The family of late Deep Purple keyboardist JON LORD have warned fans against buying a memorial t-shirt – because it’s fake. The respected musician died suddenly in July as a result of complications from his cancer battle. He was 71. Since then, his loved ones say they’ve heard reports of a pirated garment featuring the […]

German Viking metallers VARG will release their new album Guten Tag on October 5th as digi pack with 20-page booklet and bonus DVD. The album will also be released as standard CD and download. The video for the title track ‘Guten Tag’, directed by Grupa13 (BEHEMOTH, ENSIFERUM, KREATOR), can be viewed at this location. Guten […]

DOWN recently released the Down IV Part I – The Purple EP and just today they have premiered the video for the lead-off single ‘Witchtripper’. The video encompasses everything the band is known for musically and personally: heaviness, darkness, sludge metal, campiness, and a sense of humor. Just watch and you’ll get it.  

On today’s edition of his radio show NECRONOMICON, mighty Dr STIFFENSTEIN will be digging into the structers of Hell…   ‘NECRONOMICON’ kicks off on Friday at 4 pm BG time (3 pm CET) on radio Tangra Mega Rock. It has several reruns during the week – for details check HERE…   

METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton passed away on September 27th in a tour bus accident. The band has posted the following message paying tribute their fallen comrade: “While you’re remembering Cliff on the 26th anniversary of his passing, give a listen to this free download from the Ride the Lightning tour here.” The download was recorded […]

SOUNDGARDEN have released new single Been Away Too Long – listen to it below. Fans heard Live to Rise, their first new music since 1996, earlier this year via the Avengers Assemble soundtrack. But this is the first song taken from comeback album King Animal, setting the scene for what followers hope will be a […]

Slipknot have been confirmed as the third and final headliners at Download 2013, four years after their breakthrough appearance at Donington. They’ll close the show on Friday 14 June, with Iron Maiden following suit on the Saturday and Rammstein rounding off the three-day event on the Sunday. Download promoter Andy Copping says: “Slipknot’s last appearance […]

SLASH has released a video for his solo band track Bad Rain – and it’s well worth a watch below. Something akin to an adult episode of Scooby-Doo, it’s an animated clip in which Slash turns into a skull-topped creature for the first time since his Guns n’Roses days. Everyone else has their own secrets […]

On November 20th, DC legends BAD BRAINS are set to release a brand new record called Into The Future. The album was recorded and produced by the classic BAD BRAINS lineup consisting of H.R., Dr. Know, Earl Hudson and Darryl Jenifer. The band debuted the title track for the record earlier today via Rolling Stone. […]

One of Bulgaria’s finest bands – SMALLMAN is hitting the road with Australian prog rock experimentalists ALITHIA on the ‘EAST PATH TOUR 2012’ with gigs is several European countries. First gig is at Sofia’s *MIXTAPE 5* club on 12 October. KAYNO YESNO SLONCE will be the special guests with a full set. TICKETS priced 12 BGN are available via Ticketstream.bg and will go […]