The headliner of the upcoming Gorgon Fest 2008 has been revealed. The honour goes to the German electro-gothic masters Diary of Dreams. Check them out at diaryofdreams.de Рё myspace.com/diaryofdreams. Gorgon Fest 2008 is scheduled to take place onВ October 25, 2008В in Sofia, Bulgaria. Diary of Dreams – “TraumtГ¤nzer” (live)

Video footage with decent quality of Swedish progressive metallers Opeth performing the song “Heir Apparent” off their current album “Watershed” live can be viewed below. The track was shot last Saturday, July 12, at the Evolution Festival in Milan, Italy. Opeth – “Heir Apparent” (live 2008)

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 […]

Ministry came, played and spilled our guts out!В A report of the two-hour-long show byВ Al JourgensenВ & Co. in Sofia, Bulgaria (with local support Alien Industry) is available HERE. Also check out some photos in our GALLERY. В  В  В  В  В 

Exodus, Overkill (on the photo), 3 Inches of Blood and Bulgaria’s Last Hope are the four bands scheduled to perform at this year’s edition of the Thrash ’til Death FestivalВ in Kavarna, Bulgaria. The event is scheduled to take place on August 13, 2008 at the Kaliakra Stadium, with tickets going on sale today via Ticketstream.bg […]

The drum skin used on the cover of The Beatles‘ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album has sold for $1,07 million at auction in London, the BBC reports. The drum, which was handmade by a circus sign painter for the cover of the 1967 album, was up for auction alongside John Lennon‘s lyrics for […]

Freakshow – the new project featuring Cinderella guitarist Jeff LaBar, Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali, and Miss Crazy vocalist Markus Allen Christopher – have started working on their debut album. A release should be expected later in the year… Watch out for more news about Frekashow on myspace.com/freakshowrox.