FATES WARNING are coming to Sofia, Bulgaria on 22 March. This will be the band’s only second show in the country in seven years. The concert at *MIXTAPE 5* club is for Radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK’s 6th Anniversary. We caught singer RAY ALDER on the phone in Germany before the band goes on stage. an interview conducted […]

Martin van Drunen started out in legendary PESTILENCE and recorded two albums with them, Malleus Maleficarum (1988) and Consuming Impulse (1989). After his departure from PESTILENCE, he joined ASPHYX as the singer and bass player in 1987. In 1995, MARTIN was asked to replace Karl Willetts in the UK death metal band BOLT TROWER. Nine years […]

Talks about the new studio record, about being a MOTHER and more   LISTEN HERE АНЕКANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN has a brand new studio album called ‘Everything Is Changing’, released onВ 20 January. This is the first effort the mesmerizingВ ex-THE GATHERING singer putsВ under her own name afterВ several albums released as Agua De Annique. ANNEKEВ will be headlining one […]

“The last song on the NEW album is dedicated to PETER STEELE!” We had LACUNA COIL singer ANDREA FERRO live on Tangra Mega Rock this afternoonВ  to talk about the band’s forthcoming studio album ‘Dark Adrenaline’, set to be released on 26 January. He said: “The last song of the album, ‘My Spirit’ is dedicated […]

About the band’s first ‘Best of’ album and the BEST albums of 2011… The German bards will release their first ‘Best of…’ album in JanurayВ 2012. It is called‘Memories Of A Time To Come’ and is the best possible way to celebrate the 25th anniversary ofВ BLIND GUARDIAN. And also a good reason for us to talk […]

About the solo concerts, the new UFO album, the past with ALICE COOPER, VICIOUS RUMORS and more… US metal guitarist VINNIE MOORE (UFO, ALICE COOPER, VICIOUS RUMORS) who’s on a solo miniВ tour of twelve dates in Europe will be playing two dates in Bulgaria. A couple of hours before the Sofia gig, VINNIE lands at […]

The guitarist and the frontman talk in our studio minutes before their concert in Sofia… AMORPHISВ are currentlyВ traveling for The Begining of Times tour and the Sofia date isВ at the brand new ArenaВ Armeec Sofia. Just three hours before the show kicks off, we have ESA HOLOPAINEN and TOMI JOUTSEN in our studios.В  an interview conducted by […]

A very long interview with the charismatic frontman HEY ROB, WHERE ARE YOU NOW?Right now I’m in Nottingham, mate. THAT’S YOUR HOMETOWN AS FAR AS I KNOW.Yeah, I came home for a couple of days EVEN THOUGH YOU GUYS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE A BRIXTON BAND.Well, you know, we’ve been in South London now for […]

About the new album, record labels and friends IN FLAMES return toВ Bulgaria for a show at Sofia’s Hristo Botev hall on September 30. It’s part of the European tour in support of the brand new studio album ‘Sounds of a Playground Fading’. Two weeks before the gig, we talk to vocalist ANDERS FRIDEN.В  an interview […]

About the Symphonic concert in Plovdiv, about kids and metal and many more! Finland’s metal diva will be performing for her Bulgarian fans in the most special of settingsВ on 21В September. Tarja Turunen will beВ presenting her ‘Beauty and the Beat’ show at the Roman Amphitheatre in Plovdiv with stellar drummer Mike Terrana and a 100+ orchestra […]