Hilly Kristal, founder of the legendary New York punk rock venue CBGB, died on Tuesday from complications from lung cancer at the age of 75. Kristal, who opened the now-defunct venue in December 1973 in the then-gritty Bowery neighborhood in Manhattan under the name CBGB & OMFUG (“Country, Bluegrass, Blues and Other Music for Uplifting […]

Germany’s metal maestros Masterplan have announced they’ll start recording their next full-length album in January. The follow-up to this year’s “MK II” shall be created at guitarist Roland Grapow‘s (ex-Helloween) studio in Slovakia with producer Roy Z., known for his work with Rob halford and Bruce Dickinson. Masterplan’s current line-up features Roland, bass player Jan […]

Guitar virtuoso Michael Amott (on the photo) revealed in a conversation with Tangra Mega Rock that he’ll be busy shooting two new Arch Enemy videos this week. The songs chosen are “Revolution Begins”В and “I Will Live Again”В off “Rise of the Tyrant” – the upcoming seventh full-length studio album by Sweden’s extreme metal masters, due to […]

America’s power metal defenders Vicious Rumors (on the photo)В and Agent Steel and their Belgian colleagues After All shall visit Bulgaria in a month for the first time ever. The three bands shall play live at the Black Box Club in Sofia on September 24 (Monday), with tickets for the show costing just 20 leva / […]

Live footage of Bulgaria’s hardcore leaders Last Hope performing at the Stufstock 5 Greenfest, which took place on August 16-19 in Vama Veche, Romania,В can be watchedВ HERE. The event featured also sets by a.o. Cradle of Filth, Bloodhound Gang, Klimt 1918, The Dandy Warhols, Neurotica, Alternosfera, ExNN, Grimus, Niste Baieti, Deka Dens, Tuba Project and many […]

Canadian rock lady Melissa auf der Maur (ex-Hole, Smashing Pumpkins) has just finished recording her second solo album. Entitled “Out of Our Minds”, the CD shall be accompanied by a comic and short film. There’s still no information who and when is going to release the follow-up to Melissa’s 2004 solo debut “Auf der Maur”.

The Goo Goo Dolls are to release a compilation CD, clearly entitled “Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 – The Singles”, in mid-November. The rockers’ best-of-effort shall be followed by a second volume in the beginning of 2008, featuring rarities, cover version, remixes and B-sides, as well as a couple of new songs.

A brand-new composition by Norway’s sound magicians Ulver, entitled “Vigil”, has been made available for streaming on the band’s official MySpace profile atВ myspace.com/ulver1. The song is the fourth out of the nine ones to be included on Ulver’s seventh full-length studio album, “Shadows of the Sun”, due in Europe on October 1 via Jester Records. […]

Black Label Society guitarist Nick Catanese (on the photo), Queensryche six-stringer Mike Stone (now playing bass and singing) and drummer Mike Froedge (ex-Doubledrive) have joined forces in a new side-project. According to Nick, “we’re just writing away… There’s heavier stuff, but there’s stuff like, we wrote a song that sounds like if you put The […]

Most of Evil Music announced the long-awaited details about the first ever show in Sofia, Bulgaria by Sweden’s black metal gods Marduk and their Norwegian supporters MassemordВ and Koldbrann. The concert shall take place on September 21 (Friday) at the Black Box Club in downtown Sofia,В starting at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost 27В leva / 14 EuroВ (presale)В and 32В leva […]