US metalcore monsters HATEBREED will come down to Sofia to play a ball bustin’ gig at the open air ‘Pork Pie’ club on 16 July, promoted by radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK in association with RE-ACT. TICKETS priced 30 BGN are on sale via  www.Ticketstream.bg and www.Eventim.bg. They will go up to 35 BGN at the door.  

‘Tales of Grandpa Guru, Vol 1’ – a 5-song EP by Seattle’s KULTUR SHOCK is to be released July 31st. Available for digital download on Bandcamp.com, iTunes and CD Baby; by subscription streaming on Rhapsody and Spotify and free streaming on Bandcamp.com                                                                                                                         Complimentary download codes and/ or hard copies available upon request.  

TOMAHAWK — the eclectic rock super group comprised of Mike Patton, The Jesus Lizard’s guitarist Daune Denison, Melvins’ bassist Trevor Dunn, and Battles’ drummer John Stanier — will return in January with their first album in six years. Oddfellows was recorded at Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound Studio in Nashville and co-produced by Tomahawk and […]

Radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK has a great new football competition for you. You can win this fantastic crate of original LONDON PRIDE. Just answer this very simple question: Who’ll win the EURO 2012? Send your answers to studio@radiotangra.com until 27 June at 9:45 pm BG time. The name of the LUCKY WINNER will be drawn live on the radio […]

MONY PANCHEV’s very special ROCKENROLL radio show today is dedicated to the greatest Italian prog rok bands of the early 70s. We’ll be listening to acts like BLOCCO MENTALE (pictured), METAMORFOSI, OSANNA, ALPHA TAURUS and many more. ROCKENROLL kicks off at  4:00 pm BG time (3 pm CET) on radio Tangra Mega Rock. For the several reruns of the show – CHECK […]

Just a few days before the first issue of  METAL HAMMER magazine in Bulgaria, we have chief editor Stoyan Tzoneff in our studio. an interview conducted by Vassil Varbanov  LISTEN HERE    

After seven years off the scene, screwball blues trio the JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION  are back with a juicy new album titled Meat And Bone. It is out September 18 – and if all the tracks are up to the frenetic, fuzz-tastic, barking-mad standard of Black Mold then we’re in for a whole lot of […]

ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante has announced the release of his own premium coffee blend. According to the under construction website: “A coffee fanatic practically since birth, Benante not only sports a badass Starbucks tattoo, he now creates his own bean blends and signature roasts under his own brand of java greatness- Benante’s.” The new website […]

The first taste of TESTAMENT’s new album, Dark Roots Of Earth, called ‘True American Hate’ can be heard streaming on YouTube below. Dark Roots Of Earth will be released by Nuclear Blast on July 27th in Europe. The album was produced, mixed and mastered once again by the world renowned Andy Sneap (ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE, […]

On August 14th, Purple Pyramid (a subsidiary of Cleopatra Records) will release THE PROG COLLECTIVE, a massive and unique project that features the biggest names in the progressive music genre, including five current and former member of YES. The producer and guiding force of The Prog Collective is Billy Sherwood. A multi-talented musician, he has […]