The “first 100% metal festival” to ever be held in Africa will take place on June 21-22 in Casablanca, Morocco, and shall be called CASA Gateways Festival. Acts confirmed to perform at the two-day event include Poland’s Behemoth, Italy’s Graveworm, France’s Nightmare and Fleshdoll, Belgium’s Emeth, Norway’s Syrach, Portugal’s Requiem Laus, UAE’s Nevercell, Jordan’s Ajdath, […]

Bay Area thrash metal legends Testament are currently streaming their entire new album, “The Formation of Damnation“, on their MySpace page at myspace.com/testamentlegions The CD itself (view cover in the left) is scheduled for release on April 28 via Nuclear Blast. Testament – “Souls of Black“

The young American quintet Cinder Road shall support KissВ on their show in Sofia, Bulgaria, on May 16.В The event is scheduled to take place at the Academic Stadium. Cinder Road – “Get In Get Out“

Deep Purple, Paul Simon, Lenny Kravitz, Babyshambles, Gnarls Barkley, Alicia Keys, Herbie Hancock, Petula Clark, Al Jarreau, Patti Austin, Joan Baez, Leonard Cohen and Sheryl Crow are among the 90 acts set to perform across the two main stages at this year’s (42nd) Montreux Jazz Festival. The legendary event is set to take place on […]

Bulgaria’s hardcore band Delate shall release its new album next week. Entitled “Hardcore & Rods“, the CD by the Plovdiv-based musicians is gonna feature 8 tracks. One of them, called “Plovdiv Is Only Ours“, can be downloaded from HERE.

The Police shall play live inВ Belgrade, SerbiaВ on June 24, 2008. Tickets are limited to 52,000 and shall cost from 2500 to 16,800 Dinara. The event shall take play on a huge open-air stage at the UЕЎД‡e, with support coming from the Counting Crows. The Police – “Walking on the Moon” (live 2008)

Chicago’s Disturbed will release their new full-length album on June 3. Entitled “Indestructible” (view cover in the left), the CD is going to contain following 12 tracks: 01. Indestructible02. Inside the Fire03. Deceiver04. The Night05. Perfect Insanity06. Haunted07. Enough08. The Curse09. Torn10. Criminal11. Divide12. Facade Disturbed – “Land of Confusion“

Next Tuesday, April 22,В Bulgaria’s capitalВ Sofia shall celebrate The Day of the Earth. The event shall culminate in the evening, at the open-air summer stage in the city’s Freedom Park, with a free concert featuring D_2, Root Soujah, Popara, Gologan, and more.

On May 5 (Monday) Sofia’s Party Center “4 KM” shall host the Mayday Fest 2008. The event shall feature sets by Ignite, Death Before Dishonor, Born from Pain (on the photo), BurnThe8Track, Smut, A-Moral, B.F.D.M., Brothers in Blood, MelekhВ and Rise Up. Tickets cost 15 Euro and can be purchased via Eventim.bgВ and Ticketstream.bg.

The final of the competition Battle of the Bands – Bulgaria 2008 had to be moved from the previously announced May 10 at the Black Box ClubВ toВ May 9В (Friday)В at theВ Party Center “4 KM” in Sofia, Bulgaria.