Opeth, Katatonia, Comus, Leaf Hound, AnekdotenВ and Plankton are among the bands confirmed to play at the Melloboat Festival, set to take place on March 8-9 on a… boat! That’s right – the Melloboat Festival 2008 shall be held on 4 stages on the deck of the Silja Symphony Boat, which shall travel fromВ Stockholm, SwedenВ to Helsinki, […]

Ignite – next to Jaya the Cat Рё Whiskey Avengers – are the third American band confirmed to participate with a song in the Credit to the Nation double CD compilation, due out in the end of January via Stroeja. Other bands that will be featured in the effort are Panican Whyasker, Awake, Cigaretta, Lovers […]

Radiohead made their expected arrival at No. 1 on the new UK album chart on Sunday, January 6, with “In Rainbows“, released internationally on December 31, 2007 via XL Recordings. This is the fifth time Thom Yorke & Co. top their native album charts.

As already known, on February 4, 2008 EMI shall release Iron Maiden‘s legendary live recording “Live After Death” on DVD for the first time ever (view cover in the left). The two discs feature footage from the band’s show at Long Beach Arena, California, shot on March 17, 1985. Below you can see a 25-minute […]

The American band Rock’n’Roll Soldiers shall play live in Bulgaria for the first time ever in less than a month. The guys shall perform twice in support of their debut album “So Many Musicians to Kill” – on February 1 at the Puzzle Club inВ Plovdiv and onВ February 2В at the 8th Ball Club in Sofia. Additional […]

Schmier of Destruction, JГ¶rg Michael of Stratovarius and Schmuddel (ex-Talon) have resurrected their cult project Headhunter and even recorded a brand-new studio album. The follow-up to “Rebirth” (1994) shall be entitled “Parasite of Society” and is going to surface in April via AFM Records. Besides, Headhunter have already been confirmed to play at the Wacken […]

The upcoming edition of the weekly metal TV show Fracture on Bulgaria’s РњРњ TV shall feature info about the upcoming show by Onslaught, Carnal ForgeВ and Suicidal Angels in Sofia, a presentation of the current issue of Pro-Rock Magazine, an interview with Agathodaimon, as well as videos by Masterplan, Pagan’s Mind, Necrodeath, Disarmonia Mundi, Aborted, Self […]

We’d like to remind you that Marduk, In Battle, ZonariaВ and Artisan shall play live in Bulgaria for the first time ever on Wednesday, January 9. The show shall take place at the Black Box ClubВ in Sofia at 7 p.m. Tickets cost 25В leva / 13 EuroВ (presale) and 30 leva / 15 Euro (at the door). The […]

“ObZen”, the eagerly awaited new full-length studio effort by Sweden’s math-metal avantgardists Meshuggah, shall surface officially in Europe on March 7 via Nuclear Blast. According to drummer Tomas Haake, “the album is much more dense, while still being very clear and audible as far as drumparts and guitar riffs. Lyrically it’s quite different from “Catch […]

Swedish metal leaders In Flames have revealed the title of their eagerly awaited new full-length studio album. The follow-up to “Come Clarity” (2006) shall be called “A Sense of Purpose” and is scheduled to surface on April 4 via Nuclear Blast. In Flames – “Come Clarity“