Ulver mastermind Kristoffer Rygg (ex-Arcturus) has revealed that his gang of Norwegian avantgardists has nearly completed work on its new studio album. Entitled “Shadows of the Sun”, the follow-up to “Blood Inside” (2005) shall appear on October 1 via Jester Records.

Emblematic singer Brian Johnson has revealed that AC/DC are finally working on a new album! What’s known so far is that brothers, founders and guitarists Malcolm and Angus Young are in the studio composing the songs for the follow-up to “Stiff Upper Lip” (2000). According to Brian, “The boys are working on something special. They […]

Clawfinger have finished work on the video for the song “The Price We Pay” and posted it on YouTube. For your convenience, here it is – just a couple of lines below. “The Price We Pay” comes off the Swedish rap metal godfathers’ new album, “Life Will Kill You”, due in Europe on July 27 […]

On Thursday, July 12,В the American bandsВ La PlebeВ and Strike Anywhere and their Bulgarian colleaguesВ Empty Face did one of the best punk/ska/hardcore concerts in Sofia lately. A report of the show written by Mr. Stefan Topuzov is available HERE, and photos of the concert (courtesy ofВ Rostislav BakalovВ / Hardcore Spirit) can be viewed in our GALLERY.

Philip Chevron – the lead guitar player for the English-Irish folk/punk rock masters The Pogues – has been diagnosed with locally advanced throat cancer. The musician will not be present for the band’s European summer shows and the US tour in October and November and, according to The Pogues’ official homepage, “Though it is not […]

Punk legend and The Stooges frontman Iggy Pop will voice a role in an upcoming animated drama, entitled “Persepolis” and revealing the story of a young girl struggling with life in Iran after the fall of the the shah in 1979. Iggy will be joined by actors Sean Penn, Catherine Deneuve and Gena Rowlands. The […]

The now legendary 1984 debut demo by San Francisco’s extreme metallers Possessed, entitled “Death Metal” and considered to have given an official name to the the entire genre that flourished years later, is availavle for free download in its entirety. Just right-click the songВ titles below, save them and listen to death metal history: POSSESSED – […]

As we informed you half a year ago, German Frankfurt-based thrash/fun metal veterans Tankard have re-recorded their biggest hits for a compilation album, entitled “Best Case Scenario: 25 Years In Beers” (view cover in the left), due to be released on August 31 via AFM Records. The effort, celebrating a quarter of a century in […]

The tenth edition of the traditional Bulgarian Seattle Night jams shall take place not as usual in Sofia, but at the Music Beach ClubВ inВ Shkorpilovtzi (at the Black Sea Coast near Varna), which we informed you about HERE. Seattle Night X shall happen ofВ July 27-28, featuring performances by a.o. P.I.F., Skre4, Awake, JeremyВ and Gabana. Tickets cost […]

The self-titled one and only album by P, originally released in 1995 via Capitol Records, has just been reissued by Caroline. It features 11 alternative rock songs, including a cover version of Abba’s “Dancing Queen”. As for P, we’re talking about a short-lived American project (1993-1995) consisting of Butthole Surfers’ Gibby Haynes on vocals, actors […]