British black metallers Cradle of Filth have set “Godspeed on the Devil’s Thunder” as the title of their new album, due in October via Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2006’s “Thornography” is a 72-minute concept record about a legendary serial killer from the 15th century, Gilles De Rais – a French nobleman who fought alongside […]

Former HammerFall bassist Magnus RosГ©n is working on a solo album with GГ¶teborgs Symfoniker (the Swedish National Symphonic Orchestra). There’s still no word of whether the CD is going to surface, but oy can get in idea of what it’s going to sound like by watching the video footage below. Meanwhile, ex-Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen […]

Tonight’s edition of the Krechetalo weekly show on Tangra.tv shall feature video footage of WhitesnakeВ and Def Leppard‘s show in Sofia, Bulgaria on July 4, 2008.В 

The next issue of Bulgaria’s Pro-Rock Magazine shall surface this Friday, July 25. The edition’s cover storyВ (view cover below) shall be dedicated to ExodusВ and Overkill. Besides, you’ll find many features about a.o. Motley Crue, Hollenthon, Amaseffer, Treponem Pal, Gama Bomb, Unleashed, Jesus on Extacy, Russian Circles, Coldworker, Daylight Dies, Origin, Epicurean, Siebenburgen, Kansas, From First […]

The Bulgarian town of Russe shall host the first edition of the Black Curse Fest. The event, scheduled for September 20,В shall feature sets by the Italians Graveworm, the Swedish bands Lord Belial, ApostasyВ and The Cold Existence, and Britain’s Eastern Front. The festival’s venue shall be the open-air Summer Amphitheater, with tickets costing just 10 leva […]

The 62-year old Friar Cesare Bonizzi – a former Capuchin missionary in Ivory Coast – is gaining fame around the globe not as a monch, but as a… metal singer! The long-white-bearded has no qualms bobbing his head and shouting lyrics about alcohol, sex, tobacco and life in general into his microphone. Describing himself as […]

The Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti is working on a new album with his side-project Little Joy. The band is a collaboration with his girlfriend Binki Shapiro and Brazilian singer and guitarist Rodrigo Amarante (ex-Los Hermanos), and their debut CD is slated for an autumn release.

All the 11 songs on Alice Cooper‘s new concept studio album, “Along Came a Spider“, are available for streaming on myspace.com/officialalicecooper. The effort is officially due out in Europe on July 28 via SPV.

Metallica have revealed the front cover artwork for their new album, “Death Magnetic“. You can view it below. The CD was produced by Rick Rubin and is due out in Europe on September 22.

This year’s edition of the annualВ International Jass FestivalВ inВ Bansko, BulgariaВ shall take place on August 8-13, 2008. Sever open-air stages shall host performances by Bulgarian artist like a.o. Vassil Petrov, Nona Yotova, Camelia Todorova, Theodossiy Spassov, Milcho Leviev, Stefka Onikian, Ya-Ya, Mind Trips, Dirty PurchaseВ and Hilda Kazassian,В as well asВ Palyrria (Greece), Giovanca (Holland), Eftekasat (Egypt), The Belgrade Dixieland […]