This year’s Dark Friends Fest shall take place on two days in two different locations. The first one is scheduled forВ September 12В at theВ Gepi Club in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and is going to feature Obscenity Trial, Pod Dajda, Voyvoda, Dark Generation, DJ N:ModeВ and VJ Postumus. The second Dark Friends Fest night shall happen onВ September 13В at the 3 […]

Ronny Moorings and his gothic/dark wave project Clan of Xymox shall play live in Sofia, Bulgaria for the first time ever on December 20, 2008. More info coming soon… Meanwhile, check out myspace.com/clanofxymox.

Metallica‘s first single of their upcoming new album “Death Magnetic”, “The Day That Never Comes” (listen below), landed at position No. 31 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart in its first week on the list. It is the quartet’s first song to debut on the Hot 100 in eight years, since the prophetically-titled “I Disappear” […]

To celebrate its 20th birthday, Century Media shall release a double CD compilation featuring cover versions on September 15. Here’s what we’re talking about: CD 1:01. Arch Enemy covering Dream Evil’s “The Book Of Heavy Metal”02. Dark Tranquillity covering Sentenced’s “Broken”03. Heaven Shall Burn covering Tiamat’s “Whatever That Hurts”04. Shadows Fall covering Only Living Witness’s […]

The 14 edition of the so-called Seattle Nights shall take place today and tomorrowВ in the Black Sea resort Shkorpilovtzi. Both nights shall feature sets by Skre4, AwakeВ and Jeremy.

The next edition of the traditional britpop parties at Sofia’s Stroeja Club shall take place on Monday, September 1. Start – 9 p.m. Entrance – free.

Nashville Pussy are to release a DVD called “Live In Hollywood” VIA SPV on September 29. This was filmed at The Key Club in Hollywood, and also features bonus footage, including an interview with the band done by Lemmy. Nashville Pussy – “Go Motherfucker Go!“

FFAF’sВ new single “Kicking And Screaming” will be releasedВ on September 29.В It will be available in three different formats: as aВ CD, seven inch and aВ download bundle with a special exclusive unplugged version of “Kicking And Screaming”. New album, “Memory And Humanity”, due to release on October 13.

Backyard Babies have entered the Swedish album charts at #1! The self-titled CD is getting fantastic media and fan feedback from all over Europe. “BackyardВ Babies”В was recorded in the beginning of 2008 during 90 intensive days. It’s produced by swedish producer Jacob Hellner, who have also worked with Rammstein and Apocalyptica. The album itself was released […]

At the end of this news you may have a look how German thrash metal veterans Kreator are working on their upcoming studio album, set for release in January 2009 via SPV: Kreator in the studio, 2008