Dutch death metallers Sinister will release their new album, ‘Legacy of Ashes’, on December 10 via Massacre Records. The CD was recorded at Soundlodge studios in Rhauderfehn, Germany with producer JГ¶rg Uken (God Dethroned, Obscenity). The band states, “Expect the most brutal and fast Sinister album ever.” Check out the cover artwork below:

Author Joel McIver, whose previous books include Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Holy Rock & Rollers: The Story of Kings of Leon, will deliver two new hard rock bios for the coming year. On his website, McIver announced the 2011 release of Crazy Train: The High Life and Tragic Death of Randy Rhoads and Overkill: The […]

INXS will release a new single on Monday, with Australian vocalist/actor Dan Sultan at the mic. The song is a new version of their 1980 hit ‘Just Keep Walking’. Sultan – who appeared in the 2009 film Bran Nue Dae with Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush – isn’t the only guest vocalist appearing on INXS’s forthcoming […]

The festivalВ open to the public last Saturday, October 2 at the ‘Hristo Botev’ hall in Sofia. And it was a pretty successful edition of the convention. A Bodysuspension showВ was presented for the first time in Bulgaria by Spannish artists Sangre Fria (Cold blood). TheyВ were hanging on hooks …erm, pretty spectacular stuff, don’t you think? Check […]

The Sun newspaper reports that the imprisoned George Michael was delighted to receive a handwritten letter from Sir Paul McCartney. The ‘Faith’ singer is serving an eight-week sentence after crashing his car into a high street store. A source told The Sun, “He got the letter on Monday and was really chuffed. Sir Paul said […]

STYX frontman Tommy Shaw has posted an audio clip from his new Bluegrass side-project, THE GREAT DIVIDE, due out in 2011. Check it out ‘The Next Right Thing’ here using the music player in the left hand column. More details will be revealed soon. As previously reported, STYX are streaming their new EP, Regeneration Volume […]

Ex-DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy, who is currently performing with AVENGED SEVENFOLD filling in James “The Rev” Sullivan, met up with Sullivan’s family for the first time on on September 17th in Irvine, CA. Sullivan died on December 28th, 2009 from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs and alcohol. Chris Epting at Beliefnet.com documented the […]

The allegations come from the Anti-Defamation League, who claim the stage show uses imagery associated with stereotypes about Jews and money. In particular the claims point out that during the performance of the song ‘Goodbye Blue Sky’, an animated projection shows airplanes dropping bombs in the shapes of Jewish Stars of David followed by dollar […]

Skarhead will tour Europe in November. The group’s line-up will include Lord Ezec, Myke, Riggs Ross, Mike Cools, AK Rey, and Matty BK. The Sofia show is on Friday, 19 NovemberВ with some impressive local hardcore heroes joining the bill – Last Hope, Vendetta, Death SquadВ andВ Redound. Here’s the latest schedule: 11/5 Versus Theatre in Wroclaw (PL) […]

The show of legendary ANATHEMA on 20 NovemberВ at the Blue Box club in Sofia is promoted by radio Tangra Mega Rock. Seven weeks before theВ gig the special guestВ supportingВ the band on that leg of the tour is still to be announced.В В  Tickets priced 35 BGN (18 Euro) are available viaВ ticketsream.bgВ and eventim.bg. Please TAKE NOTE: tickets purchased […]