On Monday, May 5, Bulgaria’s capital Sofia was shattered by the first edition of the Mayday Fest. The event featured sets by Ignite (on the photo), Born from Pain, Death Before Dishonor, BurnThe8Track, Smut, B.F.D.M., Brothers in Blood, MelekhВ and A-Moral, and a report is available HERE.

Peaceville Records are releasing a 3-CD set, entitled “Frostland Tapes” on May 26. The effort (view cover in the left) is going to contain all four of Darkthrone’s first demos from the late 80’s in one place, plus a rare live recording from Denmark in 1990, as well as the previously unreleased version of the […]

This weekend, May 10-11, the Southern Park in Sofia, Bulgaria shall host an open-air two-day concert in tribute to the late Georgi Minchev. Bands scheduled to perform include Kaskadiori, Sprint, Milena,В Epizod, Djendema, Atlantic, Sunrise, Konkurent, Wickeda, and more.

The reunited The Police will perform their final concert ever in New York in August. The date is to be announced soon.

Tomorrow, May 8, the long-awaited 3-CD alternative rock compilation “Credit to the Nation” shall be finnally released. The event shall be celebrated with a release party at the Stroeja Club in Sofia, starting at 8:30 p.m. Here’s the complete tracklist of the effort:

Bulgaria’s modern metal masters Fyeld shall tour the country in June in support of their upcoming studio album “Not Blond Enough to Survive the Holocaust”. The band shall do two warm-up shows before that, namely: May 9В – Puzzle Club inВ Plovdiv May 17В – Jam Club in Stara Zagora

The Polish label Metal Mind Productions will release a live DVD by Flotsam and Jetsam, entitled “Once in a Deathtime” (view cover in the left), in Europe on June 16. The disc will contain footage of the band’s March 8, 2008 performance at the Metalmania Festival in Katowice, Poland.

Pro-PainВ shall play live at theВ Blue Box ClubВ in Sofia, Bulgaria onВ June 3. Tickets for the show, scheduled to start at 7 p.m., cost 13 Euro and are on sale now via Eventim.bg.

Check out some photos of last Sunday’s show of Zucchero in Sofia in our GALLERY, as well as HERE, andВ then read a report of the concert HERE…

The yet untitled album of the re-united ExtremeВ is planned for release later this year. The band say they are soonВ going toВ finish the recording.В