Eddie Vedder, the lead singer of the alternative rock band Pearl Jam, wants the web address eddievedder.com. A complaint (WIPO Case Number: D2012-0035) was filed this week with the World Intellectual Property Organization over the domain name. What’s interesting about this case is that according to WHOIS records, Pearl Jam owned the domain name back […]

Portuguese gothic metallers MOONSPELL have set ‘Alpha Noir’ as the title of their new album, due on April 27 via the band’s new label home, Napalm Records. Commented MOONSPELL frontman Fernando Ribeiro: “A true band has to have to a glorious past, a solid present and a bright future. More than that, a true band […]

PRIMAL FEARВ and BRAINSTORM will at Sofia’s Hristo Botev hall on 7 April. The show is promoted by R.B.F. Agency with tickets going on sale through www.Eventim.bgВ on Thursday, 19 January. First 100В tickets will be priced 35 BGN, then will go up to the regular price of 40 BGN, to be sold at the door atВ 45 BGN. […]

Deeder Zaman (pictured left)В and Dr. Das (below)В are set to playВ in SofiaВ on 25В February atВ the *MIXTAPE 5* club. DJ Soundar from Paris is also on the bill. Deeder ZamanВ will perform with the Rebel Uprising Sound System,В featuringВ MC Deeder, MC PassionВ and GuruGee Selector. Dr. Das will presentВ his new live bandВ Dr Das Dubnoiz Quintet.В  TICKETSВ priced 20В BGNВ are available throughВ www.Ticketsream.bgВ and will go […]

Legendary US prog metalВ outfit FATES WARNINGВ has joined the list of bands to play at the special TANGRA MEGA ROCK SIXTH Anniversary bash concert series. FATES WARNING’s gig is on March 22 at Sofia’sВ *MIXTAPE 5* club.В  Tickets priced 35 BGN are already on sale viaВ TicketsTream.bgВ and Eventim.bg.В Go and grab you ticket as the price will go up […]

Fourteen more acts are confirmed for the 10th edition of the Download Festival, scheduled for June 8th – 10th at Donington Park (UK). Acts confirmed for the festival now include: METALLICA (headliners), BLACK SABBATH (headliners), THE PRODIGY (headliners), ANTHRAX, AUGUST BURNS RED, BIFFY CLYRO, CHASE AND STATUS, DEVILDRIVER, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, LAMB OF GOD, LITTLE […]

SOULFLY has reveiledВ the artowrk forВ ‘Enslaved’.В This is the band’sВ eighth album, due on March 13, 2012 via Roadrunner Records. The CD was recorded at Tallcat Studios in Phoenix, Arizona and was produced by Chris “Zeuss” Harris, the seasoned knob twiddler behind some of the most notable bands in metal today, such as SHADOWS FALL, HATEBREED, THE RED […]

Sweden’s extreme, technical metal band MESHUGGAH have chosen ‘Koloss’ as the title to their eighth studio album, set for European release on March 23rd through Nuclear Blast. Drummer Tomas Haake has issued the following warning: “As always, we try to take our music in a slightly different direction with each album and with KOLOSS we […]

Bassist Mark Evans, author of the new book Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outside Of AC/DC (Bazillion Points Books), joined AC/DC in 1975 and remained with them through their barroom days, their first international tours, and the majority of the Bon Scott-era albums: High Voltage, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, T.N.T., Let There Be Rock, and […]

Paul Weller and his wife Hannah have had two twin boys. The couple welcomed their sons Bowie and John Paul into the world on Saturday (January 14). A statement on Weller’s official website Paulweller.com added: “Both boys are healthy and doing well following the birth and Paul and Hannah are thrilled and over the moon.” […]