Long-running German metallers RAGE will release their new album, 21, on February 24th via Nuclear Blast. The band recently shot a video for the track, ‘Twenty One’, at a casino in the Czech Republic. Check out the premiere below. The material for 21 was recorded with Charlie Bauerfeind (BLIND GUARDIAN, HALFORD, HAMMERFALL) at Twilight Hall […]

Van Halen kicked off their 2012 tour Saturday night in Louisville, Kentucky. Out in support of the band’s new album, ‘A Different Kind Of Truth,’ Van Halen put in a “vintage performance,” according to Jeffrey Lee Puckett of the Louisville Courier-Journal. And here’s what NASSO RUSKOV of Tangra Mega Rock has to say about the […]

LAMB OF GOD performed at the Mao Livehouse in Shanghai, China on February 14th for the first time and blew attendees away with a show of epic proportions. Footage from the night can be seen below. The show came as part of LOG’s current tour in support of their new album Resolution. The band was […]

Bulgarian prog metallers JUVIGI are setting up a headline show on Sunday, 26 February. The gig will start at 10:30 pm at Sofia’s Sound Wave club (ex-Toucan Bluzz&Rock) and JUVIGI will play a two-hours set with material from the bands forthcoming second album. There are no tickets on sale, since the admittance is free. Last January, JUVIGI […]

As previously reported, TERROR are coming back to Sofia to play a ball bustin’ gig on the occasion of radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK’s SIXTH Anniversary bash. The show has now been moved to the 22 April with the first idea – 20 April proving to be impossible due to logistic issues within the band’s routing. Fans are now […]

SOUNDGARDEN frontman CHRIS CORNELL surprised everyone with his tribute to the late WHITNEY HOUSTON during his acoustic set at President Obama’s fundraiser in San Francisco on Thursday night, 16 February. During the performance he covered songs from his solo career and his days with Audioslave as well as covers of Bob Marley and John Lennon songs. […]

BLACK SABBATH – who late last year confirmed the recording of their first new album in more than 33 years and a worldwide headlining tour – have had to put some plans on hold due to Tony Iommi’s battle with lymphoma. At this time, BLACK SABBATH will perform only one show of this summer’s previously scheduled […]

VAN HALEN’s ‘A Different Kind Of Truth,’ debuts this week at #1 on Billboard’s Rock Albums chart. The first VAN HALEN album with David Lee Roth in 28 years sold 187,000 copies to be the week’s top-selling album across all rock genres, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Debuting behind the veteran […]

After making disparaging comments about recently deceased pop singer Whitney Houston, KFI AM 640 radio personalities John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou — of the Los Angeles station’s ‘The John and Ken Show’ — have been suspended for a week and a half. The station announced the suspension on its web site Thursday, calling the comments […]

Crazy Australian hardcore band DEEZ NUTS will play for the first time in Bulgaria on 22 March. The gig is set to play at Sofia’s *MIXTAPE 5* – the small venue and at the same time, US prog metal legends FATES WARNING will play in the big venue of the club on the occasion of Tangra Mega Rock’s SIXTH Annivesrary. […]