JIMI HENDRIX‘s favourite Fender Stratocaster sold at auction for £237,000 at the weekend. The iconic musician loved the black guitar so much that he swapped it for a cheaper model just before raising a fire on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. The instrument, sold by former roadie James ‘Tappy’ Wright to fund […]

Canadian metal legends ANVIL have entered the studio to record the group’s fifteenth album entitled Hope In Hell with producer Bob Marlette at NRG Studios in North Hollywood, CA. The End Records (North America) / SPV (Europe) will release in spring/summer 2013 with a world tour to follow. Tracklisting, artwork, and release date for Hope […]

After METALLICA’s contract with Warner Bros. expired, many fans wondered where the band would go with the next phase of its career. It looks like METALLICA has chosen to stand as an independent entity and launch its own label, dubbed Blackened Recordings. In an announcement posted on the band’s website, METALLICA explains: “Some of you, […]

GLASVEGAS have released their new Christmas song as a free download – you can listen to the track below. The track, titled ‘No Her, No HYmN’, can be downloaded for free from the Glasgow band’s website – Glasvegas.net – but they have asked fans for a voluntary donation to Scottish Care and Information on Miscarriages […]

Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne is sharing a picture of himself at the session. The metal icons continue to work in the studio on their new album with producer Rick Rubin; the project is due to be released in April. The new album will be the mostly-reunited band’s first studio effort since 1978’s ‘Never Say Die’; […]

‘The Living Infinite’, the ninth studio album and first double album release by Swedish melodic death metal maestros SOILWORK, will be unleashed on February 27th in Asia (via license to Marquee Records), in Europe on March 1st, and in North America on March 5th. Produced by Jens Bogren (OPETH, AMON AMARTH, BLOODBATH), ‘The Living Infinite’ […]

NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS has dropped the first cut off their 15th studio album together, Push the Sky Away, which will surface February 19th via Bad Seed Ltd. Opening track ‘We No Who U R’ haunts by with minimal orchestration, save for puddles of organ, percussion, and harmonies. As CAVE laments, “There is […]

On today’s edition of his ZOO radio show, ANDREY VLADOV will play some fantastic sounds of the likes of: – CARIBOU are getting back but as DAPHNI; – MOGWAI (pictured) with fantastic remixes; – DARK HORSES; – TAME IMPALA and – ALLAH-LAS… The ‘ZOO SHOW’ kicks off on Monday at 4 pm BG time (3 pm CET) on radio Tangra Mega Rock. […]

Както е добре известно, на 13 декември ще празнуваме 20 години от началото на идеята РОК РАДИО ТАНГРА. БНТ1 ще излъчи специален филм за историята и настоящето на първото РОК радио в България. Гледайте тази събота, 1 декември от 23:30 БГ време в предаването “БунтАрт’. На снимката: момент от заснемането – АЛЕКСАНДЪР БОЯДЖИЕВ – един […]

WARTIME издават своя втори студиен албум ‘Solar Messiah’ на 15 декември.  Той идва две години и половина след дългосвирещия дебют на софийската метъл група. В редиците ю има някои промени, както и в музикалната посока. За всичко това, както и за общата геопилитическа обстановка, миналото, настоящето и бъдещето, говорим с лидера на WARTIME – СТАН СТАНЧЕВ, […]