Reg Presley, singer with ’60s British band The Troggs (“Wild Thing,” “With a Girl Like You,” “Love is All Around”), is in the hospital in England suffering from pneumonia and a possible stroke. Music-News.com reports that 70-year-old Presley is in poor condition. His wife told the Daily Mirror that it “started that weekend [December 3] […]

The Foo Fighters and their fans shook the earth on Tuesday. Literally. Rolling Stone reports a Foo Fighters concert in New Zealand caused geological vibrations on par with “volcanic tremors,” according to scientists. The vibrations emitted “a strong low signal,” geologists at Auckland GeoNet reported. “The ground was shaking three times per second in a […]

The King Blues, who release their new single ‘Does Anybody Care About Us?’ on February 12, have now released the video online. You can watch it here below. The band go into the studio in January with John Feldmann (The Used, Panic! At The Disco) to record the follow up to this year’s ‘Punk & […]

As previously reported, The annual gathering of the Buglarian hardcore society will be held at the *MIXTAPE 5* club. And we already have the official poster of the festival made by Bulgaria’s leading underground artist – VASSE – check it below!В  This will be edition # 12 of the HARDCORE X-MASS festival with several big […]

The Corrosion of Conformity (C.O.C.) lineup that helped popularize crossover metal in the ’80s, will release their self-titled new album on Feb. 28, 2012. The disc features the three musicians who played on the 1985 classic ‘Animosity,’ vocalist and bassist Mike Dean, guitarist Woody Weatherman and drummer and vocalist Reed Mullin. The band recorded the […]

The Pogues’ raucous Christmas classic, “Fairytale of New York” has been officially declared the most played holiday song of the century in Britain. The Daily Express reports that the Shane McGowan/Kirsty MacColl duet has had more plays on radio, TV and the web since 2000 than any other Christmas track. Ironically, the song didn’t make […]

One of Bulgaria’s TOP blues artists, PLAMEN STAVREV has passed away last night, December 15В in his native city Burgas. He has three albums and was among the main driving forces of the Burgas Blues festival.В 

Sofia’s hottest metal band ODD CREWВ will get in it’s own Butcherhouse studioВ to start recording in early January a brand new studi album. In the meantime, ODD CREW will releaseВ its first DVDВ – ‘A Bottle of Friends’В on 29 December. The third studio album is expected to be ready in the Spring and will be the follow up […]

В A groundskeeper treated like a family member by his bosses — ’80s rock band Whitesnake founder David Coverdale and his wife, CindyВ (pictured below)В — was given a punishment of six months in jail and ordered to repay nearly $70,000 of the $287,000 that he stole from the Incline Village couple according to the Reno-Gazette Journal. Washoe […]

CANCER BATS have posted a video teaser for their forthcoming new album, Dead Set On Living, which is due for release in April 2012 via Distort Inc. Check out the trailer below and stay tuned for further updates…