Slayer vocalist Tom Araya was advised by his doctors not to perform at the band’s October 11th show at the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide, Australia, due to severe laryngitis. Slayer and the crew were on route to Adelaide with the full intention of performing but were forced to cancel the date due to doctor-mandated rest. […]

The show is on December 1st, but the poster got out of print today. Thousands of Kolio The Gillan (Kontro’s singer) and Gino faces will be watching you from every corner in Sofia. KULTUR SHOCK are starting their European toru on Sunday with a show in BErn, Switzeralnd! CHECK OUTВ THE SETLIST FOR THE TOUR! Tickets […]

The Finnish band have posted on their official mobile blog a self made video of ‘Sky is mine’ – a collection of mobile clips from spring & summer gigs 2009, South-American tour, and Russian trip 2009. Amorphis The official new video for next single ‘From The Heaven of My Heart’ will be released in the […]

The seminal Sofia hardcore band who reunited for a one off show appearance at the Hate City 2009 festival this Saturday will be guesting tonightВ on Tangra Mega Rock’sВ Panic Attack show hosted by Alexander Boyadjiev. VENDETTA will be headlining the HATE CITYВ festival at The Box club in Sofia, Bulgaria on 17 October. The last band to […]

“The Bulgarian audience adores Tarja and would be in love with Nightwish forever, their hunger for pompous, symphonic, opera-like gothic metal being quite obvious. Universiada hall is bursting with the enthusiasm of 4 thousand people making it absolutely incomprehensible why there are virtually no gothic metal events in Sofia not to mention any such local […]

‘Seven Moons Live’ – the first-ever concert recording together of blues/rock legends Jack Bruce and Robin Trower will be released in the U.S. on October 13. The new CD also features drummer Gary Husband, who’s worked with John McLaughlin and Gary Moore, among others. The new CD was recorded in Nijmegen, Holland, in February of […]

Don Decker, the singer/songwriter of Minneapolis based metal veterans Anal Blast, passed away at 2:17 Sunday morning (October 11th.) He was only forty one years old. Details of his passing are expected to be revealed shortly. Anal Blast was founded in 1994 and recorded two studio albums: 1998’s, ‘Vaginal Vempire’ and 2004’s ‘Battered Bleeding Bitch’ […]

Julian Casablancas has described The Strokes’ new material as sounding like Thin Lizzy meets A-Ha. The New York singer is going it along with solo debut ‘Phrazes For The Young’, but has assured fans that the band’s long-awaited fourth record is not far away. He told XFM: “I’m looking forward to it. We worked on […]

A memorial to Freddie Mercury will be unveiled in Feltham town centre next month. The Queen singer who lived in the area will be remembered with a Hollywood-style star outside the town centre library. “I am delighted that at last we are honouring Freddie Mercury’s memory and his achievements with a permanent memorial.” Councillor and […]

Bill Steer of CARCASS has posted on the MySpace of his side project FIREBIRD the following message: “It is with sadness that we announce the departure of Smok Smoczkiewicz from Firebird. This split has come quite unexpectedly, and is due to personal reasons. “We would like to wish him the very best in all his […]