Last year’s Eurovision winners – the masked Finnish “monster metallers” Lordi – won every category they were nominated for at the 21st Emma Awards ceremony. Finland’s equivalent of the Grammys was held on Saturday, March 10, in the capital Helsinki, where GWAR’s followers won following prizes: Band of the Year – Lordi Album of the […]

Brad Delp, lead singer of American arena rock band Boston, was found dead in his home in southern New Hampshire yesterday, March 9, at the age of 55. According to the local police, Brad was alone at the time of his death. The cause of the tragedy has not yet been determined and is currently […]

Def Leppard‘s guitar player Phil Collen has revealed that the band is currently recording its upcoming studio album with producer Ronan McHugh. The new CD sounds “a lot more rock and less pop than albums of late”, and its working title is “Sparkle Lounge”. The lead guitars shall be recorded in April. No further information […]

Hellyeah have finalized the tracklist for their self-titled debut album, due on April 10 via Epic Records. The record shall feature 12 songs, including the first single “You Wouldn’t Know”, and its front cover artwork can be viewed in the left. For those who still don’t know, Hellyeah is the new band of former Pantera […]

Polish death metal veterans Vader shall play a concert in Sofia, Bulgaria, on May 19. The venue and the local supporting acts are still to be announced. Tickets for the show shall cost 10 Euro (presale) and 11 Euro (at the door). The event is promoted by Most of Evil Music.

Botswana’s Wrust – the only known all-black death metal band in Africa – will release their debut album, “Soulless Machine”, in April via Witchdoctor Records. The CD was recorded in 4 days at Bizac Studio in Midrand, South Africa. You can hear some of Wrust’s music on their official homepage – www.wrustband.com.

Eddie Van Halen has gone into rehab. The guitarist has battled alcoholism in the past and is seeking treatment now.As previously reported, Van Halen were supposed to reunite with original vocalist David Lee Roth for a North American tour. Later on the tour was postponed, and now, having in mind the situation with Eddie, things […]

The new issue (#34) of the Bulgarian Pro-Rock Magazine shall beВ published on March 14. The main articleВ is dedicated to Chimaira, backed by writings about Solitude Aeternus, Vader, Saxon, Red Harvest, Thunderstone, Obituary, Burzum, Cozy Powell, Testament, Van Halen, Propaganda, etc. The issue also features live reports of the recent shows of Cannibal CorpseВ and LaibachВ in Sofia,В as […]

As it should already be known, HammerFall parted ways with bass player Magnus Rosen (on the photo) earlier this week. Finally the Swedish metallers have issued an official statement regarding the split: “Magnus has elected to step down from HammerFall to be able to focus on his own projects. It’s not a total shock to […]

Sofia’s cult music shop, the 0.4.3., is urgently looking forВ a tattooist. For more info about it, call (++359 2) 981-7227В or drop a line atВ shop@z043.org. Meanwhile, 0.4.3. have also launched their own t-shirt collection. The shirts are limited to 100 only, and the price is 15 leva (approx. 8 Euro). You can see the front in […]