The names of the five bands who’ll fight for this year’s Alarmprisen (Alarm Awards – due on October 27 in Oslo) in the “Metal” category have been revealed. The honour has been given to the sympho black metal stars Dimmu Borgir, their rawer colleagues Satyricon (on the photo) and Mayhem, the Trondheim-based old-schoolers Keep of […]

EMI have just released for the very first time in Europe a double concert CD by Deep Purple, simply entitled “Live in London” (view cover in the left). The word goes about a show recorded on May 22, 1974В in a line-up featuring Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), Ian Paice (drums), Jon Lord (keyboards), Glenn Hughes (bass)В and David […]

On October 19 the Backstage ClubВ in Sofia, Bulgaria shall host a show featuring the local acts The Tearaways andВ Pucks, as well as the italian garage punk/blues trio The Intellectuals. The show starts at 9 p.m. and -В according to its’ promoters – is “obligatory for fans of The Ramones, X-Ray Specs, The Hives, White StripesВ and Jon […]

On October 26, after a career of 25 years, Germany’s electro/industrial veterans Die Krupps shall release a retrospective via Premium/Soulfood Music.Entitled “Too Much History” (view cover in the left), the compilation will come out both as double CD and two separate editions, respectively entitled “The Electro Years” and “The Metal Years”. Here’s the issues’ complete […]

Bulgarian rockers Daily Noise Club shall head on a national mini-tour together with their Greek punk’n’roll colleagues Voodoo Healers. Info and music by both bands can be found repsectively hereВ and here, and the dates and venues look like this: October 24 – Toucan Bluzz & Rock Bar,В Sofia October 25 – Nylon Club,В Plovdiv October 26 – […]

Last Thursday a historical live event started – the long-awaited tour by Van HalenВ withВ David Lee RothВ on the microphone! Again! For the first time in 22 years! Below you can watch fan-filmed footage of two of the band’s recents performances: “Runnin’ with the Devil“ “Somebody Get Me a Doctor“

Queens of the Stone Age uploaded the uncensored version of the video for their song “3’s & 7’s” on the Internet. You may enjoy it just a couple of lines below. The tune comes off the band’s current album, “Era Vulgaris”.

Tickets for the show by Mizar, Daemonia Nymphe, Rose Rovine e Amanti, Irfan, Kayno Yesno SlonceВ and VoyvodaВ onВ October 14В (Sunday) at the National Palace of Culture’s Hall 11 in Sofia, Bulgaria are on sale on. The tickets cost 25 leva / 13 Euro and can be obtained at the venue or via Eventim.bg. The show starts at […]

On Sunday, October 7, after a three-month break, the rock and metal show Fracture returns live on air on Bulgaria’s music television MM TV. The first edition for the new season shall feature guests from Tangra Mega Rock‘s team, who’ll present details about the upcoming 20 Years Nuclear Blast FestivalВ on November 3 in Sofia, Bulgaria. […]

Duran Duran have announced they’ll play an unprecedented nine shows on Broadway during the first half of November to celebrate the release of their new studio album, “Red Carpet Massacre”, due in Europe on November 12. Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor intend to play their new effort in its entirety […]