Marduk, KoldbrannВ and Massemord were supposed to tour the Balkans during the second half of September. Local promoters in Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, Croatia, Greece and Hungary blame the Polish booking agency Rose Production, calling it a fake one. Hopefully new dates should be rescheduled for the beginning on 2008.

A brand-new Down song, entitled “I Scream”, is now available for streaming HERE. The track comes off the band’s upcoming third full-length studio album, “Over the Under” (view cover in the left), due in Europe on September 24 via Roadrunner Records. The complete tracklist for Phis Anselmo & Co.’s effort has already been revealed here.

A month before taking part in the 20 Years Nuclear Blast Fest in Sofia, Bulgaria on November 3, Bulgaria’s extreme metal leaders The Revenge ProjectВ shall headline the first evening of the Chaos Festival in Romania. The event, set to take place at the Live Metal Club in BucharestВ on October 5-6, shall also feature performances by […]

Andy Warhol‘s 1975 portrait of Mick Jagger (shown in the left) sold for $46,800 at a Sydney auction. The screen-print painting, signed by both Warhol and Jagger, had been originally commissioned by Jagger and was expected to only fetch up to $35,000. Warhol has previously designed The Rolling Stones’ cover for 1971’s “Sticky Fingers” and […]

After the news that Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones shall do a one-off Led Zeppelin reunion show November 26 at London’s O2 Arena, and that the 22,000 tickets for the event shall be sold on a lottery basis via the website ahmettribute.com only, a real communication breakdown happened. Around 80,000 fans per […]

The inverted-cross-forehead-branded antichrist Glen Benton and his his death metal legion Deicide have started work on their next full-length studio album. The CD shall be entitled “Till Death Do Us Part” and is scheduled for release in 2008.

Tomorrow, September 15, we’ll say the last goodbye to one of the best Bulgarian drummers – Michail Yalandjiev – Tzurro, who passed away yesterday. The funeral shall take place at 11:30 a.m. at the Malashevski Funeral Park in Sofia. Rest in peace, brother! Only the good die young! В  В  В  В  В 

Sofia Music Enterprises announced the name of the first artist confirmed to headline next year’s edition of the Arena Muzika FestivalВ in Bulgaria – Dire Straits‘ founder and mastermind Mr. Mark Knopfler! The concert of the legendary musician shall take place on June 11, 2008 at the Hall 1 of theВ National Palace of CultureВ in Sofia. TicketsВ cost […]

The third edition of Bulgaria’s biggest punk/hardcore festival, East Noise Attack, shall take place on November 10 at Sofia’s 8th Ball Club. Bands confirmed to participate so far are Indigity, Outrage, A-Moral, Cold Breath, B.F.D.M., G.O.T.C., CrowfishВ and Brothers in Blood. More info shall be annoinced soon.

At a press conference held yesterday (which we informed you about four days ago) it’s been officially confirmed that the three surviving members of Led Zeppelin – Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones – will be reforming, although for one night only. The legendary British rock band will play a one-off show at […]