Interscope/Universal Japan has set February 8th as the release date for VAN HALEN’s anxiously-awaited reunion album with David Lee Roth. A regular version plus limited deluxe with a bonus DVD will be available. More details will be revealed soon. Van Halen’s official website has been updated with news that the band will be hitting the […]

Ronnie James Dio’s autobiography is to be published in 20113. Talking at the Key Club in Hollywood, at an event to celebrate the life and music of Dimebag Darrell, Dio’s widow Wendy (who has taken on the task of finishing the book) revealed that she will deliver the completed work on January 15, and it […]

The 12th edition of the annual HC Christmas festival took place in Sofia on Monday, 26 December at theВ *MIXTAPE 5*.В  The bands on the bill -В VENDETTA + LAST HOPE + REDOUND + MELEKH + DEATH SQUAD + CUT OFFВ + BRIGHT SIGHT + PERFECT SKIES have produced a great show and here are some words from […]

9 years after they played for the first time in Bulgaria,В INTEGRITYВ are coming back for a ball-bustin gig on 10 February at Sofia’sВ The Box club. TheВ Cleveland, Ohio legends will be supported by two local acts -В veteran HC outfitВ VENDETTA and the risingВ BlackmailВ  with the newest supergroupВ of Belgrade, Serbia – The Bridge featuring members of Hitman, DeadriseВ and Jain.В В  […]

KORN‘s ‘The Path Of Totality’ is obviously getting pretty much positive reviews. “However, this collaboration has a centre point and it’s the hottest dubstep name at the moment SkrilleС… with whom Korn executed the best tracks on the album ‘Chaos Lives in Everything’, ‘Narcissistic Cannibal’, ‘Get Up’. Skrillex is actually one guy also known as […]

Guns N’ Roses rocked a 3-hour show at The Forum in in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The gig is one of the final US shows on the “Chinese Democracy” tour; the North American leg winds up on New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas. The concert was available as an online pay-per-view event via iClips; they […]

KISS drummer Eric Singer was recently interviewed by KISS Army Mexico; an excerpt follows: KISS Army MГ©xico: KISS it’s a Monster, what can you tell us about the sound of this new record, its already finished? Do you know the release date? Eric Singer: “There is no set release date yet. We are still working […]

A pivotal figure in many a Tangra listener’s aesthetics of life, Dimitar A. Stanev will address the nation just before midnight on December 31. The author of the essential ‘Self-healing with water and water only – 20 years life after death’ popped into the Tangra Mega Rock studio today to record his speech. Due to […]

Noise 11 reports that Jim ‘Motorhead’ Sherwood from FRANK ZAPPA’S MOTHERS OF INVENTION died on Christmas Day at the age of 69. Sherwood was the sax player and provided vocal sound effects for the Mothers and played on the Zappa albums: 200 Motels, Burnt Weeny Sandwich, Weasals Ripped My Flesh and We’re Only In It […]

Norwegian death metallers BLOOD RED THRONE “welcome Yngve Bolt Christiansen as the new frontman. He is a bad motherfucker, raw vocalist, drinks hard, kicks ass and takes no shit from anyone. Hellyeah Yngve!” Yngve (pictured below) replaces the recently departed Osvald “Vald” Egeland. BRT “also announced that we have a new bass player in the […]