In an interview for mp3.bg, drummer Marin Lashev has revealed that the Bulgarian avantgarde dark rock trio The Headstall (rounded up by frontman Yavor Petkov and bassist Nikola Lalov) is almost ready with the work on its third full-length studio album. “It’s still hard to say what its title will be,” Marin said. “It will […]

After releasing their debut album “Take to the Skies” in March 2007 and being hailed as Best Live Band at this year’s Kerrang! Awards ceremony, Britain’s young post-hardcore quartet Enter Shikari are ready to please their fans with a new EP. It’s going to be called “Labyrinth” and is due in November.

The new, 40th issue of Bulgaria’sВ Pro-Rock MagazineВ shall be published on Saturday. The cover story this time is dedicated to the women in metal, represented by bands like Nightwish, Warlock, Arch Enemy, Lacuna Coil, Epica, The Gathering,В Holy Moses, Evanescence, Leave’s Eyes, Theatre of Tragedy, Lita Ford, etc. The issue features also articles about Obituary, At Vance, […]

King’s X guitarist Ty Tabor and former Galactic Cowboys six-stringer Wally Farkas have released the second album by their instrumental side-project, Xenuphobe. Entitled “2.0: Electrolux”, the follow-up to last year’s debut “1.0” contains a solid dose of “psychoactive and ambient music”…

OnВ September 29-30В Bulgaria’s capital Sofia shall host the third Paintball Mania National Tournament. The music background for the event shall be played byВ DJ M.O.S. Krindo (Alien Industry), who promises a setlist consisting of tracks by Ministry, Rammstein, Slipknot, Static-X, Papa Roach, Limp Bizkit, The Prodigy, Coal Chamber, Ill Nino, Nine Inch Nails, Pain, Rob Zombie, Sistem […]

Finland’s rockers The Rasmus have entered their own Dynasty Studio to work on their seventh full-length album with producer Desmond Child (a.o. Kiss, Scorpions, Alice Cooper). The follow-up to 2005’s “Hide from the Sun” (2005) shall most likely bear the title “Black Roses” and is due out in March 2008 via Universal Music Group.

New York’s hardcore beasts H20 are working on their first studio album in six years. The follow-up to 2001’s “Go” should become reality sometime in 2008, but so far no details of its substance are known, neither who’s going to release it.

Members of Soulfly, Killswitch Engage, Madball and Bad Brains have and will record guest appearances on Brooklyn’s hardcore rapper Ill Bill‘s second full-length studio album, due out in early 2008. The follow-up to “What’s Wrong with Bill?” (2004) is gonna be entitled “The Hour of Reprisal” and is also going to feature help by Cypress […]

Guitarist Glen Telford has rejoined the revived San Francisco crossover masters Skinlab. Together with Steev Esquivel (vocals and bass), Snake (guitar) and Paul Hopkins (drums) he’ll complete the work on the band’s upcoming EP, “Digi-Kill”, as well as on the quartet’s comeback studio album. The follow-up to the band’s latest studio effort, “ReVolting Room” (2002), […]

NWOBHM veterans Saxon shall issue a new DVD, entitled “To Hell and Back Again”, on November 12. The same day Biff Byford and his lads will be re-releasing their 1997 album “Unleash the Beast”, backed up with some bonus tracks.