After an impressive show in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia together with Britain’s Placebo on June 18, 2007,В Ostava have focused completely on the work on their new, fourth full-length studio album. On Monday, July 23, Bulgaria’s indie rock stars shall start recording tracks for the follow-up to 2004’s “Mono” in Istanbul. Svilen, George & Co. shall work […]

The new band of former Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares, Divine Heresy, have brought in bassist Joe Payne (ex-Nile). The extreme metal quartet’s line-up is completed by vocalist Tommy Vext and drummer Tim Yeung (known for his work with Hate Eternal and Vital Remains). Divine Heresy’s debut album, “Bleed the Fifth”, shall emerge in August […]

A new song by Slayer, entitled “The Final Six”, has been posted online on the quartet’s official MySpace profile. The track comes off the re-release of the band’s 2006 album “Christ Illusion” (view new cover in the left). The CD, due to appear via Columbia Records on Monday, July 23, shall also contain an alternate […]

Sepultura intend to start writing songs for their next full-length album at the end of the year. A release for the CD is planned for the second half of 2008. A lot earlier, namely next month, on August 15, the Brazilian-American four-piece shall visit Bulgaria for the first time ever. Sepultura shall headline this year’s […]

Last night,В July 17, the Swingin’ Hall in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia went crazy during the show of Brazil’s brutal hardcore bulldozers Confronto. The local support for the evening came from Brothers in BloodВ and B.F.D.M., and our special messenger Stefan Topuzov is still feeling euphoric, as notable from his live report…

OnВ August 16В Bulgaria’s village of KavarnaВ shall host a so-calledВ Russian Metal Fest, promoted by Joker Media. The event shall feature three veteran Russian rock bands, namely Ariya,В Black ObeliskВ and Master,В as well as their younger countrymatesВ AnJ. The start of the festival shall be given at 8 p.m., and the poster can be seen in our GIG GUIDE.

Britain’s indie rock quartet Kasabian shall release a brand-new EP, entitled “Fast Fuse”, on September 3. Although the guys don’t plan to start working on their third full-length album until the winter, they’ve decided to issue some new songs as they were “desperate to get something out to the fans who have been supporting them […]

The electro-metal side-project of Rammstein’s guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe-Bernstein, Emigrate, has revealed how the front cover of its upcoming self-titled debut album shall look like. You can view it below. “Emigrate” is going to be released on August 31 via Motor Music.

Californian rockers Weezer have revealed they’ve entered studio to begin recording their sixth, as yet untitled full-length album. The follow-up to “Make Believe” (2005) is expected sometime during the first half of 2008.

The “misantropik-nihilistik” project Stalaggh, featuring “leading individuals from both the Dutch and Belgian black metal and elektro/ambient scenes”, has issued following news: “Last weekend one of our vocalists – the one who killed his mother at the age of 16 – was killed in a car accident at the age of 29. He performed on […]