On October 26 (Friday) the Military Club inВ Shumen, BulgariaВ shall host a multinational metal show. To be more precise, the local extremists Overdawn (on the photo), EnvyВ and Color of Hate shall share the stage with the Romanian assassins Aron and the psychos Home hailing from China. The start of the concert shall be given at 7 […]

The Police have received a high honour from France yesterday “for their contribution to the arts”. Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland, who played two sold-out reunion shows in Paris last weekend, were greeted by the French Culture Minister Christine Albanel herself, and were honoured as chevaliers of the Order of Arts and Letters.

Nightwish, Dream Theater, Blind Guardian and Threshold are among the bands contributing songs to the movie “In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale”. The film itself, scheduled to hit theatres across the USA on January 18, 2008, stars Jason Statham, Leelee Sobieski, John Rhys-Davies, Ray Liotta and Burt Reynolds, a.o.

The names of the five bands who’ll fight for this year’s Alarmprisen (Alarm Awards – due on October 27 in Oslo) in the “Metal” category have been revealed. The honour has been given to the sympho black metal stars Dimmu Borgir, their rawer colleagues Satyricon (on the photo) and Mayhem, the Trondheim-based old-schoolers Keep of […]

On Sunday, October 7, after a three-month break, the rock and metal show Fracture returns live on air on Bulgaria’s music television MM TV. The first edition for the new season shall feature guests from Tangra Mega Rock‘s team, who’ll present details about the upcoming 20 Years Nuclear Blast FestivalВ on November 3 in Sofia, Bulgaria. […]

Duran Duran have announced they’ll play an unprecedented nine shows on Broadway during the first half of November to celebrate the release of their new studio album, “Red Carpet Massacre”, due in Europe on November 12. Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor intend to play their new effort in its entirety […]

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood has surprisingly revealed: “The new album is finished, and it’s coming out in 10 days. We’ve called it “In Rainbows”.” So far, the effort is available for pre-order only from the band’s homepage. It’s available as a download and a discbox. The download version will be available on October 10, while […]

EMI have just released for the very first time in Europe a double concert CD by Deep Purple, simply entitled “Live in London” (view cover in the left). The word goes about a show recorded on May 22, 1974В in a line-up featuring Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), Ian Paice (drums), Jon Lord (keyboards), Glenn Hughes (bass)В and David […]

On October 19 the Backstage ClubВ in Sofia, Bulgaria shall host a show featuring the local acts The Tearaways andВ Pucks, as well as the italian garage punk/blues trio The Intellectuals. The show starts at 9 p.m. and -В according to its’ promoters – is “obligatory for fans of The Ramones, X-Ray Specs, The Hives, White StripesВ and Jon […]

On October 26, after a career of 25 years, Germany’s electro/industrial veterans Die Krupps shall release a retrospective via Premium/Soulfood Music.Entitled “Too Much History” (view cover in the left), the compilation will come out both as double CD and two separate editions, respectively entitled “The Electro Years” and “The Metal Years”. Here’s the issues’ complete […]