Toma Zdravkov – the only metalhead competing at this year’s edition of Music Idol (the Bulgarian version of the Pop Idol TV show) – became the big winner at the big final on June 2, 2008!В Rock’s not dead, ladies and gentlemen! Toma ZdravkovВ – “Crying in the Rain“ Photo: www.netinfo.bg

After offering an exclusive track to their so-called Supporters Club for download via their homepage Neubauten.org from March 2006 to August 2007, Germany’s industrial pioneers Einstuerzende Neubauten decided to collect the 15 songs and release them on CD sometime this summer. The effort (view cover in the left) shall come out under the title “Jewels” […]

Industrial veterans Front 242 have decided to give away its new two-song single “First Moment” (view cover in the left) at no cost to anyone who registers HERE. The effort, officially due on June 15 via the label Alfa Matrix, is available in various formats, as you’ll see if you follow the link posted above…

The Pogues shall release “Just Look Them in the Eye and Say… Poguemahone” on June 17. The word goes about a five-disc set ( cover in the left), featuring mainly unreleased material, as well as some hard-to-find tracks.

Mick Jagger has threatened to sue BBC Films, who are behind the forthcoming biopic “The Edge of Love“, dedicated to the life of Dylan Thomas (1914-1953). The Rolling Stones’ vocalist owns the rights to a lot of the Welsh poet’s works, and is planning a biopic about the man himself through his production company, Jagged […]

The next edition of the Fracture weekly metal show on MM TV shall feature videos by Apocalyptica, Agnostic Front, In Extremo, Children of Bodom, Opeth, Manowar, Nile, Amorphis, Kansas, I.T.S.I and many more. Fracture airs Sundays at 10 p.m..

New York’s old-school hip-hop legends Onyx shall play live in Sofia, Bulgaria onВ June 24! Tickets for the event, scheduled to take place at the 3,000-capacity Universiada Hall, cost 13 Euro and are on sale now via TicketPro.bg. Onyx & Biohazard – “Slam“

While preparing to release an album with their project Arkaea (featuring Threat Signal vocalist Jon Howard), Christian Olde Wolbers and Raymond Herrera of Fear Factory have announced the birth of another band of theirs – Burn It All. The trio (on the photo) features also former Damageplan singer and Halford guitarist Patrick Lachman, and has […]

Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis has apparently snubbed David Gilmour‘s offer to play at this year’s festival. According to The Sun, Pink Floyd‘s frontman personally contacted Eavis offering to perform the iconic album “The Dark Side of the Moon” at the event, but was told he wouldn’t be needed due to the fact that Glastonbury aims […]

The next edition of the Krechetalo weekly music show on Tangra.tv shall be dedicated to the bands Breakpoint, Saint Electrics, HyperqubeВ and Collapso. Krechetalo airs on Tangra.tv Mondays at 9 p.m..