Britain’s thrash metal beasts Onslaught and their Swedish colleagues Carnal Forge have stated that they don’t mind fans bringing cameras and taking pictures at their show in Sofia, Bulgaria, local promoters The Other Side announced. The concert is scheduled to take place onВ April 1В at the Hristo Botev Cultural Center. Onslaught СЃР° споделили, че преди изпълнението […]

Swedish metal masters In Flames have made their new album, “A Sense of Purpose“, available for streaming in its entirety at myspace.com/inflames. The follow-up to “Come Clarity” (2006) is due in Europe on April 7 via Nuclear Blast. In Flames – “My Sweet Shadow” (live)

“In one of today’s newspapers here in Mexico there’s like a large frontpage with us on a plane on a cartoon thing, saying: “Next stop – Bulgaria!”,” said frontman Tito Fuentes about the upcoming first-ever concert by Molotov in Sofia, Bulgaria on April 11, 2008. “When you go to a new place, you try to […]

OriginalВ Crimson Glory vocalistВ Midnight (on the photo) recorded a duet withВ Jon OlivaВ of Savatage and uploaded it at myspace.com/t42midnight. The track, entitled “Painted Skies“, is “rounded up” by the song “The Deep” and a new version of “Lost Reflections” from 1986, featuring guitar work by Lee Harrison of Monstrosity.

The Smashing Pumpkins are suing Virgin Records, saying the record label that released the group’s music for more than 17 years, has illegally used their name and music in promotional deals that hurt the band’s credibility with fans. The lawsuit demands that Virgin pay with the profits earned in the promotion and asks for an […]

Reunited Massachusetts hard rockers Extreme will co-headline the Rock of Ages Festival on September 13 at Palasharp in Milan, Italy (also featuring Twisted Sister and Gotthard). According to the local concert promoter Live in Italy, this will be the only European appearance this summer for Nuno Bettencourt, Gary Cherone, Pat Badger and new drummer Kevin […]

Jack White’s side-project The Raconteurs has posted the first video from its new album “Consolers of the Lonely” online. The word goes about the song “Salute Your Solution“, whose black-and-white video was directed by renowned photographer Autumn de Wilde and consists of more than 2,500 photographs strung together in what appears to be a live […]

36 Crazyfists are to release a three-track EP on April 19. Entitled “The Oculus“, it features a cover version of Satchel’s “Criminal Justice”. The band’s new album, “The Tide and Its Takers“, follows on May 26. 36 Crazyfists – “At the End of August“

April 2008 shall witness the release of “Classic Albums – The Doors DVD” – a visual history of the work and creation of The Doors’ eponymous first album from 1967. The disc features new interviews with the band’s surviving members Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore, as well as with original engineer Bruce Botnick, […]

U.S. hard rockers King’s X have unveilevd the front cover artwork of their new album, “XV” (check it out in the left). Due in Europe on May 19 via InsideOut Music, the trio’s CD was recorded and mixed at Wireworld Studios in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Michael Wagener, known for his work with a.o. Alice […]