Six weeks prior to the European release date of the upcoming Dimmu Borgir album “In Sorte Diaboli” on April 27, the album appeared on a website featuring free downloads for everybody. Since press worldwide was supplied with individual download accounts for the music on the Nuclear Blast website instead of regular promotional CDs, the source […]

The Associated Press reported that Brad Delp, the lead singer of Boston who was found dead in his home on March 9, left behind a note stating: “I’m a lonely soul.” According to police reports, Delp has committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning after he sealed himself inside a bathroom with two charcoal grills. In […]

Manic Street Preachers have confirmed the details for their long awaited new album. Entitled “Send Away the Tigers”, the CD shall be built up of 10 songs, and is due to be released on May 7. The full-length effort by the Welsh trio will be preceded by the single “Your Love Alone Is Not Enough” […]

Sum 41 have announced they have completed the follow-up to 2004 album “Chuck”. The self-produced effort was recorded in Los Angeles and follows the first new material by the band since the departure of guitarist Dave Baksh. The CD should come out this summer. The Canadian quartet has already started auditions to find a replacement […]

Franz Ferdinand have started work on their third studio album. Frontman Alex Kapranos said that the new songs he and guitarist Nick McCarthy are writing are different from their previous work, “but will still sound like Franz Ferdinand”. The Scottish group will forego almost any summer festival appearances in England or Europe to work on […]

The title track of the fourth studio album by Antimatter, “Leaving Eden” (see front cover in the left), is available for free download on the gloomy British project’s MySpace profile. After Duncan Patterson (ex-Anathema) left the then-duo in 2005, Mick Moss remained the sole member and gathered a number of session musicians around him (including […]

On Monday (March 19) at noon local time (CET+1), Tangra Mega Rock shall broadcast an interview (in English and Bulgarian) with Iron Maiden. The conversation was conducted by Vassil Varbanov in 1995, during the British band’s first ever concert in Bulgaria, and 12 years before their upcoming second visit in Sofia on June 4…

Vocalist Che Snelting has left the Dutch hardcore heroes Born from Pain after 10 years with the band. The singer has taken the decision himself, remaining good friends with the other members. Born from Pain will not be cancelling any confirmed show. On the contrary, the group has already announced its new frontman, namely Carl […]

The BulgarianВ dark post-punk group KPD-0 shall present new stuff live next Thursday, March 22, at the Black Box ClubВ in Sofia. The show – featuring also Cigaretta Рё Leepra de Luxe – starts at 8 p.m., with an entrance price of 3 Euro.

The name hinted by us two weeks ago has already been confirmed: Yes, Motorhead shall headline the second day (June 29) of the Kaliakra Rock Fest at the Kaliakra Stadium in Kavarna, Bulgaria! Tickets for Lemmy’s show – just like the ones for the Heaven and Hell concert on June 28 – shall cost 30 […]