Lou Reed’s life has been saved by a liver transplant, it’s been revealed. The 71-year-old Velvet Underground icon underwent an emergency procedure in Cleveland in April after his own liver failed as a result of years of drug usage. Reed’s wife, singer Laurie Anderson, said: “It’s as serious as it gets – he was dying. […]

MEGADETH are streaming a new song, ‘The Blackest Crow,’ in advance of this week’s release of their new album, ‘Super Collider.’ The song follows the stream of ‘Built For War’. ‘Super Collider’ will be available as a limited-edition CD with a 3-D cover and bonus tracks, regular CD, regular LP, limited LP plus seven-inch vinyl, […]

VRANI VOLOSA has premiered a brand new video ‘Wreck’. It’s part of the brand new DVD ‘Sailor Songs’ released end of last week via Corvus Records…  

This is the SLAYER WEEK on radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK. The International Day Of Slayer will be taking place for the seventh time next Thursday, on June 6, having started on 06/06/06 (when else would it have started, right?). This year, the event organisers are asking people to join together in their celebration of Slayer-ness by […]

“For two years now Kavarna Rock has been craving a different yet promising niche in the overloaded summer rock gig schedule in Bulgaria. It’s not as expansive and ambitious as it was back when it was called Kaliakra Rock Fest, but we are talking a different beast here. Kavarna Rock paves the way for a […]

Metallica and the World Series-winning San Francisco Giants teamed up for a special ‘Metallica Day’ promotion at AT&T Park last month and one of the highlights of the evening was a scorching version of the National Anthem performed on guitars by James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett. After very positive response, the group has decided to […]

Polish black metal titans BEHEMOTH have been holed up in Hertz Studios working on their tenth full-length album, which will be titled The Satanist, and is scheduled to be released in the fall of 2013 via Metal Blade. “It took us over two decades to come up with a title that…says it all. While our […]

Slayer have hired Paul Bostaph as their full-time drummer, replacing original member Dave Lombardo for the second time. It’s Bostaph’s third stint with the thrash giants – he first joined in 1992 after Lombardo left, then departed himself in 1996 to be replaced by Jon Dette. He returned the following year and remained until Lombardo […]

Six Feet Under have parted ways with drummer Kevin Talley (pictured). However, the transition for the new drummer will be near-seemless, as he is a former band member of bassist Jeff Hughell. Marco Pitruzzella has officially joined the ranks of Six Feet Under and will make his debut appearance with the band this Saturday in […]

MENTAL ARCHITECTS are re-releasing the ‘Celebrations’ (2012) album on vinyl via Subsuburban Records. A special release-party gig is set to happen at Sofia’s The Egg Bar on Wednesday – 5 June.  The band will show to the fans the brand new video for ‘Caves Of Keys’. You can stream the album at MENTAL ARCHITECTS’  BandCamp.