As reported earlier today,В TARJA’s concert in Sofia, set to happen tonight at the Arena ArmeecВ has been postponedВ for tomorrow, 27 January. Snow is bloking TARJA TURUNEN’s nightliner in Romania,В milesВ away from the Bulgarian border whichВ has beenВ closed for hours.В В  The singer and her crew will be flying to Sofia tomorrow in time for the soundcheck. So, the gig […]

Snow is bloking TARJA TURUNEN’s nightliner in Romania,В milesВ away from the Bulgarian border whichВ has beenВ closed for hours.В В  TARJA’s concert in Sofia was set to happen tonight at the Arena Armeec but has been postponedВ for tomorrow, 27 January. However, the official confirmation from Loud Concerts, promoters of the eventВ is still to come.В  photo: close to the border […]

Guitarist Mark Tremonti, of Creed and Alter Bridge fame, has a solo album due in the spring. To be called All I Was, it will be heavier than his previous work, with a lot more guitar solos. Joining Tremonti, who also does the lead vocals, are Eric Friedman (guitar/bass/backing vocals) and Garrett Whitlock (drums). The […]

Halestorm have finally unveiled the name and release date for their upcoming sophomore album and have made four of the tracks available on a new EP — hear them all right here.Halestorm have named the new album ‘The Strange Case of…’ and it will hit digital outlets and stores everywhere on April 10th. The band […]

The band’s video for Underground, off their excellent 2011 album The Great Escape Artist, gives the song an alluringly dark dimension – due in no small part to the dim lighting and antique burlesque feel. Shot in Los Angeles at the club Fais Do-Do, originally a speakeasy from the 1920’s with a New Orleans ambience, […]

Mark Reale, the founding guitarist of the legendary metal band RIOT, passed away yesterday (Wednesday, January 25) in a San Antonio hospital due to complications of Crohn’s disease — an ailment he has battled for most of his life. He was 57 years old. Reale had reportedly been in a coma for the past two […]

Biohazard drummer Danny Schuler has left the band’s current European tour. This is because his wife is about to give birth. Danny Lamagna of Sworn Enemy will temporarily take over. Last week, Biohazard vocalist/bassist Scott Roberts was rushed to hospital prior to the band’s first gig on the Persistence Tour 2012 in Belgium. However, he […]

OSI, the band featuring Jim Matheos (Fates Warning) and Kevin Moore (ex-Dream Theater), have a fourth album on the way. Called ‘Fire Make Thunder’, it’s released at the end of March through Metal Blade. Jim Matheos will be on tourВ in Europe withВ FATES WARNING. The Sofia, Bulgaria gig is on March 22 at *MIXTAPE 5* club […]

Our friends at Mahaloto publishing house are now giving us the Bulgarian language version of PATTI SMITH’s book – ‘Just Kids’. “Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the city from Coney Island to Forty-second […]

SOUNDGARDEN singer CHRIS CORNELL will be performing at Muhammad Ali’s 70th Birthday Celebrations, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, on Saturday, February 18th. The 16th Annual Power of Love Gala will raise funds in support of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and The Muhammad Ali Center. ABC will […]