Bulgarian metallers WARTIME are to support LEAVES’ EYES and ATROCITY in Sofia. THe gig is set to happen on 27 October at *MIXTAPE 5* club with tickets priced 40 BGN available via Еventim.bg. The last 300 will go up to 50 BGN. WARTIME’s somophore album ‘Solar Messiah’ was released last December.  INTERVIEW

MOTORHEAD have torn it up on 20 studio albums, and for Aftershock – their 21st – the rockers haven’t lost their bite. Lemmy and crew bare their teeth for ‘Crying Shame,’ with spitfire riffs and wild, stabbing piano. “Never knew your name,” Lemmy sneers in the chorus. “It’s a crying shame.” Aftershock will be out […]

PAUL McCARTNEY has revealed the artwork to his latest solo album ‘New’. The image, which you can see above, will accompany the former Beatles star’s new solo album when it is released on October 14. The full tracklisting to the new album, detailing which songs producers such as Mark Ronson and Paul Epworth have worked […]

MONY PANCHEV’s very special ROCKENROLL radio show today is dedicated to: BOB DYLAN – Episode 2. ROCKENROLL kicks off on Wednesdays at 6 pm BG time (5 pm CET). For the several reruns of the show – CHECK in our SCHEDULES. 

It’s a lot of fun seeing metal songs adapted to instruments the music was never intended to be played on. Most of the time, the music works surprisingly well on these various instruments, as is the case here. Vika Yermolyeva is quite the pianist and arranged the music to this stunning CARCASS cover. ‘Corporal Jigsore […]

Influential hip-hop act DELTRON 3030 recently posted a new track from their upcoming 2nd LP, Event II, titled ‘Melding Of The Minds.’ The song features Zach De La Rocha of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and ONE DAY AS A LION, and you can check it out below. Event II hits stores and digital outlets on Oct. 1.  

ROBERT FRIPP has confirmed KING CRIMSON will return next year, as a long-running dispute with a record label nears its solution. In 2009 he decided to call a halt to the band’s proceedings because he felt he couldn’t concentrate on creating new music while working through legal wrangles. Now a change of regime at Universal […]

BON JOVI drummer TICO TORRES was rushed to the hospital last week and will have to undergo surgery for the second time this month, the band revealed on their website on Friday.  TORRES had an emergency appendectomy earlier this month and last week he was rushed to the hospital after experiencing severe pain in his abdomen […]

The ASIA show at the 2nd century Roman theater in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on Saturday night was a blast. On six of the songs (check the list below) the legendary prog band was joined on stage by the Orchestra of the Plovdiv state opera, conducted by LEVON MANUKYAN.  ‘Heat of The Moment’ ‘Sole Survivvor’ ‘Only Time Will Tell’ ‘Don’t Cry’ […]

On September 22nd, IRON MAIDEN performed at Rock In Rio 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Professionally filmed footage of the band’s entire set has been posted online and can be viewed below: MAIDEN’s setlist was comprised of the following 17 songs: ‘Moonchild’ ‘Can I Play With Madness’ ‘The Prisoner’ ‘2 Minutes To Midnight’ ‘Afraid […]