Legendary Bulgarian rock guitarist LICHO THE STONES will perform a special tribute concert to JIMI HENDRIX at Plovdiv’sВ Open Stage Olympia on Friday night.В  He will be backed on stage byВ Kolio the BeardВ on bassВ and SashetoВ – drums. Show timeВ 9 pm.

JUDAS PRIEST singer ROB HALFORD made a rare television appearance on Chicago’s WGN NewsВ yesterday – Wednesday, December 8th – at 11 AM Central Time. Check out footage from the appearance in the clip below. After a few words on the forthcoming В JP farewell tour, HALFORD and his band perform an acoustic set, starting withВ ‘Fire and […]

Man of many projects Mark Lanegan, in an interview with Tel-Aviv-based music site Musica Neto, confirmed that he’s working on the long-awaited follow-up to his 2004 solo album Bubblegum. “I started working on a new album a few weeks ago and I’ll continue to work on it once I get back from this tour [with […]

German thrash legends SODOM have confirmed that their new drummer is Markus “Makka” Freiwald, who replaces Bobby Schottkowski after “after personal and private problems between with mainman Tom Angelripper,” according to a band statement. Freiwald played drums in German thrashers DESPAIR. After he left, Freiwald joined FLAMING ANGER. He is also known as drummer in […]

Around 200 people assembled today at noon in front of Sofia’s National Theatre building to protest against the current government’s policy on culture and arts. The event was planned as a gathering of both musicians and film makers, but there were significantly more of the latter in attendance. In absolute glorious weather, only a handful […]

While driving throughout the winter, watch out for black ice! It’s advice ROSS THE BOSS vocalist Patrick Fuchs wishes he had heeded as he drove on the Autobahn after departing a Kaiser Slautern, Germany recording studio on Wednesday morning. Neither speeding, nor under the influence, Fuchs hit a patch of ice on a sharp turn […]

‘Lennon’s Wall’ is the back of the ex- Notary building, in central Sofia and has, for a few decades been a landmark in Bulgarian rock culture. In the years of Communist oppression, the capital’s free spirits and rebels would go there at night and write poems and various messages on the wall, mostly dedicated to […]

December 8, 1992 saw the first test broadcasts of the now legendary rock radio Tangra. Full on broadcasting began a few days later, on December 12 at 96.7 FM, Sofia. Ten and a half years later, on April 1, 2003, the original Tangra was transformed into a sports station by its new owners. The latter […]

Anthrax have almost finished their ninth studio album. Tentatively titled ‘Worship Music’, the album is the first the band have made since 2003’s ‘We’ve Come For You All’. It’s also the first album the band has recorded with singer Joey Belladonna since 1990. Speaking to the Artisan News Service, guitarist Scott Ian said: “We’re almost […]

One of the foremost figures in Bulgarian music and culture, Review’s leader Vassil Giurov, has sent out the following announcement: “On Thursday, December 9, at 10:30 a.m. there will be a gathering in front of the National theater, in protest against the government’s policy when it comes to culture and the arts. There will be […]