North American rights to Prachya Pinkaew 's " Chocolate " have been acquired by Magnet Releasing . The film, which premiered in the Midnight Madness section at the Toronto International Film Festival and just won the Audience Award runner-up prize

In a Fantastic Fest opening night Q&A for the US Premiere of his new comedy " Zack and Miri Make a Porno " in Austin's downtown Paramount Theater last Thursday, director Kevin Smith reminisced about the first time he decided

BW&BK has received the following: ALL THAT REMAINS' new album Overcome (Prosthetic Records/Razor & Tie Entertainment) has debuted at #16 on the Billboard Top 200 Album...

Drum legend Snowy Shaw's (THERION, ex-KING DIAMOND, DREAM EVIL) Gothenburg-based doom-rock opera project OPERA DIABOLICUS has issued the following update: "Opera Diabolicus were supposed to enter...

Noah Martin has issued the following statement in regards to stepping down from his bass-playing duties in ARSIS: "Well, I don't know where to start....

The following story is courtesy of Jennifer Shea from Heraldtribune.com:Brian and Brenda Johnson, Sarasota's rock royalty, are on the cutting edge of redefining...

Rushisaband.com is reporting:Samantha is a 16-year-old RUSH fan from Summerville, Georgia who was diagnosed with cancer back in August of 2007. Three months...

The Bon Scott Blog has posted a number of classic archive photos from Aussie photographer Rennie Ellis. His site can be found at...

San Francisco's progressive/doom/stoner rock band GIANT SQUID, who have completed the studio work on their upcoming, self-released album The Ichthyologist with Matt Bayles (MASTODON, ISIS,...

Having just returned from a fully packed show at the Belsepub Club in Gothenburg, Sweden on August 29th, THORIUM are now ready to play more...

Florida's MALEVOLENT CREATION have issued the following update: "I know it has been some time since we have said much or updated things lately, but finally...

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR recently returned from Russia where they performed shows in St. Petersburg on September 20th and in Moscow at Tochka Club...

Ex-MEGADETH guitarist Glen Drover has issued the following update: "I am slllooowwwly getting acclimated to my new Mac Pro-Tools set up in my studio... But...

ADRIFT, the Tampa-based band featuring guitarist Jack Owen (DEICIDE, ex-CANNIBAL CORPSE), as well as MENA BRINNO, will support KAMELOT on October 9th at the State...

BW&BK has received the following press release:Cure In The Canyons II, the luxury lifestyle-fest for Breast Cancer Research will take place on Sunday, Oct. 5,...

SWALLOW THE SUN's new album, Plague Of Butterflies, has entered the Finnish charts at #1! The album was released via Spinefarm Records in North America...

OUTLAW ORDER's Dragging Down The Enforcer will be available in a limited edition Anarcho-Metal box through Season Of Mist on November 10 (Europe) and November...

Season Of Mist have confirmed October 13th as the release date for Mahakali, the new album from vocalist JARBOE. The label reports: As the release date for...

Swedish melodic metal band EVERGREY will be supporting WHITESNAKE on their shows in Sweden in mid-December. Dates are as follows:December16 - Hovet - Stockholm, Sweden17...

Hits Daily Double are reporting that METALLICA's new album, Death Magnetic, sold 329,000 copies in the US in it's first full week of...