Here’s what the British metal icons Paradise Lost have posted on their official homepage last Saturday: “We can confirm that the title for the 11th Paradise Lost album, tentatively due for release in May this year, is going to be “In Requiem”. The artwork is to be done by Seth Siro Anton (i.e. former Septic […]

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 […]

Elend’s long-awiated new album shall be entitled “A World in Their Screams” (see front cover in the left), and shall see the daylight on April 23 through Holy Records. This release shall be the French-Austrian dark neoclassical formation’s sixth full-length offering, after the 3 CDs that formed the Officium Tenebrarum Cycle (1993-1998), and this decade’s […]

Blackmore’s Night, featuring guitar virtuoso Ritchie Blackmore (ex-Rainbow and Deep Purple) and his singing fiancГ©e Candice Night, have enlisted bass player Baron St. James for their upcoming 2007 tour. The Renaissance music group’s concerts shall start this spring and shall pass through various European countries. Expect additional information in a week or so…

SPV Records has set an April 16 European release date for the new Annihilator album, simply entitled “Metal”. The ten tracks on the CD were recorded by drummer Mike Mangini, vocalist Dave Padden, and the Canadian thrashers’ mainman and ideologist Jeff Waters on guitar, bass and lead vocals for one number (“Operation Annihilation”). An army […]

The life of the late John Graham Mellor (August 21, 1952 – December 22, 2002) a.k.a. Joe Strummer, rhythm guitarist and lead singer of British punk rockers The Clash, is to be celebrated with the release of a soundtrack on April 3, 2007. The CD, entitled “The Future Is Unwritten”, features some of Strummer’s greatest […]

Travis will release their new album “The Boy with No Name” on May 7. It will be the follow-up to the Brit-rockers’ 2003 CD “12 Memories”, and will be preceded by the single “Closer” on April 23. The record has been produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead), and has the following tracklisting: “3 Times and You […]

Masterplan’s video for the song “Lost and Gone” has been posted online at YouTube. The track is the debut single off the German/American supergroup’s new album, “MK II”, due on February 23 via AFM Records. The CD is the first full-length release to feature the group’s new line-up — guitarist Roland Grapow (ex-Helloween), bass player […]

The release date for Waltari’s new album, entitled “Release Date” (!?), is set for February 28, 2007 via the label Dockyard 1. You can check out its front cover (left), as well as the video for the track “Wish I Could Heal”, on the crazy Finnish crossover maniacs’ MySpace profile. Other songs to be featured […]

As we informed you a few days ago, next week we’ll witness the resurrection of the so-called Independent Music Scene in Sofia. Just to remind you – the place shall be the Alcohol Club (situated on 127 Rakovski Str. downtown), and the live shows of Bulgarian over- and underground bands shall happen every Monday and […]