KULTUR SHOCK ще направят многоканален запис на предстоящия си концерт в София. Групата, която продължава европейското си турне, отново избра нашата столица, за да документира своята сурова енергия на живо. Това се случва отново, след забележителното софийско шоу през 2006, което се превърна в зверския концертен албум ‘Live in Europe’. Шоуто следващата сряда, 4 март, в клуб *MIXTAPE 5* е първото от серията по […]

Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN keyboardist MATS OLAUSSON has been found dead in a hotel room in Rayong, Thailand. He was 54. His body is reported to have been discovered among empty whisky bottles and beer cans. He’d been staying in the hotel for a week, but an employee said he hadn’t paid for his room and […]

An audio clip of an interview with guitar icon Jimi Hendrix the week before he died has been released as part of an animated web series titled Blank On Blank. The conversation between the guitarist and UK journalist Keith Altham was recorded in September 1970  – just a few days before Hendrix died in London. […]

ODD CREW have shared first photos from the Dugout Productions Studios in Sweden. The band started recording its fourth studio album with producer DANIEL BERGSTRAND (DIMMU BORGIR, IN FLAMES, MESHUGGAH, SOILWORK, BEHEMOTH) and more.

CANDLEMASS mainman Leif Edling will sit out the rest of 2015 as he continues to battle health issues. He was forced to take a back seat with his other band AVATARIUM early last year – and although specifics on his health condition haven’t been made public, he’s said to be getting better and will spend the […]

Finland-based symphonic metal storytellers NIGHTWISH released their new single called ‘Élan’ on February 13th via Nuclear Blast. It was the first taste of the  new album, Endless Forms Most Beautiful, due out on March 27th (Europe), 30th (UK) and 31st (North America). The single’s non-album b-side, ‘Sagan’, is now streaming online. Check it out below: […]

LAST HOPE frontman ALEX will have his hardcore show on radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK today. PANIC ATTACK kicks off on Tuesday at 4 pm BG time (3 pm CET) on radio Tangra Mega Rock. It has several reruns during the week – for details check HERE…  

To coincide with the 10th anniversary of their 2005 album, Wake The Dead, Canadian hardcore band COMEBACK KID has unearthed two previously unreleased tracks. The first is an untitled song from recording sessions for the aforementioned album. The second is a demo version of album track ‘Talk Is Cheap.’ You can stream both below, courtesy […]

THE DARKNESS have released a video for Barbarian. Taken from the forthcoming Last Of Our Kind album, the follow-up to 2012’s Hot Cakes, it’s the first material to emerge featuring new drummer Emily Dolan Davies. Barbarian features “not one but two dramatic monologues, a guitar solo that has been declared ‘irresponsible’, a riff that weakens […]

As if the Grammy-winning SYRO wasn’t enough for APHEX TWIN fans to munch on, the elusive producer Richard D. James has been steadily uploading new music to his “secret” SoundCloud account. In just the last few weeks alone, James’ treasure trove has grown to include more than 100 tracks. Today, he continued to pull from […]