Al Jourgensen’s label 13th Planet Records has announced its next release – the debut album by Ascension of the Watchers. We’re talking about the side-project of Fear Factory’s frontman Burton C. Bell (now on vocals and guitar), rounded up by John Bechdel (keyboards and programming; a.o. Killing Joke, Ministry, False Icons) and Edu Mussi (guitar […]

On Sunday, December 9, Bulgaria’s ska/punk masters Wickeda and Mlyk!shall play live at the Backstage Club in Sofia, Bulgaria. The show starts at 8 p.m., and tickets shall cost 3 Euro.

After last night it was announced that Manowar shall headline the Kaliakra Rock Fest 2008 in Kavarna, Bulgaria in the beginning of July 2008, today at noonВ Joey DeMaio spoke exclusively to Tangra TVВ and revealedВ that he’s going to finish the production of the upcoming Holyhell album in his own New York recording studio, and afterward he’ll […]

At a press conference in Sofia, Bulgaria on December 1, 2008 Joey DeMaio and Eric Adams of Manowar announced they’ll play live inВ Kavarna, BulgariaВ “onВ July 5 or 6, 2008 – right after Euro 2008″! The show shall be part of the annual Kaliakra Rock Fest, which shall last 3 days. Tickets go on sale onВ December 20, […]

The Greek glam/punk rock four-piece Personality Crisis shall visit Bulgaria onВ December 15В for a show at the Puzzle ClubВ inВ Plovdiv. Local support for the concert comes from Daily Noise Club. The event starts at 9 p.m., with tickets costingВ 3.5 Euro (presale)В and 4.5 Euro (at the door).

On December 2 and 3 the Bulgarian towns SofiaВ and VarnaВ shall be annihilated by the Hungarian metalcore brigade Subscribe. The show on Sunday shall take place at Sofia’s Backstage Club at 9 p.m.,В with local support coming from She Was Asking for ItВ and I.T.S.I. The next day Subscribe shall devastate Varna’s Area 51 ClubВ together with Casper. The […]

After fronting Australia’s rockers Midnight Oil for 25 years, Peter Garrett disbanded the group in 2002 and became a politician. Obviously, his career in the ranks of Australia’s Labor Party has been more than successful so far, as yesterday the 54-year-old former singer was named environment minister in the newly elected government. Congrats!

Current Queens of the Stone Age bass player Michael Shuman has finished the recordings for the debut album by his own project Jubilee. The CD, recorded with the help of Aaron North of The Icarus Line, is going to surface in January under the title “Rebel Hiss”.

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have been chosen to host 2008’s Brit Awards. The ceremony is set to be held at Earl’s Court in London on February 20, and will be broadcast live on television. The nominations are due to be announced at London’s Roundhouse on January 14.

Queen & Paul Rodgers have recorded their first studio collaboration – a song called “Say It’s Not True”, to commemorate World AIDS Day tomorrow, December 1. The track, written by drummer Roger Taylor, is already available as a free download from queenonline.com.