German old scholl psychobilly heroes THE TAZMANIAN DEVILS are to play in Sofia. The gig is on Monday, 5 March at ‘Swingin’ Hall’ with one more German band on the bill – THE FANCY DOLLS! Doors open at 8:30 pm – Entry is 7 BGN.

Legendary German metallers ACCEPT will follow-up their highly-praised return to form, Blood Of The Nations, with their new album, Stalingrad. Nuclear Blast will release the album on April 6th. Check out the title track of the album below. Because of the huge success of Blood Of The Nations, the expections are very high for the […]

Legendary frontman for Black Label Society, ZAKK WYLDE will release his handbook to everything heavy metal, ‘Bringing Metal to the Children,’ on April 10 on William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Tales of “general mayhem” aboard Wylde’s tour bus on adventure, including stories of rocking with some legendary metal personalities, including Metallica’s Lars Ulrich […]

JORDAN KARADJOV, frontman of Bulgarian rock vets SIGNAL will be celebrating his 60th Anniversary with a huge conert at Hall 1 of the National palace of culture on 21 March. There will be plenty of very special guests on the bill. Tickets priced 15, 20, 30 and 50 BGN are already available through www.Ticketstream.bg and www.Eventim.bg.  

FOREIGNER guitarist MICK JONES is recovering after urgent heart surgery last week, according to the New York Post. JONES is reported to have checked into the Mount Sinai Heart Institute in Miami Beach, Florida, according to New York Post gossip column Page Six. Page Six says that after the surgery, JONES was treated in an […]

In his latest video update, AYREON / STAR ONE mastermind ARJEN LUCASSEN reveals the title of his upcoming solo album, as well as the poster created from the cover artwork, designed by artist extraordinaire Claudio Bergamin (watch here). Entitled Lost In The New Real, the album will be released on April 23rd in Europe via […]

According to the UK’s The Telegraph, former THIN LIZZY guitarist GARY MOORE died after drinking enough alcohol to put himself nearly five times over the drink-drive limit, tests have shown. The musician suffered a heart attack brought on by the massive amount of booze he knocked back at the start of a sunshine holiday, the […]

Thrash legends OVERKILL will release their 16th full-length studio album, entitled The Electric Age, on March 30th via Nuclear Blast Records. The band has released the first single, ‘Electric Rattlesnake and it is now available via iTunes. Check out ‘Electric Rattlesnake’, streaming below. OVERKILL traveled to Asbury Park, NJ this weekend to shoot a brand new music […]

MOTLEY CRUE have recorded a brand new track. It’s been done at Tommy Lee’s home studio in Calabasis, California, and will be released in time for the band’s summer touring schedule. Says Nikki Sixx: “Haven’t been in the studio in a few years with the guys and it feels like magic. Hard to explain what […]

The Houston Press reports that KING’S X drummer Jerry Gaskill suffered a heart attack last night and underwent emergency surgery. Gaskill is in stable condition at the hospital. Vocalist/bassist dUg Pinnick reported the event on twitter with the following message: Jerry had a heart attack last night. He was operated on and is in stable […]