Vocalist Andrew “Mac” McDermott has officially left UK progressive metallers Threshold because he has “decided it was time to support my family 100%.” The group’s next scheduled appearances, namely at the Metalcamp and Earthshaker festivals in Slovenia and Germany, respectively, will be fronted by Threshold’s previous singer, Damian Wilson.

Since a day or two there are strong rumourc circling through various Internet media that the legendary London-formed 60’s rockers The Yardbirds are planning a reunion tour in October. This would feature guitarists Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, bass player Chris Dreja and drummer Jim McCarty. There’s still no word who’d be brought in as […]

The exact schedule of the 20 years anniversary Nuclear Blast Festival has been revealed. The event shall take place on October 27 at the Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart, Germany, featuring performances by five of the label’s most prominent current signings, as well as a set by The NB Allstar Band, consisting of “Peavy, Victor and Andre […]

The new project by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera, Inflikted, has already got an official MySpace profile. You can check it out at myspace.com/officialinflikted. Except for the reunited Sepultura founders and former members, Inflikted features also bass player Joe Duplantier (Gojira) and lead guitarist Marc Rizzo (Soulfly). At present the quartet is recording its debut […]

The Lebanon-born American citizen with Armenian origin, Serj Tankian, better known as frontman for the unique System of a Down, shall release his debut solo album (view cover in the left), as it got clear in April. Entitled “Elect the Dead”, the CD is going to appear on October 23 via the singer’s own Serjical […]

California’s punk rock veterans NOFX are thinking of releasing a live album next year. No further details are available yet… except for the fact that a solid European tour is approaching this autumn, as notable from the band’s official homepage…

OnВ August 3В (Friday) the Area 51 ClubВ inВ Varna, BulgariaВ shall host a black metal night headlined by the Greek black metal quintet Crossover. The show will also feature sets by the local bands DemenziaВ and The A.X.E. Project. Tickets for the concert costВ 2.5 Euro, and the poster is available in our GIG GUIDE.

The Bulgarian avantgarde post-punk/ambient project Proletarii released its debut album, “Music for the Glass People” (see cover in the left). To get an impression of how Proletarii sound, you can download one of their tracks in our mp3В section or just visit their MySpace profile. If you like what you hear, get in tourch with Proletarii […]

EMI will release a retrospective Megadeth box set, entitled “Warchest”, on October 15. The collection will contain four CDs revealing the a-quarter-of-a-century-long career of Dave Mustaine & Co., as well as a DVD. The exact contents of the discs are expected to be revealed soon.

California’s pop punk rock superstars The Offspring have completed 13 songs for their new, as yet untitled studio album. The follow-up to “Splinter” (2003) is being produced by Bob Rock, best known for the work he’s done for Metallica, shall appear no later than the very beginning of 2008.