The readers of Modern Drummer MagazineВ chose Thomas Haake of Meshuggah for Best Metal Drummer in this year’s annual poll of the issue. Here’s how the Top 5 looks like: 1. Tomas Haake (Meshuggah)2. Jason Bittner (Shadows Fall)3. Chris Adler (Lamb of God)4. Derek Roddy (ex-Hate Eternal)5. Joey Jordison (Slipknot) Tomas Haake in action

Fan-filmed footage of Anthrax‘s performance with new singer Dan Nelson (on the photo) on May 31, 2008 – just three days after his stage debut with Scott Ian & Co. – can be viewed below. This guy’s definitely good! Except for playing live, Anthrax is currently writing material for its new album – the band’s […]

Drummer Bryan “Brain” Mantia (a.o. Primus, Guns N’ Roses, Godflesh), funky bass legend William “Bootsy” Collins (ex-Parliament, Funkadelic), current Guns N’ Roses guitarist Buckethead, and vocalist Greg Hampton have finally finished working on the debut album by their project Science Faxtion. The CD is going to be entitled “Living on Another Frequency” and is due […]

Former Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch is to release his debut solo album in mid-September. As already known, the CD by the musician who found god shall be entitled “Save Me from Myself“…

Van Halen‘s two-month-long reunion tour ended up a massive success, wrapping with a total gross of more than $93 million and close to one million in attendance from 74 shows. The shows marked the first time original vocalist David Lee Roth had performed with Eddie and Alex Van Halen in more than 23 years.

The big winner in this year’s edition of Music Idol (the Bulgarian version of the Pop Idol contest), Toma Zdravkov, visited our studio and gave an interview that was streamed live online at Tangra Mega Rock. Here are some photos of the guy’sВ visit: В  В  В  В 

Massachusetts-based metallers Shadows Fall have uploaded their brand-new video for the song “Forevermore” on the Internet, as you can see below. The track comes off the band’s latest full-length album, 2007’s “Threads of Life” (view cover in the left). Shadows Fall – “Forevermore“

Progressive rock veterans Yes have cancelled their 40th Anniversary Tour that was scheduled to pass throu North America this summer. This is because vocalist Jon Anderson (on the photo) has been told to rest after suffering an acute asthmatic attack… Get well soon, Jon!

Satellite Syndrome is a brand-new project featuring former Korn drummer David Silveria along with “some of the top musicians in the Huntington Beach, California area”, namely Adam York (vocals and guitar), Chuck Ferguson (bass) and Donny Ace (lead guitar). The group officially formed in May 2008, and is currently in the studio recording its first-ever […]

The 2008 edition of Serbia’s Castle Festival, which was slated to take place July 1-5 at the Smederevo Fortress, has been cancelled. According to a posting on Helloween’s website, this is due to “the political situation and local incidents in the country”. Except for “the pumpkins”, other bands that were scheduled to perform at the […]