On Monday, September 10,В California’s heroes NOFXВ and Ignite caused a total furore among the thousand fans that had filled to the brim the Black Box Club in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia. The atmosphere for the evening’s headliners was decently prepared by the local opening acts Empty Face, SpotВ and C4. AВ report of the punk-ska-core fiesta shall be published […]

From now on you can buyВ ticketsВ for the 20 Years Nuclear Blast Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria, due to take place on November 3 at the Winter Sports Palace. ForВ 35В leva / 18 EuroВ only you’ll be able to watch a whole lot of six bands, namely, Finland’s Amorphis,В Germany’s EdguyВ and Agathodaimon, Britain’s BenedictionВ and Bulgaria’sВ The Revenge ProjectВ and Overdawn. Tickets for […]

Britain’s punk rockers Gallows‘ frontman Frank Carter has stated he’ll be quitting music. “Gallows is not my life,” he said. “Never has been, never will. It’s a hobby I get paid for. I’m a tattoo artist – that will always be my life and job. Being in a band is something I do for fun. […]

Amorphis‘ lead singer Tomi Joutsen (on the photo) has recorded some guest vocals for the debut album by Finland’s “modern thrashers” Discard. Tomi’s voice can be heard on three of the CD’s 11 tracks. The album itself, entitled “Carrion” and scheduled for release on October 17 via Shadow World Records, is described as a mixture […]

The rumours about a one-off reunion by the remaining Led Zeppelin members Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones for a show in England are growing stronger and stronger. Total Rock announced that there will be a press conference in London on September 12, when it’s expected that the Led Zeppelin reunion will be […]

Soulfly are about to start recording their sixth full-length studio album. The still untitled follow-up to 2005’s “Dark Ages” shall surface in the beginning of 2008 via Rodrunner Records. Meanwhile, mastermind Max Cavalera, who is going to produce the effort himself, continues working on the debut album by his other project, Inflikted, too…

Kid Rock and Tommy Lee had some sort of a fight at the MTV Video Music Awards last night. Eyewitnesses say that the notorious Motley Crue drummer “kind of antagonized” the southern rock rapper, who approached Tommy and hit him twice. However absurd it may sound, afterwards security dragged Tommy out, while Kid Rock was […]

Bjork may just be releasing a second album this year. On the heels of May’s “Volta”, the Icelandic singer posted a note on her website confirming that she recorded “a special live session album” with her current touring band “a few weeks ago” at Olympic Studios in London. A Bjork spokesperson says “we don’t really […]

Brooklyn’s “experimental hardcore rock” quartet Gay for Johnny Depp is ready to release its full-length debut album. Entitled “The Politics of Cruelty”, the CD is going to appear on November 5 via the label Captains of Industry. You may check out 3 of Gay for Johnny Depp’s songs at myspace.com/gayforjohnnydepp.

In a stunning last-minute move, Walt Disney Properties have pressured promoter Live Nation into canceling Machine Head’s performance tomorrow night at the House of Blues venue in Anaheim (on their Disneyland property). Citing violent imagery, undesirable fans and inflammatory lyrics as the reason, the diversity-impaired corporation began pressuring the promoter on Saturday to cancel all […]