After parting waysВ with frontman Tzvetan Hadjijski (vocals, bagpipe, percussion) some time ago, the Bulgarian ethno metal masters Smallman have revealed they’ve managed to find a suitable replacement. The name of the new vocalist shall be officially announced on April 29 during the quartet’s someback show at the Petnoto Club in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan released an autobiographical double DVD (view cover in the left). Entitled “Highway Star – A Journey in Rock”, it offers six hours of footage from the vocalist’s 4-decade-long professional career – concert shots, documentaries, interviews with Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Don Airey, Steve Morse, Tony Iommi, Luciano Pavarotti, […]

Tomahawk have parted with bassist Kevin Rutmanis (on the photo; also ex-The Melvins). The line-up change comes just two months before the release of the group’s new album, “Anonymous”, through Ipecac Records in June. According to Mike Patton – leader of both Tomahawk and Ipecac – the tracks on the CD have been inspired by […]

H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo has revealed that the group’s new album, tentatively titled “Venus Doom”, shall be “a lot heavier than anything we’ve done before”. The follow-up to “Dark Light” (2005) was recorded in Finland’s capital Helsinki with producer Tim Palmer (Ozzy Osbourne, Dredg), and is scheduled for release on July 10. Songtitles set to […]

Good Charlotte have achieved Top 10 chart debuts in 11 countries all over the world with their new, fourth studio album “Good Morning Revival” (view cover in the left), that was released on March 19 in Europe. The Maryland indie pop/rock quintet who earned massive success with their current single “Keep Your Hands Off My […]

A number of audio clips from Ozzy Osbourne’s forthcoming album have been posted online at the main page of Ozzy.com. One of them is “I Don’t Want to Stop”, which is going to be the first single off the singer’s upcoming CD. The song will receive its official online premiere on Friday, April 13. The […]

The Police‘s guitarist Andy Summers has hinted that the reunited trio may get to work on a new album after their forthcoming world tour, which starts in Canada’s Vancouver on May 28. “If we do well with these concerts we may well make a sixth album. I can’t see why not”, Andy stated, adding that […]

Sweden’s rockers The Hellacopters, whose line-up features former Entombed drummer Nicke Andersson on vocals and guitar, are working on their upoming, as-yet-untitled studio. Mixing will be done in early May, and a possible release date is planned for the autumn.

“Arms Around Your Love”В is the firstВ single off “Carry On” – the second full-length studio album byВ Chris CornellВ (ex-Audioslave, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog), due to be released onВ May 28В via Universal Music. Today about 10 a.m. “Arms Around Your Love” was premiered on Tangra Mega Rock. Of course, this won’t be the last time we play the […]

Joker Media have just confirmed the upcoming Placebo concert in Sofia’s Winter Sports Palace on June 18 (Monday). TicketsВ go on sale in two weeks. The price during the first 15 days shall be 25 leva (approx. 13 Euro), and afterwards, from May 1В until June 17 – 30 levaВ (15 Euro). The price on June 18, at […]