The legendary “Death Cult” demo tape by the Swiss progressive thrash metal legends Coroner can be downloaded for free HERE. The four tracks on the effort – “Spectators of Sin”, “Spiral Dream”, “Aerial Combat” and “The Invincible” – were recorded on October 10, 1985 in a line-up featuring bassist Ron Royce, drummer Marquis Marky and […]

Peter Giuzelev, guitarist of Bulgaria’s absolute rock veterans The Crickets, has revealed he’s completed work on the band’s new studio album, as well as on a solo project of his. What’s known so far is that it may be a double CD…

The German “psychotic voodoo punk” band Stoned AgeВ shall do its first ever shows in Bulgaria, respectively inВ Plovdiv on December 1 and Sofia on December 2. The gang, fronted by Diary of Dreams‘ Gauna, shall present its new album “Give Me a Thrill”. Additional info can be found at stoned-age.comВ and myspace.com/voodoopunk. Local support for both shows shall […]

Legendary guitarist Joe Satriani has entered studio to begin recording his new album for a tentative April 2008 release. Joining him are engineer and co-producer John Cuniberti, drummer Jeff Campitelli, bassist Matt Bissonette (worked with a.o. David Lee Roth, Julian Lennon, Steve Perry, Brian Wilson, Peter Frampton), Eric Caudieux (keyboards and rhythm guitar), Mike Manning […]

The recently closed legendary New York club CBGB is to reopen in March… as a fashion boutique! The new store will be run by designer John Varvatos.

Sofia Music Enterprises announced the name of the supporting band for the concert by Chick Corea and Bella Fleck in Sofia, Bulgaria. The honour has been given to the localВ jazz trioВ JP3. The show is scheduled to take place on November 6 at the 4,000-capacity Hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture.

On Sunday, October 28, Metallica performed an acoustic concert at the 21st annual Bridge School Benefit at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. The quartet played four of its own songs, as well as cover versions of Rare Earth‘s “I Just Want to Celebrate”, Nazareth‘s “Please Don’t Judas Me”, Dire Straits‘ “Brothers in Arms” and […]

Duran Duran‘s video for their new single “Falling Down” has been banned from UK television. The cut is depicting the theme of models in rehab and won’t be aired in the United Kingdom because it has been deemed too controversial… “Falling Down” comes off Duran Duran’s upcoming studio album “Red Carpet Massacre”, due out November […]

Georgia’s pop-punksters The B-52’s have announced they’ll release a brand-new studio album for the first time in 15 years. Entitled “Funplex”, the follow-up to 1992’s “Good Stuff” is going to surface on February 26, 2008 and shall contain 11 tracks.

To mark tomorrow’s All Hallow’s Eve, Rolling Stone Magazine did a poll among the readers of its website to determine the 20 bands with the most gruesome names. After calculating the results, here’s how the The Most Gruesome Band Name Top 20 looks like: 01. Cattle Decapitation 02. Dahmer’s Icebox 03. Alien Sex Fiend 04. […]