Altsounds — With influences from the Stones, Janis Joplin, Thin Lizzy , Deep Purple & many more musical greats, this 4 piece rock band from London are on a mission to bring back Rock n' Roll in its truest form, add to it a fresh spark of life from a new generati... more info

Metal Injection — William Shatner (The SHAT, as I like to call him) and Zakk Wylde collaborated on a cover of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man." It is set to be released on The Shat's upcoming album, Seeking Major Tom. The album is a concept cover album featuring a... more info

Altsounds — Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce the signing of GYPSYHAWK, a band who hails from Pasadena, CA and is part of the Modern Wave of Classic Heavy Metal. Combining the sound of Thin Lizzy, Hawkwind and Deep Purple with contemporaries like The He... more info

Topix — Classic-rock stars love to fetishize their own work in concert. There's everything from Roger Waters ' hugely successful tour of "The Wall" to Deep Purple blowing out every track from " Machine Head " to an upcoming string of Steely Dan shows at the ... more info

ContactMusic — Former Deep Purple rocker Jon Lord has thanked fans for their outpouring of support and good wishes following his announcement he's battling cancer. The 70-year-old keyboard player, who co-founded the Smoke on the Water heavy rock icons, posted a sta... more info

Altsounds — 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 ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Machine Head is the sixth studio album released by the English rock band Deep Purple. It was recorded through December 1971 in Montreux, Switzerland, and released in March 1972. Machine Head is often cited as influential in the development of the h... more info

ContactMusic — Deep Purple star Jon Lord has announced he is battling cancer. The keyboard player, who co-founded the Smoke on the Water heavy rock icons, has posted a statement about his health crisis on his blog. The 70 year old writes, "I would like all my frien... more info

Metalsucks — This shit is so baddass it turned my sneakers purple……true story. -KW more info

Stereogum — When we called Givers a Band To Watch last summer, we noted the Lafayette quintet made fans of Dirty Projectors with their “eclectic, ecstatic, celebratory, knotty, vocally rich sound.” And if you’ve spent any time with Givers’ excellent debu... more info