US metallers Iced Earth have parted ways with solo guitar player Tim Mills. According to frontman Jon Schaffer, “Tim is the founder of Bare Knuckle Pickups and that is his main business. He has found that his main worker, his right-hand man as it were, is terminally ill with cancer… Of course him living in […]

Sammy & The Wabos, the current band of vocalist Sammy Hagar (also featuring bass player Michael Anthony), shall release a live DVD entitled “Livin’ It Up! In St. Louis” on June 19 via Image Entertainment. The disc contains songs from the entire solo career of the former Van Halen frontman, shot during The Wabos’ 2006 […]

Brant Bjork & The Bros. shall release their new studio album, entitled “Somera Sol”, May 7. The band now features two former Kyuss drummers, namely the man shown on the photo, Brant Bjork (on guitar and vocals; also ex-Fu Manchu), and Alfredo Hernandez (on drums; also ex-Queens of the Stone Age and Mondo Generator).

AВ DVD-collection by Depeche Mode entitled “The Best of Videos, Volume 1” is available since today on Bulgaria’s music market.В The release (distributed by Mute Records’ representatives Animato Music) features 23В videosВ of songs created by the British new wave godfathers between 1981 and 2006. Here’s the complete tracklist of the new Depeche Mode DVD: Just Can’t Get Enough […]

On May 11 (Firday) Sofia’s Backstage Club shall be invaded by two garage punk’n’roll bands from Kosovo – Hosenfefer and Psycho Sonic Boris & Hosenfefer – who define their music as “hate fueled down n’dirty alcohol driven punk n’roll”. More audio and verbal information about the groups can be found at www.myspace.com/psychosonicboris.

Korn and Evanescence will co-headline this year’s Family Values tour, which is set to kick off on July 20 in St. Louis, Missouri. It includes more than 30 dates throughout the entire United States. Also scheduled to appear on the bill are Trivium, Atreyu, Hellyeah and Flyleaf. A few more bands are still to be […]

The Bulgarian extreme extreme metal quartet Distorment has decided to call it quits after guitarist and main songwriter Bobby left the band. The band shall perform its final four concerts in April and May. For more info about that, check out the Gig Guide.

Megadeth’s new version of the song “A Tout Le Monde”, now retitled “A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)” and featuring Lacuna Coil’s vocalist Cristina Scabbia, is available for streaming in its entirety HERE. The tracks originally appeared on the 1994 CD “Youthanasia”, and its new version shall find its place on Megadeth’s new album, […]

Manowar’s video for the song “Die for Metal” has been posted online at YouTube. Parts of the clip were filmed on February 24, 2007 in Bochum, Germany, during the release party for the band’s new, tenth full-length album, “Gods of War”, released on February 26 in Europe.

The organizers of the Party.San Metal Open Air festival, set to take place August 9-11, 2007 in Bad Berka, Germany, have removed Norwegian black metallers Taake from the billing of this year’s event after the group’s singer Hoest appeared on stage in Essen, Germany, last week with a swastika drawn on his chest. The explanation […]