NEWS

31 March 2008

After conquering the Tuborg Top 40 Mega Rock Chart with their new song “Rolling Spawns”, Bulgaria’s metal masters Fyeld are ready to present the video for it. This shall happen next Friday,В April 11, with aВ free live showВ at Sofia’sВ The Club. The band’s second full-length album, entitled “Not Blond Enough to Survive the Holocaust”, shall surface in […]

31 March 2008

Eric Clapton has put in a guest appearance on Steve Winwood’s new single “Dirty City“, set to hit radio waves on April 28. The song comes off Mr. Winwood’s upcoming studio album, “9 Lives“, due out May 5. Afterwards Steve Winwood and his band are set to be special guests on Tom Petty’s US summer […]

31 March 2008

Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has said that, despite recent reports of his band being in turmoil, they are not splitting up – although singer Scott Weiland may not be in the band for much longer. As already known, Scott and drummer Matt Sorum fell out after a recent gig in Glasgow, with Weiland suggesting that […]

31 March 2008

Buzz Osborne and his experimental metal gang Melvins shall entitle their upcoming full-length studio album “Nude with Boots“. The 11-song follow-up to 2006’s “A Senile Animal” shall surface on July 8 via Mike Patton’s Ipecac Records. Melvins – “Queen“

31 March 2008

Rapper Mos Def (on the photo) will play legendary rock’n’roller Chuck Berry in “Cadillac Records“, which is filming in New Jersey. Beyonce is starring as Etta James in the film, which chronicles the rise of legendary label Chess Records. The movie also features such characters as Chess co-founder Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody), Muddy Waters (Jeffrey […]

31 March 2008

Swedish metal avantgardists Opeth have revealed the front cover artwork for their upcoming studio album (view it in the left). As already known, the CD shall be entitled “Watershed” and shall surface on June 2 via Roadrunner Records, featuring following tracks: 1. Coil2. Heir Apparent3. The Lotus Eater4. Burden5. Porcelain Heart6. Hessian Peel7. Hex Omega […]

31 March 2008

Australian rock icon Nick Cave (The Bad Seeds, ex-The Birthday Party, The Boys Next Door) was awarded an honorary PhD from his old university. Cave attended Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, in 1977 and 1978, studying for a diploma in Fine Art, but left his course to pursue his musical career. The university’s vice-chancellor, Professor […]

29 March 2008

The entire European tour by Onslaught and Carnal Forge has been “postponed due to bad promotion”, announced The Other Side. No further info is available yet…

28 March 2008

The venue of the second edition of the Gorgon Electro Mini Fest, set to take place in Sofia, Bulgaria onВ April 12В and featuringВ Hocico from Mexico and the local acts Voyvoda, FaultВ and VJ Gorgon, shall be the Hristo Botev Cultural Hall, promoters revealed today. The start of the show shall be given at 7 p.m., with tickets […]

28 March 2008

Radiohead are to start working on new material with producer Nigel Godrich soon. Bassist Colin Greenwood confirmed that the band had booked studio time, but didn’t elaborate on how far they are down the creative process. Besides, the group is rehearsing 70 songs for its forthcoming world tour. Radiohead – “Karma Police” (live)