The Arctic Monkeys were the big winners at this year’s Brit Awards ceremony in London, scooping awards for best British group and best British album. Singer-songwriter James Morrison won best British male, while soul star Amy Winehouse took best British female. The Killers won both best international group and best international album. The Las Vegas […]

Chicago-based psycho-schizoid sax-metallers Yakuza have begun demoing new material at Semifour Studios in the band’s hometown. The band’s forthcoming new album, tentatively titled “Transmutations”, is scheduled for a late 2007 release via Prosthetic Records. Sanford Parker (Pelican, Minsk) will be handling production duties when the band begins recording on February 28. Meanwhile, you may check […]

Iron Maiden shall be the first famous metal band to play live in India. Bruce Dickinson & Co. shall perform on March 17 on the spectacular grounds of Bangalore’s Palace. Iron Maiden’s new album, “A Matter of Life and Death”, reached No. 2 in the Indian album chart after debuting at No. 4, which is […]

The incredible Bulgarian avantgarde ethno metal group Smallman announced via their MySpace profile that mainman Tzvetan Khadjiiski (vocals, bagpipes, percussions) has decided to leave the band just a few months after the release of Smallman’s self-titled debut album in the summer of 2006. So far the plans of the remaining members – Ivan Todorov (guitar), […]

Well, it seems today is a good day for progressive rock news. Except for the info regarding the forthcoming Porcupine Tree CD (see below), we found out that the much anticipated new studio album by Canadian prog rock veterans Rush is on the way, too. It shall be entitled “Snakes and Arrows”, and will be […]

C-187, the new supergroup featuring living death metal legends Patrick Mameli (guitar; ex-Pestilence’s frontman), Tony Choy (bass; Atheist, ex-Cynic), Sean Reinert (drums; Cynic, ex-Death) and Tony Jelencovich (vocals; ex-Mnemic, Transport League), has entered Space Lab Studios near DГјsseldorf in Germany. The quartet has laid down the foundations for eight tracks so far. C-187 intend to […]

Porcupine Tree have revealed the cover artwork (see it in the left) and the tracklisting for their upcoming new album, “Fear of a Blank Planet”. The CD, due out on April 23 in Europe via Roadrunner Records, shall contain the following songs: “Fear of a Blank Planet (7.28) “My Ashes” (5.07) “Anesthetize” (17.42) “Sentimental” (5.26) […]

The Gathering drummer Hans Rutten issued a statement that the Dutch band is “currently working on a DVD release, which shall be recorded in Santiago, Chile on March 24, 2007, at the 4000-capacity theatre Teatro CaupolicГЎn. It will be a heavy, rock-orientated DVD called “A Noise Severe”. “We will also start working on a new […]

U.D.O., the band led by former Accept frontman Udo Dirkschneider, has set “Mastercutor” as the title of their new album, due on May 18 via AFM Records. The group is currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on the follow-up CD to “Mission No. X” (2005), before it is mastered in the beginning of […]

Sofia Music Enterprises officially spread the news that legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (ex-Deep Purple, Rainbow) and his band Blackmore’s NightВ shall perform live in Sofia onВ April 17, 2007 (Tuesday) atВ 8 p.m. local time atВ Hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture. Tickets for the concert of Blackmore’s Night in Bulgaria shall be on sale from tomorrow […]