The BBC are planning to close their famous Maida Vale Studios in West London, explaining it’s “not suitable for the 21st-century digital age”… Maida Vale was known mainly for being home to the late John Peel‘s classic radio sessions. Besides, some rock legends have recorded in the studio, a.o. Led Zeppelin, The Smiths, Blur, Nirvana, […]

PJ Harvey is to release her long-awaited new studio album new album on September 24. The follow-up to 2004’s “Uh Huh Her” was produced by John Parish and shall be entitled “White Chalk”.

Pink had to cancel her show in Sofia last night, July 1, due to a serious lung infection. Today it will get clear whether the concert shall be rescheduled for Tuesday or not…

Last night, June 30, among 15,000 fans in Kavarna witnessed the first ever show by Manowar in Bulgaria, which closed this year’s edition of theВ Kaliakra Rock Fest. The “kings of metal” performed a three-hour-long set (preceded by Russia’s Sixth Sense and the Americans Holyhell), including more than a dozen of their greatest hits, as well […]

Britain’s heavy rock godfathers Motorhead caused furore among more than 5,000 maniacs gathered in the Kaliakra Stadium in Kavarna, Bulgaria during the second evening of the Kaliakra Rock Fest last night. AВ report of the show (opened by the local supporting acts SJKВ and Гранулом) is available HERE.

Except for playing some summer festivals, Swedish experimental regressive thrashers Meshuggah are going on with the work on their next full-length studio effort. The CD should be released in the end of the year via Nuclear Blast. At the same time, in mid-Novermber, Meshuggah will hit the road across Europe together with The Dillinger Escape […]

On June 28 the heavy rock masters Heaven & Hell performed during the first night of this year’s Kaliakra Rock Fest in Kavarna, Bulgaria. AВ report of the show by Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice (with local supporting acts B.T.R.В and Solaris) is available HERE.

Former Benediction and Bolt Thrower vocalist and current Downlord throat Dave Ingram has joined Danish zombie-shaggers Strangler. The band currently only has a MySpace page available, where its four-track demo is available for download. The plans are the 4 songs to be re-recorded with Dave’s vocals and re-release them for free.

US “celtic punk rockers” Dropkick Murphys are completing work on their sixth full-length studio album. Entitled “The Meanest of Times”, the CD shall appear in September via Hellcat Records. Dropkick Murphys’ current line-up features vocalist Al Barr, Marc Orrell (guitar and accordion), James Lynch (guitar), Ken Casey (bass), Matt Kelly (drums and bodhran), James Wallace […]

Norway’s old-school black metal’s finest, Darkthrone, shall release an EP, entitled “NWOBHM” (New Wave of Black Heavy Metal), on July 23 via Peaceville. The effort shall be built up of 4 songs – the exclusive brand-new cut “Hedninger fra Helvete” (Heathens from Hell), The Testors’ cover song “Bad Attitude”, and non-album versions of “Wisdom of […]