BITCH Drummer Robby Settles Dies Following Leukaemia Battle Aged 53 May 26th, 2010 Robby Settles Robby Settles, co-founder and drummer of Californian metal group Bitch, died on May 26th, 2010 at the age of 53 following a battle with leukaemia. Robby Settles was born on May 7th, 1957 in Texas, playing with rock ’n’ roll […]

SLIPKNOT Bassist Paul Gray Dies Aged 38 May 24th, 2010 Paul Gray, bassist for Des Moines, Iowa-based metal group Slipknot, died of an accidental overdose of morphine and fentanyl on May 24th, 2010 at the age of 38. At roughly 10:50am local time, Gray was found dead in room 431 at the TownePlace Suites Hotel […]

RONNIE JAMES DIO Dies Aged 67 May 16th, 2010 Ronnie James Dio, vocalist of metal ensembles Heaven & Hell and Dio as well as an erstwhile frontman for Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Elf, died at 7:45am CDT on May 16th, 2010 at the age of 67 following a battle with metastasized stomach cancer. On November […]

PRETTY MAIDSPandemonium Frontiers (2010)Rating: 8.5/10 I think the last Pretty Maids album I actually bought was Future World (1987), so excuse my ignorance. Who would have thought that some 25 years later they’d be still rocking out… and rocking hard too. Pandemonium is the Danes’ 11th album, and what a corker it is. How many […]