Korn were confirmed to headline the first day of next year’s edition of the Dubai Desert Rock Festival. The event is scheduled to take place in the Arab emirate on March 7-8, 2008, and shall feature 10 international bands in total. The Dubai Desert Rock Festival 2007 featured a.o. Iron Maiden, Incubus, The Prodigy, Stone […]

After offering a smashing live show in Sofia last Friday, New York’s ska veterans The Toasters shall visit Bulgaria’s capital once again tomorrow, December 11, to invade Tangra Mega Rock‘s studio. Listen to the six-piece’s revelations live at 11:30 a.m.! Tomorrow!

After announcing their return to the studio to record their first real album since 1983’s “Burning from the Inside”, legendary gothic rockers Bauhaus have revealed some more details about the CD. Entitled “Go Away White”, the effort was recorded by Peter Murphy & Co. in 18 days in Ojai, California. It is going to contain […]

James LaBrie’s predecessor in Dream Theater, Charlie Dominici, announced he’s working on the follow-up to the albums “O3: A Trilogy, Part One” (2005) and “O3: A Trilogy, Part Two” (2007) with his solo band Dominici. The effort is expected next year and shall be entitled… “03: A Trilogy, Part 3“, of course.

The 60’s influenced rock’n’roll project Foxboro Hot Tubs has made its brand-new six-track EP “Stop Drop and Roll” (view cover in the left) available for free download at foxborohottubs.com. What’s quite more intriguing is that sources claim the band is a “secret” side-project of Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong…

Former Deep Purple keyboard mastermind Jon Lord will release “The Durham Concerto” on CD on January 28, 2008 via UK’s Avie Records. The lord goes about a musical piece performed by the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Mischa Darmev at the Durham Cathedral in England on October 20. Except for composing it, Jon took […]

Bulgaria’s weirdosВ BGz uploaded six new reggae/ska/funk tracks on their official MySpaceВ profile atВ www.myspace.com/bgzbg. Meanwhile, the band prepares for its next concert, scheduled for January 5, 2008В at the Area 51 Club in Varna, Bulgaria.

Solefald – the Norwegian avant-garde metal band consisting of Lars Are “Lazare” Nedland and Cornelius Jackhelln, is preparing to release a remix album entitled “The Circular Drain” to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the duo’s 1997 full-length studio debut, “The Linear Scaffold”. Except for 9 remixes, the CD will also feature Solefald’s 1996’s “Jernlov” demo […]

On December 14, some 15 years after it all started, Europe shall be flooded by “War of Words – The Film” (view cover in the left) – aВ DVD by Rob Halford‘s solo band Fight. Except for the documentary, the issue contains plenty of bonus footage, as well as a bonus CD with an entire Fight […]

Tim Armstrong and his California-based punk rock gang Rancid shall release a compilation of 21 rarities. The CD is going to appear on December 11 under the title “B Sides and C Sides“, and its front cover artwork can be seen in the left.