Last night the 22nd annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place in New York. Eddie Vedder, Jay-Z, Keith Richards were among the presenters who inducted Van Halen, R.E.M., The Ronettes, Grandmaster Flash and Patti Smith. The biggest surprise of the evening was that Van Halen were presented only by their former […]

Linkin Park finished mixing their third studio album, entitled “Minutes to Midnight”, which will be released worldwide on May 14. The CD was produced by vocalist Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin during the last 14 months. The first single off the follow-up to “Meteora” (2003) shall be “What I’ve Done”, due out on April 2.

On Sunday, March 18, the Fracture Metal Show on Bulgaria’s MM TV shall be visited by Tangra Mega Rock‘s crew in order to discuss the upcoming March 23 concertВ for the radio’s first birthday with the TV show’s moderator Vasko Katincharov (on the photo). We’ll talk a lot about the forthcoming Sofia gig featuring The Toy […]

Right now Max Cavalera is at his home in Arizona writing stuff for the next Soulfly album. No release plans have been announced yet, but it’s clear that at the end of March the band shall fly to Los Angeles to record a cover of Marilyn Manson’s smash hit “The Beautiful People” for an upcoming […]

Nick Cave‘s side-project Grinderman lift another track from their recently released self-titled debut LP. The word goes about the song “(I Don’t Need You to) Set Me Free”, due to be issued on April 30 as a one-sideed, limited edition, numbered 7″ EP. Speaking about the track, Cave said: “I was listening to John Lee […]

German electro-metal superstars Rammstein have been nominated for an Echo award for their latest live DVD release, “VoРµlkerball”. The Berlin sextet is up against Depeche Mode’s “Touring the Angel”, Pink Floyd’s “Pulse”, Robbie Williams’ “And Through It All”, and Tokio Hotel’s “Schrei”. The ceremony will take place in Berlin on March 25. The German Echo […]

R.E.M. are to record their 14th studio album with Grammy-winning producer Jacknife Lee – the man behind the recent CDsВ of Bloc Party and Snow Patrol. Singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck and bassist Mike Mills hope to release the follow-up to 2004’s “Around the Sun” before the end of the year. As for now, the […]

The Toy Dolls‘ founder, frontman and only surviving memner through all these years, Michael “Olga” Algar, confesses he cannot sing, states he’s a pessimist, enjoys sharing a neighbourhood with Sir Paul McCartney, and expects “some audience” at the band’s first ever show in Bulgaria on March 23. He still doesn’t know he’s gonna play and […]

Katatonia‘s live performance from last year’s Summer Breeze Festival in Germany shall be released as a live double-disc featuring the audio on CD and the show on DVD. Entitled “Live Consternation” and scheduled for release on May 28, the package’s artwork was once again designed by Travis Smith, following the visual concept of the Swedes’ […]

Cult UK rockers Tigertailz have signed a deal with Sanctuary Records to release their new album. Entitled “Thrill Pistol”, the effort shall be a double CD pack that will also include a bonus disc of the original “Wazbones”, recorded in 1991 but never officially released. Tigertailz are going to head into the studio in April […]