Beastie Boys have revealed to New Musical Express that their new album will be called “The Mix Up” and will be released in June. Mike D has stated that the follow-up to 2004’s “To the 5 Boroughs” will be “radically different” from its predecessor and shall sound closer to “Check Your Head” and “Paul’s Boutique”. […]

The only local supporting band to perform with Germany’s metal heroes Blind Guardian on their show in Sofia’s Festivalna HallВ on May 17 shall be the Bulgarian progressive metal quintet Velvet Project. Additional info about the show can be found in our Gig Guide.

Drowning Pool have revealed the cover artwork for their upcoming full-length studio album, “Full Circle”, due to be released on July 24 via Eleven Seven Music. You can view it below. Meanwhile, the Dallas four-piece has made their brand-new single, “Soldiers”, available for free download in mp3 format HERE. You can also watch the video […]

Bulgarian “experimetal” quartet I.T.S.I shall celebrate the release of their debut album, “The Diary of a Psycho”, live at theВ Alcohol ClubВ in SofiaВ onВ May 28. Special guests on stage shall be Kuln, and the entrance to the show shall be absolutely free. Meanwhile you can listen to two of I.T.S.I’s songs, “Frustration”В and “This Is Not”,В on their officialВ MySpace […]

The Americn indie rock quartet Interpol has revealed details of its forthcoming, third full-length album. The follow-up to 2004’s “Antics” shall be entitled “Our Love to Admire” and is going to contain 11 tracks. The CD is to be released in Europe on July 9 via Capitol Records. Interpol are going to present some songs […]

Buffalo-based metalcore quintet Every Time I Die is to release its new, fourth full-length album in August via Ferret Music. Entitled “The Big Dirty”, the CD was produced by Steve Evetts, known for his work with bands like He Is Legend, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Sepultura, Saves the Day, Earth Crisis, etc.

Our current Band of the Week, the mighty Machine Head, shall support British metal legends Iron Maiden on their show at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy, on June 20. Robb Flynn & Co. shall perform prior to Bruce Dickinson’s gang along with Motorhead and Mastodon.

May 29 shall see the birth of “Fancy” – the first solo live concert DVD by the unique mumbling bass player Les Claypool, known for his work with Primus and various side-projects like Oysterhead and Colonel Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade. Appearing under the Les Claypool moniker, “Fancy” shows the musician on his 2006 summer […]

Professionally filmed video footage of Hatebreed‘s entire performance at last year’s Download Festival, which took place in June 2006 at Donington Park, England, is available for viewing HERE. At the moment Hatebreed continue touring in support of their latest album, “Supremacy”, which has sold around 100,000 copies in the USA alone since its August 2006 […]

As we informed you a week ago, legendary Bay Area thrash/death metal veterans Possessed are to reform at this year’s Wacken Open Air festival in Germany. However, it turned out that the band’s line-up will feature only one of the original members, frontman Jeff Becerra. The rest of the group shall be rounded by members […]