Smashing Pumpkins, Disturbed, H.I.M., Good Goo Dolls, Linkin Park (on the photo) and many more contemporary rock bands are to be featured on the soundtrack to the movie “Transformers”, set to hit cinemas in the USA on July 3. The film itself is based on a popular 1980’s cartoon, while the complete tracklist for the […]

New York’s garage rock rising stars Yeah Yeah Yeahs shall release a new EP, entitled “Is Is”, on July 23. It shall contain 5 tracks written in 2004, during the trio’s tour in support of their full-length studio debut, “Fever to Tell” (2003) – “Rockers to Swollow”, “Down Boy”, “Kiss Kiss”, “Isis” and “10 x […]

Finnish sympho-metal superstars Nightwish have set “Dark Passion Play” as the title of their new full-length studio album, due to be released on September 28 via Nuclear Blast. Its front cover artwork can be viewed below. The CD, which is going to be the first one to feature the group’s new, 35-year-old Swedish vocalist Anette […]

While we’re waiting for Korn‘s eighth studio album to appear on July 30 via Virgin Records, frontman Jonathan Davis has revealed that he has begun writing an opera entitled “Oblivion” with the American film composer Richard Gibbs and the English writer Clive Barker. Jonathan himself won’t be starring in the project, but just writing the […]

The complete schedule for this year’s edition of Perry Farrell’s Lollapalooza Festival, set to take place on August 3-5 at Chicago‘s Grant Park, has been revealed: Friday, August 3, shall feature performances by Daft Punk, LCD Soundsystem, The Fratellis and Perry Farrell’s current band, Satellite Party. Saturday, August 4, shall be dominated by Muse, Interpol, […]

The Bulgarian bands She Was Asking for It (featuring members of Doom Day, Brothers in Blood, MelekhВ and Rise Up) and Propaganda shall support America’s nu-metal stars Ill Nino on their show in Sofia on June 23 (Saturday). The concert shall take place at the Hristo Botev Sports Hall, and the poster for it can be […]

Good Charlotte, who are presenting their fourth studio album, “Good Morning Revival”, have announced they will join Justin Timberlake on his North American arena tour this summer. It will kick off in Memphis on August 6, go on through Boston, Portland, Las Vegas, Sacramento, etc., and end in Los Angeles on September 17.

Today at noon Tangra Mega Rock’s studioВ was invaded by BustyВ and Babbata (on the photo) – the two leading halfs of Bulgaria’s avantgarde stoner new-school thrash softcore metal creature Ebanizm. The conversation between these two titans and Vassil Varbanov was concentrated on Ebanizm’s participation at the Tangra Mega Rock Night on June 20 in Sofia.

Metal Hammer gave out its annual Golden Gods Awards in London on Monday night (June 11). The readers voted for their faves at the British magazine’s homepage, and… …the golden gods for 2007 are: Best UK Band: Bullet for My Valentine Best Live Band: Lamb of God Best International Band: Killswitch Engage Best Underground Band: […]

After more than a decade of separation, Sepultura founders, former bandmates and brothersВ Max and Igor Cavalera are working on new music together! It shall be released as an as yet unnamed project.