Alaskan metallers 36 Crazyfists debuted a brand-new song exclusively on myspace.com/metal. The track, entitled “Absent Are the Saints”, comes off the band’s upcoming full-length studio album, “The Tide and Its Takers“, due on May 26. Afterwards the guys shall promote it at some major European summer festivals, namely at Download (UK), Graspop (Belgium) and Rock […]

Some time ago we informed you about an upcoming split CD by the Bulgarian industrial project Shrine and Finland’s ambient creature Lingua Fungi (check it out here). The work on the album, due to be release in two weeks by Corvus Records, is nearing completion – even the cover artwork, courtesy of Emil Separevski,В is ready, […]

Visit our mp3 page and download the debut acoustic single by the young Bulgarian duo Heartbreakers with Broken Hearts for free.В The song is entitled “Final Desire” and is definitely worth listening to… If you like what you hear, visit the project’s MySpace profile – you’ll find the link to it on our Links page.

Iron Maiden shall release a new 80’s best-of-collection, entitled “Somewhere Back in Time” (view cover below), as a free high-quality download from ironmaiden.com on May 12. However, the 320 kbps WMA files can only be played three times before expiring. Afterwards listeners will be able to purchase the album as a DRM-free download. “Somewhere Back […]

Free Kitten – the supergroup featuring Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon (on the photo), Pussy Galore’s Julie Cafritz and Yoshimi P-We, have announced they’re coming back to life with a new album. Entitled “Inherit“, it shall is the band’s first since 1997’s “Sentimental Education”, and is scheduled for release on May 20 via the Ecstatic Peace […]

Nick Cave is working on his second screenplay for director John Hillcoat, who previously filmed the singer’s script for “The Proposition”, released in 2006. Besides, the dark Australian is is writing his second novel, the follow-up to 1989’s “And the Ass Saw the Angel”. There is no rest for the wicked…

One of the world’s best known saxophone players, Jan Garbarek, and his quartet shall perfom live in Sofia, Bulgaria at this year’s edition of the Jazz + Festival. The show is scheduled to take place on May 15, 2008В at the 4,000-capacity Hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture, starting at 7 p.m. Jan Garbarek […]

The compositions “O.K.”, “Zaydi” and “Prayer” by the Bulgarian string quartet StrringS were included in the soundtrack to the new movie “The Hamlet Adventure”, due to be aired for the very first time at this year’s Sofia Film Fest 2008. Meawnhile, StrringS are putting the finishing touches to their debut album.

Ohio-based metalcore masters Integrity will finally release a new full-length studio album. Entitled “The Blackest Curse“, the CD shall surface by the end of the year via the label Deathwish Inc. It shall feature about 13 tracks and, according to frontman Dwid Hellion, “it is a concept album based on a book I have written…” […]

Bulgaria’s ska leadersВ Wickeda shall start a three-month European club tour at the end of this week. All dates and venues confirmed so far can be seen in our GIG GUIDE.