JACINTO CANEK will be supported by 2 famous Bulgarian bands -В Wickeda Рё La Muchedumbre in their first live adventure in Sofia – September 8 at the ‘Blue Box’ club. The ItaliansВ are regulars in supporting KULTUR SHOCK in theirВ shows in Italy and have alsoВ open forВ them in Slovenia and Croatia. JACINTO CANEK was formed in 2002 in […]

Zakk Wylde is having a really bad summer. First he gets fired from Ozzy’s band with the Ozzman announcing his axing publicly, apparently even before being man enough to tell Zakk in person (A Sharon move perhaps? At least it is consistent with how the Osbourne’s treat band members). And then this week he had […]

Guitar legend STEVE VAI’s website has issued the following update: “Steve will visit Brasov, Romania to appear at the Cerbul De Aur (Golden Stag) Festival on Sunday, September 6. Steve will accept a lifetime achievement award at the event, and will perform two songs to backing tracks. He will not be appearing with a live […]

‘Scar Tissue’ – the book of the Red Hot Chili Peppers singer will be out somewhere this AutumnВ through the famous Mahaloto publishing house. The news has been revealedВ by Maria Pancheva of ‘Mahaloto’ in an interview in the latest issue of ‘PRO-ROCK’ magazine which will be out tomorrow. The newВ PRO-ROCK hasВ PAUL DI’ANNO on the cover. Maria Pancheva […]

UK rock legends QUEEN have issued the following update: “The Queen Tracklisting Game has now closed, thanks to all who entered, we hope that you found it fun and congratulations to all our winners! Click here for winners and tracklisting. The track selection of Absolute Greatest must have been tough for the band, deciding on […]

Pennywise have parted ways with frontman Jim Lindberg. The remaining members of Pennywise, Fletcher Dragge, Byron McMackin and Randy Bradbury, have issued the following statement regarding his departure: “After 19 years with Pennywise, Jim Lindberg has decided to step down as lead singer. Pennywise has long stood behind the motto that you should always follow […]

Powerhouse heavy metal singer Tim “Ripper” Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR) will guest on the forthcoming album from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet’s AVANTASIA project. Commented Tobias: “I had this pretty heavy riff monster and I remembered a JUDAS PRIEST live album with ‘the new singer’ on vocals. I listened again and […]

A week after the kick off ofВ THE Bulgarian Summer festival, the biggest Bulgarian rock photographer – Elena Nenkova gave us the rights on more then 60 AMAZING pictures from the Spirit of Burgas 2009 festivalВ which you can seeВ in the GALLERY. NENKOVA is the BIGGEST and THE BEST. NENKOVA RULES! GET IN THE GALLERY

As previously reported, SLIPKNOT have announced a special edition release on Roadrunner Records of their seminal self-titled debut album. This special CD/DVD piece will commemorate the 10th anniversary of Slipknot’s first album’s release in 1999. Release is set for September 9th. The CD will feature 25 tracks, including the original album as well as rare […]

Gibson reveiled Zakk’sВ new limited edition Epiphone “Graveyard Disciple”. Scary Good Looks! You may have already caught a glimpse on YouTube of Zakk performing on the 2009 ‘Peddle to the Metal’ tour and caught a glimpse of this monster on stage. Designed by Zakk in cooperation with Epiphone, the new Graveyard Disciple combines killer sound with […]