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Italian gothic metal leaders Lacuna Coil are working on their first ever officialВ DVD. Due out by the end of the year, the still untitled effort is going to feature videos, concert footage and behined-the-scenes shots. Meanwhile, Cristina Scabbia and her boys are also writing stuff for the follow-up to 2006’s “Karmacode”.

Tonight, May 26, the Stroeja ClubВ in Sofia, Bulgaria shall host a so-calledВ Alternative Night. The start shall be given at 9 p.m., the entrance is free, and the music that shall sound all night long is going to feature tracks by a.o. Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More, Soundgarden, […]

OnВ May 31В the Toucan Bluzz & Rock Bar in Sofia, Bulgaria shall host a ska/punk live night featuring Oldschool Rednex from Greece and the local acts Remont and Sofia Ska Skins. The show starts at 9 p.m. Sofia Ska Skins – “Vazdish!!!“


Soul Stage won the competition for Bulgaria’s best school rock band. Second are Vice Versa, and third – Tarnokop. Congrats!

Iron Maiden‘s current retrospective CD, “Somewhere Back in Time” (view cover in the left), can be purchased in Bulgaria thanks to EMI‘s legal representatives Animato Music. The word goes about a best-of CD featuring songs off the British legends’ first 7 studio albums (“Iron Maiden” [1980], “Killers” [1981], “The Number of the Beast” [1982], “Piece […]

Happy Mondays have revealed they’re in the midst of recording a new album. The British indie rock act is currently working on the follow-up to 2007’s “Unkle Dysfunktional” at Moulin Rouge Studio in Stockport, England. A title and tentative release date are yet to be announced.

Atlanta metal masters Mastodon have tapped Brendan O’Brien (a.o. AC/DC, Pearl Jam, Velvet Revolver) to produce their next album. The band is scheduled hit the studio this week to begin recording the follow-up to 2006’s “Blood Mountain”.

Bulgarian string quartet StrringS shall support Finland’s Apocalyptica at their upcoming open-air show inВ Kavarna, Bulgaria. The free event is scheduled for May 31. StrringS live

Poison frontman Bret Michaels will release a new solo album, entitled “Rock My World“, on June 3. The CD is going to feature 12 songs – unfortunately mostly previously released materal…