The doom metal machine The Hidden Hand, fronted by former Saint Vitus and Obsessed man Scott “Wino” Weinrich, has officially split up. Wino is now to concentrate on his new project Shrinebuilder, formed together with Scott Kelly of Neurosis and Chris Hakius and Al Cisneros of OM.

Bulgaria’s extreme metal gang Overdawn has uploaded a brand-new song on Tangra Mega Rock’s homepage. The track, entitled “Wasted Times”, comes off the band’s upcoming second full-length studio album and is available for free download HERE. The follow-up to Overdawn’s 2007 debut “Bleeding Wounds” is going to be recorded this fall.

Sofia-based death metal assassins Hyperborea have completed the work on their second full-length album. The follow-up to the debut “Architecture of Mind” (2004) shall be entitled “Cryogenic Insomnia”.

Veteran thrashers Exodus are going to release their next full-length studio album (view cover in the left) on October 29 via Nuclear Blast. Entitled “The Atrocity Exhibition… Exhibit A”, the CD was recorded in Oakland, California with reknown producer Andy Sneap (a.o. Machine Head, Megadeth, Arch Enemy, Nevermore), and is going to contain following 9 […]

Fozzy, the side-project by Stuck Mojo‘s musicians fronted by wrestler Chris Jericho (on the photo), has unleashed a collection of 13 unreleased demos, mixes and instrumental versions. Simply entitled “Rarities Vol. 1”, the CD’s substance can be viewed HERE. That’s also where you can order the effort.

The debut video by The Nightwatchman – the solo project by former Audioslave and current Rage Against the Machine guitar wizard Tom Morello, can already be watched below. The word goes about the song “Alone Without You”, taken from The Nightwatchman’s debut album, “One Man Revolution”, reviewed on Tangra Mega Rock’s website a few months […]

After reuniting for a series of concerts this summer, Scotland’s post punk legends The Jesus and Mary Chain have announced they intend to record a brand new album. The band is already in a studio for the first time in nine years, but there’s still no information about the title or the label that will […]

Manic Street Preachers have announced they’ll be releasing their next single, entitled “Indian Summer”, on October 1. What’s special about this effort by the Welsh is that it’s going to feature four brand-new tracks – “Heyday of the Blood”, “You Know It’s Going to Hurt”, “Lady Lazurus” and “Anorexic-Rodin”.

During the night of August 26–27 (Sunday to Monday) Bulgaria’s music television channel MMTV shall broadcast a so-called Rock Legends Night, featuring videos, live footage and interviews with bands like Metallica, Deep Purple, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Kiss, Iron Maiden, Whitesnake, Judas Priest, Alice Cooper and many more.

Today, August 22, former Megadeth and Cacophony guitarist Marty Friedman is celebrating the release of two efforts by his solo band – the CD “Exhibit A – Live in Europe” (view cover in the left) and the DVD “Exhibit B – Live in Japan”. Both feature different setlists, however recorded with the same line-up, namely […]