The ninth edition of the traditional Bulgarian winter punk/hardcore festival Hardcore X-Mass shallВ happen onВ December 28 at the Black Box ClubВ inВ Sofia. The show starts at 4 p.m., tickets costВ 8 EuroВ (pre-sale via Eventim.bgВ and Ticketstream.bg) andВ 9 EuroВ (at the door), and the bands scheduled to take part are: Last Hope Another Day Death Squad Delate Envy B.F.D.M. Brothers in […]

Neverland – a collaboration between Turkey’s progressive power metal band Dreamtone (on the photo) and Greek artist Iris Mavraki – has inked a deal with Germany’s AFM Records. The band’s debut CD, “Reversing Time“, is scheduled for release at the end of February. The 12 tracks on the CD were recorded at ATM Studios in […]

After Led Zeppelin‘s mighty live comeback on Monday, their current best-of collection “Mothership” (view cover in the left) became the highest-selling album UK based music retailer HMV in no time. What’s more interesting – the sales of the band’s entire back catalogue are up by 500 per cent since London’s O2 Arena concert 3 days […]

Ike Turner, the rock’n’roll legend and ex-husband and colleague of Tina Turner (as Ike & Tina Turner), passed away yesterday in San Diego at the age of 76. Turner made what many consider to be the very first rock‘n’roll record – “Rocket 88” – in 1951. He played guitar and piano on the track, and […]

Static-X frontman Wayne Static has revealed some details about his side-project Pighammer. “I’m going to write with a whole bunch of different people and it is going to be heavy as fuck,” Wayne stated. “I’m going to be writing with John 5 (ex-Marilyn Manson, 2wo), we’ve talking about working with Al Jourgensen, too, and Tony […]

British heavy metal legends Iron Maiden have extended their historic 28-year recording deal with EMI. The first result of the renewed business relationship shall appear on February 5, 2008, when the band’s 1985 VHS release “Live after Death” shall be released on DVD for the first time ever.

Sweden’s rockers The Hellacopters signed a deal with the label Wild Kingdom/Sound Pollution for the release of their last ever studio album. The effort, entitled “Head Off”, shall surface on April 18, 2008. The band shall wave goodbye with a tour during the autumn. Before that the guys shall do festivals some festivals all over […]

After releasing their latest album “Southern Born Killers” for free on the Internet, Atlanta-based rap metallers Stuck Mojo have changed their mind and inked a deal with Napalm Records. The the Austrian label will release “Southern Born Killers” on CD with 3 bonus tracks on February 29 in Europe… Afterwards Stuck Mojo will embark on […]

Salvatore Paul Erna, better known as Godsmack fronman Sully Erna, intends to start recording his first solo album. The work is scheduled to start in the spring. For updates, check out regularly Sully’s official MySpace profile at myspace.com/acessuck.

System of a Down bass player Shavo Odadjian is collaborating with RZA from W-Tang Clan on the soundtrack for upcoming Vin Diesel movie “Babylon AD“. The pair is working under the name Achozen. For updates on the project, keep an eye on myspace.com/achozen.