Swedish death metal godfathers At the Gates have officially announced they’ll reunite next summer! So far the band has confirmed to perform live at three European festivals in July and August 2008 – Ruis Rock in Finland, Wacken Open Air in Germany and Bloodstock in the UK. At the Gates shall resurface in a line-up […]

Ian Brown has revealed he is planning on playing prison gigs in the near future. “I’m going to get permission from three or four jails,” he explained. Besides, the former The Stone Roses frontman shall re-work many of his songs as classical music compositions for a series of forthcoming gigs in 2008.

Rumours are swirling that Finland’s superstars H.I.M. are set to do the theme song for the next James Bond movie. Sources claim that Bond composer and lyricist, respectively David Arnold and Don Black, were impressed by the band’s track “Wings of a Butterfly”, and were seen chatting to the frontman Ville Valo at this year’sВ BMI […]

Epic Records has set a November 13 release date for “Below the Belt” – the highly anticipated first official DVD from US supergroup Hellyeah. The issue captures footage from the quintet’s entire career, including studio shots, concert cuts and interviews with the band members – drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott (ex-Pantera, Damageplan), guitarist Tom Maxwell and […]

On October 29 Eagle Rock Entertainment shall release “Queen Rock Montreal” (view cover in the left) – DVD and double CD by one of the greatest rock bands ever. Recorded for two nights, on November 24 and 25, 1981 at the Montreal Forum in Canada, the issue shows Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon and […]

It’s been 40 days without our dear friend and one of the best Bulgarian metal drummers – Michail Yalandjiev a.k.a. Tzuro. All who’d like to pay respect to the memory of Tzuro are invited at 3 p.m. on SundayВ in the Saint George Church in Sofia, Bulgaria. Rest in peace.

OnВ October 24В theВ Boris Hristov Music Center inВ Sofia, BulgariaВ shall host an exhibition of oil paintings byВ Emil VulevВ – former frontman of the cult local avantgarde/dark wave bands Violet General and Oholen Jivot. The event shall happen under the motto “Something Retrospective”. A few days later, onВ October 29, the same venue shall host Emil Valev’s solo concert “Something Futuristic”, […]

Due to serious problems, the third edition of Bulgaria’s biggest punk/hardcore festival East Noise Attack has to be moved. The new date isВ December 1, and the new venue – Backstage ClubВ in Sofia. The list of bands scheduled to participate remains the same, namely Brothers in Blood, G.O.T.C., Spot, Cold Breath, B.F.D.M., Crowfish, OutrageВ and Indignity.

On November 19, 2007, Europe shall witness the release of Saxon‘s double DVD set “To Hell and Back Again” (view cover in the left), due out via Steamhammer/SPV. Featuring five hours of video footage in total, the release offers the actual movie “To Hell and Back Again”, shot on various locations in Europe, the UK […]

Kid Rock scored his first No. 1 on The Billboard 200 this week with “Rock N Roll Jesus”. The album, released via Atlantic, sold 170,000 copies in the USA, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Last week’s chart topper, Bruce Springsteen‘s “Magic”, suffered a 60% drop-off to 130,000 copies and fell to No. 2.