Cancer Bats might not exactly be the first band you think of when you wonder who will be supporting Funeral For A Friend on their UK tour but as their new album Hail Destroyer hit the shelves earlier this year I thought I’d give them a spin. I ...

13 Nov 2008

"I thought it was a telemarketer. All I heard was, 'Blah, blah, blah, blah . . . Sumac Press.' I said, 'What! Hello!' " Before long, though, Wood was signed on for a trilogy with Sumach, which is a female-owned and operated Canadian publisher. It's ...

11 Nov 2008

Like most people trying to fill in the gaps left in their lives by the 2008 elections being done, I was interested in keeping up with yesterday's MTV Europe Music Awards. However, the no-talent tag team of Katy Perry and Perez Hilton kept me from ...

10 Nov 2008

Scandinavian rockers NIGHTWISH were forced to end a gig in Brazil early on Monday night (10Nov08), after lead singer ANETTE OLZON burst into tears and stormed offstage. The band were midway through their performance in Belo Horizonte when Olzon broke ...

9 Nov 2008

Putting together a good mixtape can be tough, and this Halloween mixtape is no different. Hours were spent sifting through songs with scary subject matter, songs with scary titles and songs that are actually about Halloween. Making a mixtape is an ...

29 Oct 2008

Who is Europe's favourite musical act? Is it the German party-rappers Fettes Brot? The Ukrainian "anti-glamour" punks Quest Pistols? Maybe those dour Finnish scamps Nightwish? MTV has decided to find out, pitting 21 disparate artists against each ...

14 Oct 2008