German metallers PALACE (pictured above) will be joining the PRIMAL FEAR and BRAINSTORM tour called ‘METAL NATION TOUR 2012’. The Sofia date is 7 April and the gig is set to happen at the Hristo Botev hall.  Tickets priced 40 BGN are on sale via www.Eventim.bg and will go up to 45 BGN at the door.

Sofia outfit EXPECTATIONS has finished working on its debut album. The band has spent four days at Next Dog studio in Romania with producer Marius Costache (Mediocracy, Coins As Portraits, I Stared Into The Forest). Boris Nikolov – Brodnik of Melekh is now working on EXPECTATIONS’ first official video. Meanwhile a video of the recording process of a song […]

SINEAD O’CONNOR has revealed that she would like to do naked shoot for Playboy magazine before she dies. Speaking to Word magazine – via Digital Spy – the singer said: “There’s so much I [would have] liked to do when I was younger and I was too miserable and Irish. A Playboy shoot is on my […]

Ever since FAITH NO MORE reunited three years ago, several of Mike Patton’s “side” projects have remained mostly dormant. Among the most notable absences is TOMAHAWK, his group with ex-Jesus Lizard guitarist Duane Deninson, ex-Helmet drummer John Stanier, and, as-of-recently, ex-Mr. Bungle bassist Trevor Dunn. Thankfully, the band’s hiatus is finally coming to an end, as a […]

Sure, Motörhead leader Lemmy Kilmister has collaborated with a long list of rock stars, from Dave Grohl to Billy Gibbons. But, ask Mr. Kilmister, and he’ll tell you there are still a slew of peeps with whom he’s itching to lay down tracks. “Janet Jackson,” Kilmister told SF Weekly, laughing, when asked whom he’d like […]

Jack Bruce has teamed up with Vernon Reid in a new supergroup. It’s called SPECTRUM ROAD, with the one-time Cream bassist/vocalist and the LIVING COLOUR guitarist joined by drummer CINDY BLACKMAN SANTANA (Lenny Kravitz, Santana) and jazz keyboard player JOHN MEDESKI. Their self-titled, debut album is due out in the States through Palmetto Records on […]

On March 26, founding GENESIS member Tony Banks’ new classical album Six Pieces For Orchestra will be released on the Naxos label. This is Tony’s second classical recording, following 2004’s Seven: A Suite For Orchestra. Tony says of the works: “The titles of the movements refer to the elements of a universal story: seductress, journey, […]

PHILM, the trio featuring the star power of SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo, WAR’s Pancho Tomaselli and CIVIL DEFIANCE’s Gerry Nestler, have signed to Ipecac Recordings and plan to release their debut disc, ‘Harmonic,’ on May 15. PHILM came together in late 2010 when the band headed out on a handful of tour dates and dropped […]

SOULFLY frontman MAX CAVALERA is recovering from a bout with Bell’s Palsy, a temporary condition that is a form of facial paralysis resulting from a dysfunction of the cranial nerve VII (the facial nerve) that results in the inability to control facial muscles on the affected side. Cavalera, 42, was diagnosed with a case of […]

JOEY RAMONE is to release a solo album in May, 11 years after his death. This is called Ya Know?, and features 17 demos the singer wrote for both the RAMONES and his own solo project. These have been updated with overdubs from Joan Jett, Steve Van Zandt and members of Cheap Trick. The album […]