Eddie Van Halen has gone into rehab. The guitarist has battled alcoholism in the past and is seeking treatment now.As previously reported, Van Halen were supposed to reunite with original vocalist David Lee Roth for a North American tour. Later on the tour was postponed, and now, having in mind the situation with Eddie, things […]

The new issue (#34) of the Bulgarian Pro-Rock Magazine shall beВ published on March 14. The main articleВ is dedicated to Chimaira, backed by writings about Solitude Aeternus, Vader, Saxon, Red Harvest, Thunderstone, Obituary, Burzum, Cozy Powell, Testament, Van Halen, Propaganda, etc. The issue also features live reports of the recent shows of Cannibal CorpseВ and LaibachВ in Sofia,В as […]

Nine Inch Nails‘ video for the song “Survivalism” has been posted online at YouTube. The track is the first single off the group’s upcoming album, “Year Zero” (see cover in the left), which comes out on April 17. Acording to NIN mastermind Trent Reznor, the CD is the first of two concept albums. At the […]

German thrashers Dew-Scented have uploaded a new song, entitled “That’s Why I Despise You”, on their MySpace profile at www.myspace.com/dewscented. The group just returned from Gothenburg, Sweden, where they shot a video for the track with acclaimed director Patric Ullaeus (who has worked with a.o. Dimmu Borgir and In Flames). “That’s Why I Despise You” […]

Although cult American progressive death metallers Cynic split more than a decade ago, two of its main members prove once again they don’t intend to quit creating high quality music. The word goes about Sean Reinert (drums, keyboards and backing vocals) and Paul Masvidal (lead vocals, guitars and keyboards), who – together with Evo (guitars, […]

Before Cars – the new band featuring former Nirvana drummer Chad Channing, who was Dave Grohl’s predecessor and played on the Seattle trio’s 1989 debut “Bleach” – will release a vinyl single on March via Flotation Records. The record, which features the tracks “Old Chair” and “99 To Go”, is limited to 500 copies and […]

Karnal Film Productions, who announced the release of “the world’s first black metal porn movie” yesterday, have issued a statement in reposne to the Blabbermouth.net bashers who dismissed the film as nothing more than a cheap gimmick. The creators of the movie, entitled “Phallusifer – The Immoral Code”, call the readers just mentioned “conservative” and […]

Elend finally completed their new studio album, entitled “A World in Their Screams”, after two years of hard work, delays and postponements. Contrary to previous announcements the French-Austrian musicians have made, the CD (due to be released in Europe on April 23 through Prophecy Productions) will be the last album of the Winds Cycle, and […]

German power metallers Primal Fear have finalized most of the recordings for their new album with producers Charlie Bauerfeind and Mat Sinner. The mixing shall start in early April at the Galaxy Studio in Belgium with Ronald Prent, who has worked with Rammstein, a.o. Songtitles set to appear on the still untitled follow-up to 2005’s […]

Today, sometime in the afternoon, Tangra Mega Rock’s studio shall be visitied by the American ska veterans The Toasters. The band shall celebrate their 25th anniversary on stage in Sofia tonight. The show starts at 7 p.m. at the Swingin’ Hall, with support coming from the Hawaiian band Go Jimmy GoВ and the BulgariansВ SwitchstanceВ andВ La Muchedumbre.