System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian is mercilessly keeping his prmise to visualize all 12 tracks off his upcoming solo album, “Elect the Dead”, due on October 23. The third video off the CD – this time for the song “Saving Us” – is already available for watching below. It was directed by acclaimed […]

Mike Patton‘s live performance with the NorwegianВ composer John Erik Kaada at the Roskilde Festival in 2005 is going to surface on DVD in November. It’s going to be called… “Live”, of course.

Guitar virtuoso Gary Moore will join drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Billy Cox – the same Jimi Hendrix Experience rhythm section that played Woodstock – to perform a selection of Jimi Hendrix songs on October 25 at the Hippodrome in London. The gig will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the late guitarist’s show at the […]

California-based atmospheric sludge avantgardists Isis are to release a new EP, entitled “Holy Tears”, through Mike Patton’s label Ipecac Recordings. Due in early December, the effort is going to feature a studio, a live and a video version of the title track, plus a remix of the song “Not in Rivers, But in Drops” done […]

Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali has recorded a CD entitled “24/7/365 – The Tribute to Led Zeppelin” (view cover in the left). Released under the Frankie Banali & Friends banner, the effort features Frankie himself on drums, backed by an impressive list of guests, namely bassist Tony Franklin (The Firm, Blue Murder), keyboard players Neil […]

Less than a month before devastating the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria together with Amorphis, Edguy, Agathodaimon, The Revenge ProjectВ and Overdawn, Britain’s death metal machines Benediction forced their bass playerВ Frank HealyВ to confess to Tangra Mega Rock everything about the band’s upcoming studio album “Killing Music”, the preparations for the 20 Years Nuclear Blast FestВ in […]

After releasing the debut single “I’m Not Jesus” off their new album “World Collide”, Finnish metal cellists Apocapyptica have created a second video for the song off the CD. The word goes about “S.O.S. (Anything But Love)”, featuring a guest appearance by Lacuna Coil singer Cristina Scabbia and shot in Vilnius, Lithuania. Regarding the album […]

Sofia Music EnterprisesВ and DS Music announce the first headliner of this year’s Sofia Music JamВ festival – the jazz/fusion duo Chick CoreaВ and BГ©la Fleck! The piano virtuoso and and banjo master shall play live at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria on November 6. Tickets cost from 15 to 30 Euro.

Britain’s masters of darkness Anathema have posted following news on their official website: “Anathema are very pleased to announce they are to support Porcupine Tree throughout Europe in November and December… “Anathema have decided that – rather than rushing into the studio to finish the album in time for the tour and not being able […]

UNKLE‘s second single of their current album “War Stories”, “Hold My Hand”, will be released on October 22. The MCD (view cover in the left) is going to contain the album version of the title track, the video to the previous single, “Burn My Shadow”, and a new song, “Heaven”, featuring the British acoustic folk […]