Download Festival 2007 director Stuart Galbraith has announced plans to move the 3-day rock event back a week next year. In other words, Download 2008 shall take place from June 13 to June 15, 2008. Tickets for the fest are due to go on sale this Friday, June 15, at 9 a.m. GMT sharp at […]

This year’s Download Festival, which took place on June 8-10 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, England, is over. Hundreds of thousands were able to watch the performances by Zico Chain, Buckcherry, Hinder, Megadeth, Dragonforce, Wolfmother, Velvet Revolver, В My Chemical RomanceTurisas, Hellyeah, Shadows Fall, Aiden, 30 Seconds to Mars, Bowling for Soup, Machine Head, Slayer, Marilyn Manson, […]

The German thrash metal quartet Holy Moses, fronted by the mighty-voiced Sabina Classen (on the photo), is currently at Blue Cattle Studio in Hamburg, Germany, to record its next full-length album. The band’s current line-up features Michael HankelВ (guitar), Oliver Jaath (bass), Atomic Steiff (drums; ex-SodomВ and Living Death) and, of course, Sabina herself (roars).

The Greek old-school thrashers Suicidal Angels shall release their debut full-length studio album, “Eternal Domination” (view cover in the left), on July 16 via OSM Records. The quartet impressed quite a lot Bulgarian fans as an opening act for this year’s shows by Behemoth and Rotting Christ in Sofia.

Dutch melancho-rockers The Gathering have launched a vocalist search, following the recent departure of Anneke van Giersbergen (currently active with her brand-new project, Agua de Annique). Interested candidates – both male and female – are invited to send a short bio and one or two mp3’s to audition@gathering.nl.

The video for the new UNKLE single, “Burn My Shadow”, featuring The Cult’s Ian Astbury on vocals, is available for watching below. The track is the 7th one of the 14 tunes on UNKLE’s upcoming third full-length studio album, “War Stories” (view cover in the left), due to be released on July 9 in Europe […]

Bay Area thrashers Exodus start recording their next full-length album at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland today. It is going to be produced with Andy Sneap, and the release date has been set for late 2007 via Nuclear Blast.

Norwegian rock’n’rollers Turbonegro have made their entire new album, “Retox”, available for streaming on their official MySpace page. The CD, containing 12 high-energy rock tracks, shall be released in Europe next Friday, June 15, via Edel Records.

During their show in Wales’ capital Cardiff on Thursday, June 7, Velvet Revolver‘s guitarist Slash and frontman Scott Weiland lit cigarettes on stage, which means the rock stars are now in line for a 50 British pounds fine each… For those who still don’t know, a new legislation came into force in Wales on April […]

On Monday, June 11, at 9 a.m. Bulgaria’s national TV channel bTV shall broadcast the video for the hit “Black Sea” by Svetlyo & The Legends for the very first time. The song comes off the group’s debut full-length album, “Bulgar”, due to be released by the end of the month.