A medley of five new songs by the Swedish metallers Falconer, taken from the group’s forthcoming album, is available for download as an MP3 audio file here. Entitled “Among Beggars and Thieves” (view cover in the left), the full-length CD was recorded at Andy La Rocque’s Sonic Train Studio and is due in August via […]

Nuclear Blast Records have signed the Tasmanian death metal band Psycroptic. The first fruit of this new cooperation shall surface this autumn in the form of the group’s fourth album, entitled “Ob(Servant)” (view cover in the left). The follow-up to 2006’s “Symbols of Failure” was mixed and mastered by former Machine Head and Soulfly guitarist […]

According to a posting on the unofficial AC/DC website ac-dc.net, the Australina rock legends’ new album, which will most likely be called “Black Ice“, will be released by Columbia Records on October 27 in Europe. The first single, “Runaway Train“, which was also a contender for the album’s title, will be released in late August. […]

Journey‘s new full-length studio albumВ “Revelation” (view cover in the left) is now being officially distributed in Bulgaria via Riva Sound. The effort surfaces as a double CD edition, featuring the actual album (CD1), and Journey’s greatest hits re-recorded with new vocalist Arnel Pineda (CD 2): CD 1:01. Never Walk Away02. Like a Sunshower03. Change for […]

Jazz Wannabes, the new jazz guitar duo featuring Page Hamilton (on the photo) of Helmet and Anthony Truglio (a.o. Liege Lord, Helmet, Gandhi), will make its live debut on July 30 at MacDuff’s Pub in Greenwich, Connecticut. The project promises to perform “everything – from jazz classics, blues, Helmet songs and other material in jazz […]

The final line-up of the upcoming Spirit of Burgas open-air festival, set to take place on August 15-17, 2008 on the beach in Burgas, Bulgaria, has finally been revealed. The schedule looks like this: August 15В – The Sisters of Mercy, PendulumВ DJ set,В Gravity Co., HMSU DJ set. August 16 – Asian Dub Foundation, Pharoahe Monch, Metropolis […]

Pete Doherty has announced that he will complete the recording of his debut solo album by the end of July and release it later this year, most probably in the autumn. Songs set to feature on the effort by Babyshambles‘ notorious frontman include “Darksome Sea”, “Salome”, “Broken Love Song” and “Withdrawn and Shaken”.

U.S. prog metal leaders Dream Theater are going to release “Chaos In Motion 2007/2008” on September 23 via Roadrunner Records. The word goes about a double DVD documenting their Chaos in Motion World Tour, which kicked off June 3, 2007 at the Monsters of Rock festival in Milan, Italy and concluded almost a year to […]

Tarja Turunen shall do her first-ever live performance in Bulgaria on October 28, 2008! The former NightwishВ singer shall play at the Universiada Hall in Sofia, with tickets going on sale next Monday and costing 20 leva (the first 500) andВ 25 leva (resp. 10 and 13 Euro). Tarja Turunen – “I Walk Alone“

On July 12, during the closing night of the Magic Circle Festival 2008 in Germany,В Joey DeMaioВ has announced that Manowar shall release their new full-length studio album no later than mid-July 2009. The as-yet-untitled CD, due to be preceded by the single “Die with Honor” (see below), shall be accompanied by a fantasy novel written by […]