OnВ August 16В Bulgaria’s village of KavarnaВ shall host a so-calledВ Russian Metal Fest, promoted by Joker Media. The event shall feature three veteran Russian rock bands, namely Ariya,В Black ObeliskВ and Master,В as well as their younger countrymatesВ AnJ. The start of the festival shall be given at 8 p.m., and the poster can be seen in our GIG GUIDE.

Britain’s indie rock quartet Kasabian shall release a brand-new EP, entitled “Fast Fuse”, on September 3. Although the guys don’t plan to start working on their third full-length album until the winter, they’ve decided to issue some new songs as they were “desperate to get something out to the fans who have been supporting them […]

The electro-metal side-project of Rammstein’s guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe-Bernstein, Emigrate, has revealed how the front cover of its upcoming self-titled debut album shall look like. You can view it below. “Emigrate” is going to be released on August 31 via Motor Music.

Californian rockers Weezer have revealed they’ve entered studio to begin recording their sixth, as yet untitled full-length album. The follow-up to “Make Believe” (2005) is expected sometime during the first half of 2008.

The “misantropik-nihilistik” project Stalaggh, featuring “leading individuals from both the Dutch and Belgian black metal and elektro/ambient scenes”, has issued following news: “Last weekend one of our vocalists – the one who killed his mother at the age of 16 – was killed in a car accident at the age of 29. He performed on […]

Ill Nino‘s new studio album, “Enigma”, has had its release date pushed back from the previously announced July 17. The CD’s currently expected birthday is now September 25 via Cement Shoes Records. A track off “Enigma”, entitled “Alibi of Tyrants”, is available for streaming on the band’s official MySpace profile.

Notorious bass player Nikki Sixx has revealed to MTV that Motley Crue shall start working on a new studio album by the end of the year. This time it’s been “in earnest”. Let’s wait and see…

After the explosive rumour that Rammstein shall part ways with vocalist Till Lindemann and replace him with former KMFDM and current Slick Idiot singer En Esch, Nicklaus Schandelmaier a.k.a. En Esch himself posted following news on his current band’s homepage yesterday: “It’s news to me. Since I have been contacted by many friends and acquaintances […]

Emanuel Fialik of Pilgrim Management GmbH announced following smashing news: “After the release of Rammstein‘s next studio album, which is about to get finished, current singer Till Lindemann will leave the band. “Till’s decision is mainly based on the increasing inharmoniousness within the group and was well deliberated. He will head now for other challenges […]

The new issue of Bulgaria’sВ Pro-Rock MagazineВ shall be available this Friday, July 20. This time the cover story has been dedicated to the mighty death metal egyptologists Nile and their new album “Ithyphallic”. TheВ edition features also interviews and features about Symphony X, Dublin Death Patrol, DevilDriver, Nostradameus, Megadeth, Izzizzari, Queens of the Stone Age, Pantheon I, […]