A new Bulgarian online music media – OnStage Media – has started its existence at www.OnStageBG.com. Its main focus shall be the live activity in Bulgaria, namely news about upcoming shows, concert reports and, most of all, professionally shot concert photos. Expect more news about OnStage Media next week.

Wizard Ltd.В shall take care for the exclusive distribution of the CDs released by Metal (AOR) Heaven – a relatively young yet expanding German label speciallized in classic hard rock, AOR and melodic heavy/prog metal. Among the artists working with the company are Empire, Vengeance, Riot, Sandalinas, Consortium Project, Soul Doctor, Lechery, Bloodbound, Altaria, Razorback and […]

British black metal godfathers Venom are to call their new album “Hell“. It’s expected to be released in May via Universal, and is going to feature 13 tracks. Hell yeah! Venom – “Welcome to Hell” (live)

PJ Harvey is preparing to issue the third single off her latest album, last year’s “White Chalk”, on March 10. The word goes about the track “The Devil” (hear and see it below), which shall be backed by a previously unreleased track from 1998, called “Liverpool Tide“, as B-side. PJ Harvey – “The Devil” (live)

Marilyn Manson’s foray into the beverage world with his own brand of absinthe, “Mansinthe”, has been panned by critics, who compared the drink’s odour to “sewage water, swamp mud and rubbing alcohol”. One taster even said about the drink, which is produced in Switzerland as it is illegal in the USA, “If a smell could […]

From now on theВ Arossita GalleryВ in Sofia, Bulgaria host an art axhibition by Nevena Vaklinova and Vesselin Mitev, known mainly as vocalist and bagpipe player in the local ethno bands Kayno Yesno Slonce and Isihia. The gallery’s address in 126 Vrabcha Str., and the official opening is today at 6 p.m.

Bristol’s trip-hop masters Massive Attack will headline the second stage at this year’s Glastonbury festival, set to take place on June 27-29 at the Worthy Farm in Pilton, England. As already revealed, the main stage’s headliners shall be The Verve, Kings of Leon, and Jay-Z. Massive Attack – “Angel” (live)

Bon Jovi has commissioned Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple to make a documentary about the band, which she’s already started working on. The film will feature both new and some archival material, including interviews and performance footage, but there’s no title or tentative release date yet. Meanwhile, the New Jersey rockers prepare for a world […]

The new video by Radiohead off their latest album “In Rainbows”, “Videotape“, can already be watched at the end of this news. The footage was shot by frontman Thom Yorke and producer Nigel Godrich. Radiohead – “Videotape“

Canadian technical thrashers Voivod are to record their final album in the spring. It will involve all musicians who’ve been part of the band over the years, and is planned as a tribute to late guitarist Denis “Piggy” D’Amour, who died in August 2005 from colon cancer… Voivod – “Astronomy Domine“