New York hardcore legends Madball are writing stuff for their next full-length release. Recordings should start in late spring, and the album will be out by the end of the year. Also in the plans is a DVD that will cover the history of the Madball, along with plenty of live footage and tour video.

Today, sometime in the afternoon, Tangra Mega Rock’s studio shall be visitied by the American ska veterans The Toasters. The band shall celebrate their 25th anniversary on stage in Sofia tonight. The show starts at 7 p.m. at the Swingin’ Hall, with support coming from the Hawaiian band Go Jimmy GoВ and the BulgariansВ SwitchstanceВ andВ La Muchedumbre.

Today, March 7, exactly at 9 p.m., the tickets for Iron Maiden’s upcoming show in Sofia on June 4 went on sale. The first one to buy a ticket was the 43-year-old Mr.В Ilian KrintchevВ (on the small photo). About one hundred fans have been waiting all night long for the ticket center to open: In order […]

Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch has produced the new album by the legendary Afro-American hardcore/punk/reggae group Bad Brains. The CD, entitled “Build a Nation”, is expected in late May or early June. By the way, the next Beastie Boys release should emerge at the same time, as we informed you yesterday. Bad Brains’ current line-up […]

…shall cost 35В leva / 18 EuroВ (presale) andВ 45В leva / 23 EuroВ (at the door), Most of Evil Music announced a few minutes ago.В The date and venue remain the sameВ – May 17, Hristo Botev Hall, 7 p.m. local time. Tickets for the other show promoted by Most of Evil Music – the one by Rotting ChristВ on April 12В inВ Sofia […]

In anВ interview that took place in Tangra Mega Rock’s studio on Monday, just a few hours before Cannibal Corpse‘s first ever show in Bulgaria, bass player Alex Webster revealed that the band is going to tour Europe, South America, Mexico and probably Japan until October. Menawhile the guys shall gather footage for a future live […]

April 23 shall see the release of “Our Impact Will Be Felt – A Tribute to Sick of It All”. The compilation honouring the hardcore beasts shall emerge via Century Media, and a small part of it can already be heard at www.myspace.com/soiatribute. Here’s the full tracklist for the CD: 01. Rise Against – “Built […]

The psycedelic (brit) rock quartet Kula Shaker that split in 1999 but reformed in 2004 has just finished mixing their third full-length album (after “K” [1996] and “Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts” [1999]). The group in aiming at a spring 2007 release, but they “promise you’ll hear music before then”. Meanwhile, check out what Kula Shaker […]

The Italian comic metal quartetВ Nanowar of Steel shall play live at the Hristo Botev Library Center in Sofia, Bulgaria on May 29 (Tuesday). The show is part of the group’s upcoming Power of the Power of the Power of the Power of the Great Tour 2007 that shall pass through Italy, Slovenia, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, […]

In an interview for New York’s Q104.3 FM radio, drummer Lars Ulrich has revealed some detail about Metallica‘s next full-length album. The band shall enter the studioВ on Monday, March 12, to record 14 new songs. The CD itself should be out by the end of the year or, in the worst case, no later that […]