German hard rock veterans Scorpions have finished recording their new album in Los Angeles with producer Desmond Child. The CD, entitled “Humanity – Hour 1” (see front cover in the left), is being mixed at this moment and should be released in the second half of May. No further details are available yet.

Botswana’s Wrust – the only known all-black death metal band in Africa – will release their debut album, “Soulless Machine”, in April via Witchdoctor Records. The CD was recorded in 4 days at Bizac Studio in Midrand, South Africa. You can hear some of Wrust’s music on their official homepage – www.wrustband.com.

Eddie Van Halen has gone into rehab. The guitarist has battled alcoholism in the past and is seeking treatment now.As previously reported, Van Halen were supposed to reunite with original vocalist David Lee Roth for a North American tour. Later on the tour was postponed, and now, having in mind the situation with Eddie, things […]

The new issue (#34) of the Bulgarian Pro-Rock Magazine shall beВ published on March 14. The main articleВ is dedicated to Chimaira, backed by writings about Solitude Aeternus, Vader, Saxon, Red Harvest, Thunderstone, Obituary, Burzum, Cozy Powell, Testament, Van Halen, Propaganda, etc. The issue also features live reports of the recent shows of Cannibal CorpseВ and LaibachВ in Sofia,В as […]

As it should already be known, HammerFall parted ways with bass player Magnus Rosen (on the photo) earlier this week. Finally the Swedish metallers have issued an official statement regarding the split: “Magnus has elected to step down from HammerFall to be able to focus on his own projects. It’s not a total shock to […]

Sofia’s cult music shop, the 0.4.3., is urgently looking forВ a tattooist. For more info about it, call (++359 2) 981-7227В or drop a line atВ shop@z043.org. Meanwhile, 0.4.3. have also launched their own t-shirt collection. The shirts are limited to 100 only, and the price is 15 leva (approx. 8 Euro). You can see the front in […]

Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, ex-Audioslave) shall release his debut solo-album with his project The Nightwatchman on April 24 via Epic Records. Entitled “One Man Revolution” (view cover above), the CD contains 13 songs of “bitterness and revenge” and reveals Morello’s point of view about comparing war zones in the USA and Iraq, Jesus […]

The Gossip have signed to the Columbia Records subsidiary, Music with a Twist, in the USA. This unique label is designed to “identify and develop lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and trans-gendered artists”. The Arkansas trio’s hit single “Standing in the Way of Control” will appear on the label’s forthcoming compilation, “Twist Revolutions”, due out on April […]

Insision bass player Daniel Ekeroth has recently published a book about the Swedish death metal scene during the last two decades via his own publishing house, Tamara Press. Entitled “Swedish Death Metal” (view front cover above), the 480 pages of the book offer a complete history of the development of the local extreme scene, an […]

Nine Inch Nails‘ video for the song “Survivalism” has been posted online at YouTube. The track is the first single off the group’s upcoming album, “Year Zero” (see cover in the left), which comes out on April 17. Acording to NIN mastermind Trent Reznor, the CD is the first of two concept albums. At the […]