Rolling Stone MagazineВ has published a poll revealing the bands doing the wildest live shows these days. Of course, the word does not go about an all-time chart, but just about recent councerts and tours that have impressed the readers of the media the most. And so, the wildest bands’ top 20 looks like this: 01. […]

Vocalist Andrew “Mac” McDermott has officially left UK progressive metallers Threshold because he has “decided it was time to support my family 100%.” The group’s next scheduled appearances, namely at the Metalcamp and Earthshaker festivals in Slovenia and Germany, respectively, will be fronted by Threshold’s previous singer, Damian Wilson.

The very end of July shall witness a mini-tour across Bulgaria by tho Munich-based German rock band Sonopack (on the photo). The first show shall happen in Sofia onВ July 28В at the Fans Rock Bar. The event starts at 10 p.m.; tickets costВ 6 leva / 3 Euro. On Monday, July 30,В the guys shall play at the […]

In the early morning ofВ JulyВ 30В Bulgaria’s music TV channel РњРњ TVВ shall broadcast a 6-hour-long Modern Metal Night. From midnight until 6 a.m. the viewers shall watch tons of videos, live cuts and interviews with bands like Killswitch Engage, Bleeding Through, Chimaira, Hatebreed, Trivium, Shadows Fall, Ill Nino, Mastodon, Lamb of God and many more.

The country project Bourbon Crow, featuring vocalist Wednesday 13 a.k.a. Buck Bourbon (best known for his work with Murderdolls) and bassist Rayen Belchere a.k.a. Jessie Crow, are to start workinf on their second album. The follow-up to the debut “Highway to Hangovers” (2006) should appear in the beginning of 2008. To check out some of […]

Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison has revealed to Britain’s Kerrang! Magazine that the follow-up to the band’s 2004 effort “Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)”, due out in 2008, will be “heavy as fuck! It’s going to be heavier than “Vol. 3″, but just as weird and as experimental. We have a whole bunch of song titles, […]

Former Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has parted ways with Satellite Party – the new project led by Perry Farrell (ex-Jane’s Addiction, Porno for Pyros) – due to the fact that “although I am very proud of the music and production of “Ultra Payloaded” (the band’s debut effort), I have always felt uncomfortable with the direction […]

Since a day or two there are strong rumourc circling through various Internet media that the legendary London-formed 60’s rockers The Yardbirds are planning a reunion tour in October. This would feature guitarists Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, bass player Chris Dreja and drummer Jim McCarty. There’s still no word who’d be brought in as […]

The exact schedule of the 20 years anniversary Nuclear Blast Festival has been revealed. The event shall take place on October 27 at the Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart, Germany, featuring performances by five of the label’s most prominent current signings, as well as a set by The NB Allstar Band, consisting of “Peavy, Victor and Andre […]

The new project by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera, Inflikted, has already got an official MySpace profile. You can check it out at myspace.com/officialinflikted. Except for the reunited Sepultura founders and former members, Inflikted features also bass player Joe Duplantier (Gojira) and lead guitarist Marc Rizzo (Soulfly). At present the quartet is recording its debut […]