Metallica have been sampled by Rihanna. The pop star has used guitar riffs from Wherever I May Roam on her song Red Lipstick. This is featured on Rihanna’s album Talk That Talk, which is out today, November 21.

As previously reported, radio Tangra Mega Rock’s last gig for 2011 in on Wednesday. Cult UK punk band THE BUSINESS will be playing for the first time in Bulgaria. It’s a pretty short notice – 23 November at Sofia’s The Box club and the other bands on the bill are: CRITICAL POINT (Portugal), Bring It […]

Swiss melodic rockers Gotthard have a new singer. He’s Nic Maeder, who takes over from Steve Lee, tragically killed in a road accident last year. Say the band on the choice: “During the months after the decision to carry on was taken, we received a huge amount of applications from all over the world; it […]

ICED EARTH is playing at Sofia’s Jubileyna hall tonight. The album review for the brand new studio effort ‘Dystopia’В is available atВ this location. CED EARTH performed live in Athens, Greece, at Gagarin 205 on November 18th. The setlist from the show can be seen below: ‘Dystopia’ ‘Burning Times’ ‘Angels Holocaust’ ‘Slave To The Dark’ ‘V’ ‘Stand […]

Legendary metal queen DORO just announced the release of the official X-Mas anthem for all metalheads! “I had the feeling, the time was right to record a song for X-Mas.“ -В says Doro -В “I am at recording my new album right now, which should be out by next summer. While doing this, I suddenly came up […]

Legendary NYHC veterans BIOHAZARD just revealed the cover art for the bands highly anticipated new album ‘Reborn In Defiance’ which is set to be unleashed January 20, 2012 via Nuclear Blast. Danny Schuler says, “Being a huge fan of vinyl records and the amazing sleeve artwork that used to come with them, I really wanted […]

Page Six of The New York Post reports the Pink Floyd founder will tie the knot with longtime fiancГ©e Laurie Durning before he hits the road early next year for his “Wall Live” tour. After a seven-year engagement, Durning told the Post, “It just seems like a good time to do it before the tour.” […]

“Now I know how does the broiler feel when took out of the refrigerator, put in the microwave for defrost and then thrown in the heated oven. From the biting frost in front the hall, suddenly you find yourself in the overcrowdedВ  sauna of “Jubileina” for the sold out concert of three great bands, each […]

The cover artwork for the Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross score for the movie ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ is availale below. The movie is set to hit theaters in the USA on December 21st.В 

Guitarist James Murphy, of Death/Testament fame, has suffered a relapse of the brain tumour from which he suffered a decade ago. Fundraising is now underway for his treatment. For details, go here: http://www.facebook.com/jamesmurphyproducer Murphy was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2001 but recovered. In October 2011,В he stated that the tumor had returned but that […]