Richard Reinhardt a.k.a. Richie Ramone, known as drummer for America’s punk rock godfathers The Ramones from 1983 to 1987, has filed suit against Apple Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for copyright infringement. According to Richie, the companies do not have permission to sell downloads of six songs that he wrote – “Smash You”, “Somebody Put […]

After playing in Bulgaria’s capital for the first time ever on March 7, America’s ska veterans The Toasters shall visit Sofia again on December 7, event promoters Re-Act Music confirmed. The venue and other details shall be announced soon.

On Sunday, September 30, exactly at midnight the seventh rock and metal night on Bulgarias РњРњTV is going to start. Compiled byВ Vasko KatincharovВ (on the photo), the six-hour-long edition shall be dedicated to women in rock. We’ll be offered more than 50 videos in 6 hours, a.o. by female-fronted bands like Nightwish, The Gathering, Theatre of […]

The side-project by Rammstein’s guitarist Ruchard Kruspe, Emigrate, shall release its first official single on October 15. Entitled “New York City”, the MCD (view cover in the left) will contain the title track in two version (the original one and a remix by Alec Empire), “My World” (in audio and video format), and “Blood”. The […]

Danish extreme metallers HateSphere have launched a vocalist search following the departure of longtime singer Jacob Bredahl last Monday. The band will play its first shows with the new singer in November, so he is really urgently needed. Besides, the musicians are “not only searching for a vocalist who can sing and scream, but also […]

Italian melancho metallers Novembre shall release their new full-length studio album, entitled “The Blue” (view cover in the left), on November 5 via the British label Peaceville Records. The follow-up to last year’s “Materia” is going to containg 12 songs recorded at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki under the guidance of producer Mikko Karmila, known for […]

Canadian extreme metal avantgardists Voivod have created videos for the last two songs off their latest album “Katorz” (2006) and uploaded them on the Internet. The word goes about “The X-Stream” and “Polaroids”, the latter featuring some of drummer Michel “Away” Langevin‘s animation work. Now sit back and give in to the stream… “The X-Stream“ […]

While going on with the recordings for their next full-length studio album in their own IF Studios, Sweden’s metal masters In Flames have also contributed a brand-new song to the compilation “Viva La Bands, Vol. 2”. The track is called “Abnegation” and can be heard on the band’s MySpace page at myspace.com/inflames.

The Rolling Stones have been named the top earning music act of the year so far by the American business publication Forbes. Mick Jagger & Co. have made 88 million U.S. dollars so far, largely from their Bigger Bang Tour, which grossed $437 million in total. Here’s how the top 10 Top Earning Music Acts […]

The former gang of Babyshambles’ notorious frontman Peter Doherty, The Libertines, who disbanded three years ago, will release a compilation album on October 29. Entitled “Time for Heroes – The Best of The Libertines”, the English garage rockers’ CD is going to contain following tracks: Up the Bracket Time for Heroes Mayday Don’t Look Back […]