Kiss, Judas Priest, MГ¶torhead, H.I.M., The Offspring, LostprophetsВ and Rise Against are among the bands confirmed to play at this year’s edition of Britain’s Download Festival. The event is scheduled to take place on June 13-15В atВ Donington ParkВ in Leicestershire, England. Check out the GIG GUIDE for additional details. Slayer – live at Download 2007

Swedish avantgardists Opeth have set “Watershed” as the title of their forthcoming studio album. The follow-up to 2005’s “Ghost Reveries” shall surface in Europe on June 2 via Roadrunner Records and is going to contain 7 epics, namely: 1. Coil2. Heir Apparent3. The Lotus Eater4. Burden5. Porcelain Heart6. Hessian Peel7. Hex Omega Opeth – “Harvest“

Bulgaria’s melodic rock leaders D_2 shall do a series of unplugged live shows, starting this Friday, February 8, at Sofia’s The Club. On February 14 the band shall play acoustically at Sofia’s Backstage Club, and on February 21 – at Plovdiv’s Marmalade Club. Additional info can be found in our GIG GUIDE. D_2 – “Here […]

The Grateful Dead reunited last night, February 4, for a one-off show in San Francisco. Original members Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, joined by Jackie Greene, John Molo, and Steve Molitz, played live at a benefit concert to support US presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Grateful Dead – “New Speedway Boogie“

The revived The Jam have announced they will release a live DVD filmed in London in December 2007. The issue shall appear in April, and afterwards the quartet shall start rehearsing new song ideas. The Jam’s current line-up features original members Bruce Foxton (bass) and Rick Buckler (drums), with guitarists David Moore and Russell Hastings […]

Today, February 4, coinciding with the start of the Somewhere Back in Time World Tour,В Iron Maiden release their legendary “Life After Death” live recording on DVD for the first time ever. The effort, showing the band’s 1985 California shows, surfaces as a double disk release with various bonus features. Additional details about “Life After Death”, […]

The masked British four-piece Clinic unleashed its brand-new video on the Internet, as it can be seen below. The track visuallized is “Free Not Free” – the debut single off the indie rockers’ fifth studio album, “Do It“, set for release on April 7. Clinic – “Free Not Free“

“We have recorded four songs for the next album, “Dark Thrones Р°nd Black Flags”,” announced Darkthrone‘s frontman Nocturno Culto. “We sort of tried to keep the title “hidden”, but my mouth ran over talking to Metal Hammer (damn!!!), so anyways, that’s the title, and NO, it’s not punkish you bastards, it’s METAL TO THE BONE!!! […]

The next edition of the Fracture weekly metal show on MM TV (February 10) shall feature footage from the new Bulgarian only Manowar DVD release, “Live in Bulgaria – Kaliakra Rock Fest 2007”, as well as an interview tih Helloween, and videos by Ministry, Arch Enemy, Otep, Shadows Fall, Down, Unearth, Tarja, Bullet for My […]

The first 1000 20-Euro tickets for Lenny Kravitz’s first ever concert in Sofia, Bulgaria, scheduled for July 27 at the Academic Stadium, were sold out in less than two hours today. From now on the ticket price is 25 Euro, and 30 Euro at the door. The poster for the concert can be seen in […]