As part of the official delegation of the “Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta, Federation of Autonomous Priories“, Manowar bassist Joey DeMaio presented an Award of Merit on Sunday, July 20, in Timisoara Romania to world-famous Spanish tenor JosГ© Carreras hailing his artistic career achievements and lifetime philanthropic works. Here’s a […]

A brand-new Extreme track entitled “Comfortably Dumb” has been posted online here. The song comes off the reunited Boston hard rockers’ first studio album in 13 years, “Saudades de Rock” (view cover in the left), which will be released in Europe on August 1. The CD will include a bonus track, the “Americocaine” demo from […]

Norwegian black metal masters Darkthrone have set “Dark Thrones & Black Flags” as the title for their next full-length studio album. The follow-up to “F.O.A.D.” (2007) is going to be unleashed on October 20 via Peaceville Records. Darkthrone – “Canadian Metal“

If you’re curious to find out the reason for these words, check out our exclusive interview with Def Leppard‘s vocalist Joe Elliott HERE.

Video footage of veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers Testament performing the song “More Than Meets the Eye” off their new album “The Formation of Damnation” at the Rockin’ Transilvania Festival, which was held July 12-13 in Sibiu, Romania, can be viewed below. Testament – “More Than Meets the Eye” (live 2008)

The upcomingВ The Black Curse Over Europe 2008 Tour, featuring five mighty extreme metal bands, namely Graveworm, Lord Belial, Apostasy, The Cold ExistenceВ and Eastern Front, shall devastate Bulgaria‘s capital Sofia! Date – September 21, 2008. Venue – the Hristo Botev Cultural Center. More info – coming soon… The Black Curse Over Europe 2008 Tour

The British electro-pop duo Goldfrapp hits the road in North America with a mini-tour in September to support its latest album, “Seventh Tree”, released last February via Mute Records. Until then, fans can use their bandwidth to get hold of the act’s “Caravan Girl” EP (view cover in the left), which contains a couple versions […]

New York’s indie rock rising stars TV on the Radio decided to put “Dear Science” as the title of their new full-length studio album. The follow-up to “Return to Cookie Mountain” (2006) shall be in stores on September 22 via Interscope Records. TV on the Radio – “Wolf Like Me“

Mr.В Jordan JordanovВ from the town of Dobrich won a brand-new Fiat Bravo from a lottery with the three-day tickets for the Kaliakra Rock Fest 2008 (July 5-7, Kavarna, Bulgaria).

Just two weeks after its stage debut, the young Bulgarian punk rock outfit Kriza offered two of its song for free download. Get “Max & Moritz“В and “I“В respectively hereВ and here, and then go to myspace.com/krizabg for more info.