Sweden’s doom metal godfathers Candlemass marked are about to mark a mighty comback next Friday, June 22. That’s when their brand-new studio offering, “King of the Grey Islands” (view cover in the left) is going to be officially released via Nuclear Blast. What’s the best news here is that now, a week prior to the […]

Because of the huge interest to the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in SerbiaВ on June 26 (Tuesday), TicketPro Bulgaria announced they’re selling additional tickets for the show, costing 90В and 150 leva (approx. 45 and 75 Euro).

Leeds indie rock band Forward, Russia! have gone to Seattle to begin work on their new album. The follow-up to the quartet’s 2006 debut “Give Me a Wall” is being recorded with producer Matt Bayles, known for hiw work with Mastodon, The Fall of Troy, Isis, Blood Brothers, a.o. Additional information and music by Forward, […]

The American “industrial jungle pussy punk” quartet Mindless Self Indulgence shall release a DVD in September. It’s going to be entitled “Our Pain, Your Gain”. Meanwhile you can listen to the music created by vocalist and electronics-wizard Jimmy Urine, guitarist Steve, Righ?, bass player Lyn Z and drummer Kitty at myspace.com/MindlessSelfIndulgence.

DevilDriver have failed to set a world record for… the most number of people involved in a moshpit. The band fronted by former Coal Chamber vocalist Dez Fafara made the attempt last weekend at this year’s Download Festival, but the Guinness Book of Records rejected the application on the grounds that there’s no way to […]

Smashing Pumpkins, Disturbed, H.I.M., Good Goo Dolls, Linkin Park (on the photo) and many more contemporary rock bands are to be featured on the soundtrack to the movie “Transformers”, set to hit cinemas in the USA on July 3. The film itself is based on a popular 1980’s cartoon, while the complete tracklist for the […]

New York’s garage rock rising stars Yeah Yeah Yeahs shall release a new EP, entitled “Is Is”, on July 23. It shall contain 5 tracks written in 2004, during the trio’s tour in support of their full-length studio debut, “Fever to Tell” (2003) – “Rockers to Swollow”, “Down Boy”, “Kiss Kiss”, “Isis” and “10 x […]

Finnish sympho-metal superstars Nightwish have set “Dark Passion Play” as the title of their new full-length studio album, due to be released on September 28 via Nuclear Blast. Its front cover artwork can be viewed below. The CD, which is going to be the first one to feature the group’s new, 35-year-old Swedish vocalist Anette […]

After their smashing performance at the first Tangra Mega Live concert on June 5, 2006 in Sofia, the US/Mexican gang La Plebe shall invade Bulgaria again, this time invited by Re-Act Music. The show shall take place on July 12 (Thursday) at the Backstage Club, featuring also sets by the local youngsters Empty Face and […]

Pop/rock singer Pink made a surprise appearance at the Key Club in West Hollywood on Monday, joining the 80’s metal tribute band Metal Skool (featuring former Fight guitarist Russ Parrish and ex-L. A. Guns vocalist Michael Star) for a rendition of the Skid Row classic “18 and Life”. Watch video footage of the performance here: […]