“‘Foo FightersВ meet Kings Of LeonВ for a tribute to U2 🙂’ – said Vlado talking about the new video ‘So Be It’ of the new band: Vlado is joined by guitarist Darin VassilevВ (also in TE band) who got many positive reviewsВ for his preformance with legenadry Deep Purple keyboardist John Lord in Plovdiv and Bucharest in September. The […]

This text comes from the RJD website.. “The European tour has been cancelled after Ronnie was taken ill. “Ronnie has been hospitalized and we are waiting for further news,” explains Ronnie’s wife/manager, Wendy Dio. No further information is available at this time, but we wish Ronnie a speedy and complete recovery.” I got an email […]

Michael Stipe himself is puting on the band websiteВ short movies of R.E.M. in the studio. The band is currently recording their 15th studio record with Jacknife Lee (U2, Weezer, Bloc Party), who also produced the previous studio effort – ‘Accelerate’ (2008) and the doubleВ ‘Live At The Olympia’ album, released last October.

An amateur shot video, roughly five minutes in length, showing an 18 year old Zakk Wylde in 1985 performing on stage with his High school band ZYRIS, right before he would go on to land his gig with OZZY in 1987 can be viewd below. This is the earliest known footage of Wylde ever to […]

Now that his gig with Queen is over, Paul Rodgers is returning to the band that brought him the most fame: Bad Company. The reunited band will hit the road in the UK next Spring for a run of eight shows.What makes this outing extra special is the fact that it will feature the original […]

Finnish metal legends Amorphis will release their first-ever live DVD in the spring of 2010, in time for the band’s 20th anniversary. The filming will take place on Friday, November 20, at Club Teatria in Oulu/Finland, where Amorphis will be supported by Stratovarius and Before The Dawn. In addition to the live material, the anniversary […]

Heavy Metal Icon Dee Snider Launches Takebackthehorns.com. Motivated by what he calls, the ‘systematic abuse’ of the metal horns, heavy metal icon and front man for the legendary Twisted Sister, Dee Snider has launched a web site dedicated to the reclamation of our iconic heavy metal symbol, www.Takebackthehorns.comВ “The rampant misuse and overuse of the metal […]

Bulgarian metalheads just love W.A.S.P.! This is the inevitable conclusion from this 4th visit of Blackie Lawless and his gang here in this country. 24 years after the controversial debut album, which in a way triggered plenty of reasons for PMRC fanatics to look for political tools to censorship the rock’n’roll aesthetics, Blackie is alive […]

These are gloomy days indeed. We at Tangra Mega Rock are shellshocked by the news of Ivan Latinov’s untimely death. Ivan was one of the best drummers to ever come out of Bulgaria, had many friends and was highly respected within the music community. In fact the man was a true legend and will be […]

Two weeks before the big radio Tangra Mega Rock concert wich will be co-headlined by reunited punk legends KONTROL and KULTUR SHOCK of Seattle, we are happy to announce the name of the support act. PERO DEFFORMERO will be the first to go onstage at the Universiada hall in Sofia on December 1st. PERO DEFFORMERO […]