NEWS

As we informed you two months ago, Legendary Swedish doom metallers Candlemass shall release their new studio album, “King of the Grey Islands”, on June 22 via Nuclear Blast. Below you’ll find the final tracklist for the effort: 01. Prologue02. Emperor of the Void03. Devil Seed04. Of Stars and Smoke05. Demonia 606. Destroyer07. Man of […]

Finnish folk metallers Korpiklaani (formerly known as Shaman) have pushed back the release date of their fourth album, “Tervaskanto”, to June 29. The CD (view cover in the left) shall contain 11 songs and shall emerge via Napalm Records. The fourth track off “Tervaskanto”, “Veriset Aparat”, can already be heard on Korpiklaani’s official MySpace profile.

A double CD compilation called “The Lost Tracks of Danzig” is to be released on May 28 in Europe. It shall feature 26 previously unreleased songs that span the career of Glenn Danzig‘s band for the last two decades. Among the songs set to appear on the CDs are mainly original tunes by the former […]

Long-running American rockers Poison are to release an album with cover versions called “Poison’d” in June. It will include songs by The Rolling Stones, The Sweet, David Bowie, The Cars and Marshall Tucker Band. There’s still no information about the exact tracks chosen by Bret Michaels & Co.

Gary Moore shall release his new album on May 28 through Eagle. It’s entitled “Close As You Get” and features 11 tracks. The legendary Irish guitar player who celebrates his 55th birthday today (Congratulations!) shall visit Sofia, Bulgaria, three weeks before the CD appears. More details on his show shall be announced very soon…

Progressive metal pioneers Dream Theater have revealed the cover artwork for their new album, “Systematic Chaos”, due in June via Roadrunner Records. You can view it below. The CD, produced by drummer Mike Portnoy and guitarist John Petrucci and mixed by Paul Northfield, shall contain following tracks and visions: 01. In The Presence of Enemies, […]

Bulgaria’s rising rock stars Gabana – one of the bands that took part at the Tangra Mega Live IIВ concert in September 2006 – have launched their brand-new official homepage at www.gabana-bg.com.

In about 4 weeks, on April 30, Europe shall witness the release of Pro-Pain‘s tenth studio album, “Age of Tyranny/The Tenth Crusade”, due out via Soul Food/AFM Records.This was the logical reason for Tangra Mega Rock to get in touch with the quartet’s drummer, JC Dwyer, for a direct interviewВ in the typical Pro-Pain vein: “We’re […]

The Californian metal band Bleed the Sky will start recording its second full-length album next week. The follow-up to 2005’s debut “Paradigm in Entropy”, tentatively titled “Thick Skin”,В shall be producedВ by Christian Olde Wolbers of Fear Factory. There’s still no information about the CD’s release date.

Bjork has revealed that the first single off her forthcoming album “Volta” shall be “Earth Intruders”, due out next Monday, April 9. Meanwhile, the Icelandic singer has also revealed the artwork for her next, sixth full-length effort (due out on May 7), which can be viewed on her official homepage, www.Bjork.com. The exact tracklist for […]