Download Festival and Iron Maiden have teamed up for a live and exclusive streaming of the band’s fourth Donington Park headline appearance on Sunday, June 10. Available free on DownloadFestival.co.uk, the performance will be shown in full.

Dream Theater‘s new studio album, “Systematic Chaos”, is officially released today via Roadrunner Records. The effort comes out in two versions – the regular one (view cover in the left) and a CD/DVD special edition package (view cover below), featuring the album in 5.1 surround sound plus the 90-minute-long video documentary “Chaos in Progress – […]

Marilyn Manson‘s entire new album, “Eat Me, Drink Me”, is available for streaming on the band’s MySpace profile. Due to appear in Europe on Monday, June 4, via Interscope Records, the CD features the single “Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)”, which can be voted for in the Tuborg Top 40 Mega Rock. […]

July 16 shall witness the birth of MotГ¶rhead‘s new double live album, entitled “Better MotГ¶rhead Than Dead – Live at Hammersmith”, containing 23 tracks recorded in front of 5000 maniacs at the famous London odeon on June 16, 2005 – the trio’s 30th anniversary party. The cover artwork is still unknown, but here’s the exact […]

INXS shall play at theВ Festivalna HallВ instead of the previously announced Academic Stadium in Sofia tonight. The venue change happens due to the constant rains pouring over Sofia during the last two weeks. Because of the heavy weather conditions, the promoter of the event, Balkan Entertainment Company, wouldn’t want to risk.

Former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick has revealed the second part of the “Kissology” DVD series is already on the way to be completed soon. While the first part of the video documentary went from 1974 to 1977, “KISSology: Volume 2” picks up in 1978 and goes to 1995, showing documentary and concert footage from Kiss’ […]

Tonight, May 31, Sofia’s Black Box ClubВ shall witness the last ever shows by two of the leading local punk bands – T.V.U. and Switchstance. The double-farewell concert shall feature also performances by C4В and The Livingdead. The gig starts atВ 8 p.m.;В tickets costВ 6 leva / 3 Euro.

Madball frontman Freddy Cricien shall produce the next studio album by Agnostic Front, which is not surprising to some extent, having in mind that Freddy and AF vocalist Roger Miret are half-brothers. The hardcore veterans’ CD shall be entitled “Warriors” and is going to surface in the autumn.

Manowar shall release their next double live album, entitled “Gods of War Live” (view cover in the left), on July 6. The over two-hour-long recording features the entire setlist of the just-completed leg of the metal kings’ Demons, Dragons and Warriors Tour 2007.

Prong have inked a deal with Ministry mainman Al Jourgensen’s label 13th Planet Records for the release of the their new album, by the end of the year. The follow-up to “Scorpio Rising” (2004) is currently being recorded at Sonic Ranch Studios in Texas in a line-up consisting of Tommy Victor (vocals and guitar), Monte […]