Asia will return in their original all-star lineup since 1983’s “Alpha” in April, when the quartet will release its new studio album. Entitled “Phoenix“, the 64-minute, 12-track offering was recorded by drummer Carl Palmer (ex-Emerson, Lake & Palmer), guitarist Steve Howe (Yes), keyboardist Geoff Downes (ex-Yes, Buggles) and singer-bassist John Wetton. Besides, Asia plans to […]

Bulgaria’s leading ethno projects Kayno Yesno SlonceВ and Smallman shall perform live on March 4 at Sofia’s Swingin’ Hall. The event starts at 9 p.m., tickets cost 3 Euro, the poster can be seen in our GIG GUIDE, and the music by both bands can be heard at myspace.com/smallmanbandВ and myspace.com/kaynoyesnosloncebg. Smallman – “On the Road“

Cleopatra Records has released a two-CD set entitled “LedBox – The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Tribute“. The 25-song cover versions compilation features appearances by some of the world’s best known rock musicians and singers, among them Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow), Bruce Kulick (Kiss), Manny Charlton (Nazareth), Dweezil Zappa, Rick Wakeman (Yes), John Wetton (King Crimson, Asia), […]

Stroeja ClubВ in Sofia, Bulgaria hosted four live events celebrating the release of the double CD alternative rock compilation “Credit to the Nation”. Below you may click on the links to galleries containing photos of all four Credit to the Nation Live events, featuring following bands: Credit to the Nation Live 1 – Kuln, Cigaretta, Macrophone […]

The American punk rockers The Low Budgets and their Bulgarian colleagues A-Moral shall do two shows in Bulgaria – respectively onВ March 5В at the Area 51 Club inВ Varna, and onВ March 8В at the 8th Ball Club inВ Sofia. Additonal info and posters for both events can be found in our GIG GUIDE.

At the end of this news you can see the front cover artwork, as well as the complete tracklist for the sountrack to Martin Scorsese’s movie about the Rolling Stones, “Shine a Light“. The double CD is scheduled for release inВ April 2008В via Universal Music. 01. Brown Sugar02. Champagne & Reefer (feat. Buddy Guy)03. Connection04. All […]

Soulfly‘s Max Cavalera shall share the stage with his former colleagues of Sepultura at this year’s ViГ±a Rock Festival. The 3-day event is scheduled to take place on May 1-3В at theВ Auditorio MunicipalВ in Villarobledo, Spain. Keep checking the GIG GUIDE for details.

A new Bulgarian online music media – OnStage Media – has started its existence at www.OnStageBG.com. Its main focus shall be the live activity in Bulgaria, namely news about upcoming shows, concert reports and, most of all, professionally shot concert photos. Expect more news about OnStage Media next week.

Wizard Ltd.В shall take care for the exclusive distribution of the CDs released by Metal (AOR) Heaven – a relatively young yet expanding German label speciallized in classic hard rock, AOR and melodic heavy/prog metal. Among the artists working with the company are Empire, Vengeance, Riot, Sandalinas, Consortium Project, Soul Doctor, Lechery, Bloodbound, Altaria, Razorback and […]

British black metal godfathers Venom are to call their new album “Hell“. It’s expected to be released in May via Universal, and is going to feature 13 tracks. Hell yeah! Venom – “Welcome to Hell” (live)