Heavy metal News

A college in Britain has announced that it will be offering a degree in Heavy Metal. The qualification will be called a "Heavy Metal Music Performance degree."

The Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei has stated he plans to release a heavy metal album in order to "express his opinion" about a variety of issues relating to politics in China.

Toronto - Does the world need yet another book about Thin Lizzy? Somebody seems to think so, and he is not alone. This latest is published in Canada.

Glasgow - In 1989, Gun hit the UK music scene with 'Taking On The World', but although they enjoyed some follow up success, they faded into obscurity.

Dublin - Does the world need another documentary about Thin Lizzy? If you need to ask that question, you don't know what rock music is all about.

London - Jon Lord, long time keyboard player with Deep Purple and one of the biggest names in progressive rock and heavy metal, has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 71.

Black Sabbath are set to take the stage in Birmingham, UK for their first show since 2005 in an event heralded as a ‘comeback gig’.

London - Twenty-six years after his premature death, the Boy is back in Town for a two and a half month stint at the O2 in London's Docklands.

Cambridge - UK legendary rockers UFO, performed in the university town of Cambridge on Thursday, beginning a 16-date tour of the UK. The concert produced the obvious mix of experience, raw talent and hard rock charisma one expects from such a long-established act.

Old rockers never die, they only fade away, and some don't even do that. UFO have been going since the 1960s, and are now slap bang in the middle of yet another tour.