Britain’s indie rock stars Arctic Monkeys are set to reconvene this month to begin writing their third album. The process of creating the songs for the follow-up to 2007’s “Favourite Worst Nightmare” shall take place in the their hometown of Sheffield.

The Verve are offering fans to download an exclusive free song over six weeks before the release of their forthcoming album. The track is called “Mover” and is available to download from vervedownload.com. It will not appear on the reunited band’s new CD, “Forth“, due for release on August 18.

On Thursday, July 3, the Bulgarian ethno-ambient wizards Irfan shall play live at theВ Red HouseВ inВ Sofia. The performance starts at 8 p.m. sharp. Irfan – “Otkrovenie“

Bulgarian ska mastersВ La Muchedumbre shall tour Europe next month. Here’s the schedule: July 19 – Summer Ska Fest – Blue Box Club, Sofia, Bulgaria July 24 – Szeged, Hungary July 25 – Zalaegerszeg, Hungary July 26 – Hachenburg, Germany July 29 – Prague, Czech Republic July 30 – Prague, Czech Republic

The video for the song “Hammerhead” off The Offspring‘s new, eighth studio album “Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace”, can be watched below. Another tune off the CD, “You’re Gonna Go Far Kid“, is awaiting your votes in our Tuborg Top 40 Mega Rock Chart… The Offspring – “Hammerhead“

German metalhead Edguy have revealed via their MySpace profile that their eagerly awaited new full-length studio album shall be entitled “Tinnitus Sanctus” and is due out in November. The follow-up to “Rocket Ride” is currently being recorded at Gate Studios in Wolfsburg with producer Sascha Paeth.

“Utopia“, the new video from the German metal band Perzonal War, can be viewed below. The track comes off the group’s latest album, “Bloodline” (view cover in the left), which was released on May 30 via AFM Records and features guest appearances by Victor Smolski (Rage), Wiley Arnett (Sacred Reich), Schmier (Destruction), Gus Chambers (ex-Grip […]

The next edition of the Fracture weekly metal show on MM TV shall feature videos by Bastardolomey, Kansas, Twisted Sister, Ministry, Alien Industry, Machine Head, Slayer, Metallica, Down, Exodus, Tyr and many more. Fracture airs Sundays at 10 p.m..

To celebrate the upcoming release of the new album “End Titles… Stories for Film” (view cover in the left), due out on July 7, UNKLE are giving fans the opportunity to download 4 separate album tracks via 4 different websites absolutely free. Although fans will have to collect the tracks individually, when all four songs […]

Dimitar Ekimov a.k.a. Dimi, best known as frontman of the Bulgarian band Slang, has died yesterday in a morcycle accident. Rest in peace.