W.A.S.P. will be headlining one of the dates of the two -day Loud festival to be held at Sofia airport on June 2 and 3 2012. More info soon…

Two of Bulgaria’s hottest metal bands from the city of Russe are recordinfg songs for a split CD, set to be released early 2012. It still has no title, but the idea is to have fours songs of each bandВ plus one track recorded with the musicians of both acts OVERDOWN (bellow – left) and LAST […]

TO/DIE/FOR – Release Date And Details Of New Album Revealed, Audio Samples Online According to Night Elves Forest, Finland’s TO/DIE/FOR have completed work on their new album, Samsara. Cover art is available below followed by the tracklist. 01. Kissing The Flames 02. Damned Rapture 03. Cry For Love04. Death Comes In March 05. Folie ГЎ […]

The University Of York has claimed that a house the Sex Pistols once rented in the 1970s has important historic and archaeological significance. The reason for this is the art Johnny Rotten drew on the walls (see below), which Dr. John Schofield from the university’s archaeological department compares to ancient drawings found in caves! Says […]

Sammy Hagar has launched a new beverage: Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum. Honolulu magazine reports Hagar was at the Hard Rock Honolulu this week to promote the new drink, distilled on Maui by Mark Nigbur of Pau Vodka. Hagar, who has a home on Maui, had been given a bottle of the vodka and made an […]

ItВ proved to beВ a pretty controversial release, no doubt. It took us some timeВ to find someone to write an album review for it. And eventually this came to be brave Jason. His last words are: “Thing can be summed up by the still unwritten Ballad of Lulu by S.O.D.:YOU’RE DEAD!!!“ READ Jason’s entire review at this […]

English singer-songwriter Paul Weller has a new album out in 2012. Sonik Kicks is released in March 2012 and is the follow-up to the award-nominated Wake Up The Nation. Sonik Kicks is the ex-Jam man’s eleventh solo album, and features guest appearances from Noel Gallagher and Blur’s Graham Coxon. If you head to www.paulweller.com, you […]

Paulo Coelho has inspired Tarja Turunen to compose the new song, ‘Outlanders’. The song will be presented to the public for the first time at the Paulo Coelho Day in Finland. According to Tarja: “the song is about the secrecy of each exact moment, the importance of enjoying life as its full every day.” The […]

Marilyn Manson drummer and keyboardist, Chris Vrenna, has left the band to spend more time working on his band Tweaker, scoring music for films and video games, DJing and producing other artists. “I’m incredibly proud of the work I did with Manson and look forward to the release of [the band’s next album] ‘Born Villain,’” […]

American stoners KARMA TO BURN were set to play on December 11 at Sofia’sВ *MIXTAPE 5* club, but the fanizne rawknroll.netВ В – promoter of the showВ have just announced the canellation of the show due to issues with the band routing. Refunds will be made at the boxoffice where the ticket was purchased.