The Bulgarian bands Pod DujdaВ and Voyvoda (on the photo) shall support Germany’s Diary of Dreams at the upcoming Gorgon Fest 2008, set to take place in Sofia, Bulgaria on October 25, 2008. Voyvoda – “The Confederacy“

High-quality photos of this year’s Kaliakra Rock Fest in Bulgaria have been uploaded on KaliakraRockFest.com. To see how Manowar, HolyHell, Alic Cooper, Sixth Sense, SlayerВ and In Flames looked like on stage some two weeks ago, visit theВ GALLERY.

Peter Petrov (on the photo),В CEO of Balkan Entertainment Company – the local promoter arranging Metallica‘s show in Sofia, Bulgaria on July 25, 2008 – has revealed that the band shall play on a 26-meter-wide stage at the Vassil Levski National Stadium. More info (in Bulgarian only) can be found in the interview with Mr. Petrov […]

The Bulgarian town of Russe shall host the first edition of the Black Curse Fest. The event, scheduled for September 20,В shall feature sets by the Italians Graveworm, the Swedish bands Lord Belial, ApostasyВ and The Cold Existence, and Britain’s Eastern Front. The festival’s venue shall be the open-air Summer Amphitheater, with tickets costing just 10 leva […]

Mikael Г…kerfeldt and Martin Axenrot of Opeth, and Anders NystrГ¶m and Jonas Renkse ot Katatonia have completed work on the new album by their death metal side-project Bloodbath. The CD (view cover in the left) is going to be entitled “The Fathomless Mastery” and is scheduled for release on October 6 via Peaceville Records.

After parting ways with original vocalist Tommy Cummings and replacing him temporarily with Jake Veredika (ex-Periphery), former Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares and his current band Divine Heresy have managed to find a new lead singer for their upcoming tour of Mexico and South America. The honour has been given to 28-year-old Travis Neal (on […]

Powersword – the new Norwegian “true power metal” band that consists of current, former and session members of 1349, Pantheon I, Urgheal, Trollfest, Zeenon and The Allseeing I – will release its debut album this autumn. Entitled “Eurosteel“, the CD will feature 8 songs. Two of them (“Fighting for Steel” and “My Love Won’t Make […]

Former Soundgarden and Audioslave vocalist Chris Cornell has premiered the debut single for his upcoming third solo album. Entitled “Long Gone“, the song (as well as the entire CD) has been produced by Timbaland. You can stream the track at ryanseacrest.com/media/ (scroll down to the “Audio” section), and then check it out on a live […]

The 62-year old Friar Cesare Bonizzi – a former Capuchin missionary in Ivory Coast – is gaining fame around the globe not as a monch, but as a… metal singer! The long-white-bearded has no qualms bobbing his head and shouting lyrics about alcohol, sex, tobacco and life in general into his microphone. Describing himself as […]

The Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti is working on a new album with his side-project Little Joy. The band is a collaboration with his girlfriend Binki Shapiro and Brazilian singer and guitarist Rodrigo Amarante (ex-Los Hermanos), and their debut CD is slated for an autumn release.