U.D.O., the band led by former Accept frontman Udo Dirkschneider, will release their new EP “The Wrong Side of Midnight” on April 27. It will include two versions of the title track plus 3 non-album tracks. As we already informed you, U.D.O.’s upcoming full-length studio album, entitled “Mastercutor”, shall appear on May 18 via AFM […]

The Red Hot Chili Peppers want their fans to create a video for the band’s next single, “Charlie”, off the smash hit album “Stadium Arcadium”. One lucky person will get his/her clip used as the official video, win $5,000 and meet the band in Paris on July 6. To enter, simply go to Contest.WarnerBrosRecords.com/RHCP…

Napalm Death have broken the world record for the shortest promo video ever. This has been created for the song “You Suffer” from their 1987 debut album “Scum”, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release. The track itself has earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records, too, being the shortest recorded song ever […]

Bulgarian punk rockersВ Spot shall headline on a 25-date European tour. The concerts shall start on March 31 in Burgas, Bulgaria, and shall pass through Romania, Austria, Germany, Belgium,В FranceВ andВ Serbia throughout April. All dates and venus of Spot’s tour are published in ourВ Gig Guide.

E-Force, the band fronted Eric Forrest (ex-Voivod, Project: Failing Flesh), have finished recording and mixing their sophomore album, “Modified Poison”, due this autumn via France’s Thundering Records. The 12 tracks on the follow-up to “Evil Forces” (2003), two of which feature collaborations with members of Agressor and the above mentioned Project: Failing Flesh, shall be […]

Los Angeles’ Downset have revealed they’ve got more than “20 musically written pre-production songs, and 10 of those complete with vocals”. The band plans to start the recordings for its fifth studio album this spring. Downset gained fame mainly thanks to the release of their fourth CD, “Universal” (2004), followed by a huge US tour […]

Al Jourgensen’s own label 13th Planet Records will release a remix album by Ministry entitled “Rio Grande Dub” in June. All the remixes on the CD were done by Clayton Worbeck and John Bechdel, while the artwork (view cover in the left) was created by Lawton Outlaw. Here’s the complete tracklisting for “Rio Grande Dub”: […]

Right now Max Cavalera is at his home in Arizona writing stuff for the next Soulfly album. No release plans have been announced yet, but it’s clear that at the end of March the band shall fly to Los Angeles to record a cover of Marilyn Manson’s smash hit “The Beautiful People” for an upcoming […]

Hardcore Spirit offers you the chance to listen to the song “Tears of Blood” off the new demo CD by the Bulgarian metalcore band Envy. The guys shall present the recordings live tomorrow,В March 14, at Sofia’s Swingin’ Hall. The show – also featuring genre-mates B.F.D.M. – starts at 10 p.m.

Emil Vulev (ex-Violet General, Oholen Jivot) and the American jazz singer Phred Mileski shall make an audio-performanceВ at theВ Sofia Art Gallery on March 26. The show starts at 7 p.m., and the entrance shall be free.