Drummer Chris Stromquist revealed that his US-based American-Bulgarian-Japanese-Croatian-Bosnian gang Kultur Shock shall release a recording of its sold-out show on December 1, 2006 at the Traffic Club in Sofia, Bulgaria during the third edition of the Tangra Mega Live concert series! “The new Kultur Shock live record, tentatively entitled “Live in Europe”, is mixed and […]

LA’s rockers My Ruin have released the video for their new song “Ready for Blood”. You can watch it below. The track is the first out of the 10 cuts on the group’s upcoming studio album, “Throat Full of Heart”, due on January 14, 2008 via the My Ruin’s own imprint label Rovena Recordings.

Amorphis and Benediction shall do signing sessions at the venue during the 20 Years Nuclear Blast Festival on November 3 at Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Finns shall give autographs at the hall’s foyer at 3:40 p.m., and the Brits – right after their set. Here’s the exact timing for the festival: – […]

Linda Stein, the one-time manager of The Ramones and ex-wife of Sire Records head/Warner Brothers vice-president Seymour Stein, was found dead on Tuesday night (October 30) in her Upper East Side apartment in Manhattan. Stein, 62, was found dead in her kitchen from “blunt force trauma to the head”. Police are treating the death as […]

After releasing their latest album “In Rainbows” as a download-only via Radiohead.com last month, Radiohead announced they’ve issue the effort on CD, too. To enable this, Thom Yorke & Co. have signed a deal with the independent label XL Recordings, known for working with artists like The White Stripes and Dizzee Rascal. The physical version […]

After releasing their double live CD “The Roundhouse Tapes” a week ago via Peaceville Records, Sweden’s metal avantgardists Opeth didn’t waste their time at all, as it gets obvious from an update issued by frontman Mikael Akerfeldt: “On October 28 at 9:20 a.m. my wife gave birth to our second daughter, Mirjam Ebba Maria Г…kerfeldt. […]

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers shall release a box set entitled “Runnin’ Down a Dream” on December 17. The four-disc set will include three DVDs and a CD, featuring rare and unreleased audio tracks, a video documentary of the band’s 30th anniversary show in their hometown of Gainsville, Florida, and the film “Runnin’ Down a […]

The legendary “Death Cult” demo tape by the Swiss progressive thrash metal legends Coroner can be downloaded for free HERE. The four tracks on the effort – “Spectators of Sin”, “Spiral Dream”, “Aerial Combat” and “The Invincible” – were recorded on October 10, 1985 in a line-up featuring bassist Ron Royce, drummer Marquis Marky and […]

Peter Giuzelev, guitarist of Bulgaria’s absolute rock veterans The Crickets, has revealed he’s completed work on the band’s new studio album, as well as on a solo project of his. What’s known so far is that it may be a double CD…

The German “psychotic voodoo punk” band Stoned AgeВ shall do its first ever shows in Bulgaria, respectively inВ Plovdiv on December 1 and Sofia on December 2. The gang, fronted by Diary of Dreams‘ Gauna, shall present its new album “Give Me a Thrill”. Additional info can be found at stoned-age.comВ and myspace.com/voodoopunk. Local support for both shows shall […]