The Killers have covered the 1979 Joy Division song “Shadowplay” for the soundtrack to the forthcoming movie about the life of the band’s late frontman Ian Curtis. New Order have recorded the main part of the music for the movie, and are also supposed to be re-recording a number of Joy Division tracks. The movie […]

Guns N’ Roses have been announced as the headliners of this year’s My Coke Fest in the South African Republic. This will be the band’s first show in Africa ever. Axl Rose and his band and will perform twice – in Johannesburg on April 27, and in Cape Town on May 1. Other acts confirmed […]

In the end of the month, two of Bulgaria’s largest cities shall be annihilated by three “spiderfuckers” from Greece – Dead-Boy (guitar and vocals), Cretin (bass) and The Lizard (drums). The word goes about the hardcore/punk band Green Goblins, which shall devastate the Backstage Club in Sofia on February 22 at 10 P.M. (together with […]

Antimatter have just finished working on their fourth studio album, “Leaving Eden”. The CD is scheduled for an April 16 release. After Duncan Patterson (Antimatter co-founder; ex-Anathema) left the band in 2005, the duo’s other creative half, Mick Moss (on the photo), gathered a number of guest musicians around him, namely Danny Cavanagh of Anathema […]

The “Gothenburg sound” godfathers Dark Tranquillity shall release their new album, “Fiction”, on April 23 via Century Media Records. Critics compare the Swedish sextet’s forthcoming offering to “a modern-day version of the group’s revered classics “The Gallery” and “The Mind’s I”, only with more intensity behind it.” The CD shall consist of 10 songs, two […]

A smashing punk/hardcore live event – the East Noise Attack Fest 2007, promoted by Area 51 Booking – shall take place on March 17 at the Neofit Bozveli Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria. The show starts at 15:30 local time (CET+1), tickets cost 10 leva (approx. 5 Euro), and the bands scheduled to get on stage […]

Rotting Christ have posted the video for the song “Keravnos Kivernitos” at YouTube. It was directed by Bob Katsionis and comes off the Greek metallers’ latest album, “Theogonia”.

German thrashers Dew-Scented have set an April 2 release date via Nuclear Blast Records for their new album “Incinerate”. The CD was mixed by Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Nevermore) and – what’s definitely more intriguing – features guest appearances by Jeff Waters of Annihilator and Gus G. of Firewind as guitar players on the track “Perdition […]

You can already watch Grinderman’s new video for the track “No Pussy Blues” HERE. The song (featured in our Tuborg Top 40 Mega Rock Chart) comes off the quartet’s self-titled full-length album, and shall be released via Mute Records on February 19 on CD and 7″ (backed with the tune “Chain of Flowers”). Just to […]

Video streams of Korn’s acoustic performance of “Freak on a Leash” featuring Amy Lee of Evanescence are now available in following formats: Windows Media Real Player Quicktime The performance of “Freak on a Leash” comes off Korn’s “MTV Unplugged” live album, due to be released on March 6.