According to samael.info, Samael shall do two concerts in Bulgaria on their upcoming Solar Soul Balkans Tour 2009 – one in Burgas on January 29, and another in Sofia on January 31…

The Louisiana-based grind/jazz/metal/electro psychos IWrestledABearOnce have started recording their full-length debut for Century Media. The work is taking place inside the home of producer extraordinaire Ross Robinson, and a spring 2009 release is expected.For more information, visit myspace.com/iwrestledabearonce and check the video below: IWrestledABearOnce – “Tastes Like Kevin Bacon“

The Foo Fighters, B.B. King, John Mayer, Mariah Carey and Celine Dion are among the artists set to perform at the first-ever Grammy Nominations Concert. The event is scheduled to take place on December 3 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, and will be broadcbast on CBS television that night. The show will also […]

Ilan Rubin, who was announced to be a temporary replacement for Nine Inch Nails drummer Josh Freese on the band’s upcoming tour, has now officially left his main group, the Lostprophets, to join Trent Reznor as a permanent member…

Exciter‘s frontmanВ Kenny Winter visited Tangra Mega Rock’s studio today at noon for an interview live on air! Here are some pix:

The Bulgarian “anti straight edge” punk gangВ Porkani SeltaciВ shall play live in Varna and Sofia, resp. on November 29 and December 5. For more info, check out myspace.com/porkaniseltaci.

Legendary Chicago doomsters Trouble are in the process of writing songs for a new album for a tentative summer 2009 release. Tours will follow both in Europe and the USA.

Blabbermouth reports that “inside sources” have revealed that Ashes Divide – the band led by former A Perfect Circle guitarist and singer Billy Howerdel, has split up. The group, which released its debut album “Keep Telling Myself It’s Alright” last spring, has still not officially confirmed or denied the news…

Tom Waits goes hip-hop on a track called “Spacious Thoughts”. The tune shall be released on next year’s forthcoming album by N.A.S.A. – “an international collective of musicians spanning a wide spectrum of musical genres, centered around Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon, but also features a huge number of other musicians.” Some of the […]

Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee revealed during that he is currently working on a new album from his Methdas of Mayhem project. Tommy hopes to get the follow-up to his self-titled debut CD (1999) completed by next May or June and have it released before the end of 2009. Methods of Mayhem – “Get Naked“