Right before the long-awaited release of their next full-length album, “Dismorphophobia”, Bulgarian industrial metal veterans Alien Industry have revealed they’re working in a new line-up. At the moment, the only two original members left are ZZ Mineff (guitar and programming)В andВ Tzuro (drums). The new additions to the quartet are vocalist Terry andВ bass playerВ Funky (ex-Era, Sheky & […]

After retiring from active playing and recording in 2001, Manchester’s indie rock veterans James recently announced their comeback. To celebrate the event, the Brits have justВ released a best-of album, entitled “Fresh as a Daisy – The Singles” (see cover above), including their greatest hits from 1983 to 2001, as well as the brand-new single “Who […]

Funeral for a Friend are streaming their entire new album, “Tales Don’t Tell Themselves”, at their MySpace profile at www.myspace.com/funeralforafriend. The CD by the Welsh rockers is going to be officially released on Monday, May 14, via Atlantic Records.

Dimmu Borgir have entered the Norwegian album chart atВ number 1 with its latest effort, “In Sorte Diaboli”, becoming the first black metal band to top a national album chart in the world ever. Just for the record, the Norwegians’ former offering, “Death Cult Armageddon”, as well as Satyricon’s CD “Now, Diabolical”, managed to reach “only” […]

Ministry will release their very last album everВ on September 21. As we informed you some time ago, it shall be entitled “The Last Sucker” and is going to feature a special guest appearance by Fear Factory’s vocalist Burton C. Bell. Some two months earlier, on July 6, Al Jourgensen shall unleash “Rio Grande Dub” – […]

Yesterday eveningВ Gary MooreВ has been urgently hospitallized in Belfast due to a chest infection. This fact has unfortunately lead to the cancellation of the guitarist’s open-air free concert in Sofia, Bulgaria tomorrow, May 9. To put it shortВ once again – Gary Moore won’t play in Sofia tomorrow. A new date is expected to be rescheduled for […]

King’s X frontman Doug Pinnick has revealed he’s in LA working on his new solo album. The effort shall feature contributions by guitarist Wally Farkas (Galactic Cowboys), bass player Dave Henning (Big Wreck), drummers Kelli Scott (Veruca Salt) and Ray Luzier (Army of Anyone), and keyboarder Natasha Schneider (Eleven, ex-Queens of the Stone Age), among […]

OnВ May 18В (Friday) Sofia’sВ Slavyanska Besseda Cultural CenterВ (on 127 Rakovski Str.) shall host a charity concert featuring the bandsВ Balkandji (on the photo), Boxer, Gologan,В Tortilla FlatВ and Babas and Diados. The entire income from the show shall be given for and urgent kidney transplantation for the 30-year-old Svetomir Yanarov. The event starts at 8 p.m., and the entrance is […]

James Lavelle and Richard File, collectively known as UNKLE, have revealed the final tracklist and guest appearances for their third full-length album. Entitled “War Stories”, the CD shall be released on July 9 in Europe and July 24 in the USA via James’ own label, Surrender All. As previously reported, UNKLE’s upcoming effort shall contain […]

Sodom frontman Tom Angelripper (on the photo) and his ex-colleague, guitarist Andy Brings (now in The Traceelords), have teamed up to write an EP of soccer songs in support of the German club Schalke. The effort will be entitled “Blau und weiss ist der deutsche Meister” (“Blue and White is the German Master”) and is […]