The Rolling Stones have been named the top earning music act of the year so far by the American business publication Forbes. Mick Jagger & Co. have made 88 million U.S. dollars so far, largely from their Bigger Bang Tour, which grossed $437 million in total. Here’s how the top 10 Top Earning Music Acts […]

The former gang of Babyshambles’ notorious frontman Peter Doherty, The Libertines, who disbanded three years ago, will release a compilation album on October 29. Entitled “Time for Heroes – The Best of The Libertines”, the English garage rockers’ CD is going to contain following tracks: Up the Bracket Time for Heroes Mayday Don’t Look Back […]

Exactly two decades after the release of Guns N’ Roses‘ legendary debut “Appetite for Destruction”, Harper Collins shall publish the official autobiography of the band’s emblematic guitarist Slash. Written by the musician himself in cooperation with former Rolling Stone contributor Anthony Bozza, the book is going to be entitled simply “Slash” and is scheduled to […]

Bulgarian psychedelic metal trioВ Kuln shall head on a national tour on October 7-21, passing through the towns Plovdiv, Haskovo, Stara Zagora, Sliven, Varna, Dobritch and Sofia. Supporting acts shall be S.Nnob (on the first 4 shows), ExistEnds (at the gigs in Varna and Dobritch)В and I.T.S.I (at the closing night). Additional info about the tour can […]

The new, 40th issue of Bulgaria’sВ Pro-Rock MagazineВ shall be published on Saturday. The cover story this time is dedicated to the women in metal, represented by bands like Nightwish, Warlock, Arch Enemy, Lacuna Coil, Epica, The Gathering,В Holy Moses, Evanescence, Leave’s Eyes, Theatre of Tragedy, Lita Ford, etc. The issue features also articles about Obituary, At Vance, […]

King’s X guitarist Ty Tabor and former Galactic Cowboys six-stringer Wally Farkas have released the second album by their instrumental side-project, Xenuphobe. Entitled “2.0: Electrolux”, the follow-up to last year’s debut “1.0” contains a solid dose of “psychoactive and ambient music”…

OnВ September 29-30В Bulgaria’s capital Sofia shall host the third Paintball Mania National Tournament. The music background for the event shall be played byВ DJ M.O.S. Krindo (Alien Industry), who promises a setlist consisting of tracks by Ministry, Rammstein, Slipknot, Static-X, Papa Roach, Limp Bizkit, The Prodigy, Coal Chamber, Ill Nino, Nine Inch Nails, Pain, Rob Zombie, Sistem […]

Finland’s rockers The Rasmus have entered their own Dynasty Studio to work on their seventh full-length album with producer Desmond Child (a.o. Kiss, Scorpions, Alice Cooper). The follow-up to 2005’s “Hide from the Sun” (2005) shall most likely bear the title “Black Roses” and is due out in March 2008 via Universal Music Group.

New York’s hardcore beasts H20 are working on their first studio album in six years. The follow-up to 2001’s “Go” should become reality sometime in 2008, but so far no details of its substance are known, neither who’s going to release it.

Members of Soulfly, Killswitch Engage, Madball and Bad Brains have and will record guest appearances on Brooklyn’s hardcore rapper Ill Bill‘s second full-length studio album, due out in early 2008. The follow-up to “What’s Wrong with Bill?” (2004) is gonna be entitled “The Hour of Reprisal” and is also going to feature help by Cypress […]