Current Down and former Pantera and Superjoint Ritual frontman Phil Anselmo‘s next reincarnation shall be the guitar player for a project called Arson Empire. Originally going by the name of Arson Anthem, the quartet’s line-up is rounded by Hank Williams III on drums (ex-Superjoint Ritual; son of country music legend Hank Williams Jr.), Collin Yeo […]

Yesterday at 4:15 p.m. the legendary vocalist of Yes and Jon & Vangelis, Jon Anderson, arrived at Sofia Airport in the outskirts of Bulgaria’s capital. We’d like to remind you that the reason for the singer’s visit is his concertВ tonight at the 3,000-capacity Universiada Hall. The show starts at 8 p.m. В  В  Photos: SME

Joey DeMaio and Eric Adams shall visit Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on December 1 to present the brand-new Manowar DVD “Magic Circle Festival 2007”. What’s known so far is that the two American musicians shall be accompanied by their russian colleagues Sixth Sense, and thatВ a special press conference shall be held at Sofia’s Black Box Club.

Drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott (Hellyeah, ex-Pantera, Damageplan) has revealed that he intends to release “Dimevision 2” – a DVD tribute to his late brother and bandmate Dimebag Darrell Abbott. Besides, Vinnie and his father are putting together the first official photo book for Dime. Both issues will be out next year.

Sir Paul McCartney has revealed that he asked Thom Yorke to record a duet with him, but the Radiohead frontman turned him down. “My daughter was putting an album together and she put us in touch,” the Beatle explained. “I asked Thom to do a duet, but he said he couldn’t because he only felt […]

Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington plans to focus on his side-project Dead By Sunrise in 2008. The band’s debut album should be released by spring 2008. Dead By Sunrise’s line-up is rounded up by Orgy‘s Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck, and Anthony “Fu” Valcic.

A few days ago the Bulgarian avantgarde scene witnessed the birth of a new electro-experimental project. The founders are two well-known Sofia-based musicians – Emil Vulev (ex-Violet General)В andВ Pavel StoitchevВ (ex-Band of Mad Women). The still unnamed band is looking two experienced additions, namely aВ bass playerВ and aВ female singer willing to work both in the studio and live. […]

Mark “E” Everett’s ever-changing project Eels shall release two massive compilations on January 21, 2008. The first one, “Meet the Eels: Essential Eels, Vol. 1, 1996-2006”, features 24 of the American alternative formation’s most famous tracks, as well as a DVD with 12 of the band’s promo videos. Meanwhile, “Eels Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities […]

Motley Crue intend to start recording a brand-new studio early next year. The effort, tentatively due in the summer of 2008, has the working title of “The Dirt” and, at least according to vocalist Vince Neil, the drummer will be… the recently departed for the N-th time Tommy Lee…

Ministry have revealed the details about their upcoming last ever tour, set to kick off in spring 2008 under the name C U LaTouR. For the world treck the American industrial metal godfathers shall be joined by Swedish extreme experimentalists Meshuggah and U.S.-based Hemlock. The tour starts in Canada on March 28, stopping in 33 […]