Two more bands join the bill of SOFIA ROCKS 2012 festival. And these are KAISER CHIEFS and SWEET SAVAGE. Here’s the program so far 7 July (Saturday): GODSMACK CLAWFINGER SCAR SYMMETRY SWEET SAVAGE 8 July (Sunday): GUNS N’ ROSES IGGY AND THE STOOGES WITHIN TEMPTATION KAISER CHIEFS UGLY KID JOE LOU GRAMM BAND More bands will be announced soon. […]

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN has a brand new studio album, called ‘Wrecking Ball’. “… the most beautiful thing about it is the overalloldschool feeling. Springsteen doesn’t preach- you can’t come heavy when you’ve been pulsing around in a tight white t-shirt and worn out jeans for the last 40 years. Despite all the new musical touches here […]

SKITNICKS is the brand new band of our good friend NUFRY. This good old bugger has been the main driving force behind several seminal bands on the Bulgarian scene, including PANICAN WHYASKER, PYROMANIA, R.O.B.T.F., BASTARDOLOMEY and more NUFRY will be at Tangra studios today at noon to talk about SKITNICKS and to play some brand new songs. Stay […]

Finnish metallers CATAMENIA will release The Rewritten Chapters on April 27th via Massacre Records. A free download of the track ‘Blackmension’ has been released by the label and can be found at this location. Recorded and mixed at Mastervox Studios in Oulu, Finland by Kari Vähäkuopus, The Rewritten Chapters includes re-recorded and rearranged versions of songs from […]

“FATES WARNING were amazing. Not only they brought their own atmosphere but they also let us breathe it, taste the dynamics of a musical journey, feel the art for the art’s sake.” – these are just the first words of STIFF’s live report fot the amazing gig of FATES WARNING at Sofia’s MIXTAPE 5 lub on Thursday night on […]

JJ BURNEL, bass player and vocalist of THE STRANGLERS will be featured on TANGRA MEGA ROCK’s late night show on Thursday. He will be talking exclusively to NASSO RUSKOV about the brand new studio album ‘Giants’, the British PUNK history and Arsenal. Nasso’s show HENTAI MOTEL kicks off at 10 pm BG time (9pm CET).   

BECK has remained largely out of the spotlight since 2008’s magnificent Modern Guilt. Aside from a few production credits, and some sparse contributions to various film soundtracks, the songwriting virtuoso has been in the midst of his career’s longest gap in between albums. Thankfully, with whispers of a new record as well as an upcoming […]

THEM FREQUENCIES is the name of a new band, formed DIDO PESHEV (guitars) and STOIMEN STOYANOV (vocals) formerly of BREAKPOINT. The latest decided to call it a day and the new outfit plays quite a different kind of music – Post / Math / Prog / Core / Metal. The line up is completed by SVETLOZAR ZAHARIEV (bass) and MARTIN KOLEV (drums). THEM FREQUENCIES are about […]

DISTURBED be on indefinite hiatus, but fans of vocalist David Draiman will be happy to hear that the singer announced via Twitter he is working on a new “musical project” in the vein of Nine Inch Nails and Ministry. DISTURBED fans were surprised when the band announced that they planned to “go away for…an indefinite […]

GUNS N’ ROSES sold 85,000 copies of their Greatest Hits album last week digitally – and all because of a massively cheap promotion. For one week only, both Amazon and rivals Google Play had the album available for just 25 cents, which is less than 20p for the 12 tracks! The album, which was originally […]