Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed, Kirk Windstein (Down, Crowbar), Steve Gibb (Crowbar, ex-Black Label Society), Derek Kerswill (Unearth) and Matthew Brunson, collectively known as Kingdom of Sorrow, shall release their self-titled debut album (view cover in the left) on February 25 via Relapse Records. You may check out the U.S. metal bulldozers’ music at myspace.com/kingdomofsorrow, and […]

Tarja Turunen has released the video for her new solo single, “Die Alive”, which can be watched below. The footage was shot in December 2007 in Berlin, Germany, while the song itself comes off the former Nightwish singer’s solo album “My Winter Storm”. Tarja Turunen – “Die Alive“

Two of the 11 tracks from the upcoming debut album by Cavalera Conspiracy – “Sanctuary” and “Inflikted” – can be downloaded for free, respective ly HERE and HERE. As for the eagerly awaited full-length CD by the reunited Cavalera brothers, it shall be entitled “Inflikted” and is scheduled for release on March 24 via Roadrunner […]

John Paul Jones (on the photo) has done a special orcehstral arrangement of the Foo Fighters song “The Pretender“… and there’s more: The Led Zeppelin man shall conduct the orchestra himself during Dave Grohl & Co’s performance of the above-mentioned hit single at the Grammy Awards ceremony on February 10. Foo Fighters – “The Pretender” […]

To celebrate the release of the double CD compilation “Credit to the Nation”, Sofia’sВ Stroeja ClubВ shall host 4 concerts featuring 13 Bulgarian alternative rock bands in total: February 4 – Cigaretta, MacrophoneВ and Кълн. February 5 – Panican Whyasker, Bad HabitВ and Jeremy. February 11 – Awake, Skre4В and Better Place Navy. February 12 – Ostava, Animacionerite, MatchpointВ and Blush. […]

The Croatrian melodic hardcore band Diverzija shall do a couple of live shows in Bulgaria for the first time ever. The first gig shall take place on February 9В at the 8th Ball ClubВ in Sofia, with local support coming from Old Joe’s Anger, The LivingdeadВ and Bring It Back. The second concert is scheduled for February 10 […]

Former Mr. Big and Racer X guitarist Paul Gilbert has just released a brand-new instrumental CD in Japan. Entitled “Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar“, the album features 11 tracks and is planned to surface in Europe and the USA in the near future as well. The exact release dates shall be announced soon. Paul […]

Hypocrisy’s Peter TГ¤gtgren announced that he’s started working on the new full-length studio album by his electro-metal project Pain. The follow-up to last year’s “Psalms of Extinction” shall surface in September. The recording for the effort shall begin after Pain’s European tour as support of Nightwish, which starts on February 17 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Pain […]

The premiere of Dream Theater‘s new video for the song “Forsaken” off their current album “Systematic Chaos” was premiered last Saturday, January 26, on MTV2’s Headbanger’s Ball. From now on the anime-themed video, created by the Japanese animation studio Gonzo and director Yasufumi Soejima, can also be watched on Tangra Mega Rock’s homepage: Dream Theater […]

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have announced the dates for their first European tour in almost 3 years. The run of gigs will follow the release of the band’s new album on March 3, “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!“, starting in April in Portugal and ending in June in Eastern Europe. See all dates and venues […]