Euro-thrash mainstays Sodom go back to their roots on new album Genesis XIX with mixed results

Mexican Summer is launching an extensive reissue series called Ariel Archives focusing on the material that Ariel Pink has recorded. The first installment will include reissues of two Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti albums, 1999's Underground and 2002's Loverboy, and a compilation of outtakes and non-album tracks called Odditties Sodomies Vol. 2. ...

Germany's 'Big Teutonic 4' have announced the release of their second joint 10inch vinyl. Kreator, Sodom, Destruction and Tankard have each recorded a classic NWOBHM cover version

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian parents' committee has asked President Vladimir Putin to cancel a planned concert by gay musician Elton John, saying he intended to violate a ban on "homosexual propaganda". In an open letter to Putin, the local parents' group in central Ural region was reported by media as saying: "The singer intends to come out in ...