R.E.M. are to record their 14th studio album with Grammy-winning producer Jacknife Lee – the man behind the recent CDsВ of Bloc Party and Snow Patrol. Singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck and bassist Mike Mills hope to release the follow-up to 2004’s “Around the Sun” before the end of the year. As for now, the […]

R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin plus 7 more musicians, including Mike Stone, Scott McCaughey and Steve Berlin, plan to release a new album with their side-project called Tuatara. Initially formed in Seattle a decade ago to write and record music for film soundtracks, Tuatara have ended up recording four full-length albums […]

Freebass – a new band made up of three bass players, namely New Order‘s Peter Hook (on the photo), The Smiths‘ Andy Rourke and Primal Scream‘s Gary “Mani” Mounfield – are working on their debut album with a number of high-profile frontmen. So far the band has got 12 songs, and among the singers chosen […]

Last year’s Eurovision winners – the masked Finnish “monster metallers” Lordi – won every category they were nominated for at the 21st Emma Awards ceremony. Finland’s equivalent of the Grammys was held on Saturday, March 10, in the capital Helsinki, where GWAR’s followers won following prizes: Band of the Year – Lordi Album of the […]

Brad Delp, lead singer of American arena rock band Boston, was found dead in his home in southern New Hampshire yesterday, March 9, at the age of 55. According to the local police, Brad was alone at the time of his death. The cause of the tragedy has not yet been determined and is currently […]

Def Leppard‘s guitar player Phil Collen has revealed that the band is currently recording its upcoming studio album with producer Ronan McHugh. The new CD sounds “a lot more rock and less pop than albums of late”, and its working title is “Sparkle Lounge”. The lead guitars shall be recorded in April. No further information […]

Hellyeah have finalized the tracklist for their self-titled debut album, due on April 10 via Epic Records. The record shall feature 12 songs, including the first single “You Wouldn’t Know”, and its front cover artwork can be viewed in the left. For those who still don’t know, Hellyeah is the new band of former Pantera […]

Polish death metal veterans Vader shall play a concert in Sofia, Bulgaria, on May 19. The venue and the local supporting acts are still to be announced. Tickets for the show shall cost 10 Euro (presale) and 11 Euro (at the door). The event is promoted by Most of Evil Music.

As it should already be known, HammerFall parted ways with bass player Magnus Rosen (on the photo) earlier this week. Finally the Swedish metallers have issued an official statement regarding the split: “Magnus has elected to step down from HammerFall to be able to focus on his own projects. It’s not a total shock to […]

Sofia’s cult music shop, the 0.4.3., is urgently looking forВ a tattooist. For more info about it, call (++359 2) 981-7227В or drop a line atВ shop@z043.org. Meanwhile, 0.4.3. have also launched their own t-shirt collection. The shirts are limited to 100 only, and the price is 15 leva (approx. 8 Euro). You can see the front in […]