Opeth, Katatonia, Comus, Leaf Hound, AnekdotenВ and Plankton are among the bands confirmed to play at the Melloboat Festival, set to take place on March 8-9 on a… boat! That’s right – the Melloboat Festival 2008 shall be held on 4 stages on the deck of the Silja Symphony Boat, which shall travel fromВ Stockholm, SwedenВ to Helsinki, […]

Ignite – next to Jaya the Cat Рё Whiskey Avengers – are the third American band confirmed to participate with a song in the Credit to the Nation double CD compilation, due out in the end of January via Stroeja. Other bands that will be featured in the effort are Panican Whyasker, Awake, Cigaretta, Lovers […]

Radiohead made their expected arrival at No. 1 on the new UK album chart on Sunday, January 6, with “In Rainbows“, released internationally on December 31, 2007 via XL Recordings. This is the fifth time Thom Yorke & Co. top their native album charts.

Swedish metal leaders In Flames have revealed the title of their eagerly awaited new full-length studio album. The follow-up to “Come Clarity” (2006) shall be called “A Sense of Purpose” and is scheduled to surface on April 4 via Nuclear Blast. In Flames – “Come Clarity“

Franz Ferdinand drummer Paul Thompson (on the photo) is preparing to release an album with his side-project Correcto. The band’s self-titled debut shall surface in February and is going to be preceded by the single “Do It Better”. The video for the song can already be seen below: Correcto – “Do It Better“

Deathstars drummer Bone W. Machine is to sit out the band’s upcoming European tour as support for Korn, starting on Sunday, January 13. The skins during the shows shall be beaten by no other that former Cradle of Filth member Adrian Erlandsson (on the photo). Deathstars – “Blitzkrieg“

Bulgaria’s ska/punk mastersВ La Muchedumbre have completed work on their full-length debut album. The CD shall contain 14 tracks and is going to surface on January 26. Three of the songs can already be heard exclusively HERE. La Muchedumbre – Live in Sofia, 2007

Peter Hammill of Van der Graaf Generator announced that the British progressive rock veterans shall release a brand-new studio album in the end of March. The CD shall be entitled “Trisector” and is going to contain 9 tracks. Van der Graaf Generator – “Darkness” (live 2005)

Three hotel workers in Canada have been arrested following the theft of a guitar signed by Alice Cooper. The shock rocker had donated the $3,000 Les Paul in December to be sold at a forthcoming charity auction. The guitar was left at the the Ontario Hilton hotel’s front desk for safekeeping prior to the fund […]

The American band Rock’n’Roll Soldiers shall play live in Bulgaria for the first time ever in less than a month. The guys shall perform twice in support of their debut album “So Many Musicians to Kill” – on February 1 at the Puzzle Club inВ Plovdiv and onВ February 2В at the 8th Ball Club in Sofia. Additional […]