Pink Floyd were presented with the 2008 Polar Music Prize by Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf at a ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall yesterday, August 26. The rock legends were honoured with the country’s biggest music prize for their contribution to popular music, alongside American soprano Renee Fleming. Roger Waters and Nick Mason (on […]

Serj Tankian of System of a Down and Mike Patton of Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Tomahawk and-many-more-fame have just collaborated on a song. It shall be included in the soundtrack for the upcoming Ridley Scott movie “Body of Lies“, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe and Carice van Houten, and set for release on […]

Finland’s goth rockers The 69 Eyes will release a four-disc box set on Halloween. It will be appropriately entitled “Goth’n’Roll“, and will include previously unreleased material spread on three CDs and one DVD. The 69 Eyes – “Devils“

Fall Out Boy will release their new, fifth album on November 4 – the same day as the U.S. presidential election. The follow-up to “Infinity on High” (2007) shall be entitled “Folie a Deux“, and is going to be preceded by the single “I Don’t Care”, set to hit radio on September 15. Fall Out […]

Peter Tagtgren will release the new album by his electro-metal project Pain on October 31 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to “Psalms of Extinction” (2007) shall be entitled “Cynic Paradise” (view cover in the left), and will feature 11 songs. Two of them – “Follow Me” and “Feed Us” – were recorded with a special […]

AC/DC will release much-anticipated new album “Black Ice” in three different collectible covers, which can be seen below. The CD is due out on October 20 worldwide, and the first single off it, “Rock’n’Roll Train“, shall hit radiostations this Thursday. A 30-second sample of it is already available on myspace.com/acdc. В  В  В 

After “The Day That Never Comes“, Metallica offered a second out of the 10 songs set to appear on the band’s eagerly anticipated new album, “Death Magnetic” (view cover in the left), scheduled for release in less than 3 weeks – on Friday, September 12. The track chosen is the CD’s closer, “My Apocalypse“, which […]

Rick Wakeman shall perform his first-ever concert in Bulgaria on September 1, 2008. The event promises to be a unique one, as the maestro thinks himself… You can read his full revelations HERE.

Hard rock veterans Thin Lizzy shall play their first ever concert in Bulgaria on October 3, 2008! Tickets for the event, scheduled to take place at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia,В В shall cost 20-50В leva / 10-25 EuroВ and will go on sale tomorrow via TicketPro.bg. The boys are (back) in town!

“Tragic Kingdom” – the 6th of the 13 tracks from Cradle of Filth‘s upcoming album “Godspeed on the Devil’s Thunder”, will be available for 24 hours as a free mp3 download from all Roadrunner Records and Cradle of Filth websites from Wednesday, August 27, at 6 a.m. CET. The CD itself (view cover in the […]