Richard Reinhardt a.k.a. Richie Ramone, known as drummer for America’s punk rock godfathers The Ramones from 1983 to 1987, has filed suit against Apple Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for copyright infringement. According to Richie, the companies do not have permission to sell downloads of six songs that he wrote – “Smash You”, “Somebody Put […]

After playing in Bulgaria’s capital for the first time ever on March 7, America’s ska veterans The Toasters shall visit Sofia again on December 7, event promoters Re-Act Music confirmed. The venue and other details shall be announced soon.

On Sunday, September 30, exactly at midnight the seventh rock and metal night on Bulgarias РњРњTV is going to start. Compiled byВ Vasko KatincharovВ (on the photo), the six-hour-long edition shall be dedicated to women in rock. We’ll be offered more than 50 videos in 6 hours, a.o. by female-fronted bands like Nightwish, The Gathering, Theatre of […]

The side-project by Rammstein’s guitarist Ruchard Kruspe, Emigrate, shall release its first official single on October 15. Entitled “New York City”, the MCD (view cover in the left) will contain the title track in two version (the original one and a remix by Alec Empire), “My World” (in audio and video format), and “Blood”. The […]

Danish extreme metallers HateSphere have launched a vocalist search following the departure of longtime singer Jacob Bredahl last Monday. The band will play its first shows with the new singer in November, so he is really urgently needed. Besides, the musicians are “not only searching for a vocalist who can sing and scream, but also […]

Italian melancho metallers Novembre shall release their new full-length studio album, entitled “The Blue” (view cover in the left), on November 5 via the British label Peaceville Records. The follow-up to last year’s “Materia” is going to containg 12 songs recorded at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki under the guidance of producer Mikko Karmila, known for […]

Canadian extreme metal avantgardists Voivod have created videos for the last two songs off their latest album “Katorz” (2006) and uploaded them on the Internet. The word goes about “The X-Stream” and “Polaroids”, the latter featuring some of drummer Michel “Away” Langevin‘s animation work. Now sit back and give in to the stream… “The X-Stream“ […]

Exactly two decades after the release of Guns N’ Roses‘ legendary debut “Appetite for Destruction”, Harper Collins shall publish the official autobiography of the band’s emblematic guitarist Slash. Written by the musician himself in cooperation with former Rolling Stone contributor Anthony Bozza, the book is going to be entitled simply “Slash” and is scheduled to […]

Bulgarian psychedelic metal trioВ Kuln shall head on a national tour on October 7-21, passing through the towns Plovdiv, Haskovo, Stara Zagora, Sliven, Varna, Dobritch and Sofia. Supporting acts shall be S.Nnob (on the first 4 shows), ExistEnds (at the gigs in Varna and Dobritch)В and I.T.S.I (at the closing night). Additional info about the tour can […]

Britain’s new wave godfathers Duran Duran spent the last days in Los Angelis shooting the video for the debut single off their new studio album, “Red Carpet Massacre”, due out in Europe on November 12. The songs chosen, entitled “Falling Down”, was co-written and produced by Justin Timberlake, while its visualization was inspired by a […]