After 16 years of delivering punishing, extreme heavy metal, California’s Abscess has decided to call it quits. The band’s sixth and final studio album, Dawn of Inhumanity, was released in March on Peaceville Records. Abscess drummer/vocalist, Chris Reifert, issued the following statement: “Greetings, sickos. We need to inform you that Abscess has officially broken up. […]

In a relaxed phone conversation with Jonsu – lead singer of Finnish all-girl sesnationВ INDICA about the band forthcoming studio album ‘A Way Away’ (26 June), produced by Tuomas Holopainen of NIGHTWISH, Jonsu faced the following question on Tangra Mega Rock:В  SINCE YOU ARE SUCH GOOD FRIENDS AND COLLEGUES WITH TUOMAS, WHY DIDN’T HE THINK OF […]

Paul McCartney had to be rescued by cops after a mob attacked his tour bus in a dodgy no-go part of Mexico City. Youths forced his driver to stop then started jumping up and down on the roof as the Beatles legend, 67, cowered inside. A source said: “At first his security team thought it […]

Though Bad Religion has posted a myriad of status updates through Twitter and Facebook, the band officially announced the onset of recording today. Guitarist Brett Gurewitz commented on the new album: While we’re celebrating our 30th anniversary as a band this year it’s also a time when Greg and I have embarked on new creative […]

Professionally filmed video footage of MEGADETH’s May 30, 2010 performance at the Rock In Rio festival in Lisbon, Portugal is now available below (the footage originally aired on the Portuguese cable television channel SIC Radical). The band kicked off its 30-date European summer tour at the festival on Sunday night. Megadeth’s set consisted of the […]

The Los Angeles City Council officially declared May 30 ‘Ronnie James Dio Day.’ The announcement was made at Sunday’s public memorial service for the legendary heavy metal singer who died of stomach cancer at the age of 67 two weeks earlier. Eddie Trunk, host of VH1 Classic’s ‘That Metal Show’, read councilmember Paul Koretz’s official […]

KOKOSHA GLAVA (Chiken Head) and NOVI TZVETIA (New Flowers) are treaming with Russian punkers The Пауки and BasqueВ Kaos Kooperativ. The 38 track 4 wasy spilt CD is calledВ ‘Local Punk For Global Chaos…in 2010’ and here is the cover artwork.В  The release party-concert will be held at the Rock Bar FANS in Sofia on June 9 […]

June 2 is celebrated in BulgariaВ as the Day of the Fallen heroes. Your favorite rock radio will hounour them with a long silence this morning playing no sound at all. This one goes for theВ currently lost rock heroes – Ronnie Dio, Paul Grey, Peter Steele…! We’ll be back with SLAYER at 2 pm!

On Finnish dark metallers AMORPHIS’ Forging Europe Tour 2010 in November, the band will be supported by GHOST BRIGADE and ORPHANED LAND. Says the band, “Please note that Ghost Brigade will not play at the first two shows in Denmark but join the tour on November 7th in Hamburg.” A complete list of dates can […]

Wolfmother have pulled out of the Download Festival. This is due to illness in the band. They’ve been replaced on the main stage on June 11 – the first night, when AC/DC headline – by Killswitch Engage. For full details, go to downloadfestival.co.uk