Tuomas Holopainen has been chosen as the recipient of the 2009 Soundi Award. The leader, songwriter, and keyboardist of NIGHTWISH is an inspiring example of a musician possessing clear vision, proper musical education, and stamina. After founding NIGHTWISH in his native town of Kitee in 1996, Holopainen has kept his eyes on the horizon while […]

The first eight-minute video report from SEPULTURA’s current European headlining tour — featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with guitarist Andreas Kisser and vocalist Derrick Green — can be viewed below. Please, don’t forget that the first concert of the tour was the 3rd Tangra Mega Rock anniversary bash here in Sofia, Bulgaria on February 6th. […]

Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory, Arkaea) and Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) are among the musicians who will play for Hollywood United — a star-studded soccer club featuring players from the entertainment and music industry — on April 11 at the first annual “Setanta Cup” indoor soccer tournament at the Field House at Chelsea Piers in […]

Gallows have revealed the tracklisting of their forthcoming enw album, ‘Grey Britain’, set for release on May 4. The album, the follow-up to 2006’s ‘Orchestra Of Wolves’, was produced by Garth Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Biffy Clyro) in London. The tracklisting of ‘Grey Britain’ will be: ‘The Riverbank’‘London Is The Reason’‘Leeches’‘Black Eyes’‘I Dread The […]

The Bulgarian band who has been working in Amsterdam for more then 10 years are going to be the first one to go onstage at the Max CavaleraВ & Co. show in Sofia on 15 March. ARTERY areВ flying back to their homecountry especially for this concert. They are celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2009. One more […]

As we warned you, last nightВ weВ did haveВ direct hot lines in our extreme Tangra Metal ShockВ with CANNIBAL CORPSEВ and SAMAEL. George Fisher – frontman of the US grindcoreВ beasts said he doesn’t vote in his country. Before that,В VorphВ of SAMAEL, told us that he loved Bulgaria where his band played for teh first time only 2 weeks ago. He […]

Multi-platinum recording artist, producer and songwriter Kip Winger was recently presented with an honorary plaque and a historic United States of America flag by The Government of the United States. Winger was recognized for his musical composition “Blue Suede Shoes” honoring the service and sacrifice of the United States armed forces and their families. In […]

NINE INCH NAILS mainman Trent Reznor has posted the following message on the band’s official web site: “Corporate rock STILL sucks. A friend tells me they saw the original JANE’S lineup play a tiny show in L.A. that was unbelievable. I break out my JANE’S records and am amazed by how vital they sound.” “In […]

Although it has been announced that AC/DC will perform on May 26 at the Partizan Stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, the production company Komuna, which is organizing the concert in collaboration with firms from Germany, Romania and Bulgaria, still hasn’t signed the contract officially renting the stadium for the event, according to Blic Online. “The contract […]

The four ringleaders of torrent site Pirate Bay set foot in a Swedish courtroom yesterday (Feb. 16) to face charges of copyright infringement. The four men, Carl Lundstrom, Fredrik Neijm, Peter Sunde and Gottfrid Svartholm Warg all entered innocent pleas to charges of conspiracy to break copyright law and being an accessory to breaking copyright […]