The local agency Endless Party Booking announced three garage punk/psychobilly concerts in Bulgaria in the end of March,. featuring three bands, namely Welcomin’ Committee in Flames, Nero BurnsВ and Pucks. The dates are: March 21 – Plovdiv,В Petnoto ClubВ  March 22 – Sofia, Backstage ClubВ  March 25 – Sofia, Funkiss Club Additional info can be found in […]

A competition for Bulgaria’s best school rock/pop band started officially yesterday. For details, check out cokemusic.bg.

Samael’s guitarist Makro and his extreme metal side-project Sludge shall release its new studio album, “Lava“, in April or May via the Danish label Mighty Music. The Swiss group’s CD contains 9 songs described as “dirty, un-commercial, heavy as shit”. Some of them can be heard at myspace.com/sludgedoomers, and the video for the opening track, […]

The next edition of the Fracture weekly metal show on РњРњ TV shall feature interviews with CrowfishВ and Atlantik, as well as videos by Avantasia, The Agony Scene, Jeff Scott Soto, Linea 77, Insense, Three, Motley Crue, Carnal Forge, Napalm Death, W.A.S.P. and many more. Fracture airs Sundays at 10 p.m..

American rockers My Morning Jacket shall release their new studio album on June 10 via ATO Records. Entitled “Evil Urges“, the CD by the Kentucky-bred rock act was recorded in New York late last year with co-producer Joe Chiccarelli, and is going to feature 14 tracks. My Morning Jacket – “The Way That He Sings” […]

Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails are rumoured to be headlining this year’s Lollapalooza Festival. Nothing’s been confirmed yet, except for the fact that the upcoming edition of the event, which was founded by Perry Farrell, is set to take place at Chicago’s Grant Park on August 1-3, with more than 100 artists expected to perform.

After The Sex Pistols, Nightwish and Ministry, half a dozen more acts have been added to the bill for this year’s EXIT Festival, set to take place on July 10-13 at the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia. The word goes about Gogol Bordello (on the photo), Paul Weller, The Hives, Sven Vath, Franscois K, […]

Britain’s rock veterans Uriah Heep shall finally release a brand-new full-length studio album. The follow-up to 1998’s “Sonic Origami” shall be suitably entitled “Wake the Sleeper” (view cover in the left) and is going to surface on June 2 via Universal Music Group. Uriah Heep – “July Morning” (live)

For the first time in Nuclear Blast‘s history, eight of the German label’s releases appeared last week in the German album and single charts at the same time. To be more precise, the honour goes to: Albums: RAGE – “Carved in Stone” (#24) NIGHTWISH – “Dark Passion Play” (#29) AVANTASIA – “The Scarecrow” (#70) SUBWAY […]

On Monday, March 10, Sofia’s Stroeja Club shall celebrate its 11th birthday with an Alternative Night. The free party starts at 9 p.m. and is going to feature tons of music by bands like Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Oasis, The Cure, Depeche […]