Dutch female-fronted melodic metallers band Within Temptation shall headline this year’s Artmania Festival, set to take place between June 15-17 in Sibiu, Romania. Other bands confirmed to perform at the event are Anathema, My Dying Bride, The Gathering, Haggard and Tarot. You can check out the poster for the fest below:

The tickets for the PlaceboВ concert in Sofia, Bulgaria, due to take place on June 18 at the Winter Sports Palace, are on sale now. You can purchase them for 25 leva (approx. 13 Euro) via Eventim.bgВ and Ticketstream.bg.

Gavin Rossdale, former frontman of Bush and Institute and current husband of Gwen Stefani (ex-No Doubt), has revealed he is about to begin recording his first solo album with producer Bob Rock (Metallica, Bon Jovi). What’s known so far is the the CD shall feature an appearance by guitarist Chris Traynor (ex-Helmet), and that it’s […]

Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna, Jr., better known as Nikki Sixx, is currently in the studio, working on a soundtrack album that will accompany his book “The Heroin Diaries”. As it gets clear from the title, the writings of Motley Crue‘s notorious bass player are based on his diaries from the years 1986 and 1987, when […]

Strong rumours are running on Arcturus‘ MySpace profileВ that the Norwegian avantgarde black metallers have decided to call it quits. A fan has quoted a recent e-mail received by the band’s drummer, Jan Axel “Hellhammer” Blomberg (also in Mayhem and Dimmu Borgir), stating: “Yes, we are splitting up. There is no more time for all of […]

The Turkish death metal band UCK Grind released a brand-new EP. Entitled “Justice”, it featuresВ a bunch of tracks, including a cover version of the song “Don’t Die”В by the Bulgarian rock veteransВ The Crickets. You can listen to the track just mentioned, as well as to another tune offВ “Justice”, “Trust or Grind”, on UCK Grind’s official MySpaceВ profile […]

Bulgaria’s most popular hardcore band, Last Hope, start an Eastern European tour in the end of the month in support of their current studio album, “Test of Time”. Chico, Kosyo, Radi and Chavo shall play all around the region until the end of may, preceding a number of live shows in Western Europe in the […]

The surviving members of the cult Santa Barbara metal/punk outfit Snot have gathered on stage to perform live in California some ten days ago. This happens to be the group’s second reunion, after a show in Hollywood in November 2006, after 8 years of silence following the tragic death of vocalist Lynn Strait who passed […]

Former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke has shot down reports he has left Rock Star Supernova. The rumour was spread a few days ago by ET Canada and quickly published worldwide by various media. In a statement issued yesterday, Clarke said: “I have not left Rock Star Supernova. We just finished the tour. I […]

Britain’s Anathema have set “Everything” as the title of their new studio album, tentatively due later in the year via a label that’s still to be found… The tracklist for the CD is as follows (in no particularВ running order): Thin Air (Ann Further) Bricks Lightning Song Sunlight Get Off. Get Out. Angels Walk Among Us […]