Dimmu Borgir have entered the Norwegian album chart atВ number 1 with its latest effort, “In Sorte Diaboli”, becoming the first black metal band to top a national album chart in the world ever. Just for the record, the Norwegians’ former offering, “Death Cult Armageddon”, as well as Satyricon’s CD “Now, Diabolical”, managed to reach “only” […]

Ministry will release their very last album everВ on September 21. As we informed you some time ago, it shall be entitled “The Last Sucker” and is going to feature a special guest appearance by Fear Factory’s vocalist Burton C. Bell. Some two months earlier, on July 6, Al Jourgensen shall unleash “Rio Grande Dub” – […]

Yesterday eveningВ Gary MooreВ has been urgently hospitallized in Belfast due to a chest infection. This fact has unfortunately lead to the cancellation of the guitarist’s open-air free concert in Sofia, Bulgaria tomorrow, May 9. To put it shortВ once again – Gary Moore won’t play in Sofia tomorrow. A new date is expected to be rescheduled for […]

King’s X frontman Doug Pinnick has revealed he’s in LA working on his new solo album. The effort shall feature contributions by guitarist Wally Farkas (Galactic Cowboys), bass player Dave Henning (Big Wreck), drummers Kelli Scott (Veruca Salt) and Ray Luzier (Army of Anyone), and keyboarder Natasha Schneider (Eleven, ex-Queens of the Stone Age), among […]

OnВ May 18В (Friday) Sofia’sВ Slavyanska Besseda Cultural CenterВ (on 127 Rakovski Str.) shall host a charity concert featuring the bandsВ Balkandji (on the photo), Boxer, Gologan,В Tortilla FlatВ and Babas and Diados. The entire income from the show shall be given for and urgent kidney transplantation for the 30-year-old Svetomir Yanarov. The event starts at 8 p.m., and the entrance is […]

James Lavelle and Richard File, collectively known as UNKLE, have revealed the final tracklist and guest appearances for their third full-length album. Entitled “War Stories”, the CD shall be released on July 9 in Europe and July 24 in the USA via James’ own label, Surrender All. As previously reported, UNKLE’s upcoming effort shall contain […]

Sodom frontman Tom Angelripper (on the photo) and his ex-colleague, guitarist Andy Brings (now in The Traceelords), have teamed up to write an EP of soccer songs in support of the German club Schalke. The effort will be entitled “Blau und weiss ist der deutsche Meister” (“Blue and White is the German Master”) and is […]

Marilyn Manson‘s video for the song “Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)” is now available for watching on www.marilynmanson.de. The track comes off Manson’s upcoming album, “Eat Me, Drink Me”, due out in Europe on June 4. The cover artwork and tracklist for the effort can be found HERE. “Heart-Shaped Glasses” shall be […]

Sofia-based punk rockers Empty Face shall release an EP, entitled “Waiting for a Sign” (see cover in the left), in the middle of this week. The goal of Ivan (vocals and guitar), Alex (bass nad vocals) and Falyo (drums) is to offer the CD to the Romanian audience during their concerts with Last Hope on […]

Satyricon and Pain have been confirmed for the Metalcamp 2007 Festival, set to take place between July 16 and 21, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands are scheduled perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. So far the festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical […]