Iron Maiden announced another show off their upcoming 2008 world tour – on August 4 at the Cotroceni Football Stadium in Bucharest, Romania.

Robert Plant officially announced he’ll tour Europe next year, however not qwith Led Zeppelin, but with Alison Krauss. The two recently released the album “Raising Sand’, which was reviewed on our homepage, namely HERE. Led Zeppelin’s singer and the country star will head on the road in May to play selected dates in Germany, Belgium, […]

Stratovarius bass player Lauri Porra will release a new solo album, entitled “All Children Have Superpowers“, on January 9, 2008. Three songs off the CD – “Release”, “Changes in Memory” and “All Children Have Superpowers” – can already be heard at the musician’s MySpace page at myspace.com/lauriporra.

Re:Ignition, featuring Skinlab‘s Steev Esquivel and Snake, have released the video for their song “Head On” on the Internet. You can check it out below. The tracks comes off the band’s debut album “Empty Heart Loaded Gun” (view cover in the left), which came out a year ago via Corporate Punishment Records. The CD features […]

The ninth edition of the traditional Bulgarian winter punk/hardcore festival Hardcore X-Mass shallВ happen onВ December 28 at the Black Box ClubВ inВ Sofia. The show starts at 4 p.m., tickets costВ 8 EuroВ (pre-sale via Eventim.bgВ and Ticketstream.bg) andВ 9 EuroВ (at the door), and the bands scheduled to take part are: Last Hope Another Day Death Squad Delate Envy B.F.D.M. Brothers in […]

Neverland – a collaboration between Turkey’s progressive power metal band Dreamtone (on the photo) and Greek artist Iris Mavraki – has inked a deal with Germany’s AFM Records. The band’s debut CD, “Reversing Time“, is scheduled for release at the end of February. The 12 tracks on the CD were recorded at ATM Studios in […]

After Led Zeppelin‘s mighty live comeback on Monday, their current best-of collection “Mothership” (view cover in the left) became the highest-selling album UK based music retailer HMV in no time. What’s more interesting – the sales of the band’s entire back catalogue are up by 500 per cent since London’s O2 Arena concert 3 days […]

Ike Turner, the rock’n’roll legend and ex-husband and colleague of Tina Turner (as Ike & Tina Turner), passed away yesterday in San Diego at the age of 76. Turner made what many consider to be the very first rock‘n’roll record – “Rocket 88” – in 1951. He played guitar and piano on the track, and […]

System of a Down bass player Shavo Odadjian is collaborating with RZA from W-Tang Clan on the soundtrack for upcoming Vin Diesel movie “Babylon AD“. The pair is working under the name Achozen. For updates on the project, keep an eye on myspace.com/achozen.

Finland’s monster metallers Lordi shall release a brand-new single, entitled “Beast Loose in Paradise“, as a download via zed.fi on December 24, and as a physical CD (view cover in the left) on January 9, 2008. “Beast Loose in Paradise” will also appear in Lordi upcoming feature film “Dark Floors”.