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.

Former Pop Will Eat Itself members Graham Crabb (vocals) and Adam Mole (guitar) shall release the debut effort with their new project Vileevils on March 25. The word goes about a maxi-single entitled “Fucking and Fighting“, which can already be checked out at myspace.com/vileevils. No details on a full-length album were revealed, nor on a […]

Anthrax guitar hero Scott Ian has formed a new side-project called Methusaleh. According to the man, the group features “some lovely fellows that play in some major bands. I can’t say shit about it right now other than the songs are fucking heavy, like a more metallic Kyuss.” Anthrax – “I’m the Man” (live)

Speaking to BB6 Music, Metallica‘s drummer Lars Ulrich said: “We’re just finishing up a record, we’ve got six weeks left and it should be out in September, that’s the idea right now.” The still untitled CD has been produced by Rick Rubin in Los Angeles and is reportedly a return to the band’s early fast […]

David Coverdale intends to celebrate Whitesnake‘s imminent 30th anniversary with a three-disc set that will span the legendary hard rock band’s entire career. It will also include Coverdale-Page songs, as well as solo stuff from the frontman. Coverdale/Page – “Black Dog” (live)

The local agency Endless Party Booking announced three garage punk/psychobilly concerts in Bulgaria in the end of March,. featuring three bands, namely Welcomin’ Committee in Flames, Nero BurnsВ and Pucks. The dates are: March 21 – Plovdiv,В Petnoto ClubВ  March 22 – Sofia, Backstage ClubВ  March 25 – Sofia, Funkiss Club Additional info can be found in […]

A competition for Bulgaria’s best school rock/pop band started officially yesterday. For details, check out cokemusic.bg.

Britain’s rock veterans Uriah Heep shall finally release a brand-new full-length studio album. The follow-up to 1998’s “Sonic Origami” shall be suitably entitled “Wake the Sleeper” (view cover in the left) and is going to surface on June 2 via Universal Music Group. Uriah Heep – “July Morning” (live)

For the first time in Nuclear Blast‘s history, eight of the German label’s releases appeared last week in the German album and single charts at the same time. To be more precise, the honour goes to: Albums: RAGE – “Carved in Stone” (#24) NIGHTWISH – “Dark Passion Play” (#29) AVANTASIA – “The Scarecrow” (#70) SUBWAY […]

Samael’s guitarist Makro and his extreme metal side-project Sludge shall release its new studio album, “Lava“, in April or May via the Danish label Mighty Music. The Swiss group’s CD contains 9 songs described as “dirty, un-commercial, heavy as shit”. Some of them can be heard at myspace.com/sludgedoomers, and the video for the opening track, […]