In the late afternoon of April 12, the Hristo Botev Cultural Center in Sofia, Bulgaria, was a place where metal fans were appointed to see one of the greatest Greek metal bands ever – Rotting Christ. For the fourth time Bulgaria became part of a tour of theirs, this time promoting songs from their latest […]

New York’s indie/post-punk veterans Sonic Youth shall reissue their landmark 1988 album “Daydream Nation” as a double CD on June 12. The first disc contains the original release, which has been remastered under the band’s supervision, while the second CD features 15 live performances from their Daydream Nation Tour, plus studio bonus tracks, a.o. cover […]

British doomsters Orange Goblin have posted a new track, entitled “Hounds Ditch”, on their MySpace profile. The song is off the group’s upcoming album, “Healing Through Fire” (view cover in the left), due on May 21 via Sanctuary Records. The effort will contain 9 stoned tracks plus a bonus DVD featuring live footage and interviews […]

German power metallers Primal Fear have set “New Religion” as the title of their new album, due on August 31 via Frontiers Records. The CD shall contain 11 songs, some of them recorded with special guest appearances by Magnus Karlsson of Starbreaker, Kai Hansen of Gamma Ray and Simone Simons of Epica.

A previously unreleased song by Adler’s Appetite, featuring original Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler (on the photo), has been posted online at www.myspace.com/stevenadlersite. The track, entitled “Sadder Days”, was recorded in April 2005 and composed by the quartet’s guitarist and producer Keri Kelli (also in Alice Cooper’s band). The line-up of Adler’s Appetite is […]

(hed) P.E. are currently in a Los Angeles studio putting the finishing touches on their new album, “Insomnia”. The follow-up to the Californian rapcore band’s lastest effort, “Back 2 Base X” (2006), is due for release on Suburban Noize Records on June 26.

Finland’s cello metal masters Apocalyptica will perform in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest Final. Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lotjonen, Perttu Kivilaakso and drummer Mikko Siren shall play a set of old and previously unheard material. Last year’s Eurovision winners, Lordi, will naturally participate in the event, too, and will open the final, which will take place […]

The Pixies frontman Frank Black has two new albums on the way. The first one, entitled “Bluefinger”, is inspired by the paintings of the Dutch artist Herman Brood. It shall appear in September via the label Cooking Vinyl under the name Black Francis – a moniker the singer used during his early days with The […]

Guitarist Gilby Clarke (ex-Guns N’ Roses) has quit Rock Star Supernova. This has thrown some doubt on the super-project’s future… In other words, it remains to be seen if drummer Tommy Lee (Motley Crue), bass player Jason Newsted (Voivod, ex-Metallica) and new vocalist Lukas Rossi (ex-Cleavage) shall continue jamming together.

Swedish metallers EvergreyВ have officially parted ways with bassist Fredrik Larsson – only nine months after he was recruited as the replacement for Michael Hakansson, who, on the other hand, left in order to join HammerFall. Apart from that, Evergrey are working on the follow-up to 2006’s “Monday Morning Apocalypse”, due later in the year.