And so, the most watchfully kept secret in the recent history of Finnish metal has been revealed yesterday – the name of the new Nightwish singer is Anette Olzon (on the photo). She’s Swedish, born on June 21, 1971, and has been a member of bands like Alyson Avenue, Take Cover, a.o. So far, Anette’s […]

From now on you can purchase tickets for Tangra Mega Rock Night at Arena Muzika 2007 – the mega-concert promoted by Tangra Mega Rock, Jack Daniel’sВ and Coca-Cola on June 20 at the Universiada Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria. Tickets for the show – featuring The Exploited, Harmful, Mondo Generator, Upsurt, EbanizmВ and The Bistritsa Babas on one […]

Linkin Park have scored this year’s best-selling album on the US Billboard Charts with their latest album, “Minutes to Midnight”. Hitting the number 1 spot this week with 623,000 copies sold, the CD marks the highest-selling album of 2007 in its debut week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Meanwhile, as previously reported, Linkin Park have chosen […]

After deciding to put his band The Panic Channel on hold for a while earlier this month, Dave Navarro (ex-Jane’s Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers) seems to be quite busy again… Unfortunately, the guitarist hasn’t devoted to music again, but he’ll be one of the judges for this year’s Miss Universe pageant, which will […]

Former Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen has demoed most of the songs for her upcoming solo album, due to be entitled “My Winter Storm”. The Finnish vocalist is working in the homeland of her husband, Argentina, planning to start the recordings in a studio on the Spanish island of Ibiza. Meanwhile, Nightwish are expected to reveal […]

Last night, May 22, the resurrected Smashing Pumpkins did their first concert in almost 7 years. The band performed in France’s capital Paris, revealing not only some new songs, but most of all its current line-up. Only two of the group’s original members are on board now, namely mastermind Billy Corgan (vocals and guitar) and […]

U.D.O. were confirmed as the headliners during the first day of the Maximum Rock Festival, set to take place on August 10-12 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Other bands scheduled to perform at the event are Overkill, Grave Digger, To/Die/For, Orphaned Land, Inner Wish, Indian Fall, Voices of Silence, Psycho Symphony and the Iron Maiden tribute band […]

At 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 26, the weekly radio showВ Krechetalo onВ Tangra Mega RockВ shall broadcast the first ever interview given by Svetlyo & The Legends – the new side-project by Svetlyo Vitkov of Hypodil, which we informed you about a week ago. A rerun of the show shall be aired on Tangra Mega Rock on […]

Finnish symphonic metal bestsellers Nightwish will begin selling the Internet-only single “Eva” (view cover in the left) and reveal the name of the new singer a week earlier than the previously May 30. “Eva” will appear in Finland via NetAnttila on Friday, May 25. A short audio sample of the song can already be listened […]

New York City hardcore legends Madball have revealed the cover artwork for their upcoming studio album, entitled “Infiltrate the System”. You can check it out below. The CD is due this fall on I Scream Records in Europe, Ferret Music in the USA, Liberation in South America and Resist in Australia.