Legendary FISH will talk live to VASSIL VARBANOV this Sunday, 19 August. The ex-MARILLION frontman will tell us everything about his forthcoming gig at Plovdiv’s Roman Theater on 21 September and (possibly) his next studio album. Additionally, some new albums will be played on TANGRA METAL SHOCK – including STEVE VAI‘s ‘The Story of Light’ and KATATONIA’s […]

Sofia HC heroes LAST HOPE are to embark on another European tour in September. It starts with a warm up gig at Sofia’s Studio club on 4 September where LAST HOPE will be supported by Expectations and Serbian band Eaglehaslanded. Then the boys will play these three dates:   7 September – Slovakia, 8 September – Stuttgart, Germany 9 September – (TBA), Germany. The […]

NULEAR BLAST owner Markus Staiger has joined forces with former Roadrunner Records A&R chief Monte Conner (pictured left) in the formation of a new U.S. partnership – Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The new record label, which will share most major operations with the existing U.S. branch of Nuclear Blast, will announce its first signings in the coming months. Conner recently […]

On today’s edition of his radio show NECRONOMICON, mighty Dr STIFFENSTEIN will tell us Episode 2 of The amazing story of the Cueva de los Tayos (Spanish, “Cave of the Oilbirds”).   This is a natural cave located on the eastern slopes of the Andes mountains in the Morona-Santiago province of Ecuador. ‘NECRONOMICON’ kicks off on Friday at 4 […]

MANOWAR’s new studio album, The Lord Of Steel, will be released into worldwide retail on September 28th (dates may vary from territory to territory), following a limited-edition pre-release as the Hammer Edition in collaboration with Metal Hammer (UK). The retail edition of The Lord Of Steel will feature different mixes and mastering, spectacular new art […]

U2 have just released U22, a new double disc live album, which includes recordings from the very successful U2 360° tour. A few of the tracks that were selected for the collection are ‘The Fly,’ ‘Even Better Than The Real Thing,’ ‘One,’ ‘City of Blinding Lights,’ and ‘Where the Streets Have No Name.’ However, not […]

LYNCH MOB have released a music video for the single ‘Slow Drag’, from the band’s brand new EP ‘Sound Mountain Sessions’. ‘Sound Mountain Sessions’ featuring George Lynch (guitars), Oni Logan (vocals), Robbie Crane (bass), and Brian Tichy (drums)  is a straight forward, gritty, well-polished American hard rock offering from legendary Lynch Mob, that truly captures the magic […]

Musician Robert Wayne Birch, who had recorded and toured with Elton John extensively since the early 1990s, has been found dead in Los Angeles. The bass player and saxophonist died as a result of a gunshot wound to the head, officials said. LA County Assistant Coroner Chief Ed Winter said Birch’s body was found in […]

According to the August 30th issue of Rolling Stone (via Blabbermouth.net), SOUNDGARDEN will release their as-yet untitled new album on November 13th, their first studio release since 1996′s Down on the Upside. Blabbermouth reports that the print issue of Rolling Stone features an interview with guitarist Kim Thayil who says the new album “re-establishes that we […]

SVETLYO & THE LEGENDS is set to play a LIVE TRIBUTE to two Bulgarian seminal punk bands – HYPODILE (frontman Svetlyo Vitkov’s former band) and HOLERA. The show will happen on 5 September at Sofia’s open air club Pork Pie. Doctors Gogo Band will be the support act and will hit the stage at 8 pm. Doors open at […]