The UK rock phenomenon will be joining the impressive Spirit of Burgas bill this Summer. AMPLIFIER are to co-headline the JD Rock Arena on the festival’s final day, August 14.В Also playing on the night is Anneke van Giersbergen. We are talking to band leader Sel Balamir. SO WHERE ARE YOU NOW MATE – IN MANCHESTER?I’m […]

The teaser trailer for David Fincher’s forthcoming The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo brought us one hell of a collaboration between Trent Reznor and Karen O. Now, Antiquiet points us to an apparent 7-minute preview of Reznor’s score for the film. The sounds pick up where his Oscar winning efforts for The Social Network left […]

Girlschool are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the album Hit And Run by re-recording it. Now called Hit And Run – Revisited, it’s released by Wacken Records on September 26. The full track listing is: 01В В  C‘mon Let‘s Go02В В  The Hunter03В В  (I’m Your) Victim04В В  Kick It Down05В В  Following The Crowd06В В  Tush07В В  Hit And Run08В В  Watch […]

Foreigner have gone and done acoustic versions of some of their most popular songs. This collection will be released under the title of Acoustique through earMUSIC on September 26. It will come as a CD or in limited edition two CD/DVD digi pack. The CD track listing is: 01.В  Long, Long Way From Home02.В  Cold […]

Whenever the Foo Fighters hit the stage, you know it’s gonna rock. And rock they did last weekend at Lollapalooza in Chicago, playing a 2-hour set in almost constant rain to about 90,000 fans. The Foos closed out the weekend spectacle, which featured three days of music in the Windy City. Now, you can sit […]

Irish rockers The Answer will release their latest studio album on October 3 via Spinefarm Records/Universal. Titled Revival and produced by the Grammy-nominated Chris ‘Frenchie’ Smith, with mixing handled by Chris Sheldon, this is the third studio album released by the Downpatrick quartet since first coming together a decade ago. The initial run of the […]

Former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord has posted the following message: “I would like all my friends, followers, fans and fellow travelers to know that I am fighting cancer and will therefore be taking a break from performing while getting the treatment and cure. I shall of course be continuing to write music – in […]

Mikael Hedlund states: “Finally after 20 years a DVD will be released to tell you the truth of Hypocrisy. It’s called “Hell over Sofia- 20 Years of chaos and confusion”It will contain a full concert from our last tour “Long time, No death” 2010 in Blue Box Club in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was a show […]

As in previous years, bands on the JD Rock Arena are selected by Tangra Mega Rock radio, so expect an exciting and dead cool mix of local and foreign talent. Some slight changes in the timings have occured due to the changes of the schedules on the Main stage and the addition of one more […]

Megadeth has finally announced the name ofВ  their forthcoming release. The name of the album is TH1RT3EN, which is an excellent choice since this is the band’s thirteenth studio album. Dave Mustaine spoke briefly to Rolling Stone about the album’s title. “I was born on September 13th; this is my thirteenth record. It just seemed […]