Man of many projects Mark Lanegan, in an interview with Tel-Aviv-based music site Musica Neto, confirmed that he’s working on the long-awaited follow-up to his 2004 solo album Bubblegum. “I started working on a new album a few weeks ago and I’ll continue to work on it once I get back from this tour [with […]

German thrash legends SODOM have confirmed that their new drummer is Markus “Makka” Freiwald, who replaces Bobby Schottkowski after “after personal and private problems between with mainman Tom Angelripper,” according to a band statement. Freiwald played drums in German thrashers DESPAIR. After he left, Freiwald joined FLAMING ANGER. He is also known as drummer in […]

Around 200 people assembled today at noon in front of Sofia’s National Theatre building to protest against the current government’s policy on culture and arts. The event was planned as a gathering of both musicians and film makers, but there were significantly more of the latter in attendance. In absolute glorious weather, only a handful […]

While driving throughout the winter, watch out for black ice! It’s advice ROSS THE BOSS vocalist Patrick Fuchs wishes he had heeded as he drove on the Autobahn after departing a Kaiser Slautern, Germany recording studio on Wednesday morning. Neither speeding, nor under the influence, Fuchs hit a patch of ice on a sharp turn […]

Nick Cave has been involved in a car crash in Hove. The singer and his twin sons, who were in his Jaguar car which he crashed into a speed camera lastВ TuesdayВ night (December 7), walked away from the crash unharmed, reports BBC News. The incident occurred at 7pm (GMT) on Kingsway in the coastal town. No […]

Geezer Butler has revealed that any Black Sabbath reunion won’t happen until 2012. Talking to Noisecreep, the great bassist said of plans for the original Sabbath line-up to get back together: “It’s not going to happen next year. Ozzy’s on tour with his own band for the next year or whatever. The idea of doing […]

‘Lennon’s Wall’ is the back of the ex- Notary building, in central Sofia and has, for a few decades been a landmark in Bulgarian rock culture. In the years of Communist oppression, the capital’s free spirits and rebels would go there at night and write poems and various messages on the wall, mostly dedicated to […]

December 8, 1992 saw the first test broadcasts of the now legendary rock radio Tangra. Full on broadcasting began a few days later, on December 12 at 96.7 FM, Sofia. Ten and a half years later, on April 1, 2003, the original Tangra was transformed into a sports station by its new owners. The latter […]

One of the foremost figures in Bulgarian music and culture, Review’s leader Vassil Giurov, has sent out the following announcement: “On Thursday, December 9, at 10:30 a.m. there will be a gathering in front of the National theater, in protest against the government’s policy when it comes to culture and the arts. There will be […]

On December 8, 2004, Abbott was shot onstage while performing with Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio. The gunman was Nathan Gale, who shot Abbott six times, including four times in the head, killing him instantly. Gale then continued shooting, killing four others and wounding a further seven. Gale fired a total of […]