Legendary JOE COCKER is set to make an impressive return. Following on from the resounding success of his 2010 platinum-selling, number-one album ‘Hard Knocks’, the Grammy-Award winner delivers the outstanding follow up album; ‘Fire It Up’. For his 23rd album Cocker returned to Matt Serletic’s (Matchbox Twenty, Santana, Rob Thomas, Collective Soul) Californian Emblem Studios, […]

DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN guitarist Jeff Tuttle, whose been smashing away at his axe for the better part of the last half-decade, is leaving the band. He has quit New Jersey’s noisiest band in favor of going back to school to pursue his film studies. The band shared the news of Tuttle’s exit on its Facebook […]

On today’s edition of his ZOO radio show, ANDREY VLADOV will play some fantastic sounds of the likes of: ONDATROPICA (Pictured); TOUMANI DIABATE; BEN ZABO; DANIEL MELINGO and ANDRE WILLIAMS together with THE SADIES. The ‘ZOO SHOW’ kicks off on Monday at 4 pm BG time (3 pm CET) on radio Tangra Mega Rock. It has several reruns during the week – for […]

You can now download the official Serj Tankian app for free. I Am Serj gives fans the ability to rework, remix and create their own music utilizing the songs that appear on Tankian’s latest release Harakiri. The System of a Down vocalist teamed with the creators of the IAmBeatBox app after using that program to […]

This week, we will be joining the World’s celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of THE ROLLING STONES !!! Every day, from Monday to Friday, MONY PANCHEV will be playing nothing BUT the STONES. And will tell us their amazing story… But we like it…  

Legendary FISH will talk live to VASSIL VARBANOV this Sunday, 19 August. The ex-MARILLION frontman will tell us everything about his forthcoming gig at Plovdiv’s Roman Theater on 21 September and (possibly) his next studio album. Additionally, some new albums will be played on TANGRA METAL SHOCK – including STEVE VAI‘s ‘The Story of Light’ and KATATONIA’s […]

Sofia HC heroes LAST HOPE are to embark on another European tour in September. It starts with a warm up gig at Sofia’s Studio club on 4 September where LAST HOPE will be supported by Expectations and Serbian band Eaglehaslanded. Then the boys will play these three dates:   7 September – Slovakia, 8 September – Stuttgart, Germany 9 September – (TBA), Germany. The […]

NULEAR BLAST owner Markus Staiger has joined forces with former Roadrunner Records A&R chief Monte Conner (pictured left) in the formation of a new U.S. partnership – Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The new record label, which will share most major operations with the existing U.S. branch of Nuclear Blast, will announce its first signings in the coming months. Conner recently […]

On today’s edition of his radio show NECRONOMICON, mighty Dr STIFFENSTEIN will tell us Episode 2 of The amazing story of the Cueva de los Tayos (Spanish, “Cave of the Oilbirds”).   This is a natural cave located on the eastern slopes of the Andes mountains in the Morona-Santiago province of Ecuador. ‘NECRONOMICON’ kicks off on Friday at 4 […]

MANOWAR’s new studio album, The Lord Of Steel, will be released into worldwide retail on September 28th (dates may vary from territory to territory), following a limited-edition pre-release as the Hammer Edition in collaboration with Metal Hammer (UK). The retail edition of The Lord Of Steel will feature different mixes and mastering, spectacular new art […]