Guitarist Gilby Clarke (ex-Guns N’ Roses) has quit Rock Star Supernova. This has thrown some doubt on the super-project’s future… In other words, it remains to be seen if drummer Tommy Lee (Motley Crue), bass player Jason Newsted (Voivod, ex-Metallica) and new vocalist Lukas Rossi (ex-Cleavage) shall continue jamming together.

In the late afternoon of April 12, the Hristo Botev Cultural Center in Sofia, Bulgaria, was a place where metal fans were appointed to see one of the greatest Greek metal bands ever – Rotting Christ. For the fourth time Bulgaria became part of a tour of theirs, this time promoting songs from their latest […]

New York’s indie/post-punk veterans Sonic Youth shall reissue their landmark 1988 album “Daydream Nation” as a double CD on June 12. The first disc contains the original release, which has been remastered under the band’s supervision, while the second CD features 15 live performances from their Daydream Nation Tour, plus studio bonus tracks, a.o. cover […]

British doomsters Orange Goblin have posted a new track, entitled “Hounds Ditch”, on their MySpace profile. The song is off the group’s upcoming album, “Healing Through Fire” (view cover in the left), due on May 21 via Sanctuary Records. The effort will contain 9 stoned tracks plus a bonus DVD featuring live footage and interviews […]

German power metallers Primal Fear have set “New Religion” as the title of their new album, due on August 31 via Frontiers Records. The CD shall contain 11 songs, some of them recorded with special guest appearances by Magnus Karlsson of Starbreaker, Kai Hansen of Gamma Ray and Simone Simons of Epica.

A previously unreleased song by Adler’s Appetite, featuring original Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler (on the photo), has been posted online at www.myspace.com/stevenadlersite. The track, entitled “Sadder Days”, was recorded in April 2005 and composed by the quartet’s guitarist and producer Keri Kelli (also in Alice Cooper’s band). The line-up of Adler’s Appetite is […]

Lostprophets have finished writing songs for their new, fourth, as yet untitled album. The Welsh alternative rock sextet intends to start recording in May and June. The follow-up to last year’s “Liberation Transmission” is expected to surface sometime during the autumn.

Next Wednesday,В April 18, Sofia’sВ Dauhaus ClubВ shall host a show by the Bulgarian one-man folk/ambient project Kayno Yesno Slonce, the German electro-psychedelic formation Alcalica, and the mysterious trio Osil Amuk… The event (organized by Corvus Records) starts at 7:00 С‡.. Tickets cost 5 leva / 3 Euro.

Nile are currently finishing mixing their new album, entitled “Ithyphallic”, which shall be the death metal egyptologists first release via Nuclear Blast Records. The band entered Sound Lab Studios in South Carolina with producer Neil Kernon in the end of February. Karl Sanders (vocals, guitar, keys), Dallas Toler-Wade (guitar and vocals) and George Kollias (drums) […]

Ozzy Osbourne‘s first new studio album in 6 years, “Black Rain”, will arrive on May 21 via Epic Records. Songs off the CD can already be heard on the singer’s website, as we informed youВ a week ago. All the material has been recorded at Ozzy’s home studio in Los Angeles and, what’s more important, it’s […]