth-wearing beefcakes Manowar in their 1987 so... more info

Metalheads are campaigning to have their tribal sounds recognised as a religion. But surely there are more suitable types of music – like psychedelic trance"Metal's our religion," proclaimed loincloth-wearing beefcakes Manowar in their 1987 so... more info

Stereogum — The 87-year-old classically trained Brit best known for playing Saruman The White in Lord Of The Rings is just asking for an opening spot on the next Turisas tour with his symphonic concept album Charlamange. Shed the blood of Saxon men! more info

Guardian Music — Reggae's bass-heavy, rump-shaking son is thriving in Japan, where homegrown stars now outshine their Jamaican peersSome of my friends (the less intelligent ones) think that I invent music genres for a living, and if they were to see the subject of th... more info

Guardian Music — Academy, Leeds"I said 'Fuck you' to the record companies," begins Anvil's frontman, Steve "Lips" Kudlow. "My asshole is still hurting!" Then he whips out a metal vibrator to play guitar, tells us war is wrong because "we should all be friends", and p... more info

Live Daily — Singer/songwriter Bob Schneider [ tickets ] will spend part of the fall supporting his long-awaited new album, "Lovely Creatures." The Austin-based musician will start off Oct. 17 in Little Rock, AR, visiting major markets in the Southern states t... more info

Thrash Hits — With Hellfire Festival II only a matter of weeks away, we thought it was about time to offer up a nice prize so we got a pair of weekend tickets to the festival. Then we arranged a Meet & Greet with heavy metal legends, Saxon. Then we got a bunch of ... more info

Guardian Music — Prize-winning work by 10-year-old future Beatle contained hint of band's trademark logoThe developing imagination of Sir Paul McCartney has been revealed by the chance find of a schoolboy essay which won him a regional prize at the age of 10.The youn... more info

Guardian Music — How will the girl group survive without any of its founder members?On the 2007 Sugababes tour, an official T-shirt bore the names of all its members, past and present: "Keisha & Mutya & Siobhan & Heidi & Amelle." In an amusing – if perhaps tel... more info