Bulgarian metallers Lavina (meaning “avalanche”) shall release their second album, entitledВ “Okuliar” (“eye-lens”),В as a free CD in the upcoming April edition of Pro-Rock Magazine. The effort features 8 tracks and is preceded by the video “Generations“, which is available for watching here: Лавина – “Generations“

The names of the bands scheduled to perform at this year’s edition of theВ ReadingВ and Leeds Festivals in England, set to take place on August 22-24, have been revealed now. The events shall be headlined by Metallica, Slipknot, Rage Against the Machine, Queens of the Stone Age, The Killers, Manic Street Preachers, Bullet for My Valentine […]

OnslaughtВ and Carnal Forge have rescheduled their show in Sofia, Bulgaria forВ May 4, 2008. Check out the Gig Guide (from the menu in the left) for details.

The brand-new video from the collaborative album “Raising Sand” by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss can be viewed below. The song chosen is “Please Read the Letter“. If you like what you hear, vote for it in ourВ Tuborg Top 40 Mega Rock Chart. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – “Please Read the Letter“

Buzz Osborne and his experimental metal gang Melvins shall entitle their upcoming full-length studio album “Nude with Boots“. The 11-song follow-up to 2006’s “A Senile Animal” shall surface on July 8 via Mike Patton’s Ipecac Records. Melvins – “Queen“

Rapper Mos Def (on the photo) will play legendary rock’n’roller Chuck Berry in “Cadillac Records“, which is filming in New Jersey. Beyonce is starring as Etta James in the film, which chronicles the rise of legendary label Chess Records. The movie also features such characters as Chess co-founder Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody), Muddy Waters (Jeffrey […]

Swedish metal avantgardists Opeth have revealed the front cover artwork for their upcoming studio album (view it in the left). As already known, the CD shall be entitled “Watershed” and shall surface on June 2 via Roadrunner Records, featuring following tracks: 1. Coil2. Heir Apparent3. The Lotus Eater4. Burden5. Porcelain Heart6. Hessian Peel7. Hex Omega […]

Australian rock icon Nick Cave (The Bad Seeds, ex-The Birthday Party, The Boys Next Door) was awarded an honorary PhD from his old university. Cave attended Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, in 1977 and 1978, studying for a diploma in Fine Art, but left his course to pursue his musical career. The university’s vice-chancellor, Professor […]

Tom Petty has finished recording an album with his original band Mudcrutch, which he fronted in the early 70’s before forming The Heartbreakers. The group consists of guitarists Tom Leadon and Mike Campbell, drummer Randall Marsh, and future Heartbreakers’ keyboardist Benmont Tench. Although Mudcrutch had gained a solid fanbase in their home state of Florida, […]

The next edition of the Fracture weekly metal show on MM TV shall feature interviews with Vassil Varbanov of Tangra Mega Rock and Emil Separevski of the Gorgon Gothic Shop in Sofia, as well as videos by Hocico, Suicide Silence, Linea 77, Eluveitie, Rage, Firewind, Eufobia, Hellyeah, M3, Europe, 3 Inches of Blood, Pantera and […]