Foo Fighters are among the artists contributing cover songs to a massive compilation celebrating the 40th anniversary of UK’s BBC Radio 1. The set will feature a total of 40 songs, or one from each year of the station’s existence. Dave Grohl & Co., who are about to release their sixth album, “Echoes, Silence, Patience […]

Perry Farrell hooked up with 50 Cent and Kelly Rowland to shoot a video for a remix of “Only Love, Let’s Celebrate” in New York’s Times Square. The song comes off “Ultra Payloaded” – the debut album by former Jane’s Addiction frontman’s new band Satellite Party. Regarding the CD, which was released on May 29, […]

Austrian grind/death metal veterans Pungent Stench have announced they’re about to call it quits. According to frontman Martin Schirenc (Hollenthon, ex-Kreuzweg Ost), “all upcoming shows have been cancelled and there won’t be any further live activities in the future, at least not with the current line-up”…

Sofia-based hard rockers B.T.R. have announced they’ll perform a show together with “The Voice of Rock”В Glenn HughesВ (on the photo) onВ September 7В (Friday) in front of the Alexander Nevski Cathedral in Bulgaria’s capital. A day earlier the musicicans shall share the stage in Prishtina, Kosovo.

Former Murderdolls vocalist Wednesday 13 has announced he’s about to eneter studio to start recording his new solo album this week. The follow-up to 2006’s “Fang Bang” shall be entitled “Skeletons” and is going to contain 20 songs, a.o. “From Here to the Hearse”, “Dead Carolina”, “All American Massacre” and “Not Another Teenage Anthem”.

Regarding the BBC Radio 1 40th anniversary compilation we informed you about earlier today, Franz Ferdinand, who’ll contribute to it with a cover version of David Bowie’s “Sound and Vision”, have encouraged their fans to illegally download the track. “The whole shabang doesn’t appear to be for charity, so point your browsers towards Limewire soon, […]

This year’s edition of the annual Rock in Rila Festival shall take place at Beli Iskar, Bulgaria on August 24-25. The first day of the event shall offer sets by Gabana, Konkurent, Gravity Co., P.I.F., Blues Traffic,В LavinaВ and Sprint, while on Saturday the stage shall be invaded by Ostava, Signal, Awake, Kaskadiori, New Session,В MagistriВ and Integra. Entrance […]

MTV Networks plans to invest over $500 million in videogames, seeing the red-hot entertainment category as a major pillar of growth in its goal to reach consumers wherever they spend time. The two-year investment is part of a global strategy to incorporate games development at the inception of all new programming plans and not as […]

After “Eva”, on August 24 Finland’s sympho metal superstars Nightwish shall release a new single off their much anticipated upcoming studio album, “Dark Passion Play” (feat. new vocalist Anette Olzon), due at the end of September via Nuclear Blast. The track is called “Amaranth”, and its video can be watched below. As for the MCD […]

Puscifer – the notorious side-project by Tool’s Maynard James Keenan, is going to release its full-length debut album on October 30 via its own label, Puscifer Entertainment. Tracks confirmed to land on the CD, which is going to bear the title “V Is for Vagina”, include “Cuntry Boner”, “Dojo”, the debut single “Queen B”, and […]