Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison has revealed to Britain’s Kerrang! Magazine that the follow-up to the band’s 2004 effort “Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)”, due out in 2008, will be “heavy as fuck! It’s going to be heavier than “Vol. 3″, but just as weird and as experimental. We have a whole bunch of song titles, […]

Former Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has parted ways with Satellite Party – the new project led by Perry Farrell (ex-Jane’s Addiction, Porno for Pyros) – due to the fact that “although I am very proud of the music and production of “Ultra Payloaded” (the band’s debut effort), I have always felt uncomfortable with the direction […]

Since a day or two there are strong rumourc circling through various Internet media that the legendary London-formed 60’s rockers The Yardbirds are planning a reunion tour in October. This would feature guitarists Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, bass player Chris Dreja and drummer Jim McCarty. There’s still no word who’d be brought in as […]

The exact schedule of the 20 years anniversary Nuclear Blast Festival has been revealed. The event shall take place on October 27 at the Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart, Germany, featuring performances by five of the label’s most prominent current signings, as well as a set by The NB Allstar Band, consisting of “Peavy, Victor and Andre […]

The new project by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera, Inflikted, has already got an official MySpace profile. You can check it out at myspace.com/officialinflikted. Except for the reunited Sepultura founders and former members, Inflikted features also bass player Joe Duplantier (Gojira) and lead guitarist Marc Rizzo (Soulfly). At present the quartet is recording its debut […]

Century Media announced the signing of guitarist, songwriter and producer Waldemar Sorychta’s new band, Eyes of Eden. The quartet, also featuring Disillusion‘s bass player Alla Fedynitch and Gas Lipstick of H.I.M. as session drummer, shall release its female-fronted gothic metal debut, “Faith”, on August 20. You could check three songs off the CD at myspace.com/eyesofedenband. […]

After a 30-year-long career, Susan Janet Ballion, better known as Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie & The Banshees and The Creatures, has announced she’ll release her first solo album ever. Entitled “Mantaray”, the CD shall emerge in Europe on October 1 and is going to contain 10 tracks incorporating “industrial rhythms, modern glam and an expansive […]

The Lebanon-born American citizen with Armenian origin, Serj Tankian, better known as frontman for the unique System of a Down, shall release his debut solo album (view cover in the left), as it got clear in April. Entitled “Elect the Dead”, the CD is going to appear on October 23 via the singer’s own Serjical […]

California’s punk rock veterans NOFX are thinking of releasing a live album next year. No further details are available yet… except for the fact that a solid European tour is approaching this autumn, as notable from the band’s official homepage…

OnВ August 3В (Friday) the Area 51 ClubВ inВ Varna, BulgariaВ shall host a black metal night headlined by the Greek black metal quintet Crossover. The show will also feature sets by the local bands DemenziaВ and The A.X.E. Project. Tickets for the concert costВ 2.5 Euro, and the poster is available in our GIG GUIDE.