Check out some photos of last Sunday’s show of Zucchero in Sofia in our GALLERY, as well as HERE, andВ then read a report of the concert HERE…

The Swedish metal bandВ Pain,В fronted by Hypocrisy’s leaderВ Peter TГ¤gtgren, decided to sign again with Nuclear Blast Records. Nuclear BlastВ released the group’s 1997 self-titled debut album. Peter andВ Pain areВ  currently working on the band’s new CD, planned to be released in October.

The band revealed that they have been working on new material – with Mark Ronson and Eliot JamesВ on production duties. In a message to fans on the band’s mailing list, they also explained: “We’ve been hard at work writing, rehearsing and recording songs,” they wrote. “It all started with the two new songs you may […]

Albert Hofmann, the pioneering Swiss chemist and advocate of psychedelics who discovered the hallucinogenic properties of LSD, died yesterday at his home in Basel, Switzerland.. He was 102. Hofmann’s most famous discovery LSD happened onВ April 16, 1943.В В  Three days later, on April 19, he ingested 250 milligrams of LSD, embarking on the first full-fledged acid […]

“I think it was a one-off response to a particular situation,” YorkeВ explained the band’s decision last year to letВ fans pay if andВ what they wanted for digital downloads of their album “In Rainbows.” “Yes. It was a one-off in terms of a story. It was one of those things where we were in the position of […]

The yet untitled album of the re-united ExtremeВ is planned for release later this year. The band say they are soonВ going toВ finish the recording.В 

Last week Maynard James Keenan (TOOL, A PERFECT CIRCLE, PUSCIFER) gave a special interview for SuicideGirls.com, where he explained the idea of the title of Puscifer’s new albumВ “V is for Viagra: The Vagina Remixes”: “I, personally, have only done Viagra once,” Maynard revealed. “I took a half a tab and it did nothing. Later that […]

InВ a new interview published online yesterday the former voice of Fear Factory and current leader of Ascension of the Watchers Burton C Bell categorized Joey Jordison’s drumming azВ ‘sloppy’ and called Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno an ‘asshole’ and a ‘dick’. He also dared toВ accuse Ozzy of releasing ‘shitty music’ lately. Currently Ascencion of the Watchers are […]

Original Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley and BRITNY FOX confirmed for the annual South Texas Rock Fest, set to take place on July 11-13. The other participants in this giant but somewhat nostalgic event are as follows: ACE FREHLEYBANG TANGOBIG COCKBRITNY FOXBULLETBOYSDOKKENFASTER PUSSYCATFIREHOUSEGODZHELIXHOUSE OF LORDSJACKYLJOKSTER L.A. GUNSMAD MARGRITTOZZ KNOZZPRETTY BOY FLOYDQUEENSRYCHESKID ROWSTEPHEN PEARCYTESLAUFOY&TZERO HOUR

Legendary Sweden’s music magazine Close-Up has published a list of the top 100 albums in metal, hard rock, hardcore andВ punk released during the past 17 years. Compiled from 23 individual writers’ selections, Close-Up‘s extensive list sees AT THE GATES classic cult album “Slaughter Of The Soul”. Close-Up‘s Top 20 albums 1991-2008: 01. AT THE GATES […]