Madness are to record a new version of their classic 1980 hit “Baggy Trousers” with rapper Sway. The reworked track will be called “Baggy Jeans” and will be released as a single later this year. Madness and Sway have just released their first collaboration, the single “Sorry”, and plan to experiment with other material, too…

Swedish death’n’roll masters Entombed are to release their new album, “Serpent Saints – The Ten Ammendments”, in June 2007 via the Stockholm-based label Threeman Recordings. This shall be the first full-length studio release by Entombed since 2003’s “Inferno”, and their first record with new drummer Olle Dahlstedt (ex-Misery Loves Co.).

The English music magazine Kerrang! has tallied up the hardest, most legendary rockers of this century and crowned AC/DC’s Angus Young as the top “Rock Icon”, beating some of the biggest names in the business. Here’s the top 10 list of Rock Icons: Angus Young (AC/DC) Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, ex-Nirvana) Billie Joe Armstrong (Green […]

Holyhell is a female-fronted newcomer band that shall release their debut single, “Apocalypse”, on March 23 via Magic Circle Music – the U.S. label known mainly as “home” of Manowar. No wonder that the CD was produced by Joey DeMaio, and that the group was chosen – next to Rhapsody of Fire – as a […]

Italian progressive metallers Eldritch shall release their seventh album, “Blackenday” (view front cover in the left), on April 20 in Europe and on May 8 in the USA via InsideOut Music. The song “Broken Road” features guest appearances by Ray Alder (Fates Warning, Engine, Redemption) and Nicholas Van Dyk (Redemption), while on all the other […]

The Welsh rockers Funeral for a Friend confirmed that their new album shall be entitled “Tales Don’t Tell Themselves” (view cover below), and its release date is planned for May 14 via Atlantic Records. “Tales Don’t Tell Themselves” shall consist of 10 songs, and the video for the first one, “Into Oblivion (Reunion)”, can already […]

The Swedish rap metal godfathersВ Clawfinger have finished demoing 13 tracks for their upcoming studio album, which shall be entitled “Life Will Kill You”. At the moment vocalist Zak Tell is working on the front cover and booklet design for the CD. No release date has been announced yet.

It’s official – all fans who plan to visitВ Tangra Mega Rock’s birthday partyВ this Friday,В March 23, at theВ Hristo Botev HallВ in Sofia, may legally take their cameras with them and do photosВ during the entire show ofВ The Toy Dolls, Mark Foggo’s Skasters, Hypodil, C4В and Waste of Time! The party starts at 7:00 p.m. and shall go on until […]

The Bulgarian company Wizard Ltd.В shall represent exclusively the British record label Demolition Records for the territory of Bulgaria. Demoliton is a young but quickly expanding label, home of bands such as W.A.S.P., Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot, Y&T, Vixen, The Quireboys, Hanoi Rocks, TigerTailz, David Lee Roth, a.o.

Brian “Head” Welch – the original Korn guitarist who quit the band in february 2005 – will release his first book on July 1. Entitled “Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit KoRn, Kicked Speed, and Lived to Tell the Tale”, it is already available to pre-order online for $17.13 via Amazon.com. This […]