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Mahaloto Publishing issued its new book on the Bulgarian market – a translation of “No One Here Gets Out Alive”. The hardcover, 488-page adition was written by Danny Sugerman and Jerry Hopkins and reveals the entire history of The Doors and their charismatic singer in particular – the late Jim Morrison. The Bulgarian edition of […]

Paul Stenning‘s unauthorized biography “Iron Maiden: 30 Years of the Beast” is getting its release in Bulgarian by the end of the month. This shall be celebrated on December 27 at the Black Box ClubВ in Sofia with a live show featuring Wartime, Eridan,В RenegatВ and Zef Lepplin. The poster for the event can be seen in our […]

The biopic “Control”, dedicated to the life and career of the late Joy Division frontmanВ Ian Curtis, shall be released on DVD on February 11. The movie is based on the “Touching from a Distance”. It starsВ Sam RileyВ (on the photo)В and Samantha Morton, and was directed bu Anton Corbijn.

Judas Priest, At the Gates, Avantasia, Sodom, Helloween, Soilwork, Ensiferum, SybreedВ and Saturnus are the bands confirmed to take part in the upcoming Castle Fest 2008. The festival shall take place on July 1-5,В 2008 at the Smederevo Fortress in Smederevo, Serbia. For additional info, check out regularly our GIG GUIDEВ and www.castlefestival.org.

Rammstein’s guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe shall release a new single off the self-titled debut album by his side-project Emigrate in January. The word goes about the song “Temptation“. The MCD shall contain the title track, the previous two radio singles “My World” and “New York City” (along with their videos), and the non-album tracks “Face […]

Roadrunner Records did a survey among its bosses, employees and musicians regarding the best 10 albums of the year 2007. Below you can see some of the charts as quoted from the label’s website: Max CavaleraВ (Cavalera Conspiracy, Soulfly): 01. Gorjira – From Mars to Sirius 02. Fedayi Pacha – The 99 Names of Dub 03. […]

The legendary Swiss hard rockers Krokus shall play live in Kavarna, Bulgaria on May 6, 2008. More info about the open air event shall be announced soon.

Missskin.net is a new Bulgarian indie label started in the beginning of 2007. The company has just released its first four singles – “Boot Blues” by Dobri & Pitkin, “Whatever” by Andro Stubel (ex-Exitus), “Coffee & Alcohol” by the acoustic string trio Lyuba, Domby &В Allen, and the new track by the local folk rockers Balkandji, “Vision”, which […]

“Manowar fans have requested a special piece of merchandise from their favourite metal band. Manowar has heard these requests and delivered. The new Manowar condoms are the perfect romantic accessory for all true metal couples,” the so-called kings of metal wrote in an official bulletin. The new Manowar condoms are called The Warrior’s Shield and […]

“Recording sessions for the next Soulfly album have been completed,” the band announced yesterday. The still untitled effort is going to contain 13 songs, some of which feature guest vocals by a.o. David Vincent of Morbid Angel and Dave Peters of Throwdown. “Andy Sneap will be mixing the tracks this spring, and the album will […]