As you already know, Steve Albini and his band Shellac shall play live in Bulgaria for the first time ever next Monday, May 12. The event is scheduled to take place at the Backstage Club in Sofia, and here’s what the group pointed out as some rules for the show: “Shellac doesn’t have a fancy […]

According to Total Rock, there are unconfirmed reports that Limp Bizkit are planning a comeback tour, albeit without guitarist Wes Borland. The band is said to be auditioning guitarists, and aims to start off with some European dates.

WTF?, the bastard brainchild of Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, Toronto-based dance phenom Deadmau5, DJ Aero and Steve Duda (a.o. producer of Nine Inch Nails), has released its debut EP, “You Can’t Afford This Chicken“, via Xfer Records. The effort features two tracks – “You Can’t Afford This” and “Chicken”. Check out the latter one […]

Local support for next week’s show by Japan’s industrial psychos Gothika in Sofia, Bulgaria shall come from Animassacre (on the photo). Check them out below, as well as at animassacre.com. The event is scheduled for May 15 at theВ Fans Rock Bar, with tickets costing 5 Euro. Animassacre – “Destruktion” (live)

The Offspring have made their new single,В “Hammerhead“, available for free download from myspace.com/offspring. The song precedes the Californians’ new full-length studio album, “Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace“, scheduled for release on June 17.

German thrash metal veterans Destruction have finished the songwriting process for their next album. Schmier, Mike and Marc will enter the Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark with producer Jacob Hansen to record the effort, which is going to be called “D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.” and is scheduled to surface via AFM Records on August 29 in Germany and […]

On Monday, May 5, Bulgaria’s capital Sofia was shattered by the first edition of the Mayday Fest. The event featured sets by Ignite (on the photo), Born from Pain, Death Before Dishonor, BurnThe8Track, Smut, B.F.D.M., Brothers in Blood, MelekhВ and A-Moral, and a report is available HERE.

Peaceville Records are releasing a 3-CD set, entitled “Frostland Tapes” on May 26. The effort (view cover in the left) is going to contain all four of Darkthrone’s first demos from the late 80’s in one place, plus a rare live recording from Denmark in 1990, as well as the previously unreleased version of the […]

This weekend, May 10-11, the Southern Park in Sofia, Bulgaria shall host an open-air two-day concert in tribute to the late Georgi Minchev. Bands scheduled to perform include Kaskadiori, Sprint, Milena,В Epizod, Djendema, Atlantic, Sunrise, Konkurent, Wickeda, and more.

The reunited The Police will perform their final concert ever in New York in August. The date is to be announced soon.