Jon Lord‘s final studio work, a new version of his Concerto For Group and Orchestra, will be released on September 25. It was recorded in Abbey Road Studios and features the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic orchestra plus Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, Joe Bonamassa, Deep Purple guitarist  and Bulgarian guitarist Darin Vassilev. Lord, who died last month […]

German thrash legends DESTRUCTION are currently in the studio, working on their 30th-anniversary album, entitled Spiritual Genocide, due out in November. The band has now announced that SODOM frontman Tom Angelripper will be featured on the new album. Angelripper entered the studio this week to record vocals. TANKARD vocalist Gerre will also be featured on […]

The first black metal video game has now been made available, for iPhone. Called ‘Black Metal Man’, it’s been put out by Norwegian one-man company SinSquid. The object of the game is: ‘You follow the story of a man fleeing from the light, and his fight to reach the depths of hell. Be brave as […]

US clothing retailer GAP is selling a kids’ t-shirt featuring graphics stolen from Judas Priest, says Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher. He’s pointed out that a two-tone shirt bearing a metal eagle on an orange oval background looks dramatically similar to the album cover of Priest’s Screaming For Vengeance album, due for its 30th anniversary release […]

The brand-new DORO clip that was premiered last week to 75.000 visitors at Wacken Open Air, is available on the web from now on. Watch it below. Doro Pesch loves her second home New York. However, when the rock lady from Düsseldorf, Germany reminisces about the shooting of her new video ‘Raise Your Fist In The […]

MONY PANCHEV’s very special ROCKENROLL radio show today is dedicated to the ….greatest rockenroll band in the world – THE ROLLING STONES – episode 4. They will be FIVE in total, so watch out for next week’s last one.  ROCKENROLL kicks off at  4:00 pm BG time (3 pm CET) on radio Tangra Mega Rock. For the several reruns of […]

With live reports of the three days of the SPIRIT OF BURGAS 2012 festival already online, now we made the galleries for the three days available as well: DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 For the fifth consecutive year, the JACK DANIEL’S ROCK ARENA of the festival was promoted by radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK.  

Bulgarian thrashers SAVAGE RAVAGE are embarking on a National tour next week. The first track will be of open air concerts, followed by club gigs. Here are the dates: OPEN AIR:   18.08 – Sliven 22.08 – Sozopol 27.08 – Burgas 28.08 – Nessebar 30.08 – Kazanluk CLUB DATES: 31.08 – Plovdiv / Stage 51 01.09 – Varna […]

According to Newser.com, Britain’s Conservative Party is losing one of its rising stars to New York City and heavy metal. Louise Mensch has decided to step down as a member of parliament to move to the US with her three children, reports the Daily Mail. She married METALLICA manager Peter Mensch—whom she had known since […]

Scarlett Johansson’s version of Serge Gainsbourg’s 1968 song ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ has made its way online. Johansson teamed up with Gainsbourg’s son Lulu Gainsbourg on the release, taking on the part made famous by actress Brigitte Bardot, however, the new version of the track sees her singing in English rather than French. Listen to the […]