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, […]

The reunited Greek avantgarde neoclassical death metallers Septic Flesh will record their sixth full-length album at Fredman Studios with producer Fredrik Nordstrom. The as-yet-untitled CD shall surface via the French label Season of Mist. Septic Flesh split in October 2003 after a 14-year long career, seeing the band members devoting to various projects during the […]

After parting ways with long-time guitarist Vlado KovatchevВ two months ago, Sofia-based metal psychosВ Fyeld have managed to find his proper replacementВ – Mr.В Emo Dontchev (ex-Matakka, Defect). The first concert of Bobz (vocals and guitar), Dodo (drums), Axl (bass and screams)В and TimoВ (programming and guitar)В with Emo shall take place at Sofia’s Black Box Club next Thursday, April 12,В together withВ Urban […]

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 […]

Queensryche shall release a double CD and double DVD, entitled “Mindcrime at the Moore”, on June 26. The word goes about a recording of the quintet playing live its entire two albums “Operation: Mindcrime” (1988) and “Operation: Mindcrime II” (2006) at the Moore Theater in Seattle last year. The tracklist features singer Geoff Tate, guitarists […]

It has now been officially confirmed that Cannibal Corpse‘s bass player Alex Webster will play on the next Hate Eternal album (due in October), following the recent departure of Randy Piro Jr. Webster and Hate Eternal’s leader Erik Rutan (ex-Morbid Angel) have had a close working relationship for two years, as Rutan produced Cannibal Corpse’s […]