An inquest in Maidstone has heard that Hannah Bond, a 13 year-old girl from Kent, committed suicide by hanging herself – and emo music has been blamed. Both Bond’s mother, Heather, and Roger Sykes, the coroner who gave the verdict of suicide, suggested that the fact that Bond was an obsessive fan of such music […]

R.E.M. have uploaded the video for their song “Hollow Man” on the Internet. The song follows “Supernatural Superserious” as the second single off the band’s current album, “Accellerate”, which was released last month via Warner. R.E.M. – “Hollow Man“

After the comeback single “Violet Hill” was made available as a free download for one week only, and figues have exceeded two million, Coldplay have decided to give away another song via coldplay.com. The track is called “A Spell A Rebel Yell” and will not be featured on the band’s upcoming album, “Viva La Vida […]

The fifth concert of the Credit to the Nation Live series shall take place at theВ Stroeja ClubВ in Sofia, Bulgaria next Monday, May 12. The event shall start at 8:30 p.m., and is going to feature sets by P.I.F., Sepuko 6, Saint Electrics, Mental ArchitectsВ and My Preserver.

Blackmore’s Night, the Renaissance-flavored band featuring former Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and his fiancГ©e Candice Night, will release its new album, “Secret Voyage“, in Europe on June 30 via SPV. The CD is going to feature following tracklist: 01. God Save the Keg02. Locked Within the Crystal Ball03. Gilded Cage04. Toast to […]

Bulgaria’s modern metal masters Fyeld shall tour the country in June in support of their upcoming studio album “Not Blond Enough to Survive the Holocaust”. The band shall do two warm-up shows before that, namely: May 9В – Puzzle Club inВ Plovdiv May 17В – Jam Club in Stara Zagora

The Polish label Metal Mind Productions will release a live DVD by Flotsam and Jetsam, entitled “Once in a Deathtime” (view cover in the left), in Europe on June 16. The disc will contain footage of the band’s March 8, 2008 performance at the Metalmania Festival in Katowice, Poland.

The visitors of cokemusic.bg have voted for the ten best school rock bands in Bulgaria. These are New Voice, Balance, Nismo, Afterlive, The Strunes, Metal Touch, Soul Stage, Hype, Vice VersaВ andВ Tarnokop. The big winner among them shall be announced on May 22. Keep checking the above-mentioned website for details.

WTF?, the bastard brainchild of Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, Toronto-based dance phenom Deadmau5, DJ Aero and Steve Duda (a.o. producer of Nine Inch Nails), has released its debut EP, “You Can’t Afford This Chicken“, via Xfer Records. The effort features two tracks – “You Can’t Afford This” and “Chicken”. Check out the latter one […]

Local support for next week’s show by Japan’s industrial psychos Gothika in Sofia, Bulgaria shall come from Animassacre (on the photo). Check them out below, as well as at animassacre.com. The event is scheduled for May 15 at theВ Fans Rock Bar, with tickets costing 5 Euro. Animassacre – “Destruktion” (live)