The biopic “Control”, dedicated to the life and career of the late Joy Division frontmanВ Ian Curtis, shall be released on DVD on February 11. The movie is based on the “Touching from a Distance”. It starsВ Sam RileyВ (on the photo)В and Samantha Morton, and was directed bu Anton Corbijn.

The U.S. horror rockers Son of Sam have announced they’re getting back together, however without their vocalist – current AFI frontman Davey Havoc. There’s still no word who might join Todd Youth (guitar, ex-Danzig), Steve Zing (bass, ex-Samhain) and London May (drums, ex-Samhain).

Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward has revealed he’s started writing and recording a new solo album. The working process is taking place at the home studio of Keith Lynch, guitar player in Bill’s band. “We have six songs done so far on that album, untitled as yet,” Mr. Ward states. Besides, the legendary musician is […]

The legendary Swiss hard rockers Krokus shall play live in Kavarna, Bulgaria on May 6, 2008. More info about the open air event shall be announced soon.

Missskin.net is a new Bulgarian indie label started in the beginning of 2007. The company has just released its first four singles – “Boot Blues” by Dobri & Pitkin, “Whatever” by Andro Stubel (ex-Exitus), “Coffee & Alcohol” by the acoustic string trio Lyuba, Domby &В Allen, and the new track by the local folk rockers Balkandji, “Vision”, which […]

“Manowar fans have requested a special piece of merchandise from their favourite metal band. Manowar has heard these requests and delivered. The new Manowar condoms are the perfect romantic accessory for all true metal couples,” the so-called kings of metal wrote in an official bulletin. The new Manowar condoms are called The Warrior’s Shield and […]

“Recording sessions for the next Soulfly album have been completed,” the band announced yesterday. The still untitled effort is going to contain 13 songs, some of which feature guest vocals by a.o. David Vincent of Morbid Angel and Dave Peters of Throwdown. “Andy Sneap will be mixing the tracks this spring, and the album will […]

Rob Halford has made Fight‘s song “Christmas Ride” available for free download via halfordmusic.com. The track was originally released in 1994 via Epic Records as a promo CD single (view cover in the left).

Deep Purple‘s keyboardist Don Airey will release a new solo album, entitled “A Light in the Sky”, on February 25 via Mascot Records. The effort features plenty of guest musicians, a.o. Laurence Cottle (bass), Darrin Mooney (drummer of Primal Fear and Gary Moore), Thunder‘s Chris Childs (bass), Gary James (drums) and Danny Bowes (vocals), and […]

Judas Priest, At the Gates, Avantasia, Sodom, Helloween, Soilwork, Ensiferum, SybreedВ and Saturnus are the bands confirmed to take part in the upcoming Castle Fest 2008. The festival shall take place on July 1-5,В 2008 at the Smederevo Fortress in Smederevo, Serbia. For additional info, check out regularly our GIG GUIDEВ and www.castlefestival.org.