After the news that Tim Mills has decide to leave Iced Earth, we got to know that guitarist Marco Bressette has chosen to quit Threat Signal in order to concentrate on other projects. The Canadian metallers have gotten back their former six-stringer, Rich Howard, to go on tour with the band in April. Afterwards Threat […]

US metallers Iced Earth have parted ways with solo guitar player Tim Mills. According to frontman Jon Schaffer, “Tim is the founder of Bare Knuckle Pickups and that is his main business. He has found that his main worker, his right-hand man as it were, is terminally ill with cancer… Of course him living in […]

Sammy & The Wabos, the current band of vocalist Sammy Hagar (also featuring bass player Michael Anthony), shall release a live DVD entitled “Livin’ It Up! In St. Louis” on June 19 via Image Entertainment. The disc contains songs from the entire solo career of the former Van Halen frontman, shot during The Wabos’ 2006 […]

Brant Bjork & The Bros. shall release their new studio album, entitled “Somera Sol”, May 7. The band now features two former Kyuss drummers, namely the man shown on the photo, Brant Bjork (on guitar and vocals; also ex-Fu Manchu), and Alfredo Hernandez (on drums; also ex-Queens of the Stone Age and Mondo Generator).

The Russian fan club of the Finnish metal band Ensiferum has given the band a gift of astronomical proportions, as on their request the Russian International Star Catalogue has denominated a star in the Ursa Major constellation after them! The star Ensiferum was denominated on March 19, 2007 by pilot-cosmonaut German Titov – a week […]

The reunited Smashing Pumpkins will play their first show after their “rebirth” on May 22 at the Grand Rex in Paris, France. The band is putting the finishing touches to its comeback album, “Zeitgeist”, due to emerge on July 7. Mainman Billy Corgan has announced that the record will be released at exactly 7:07 a.m., […]

After 3000 fans celelbrated all night long with The Toy Dolls and Mark Foggo’s Skasters last Friday, Tangra Mega Rock is extremely happy to announce its next live party! The show shall take place on April 20 (Friday)В at the Black Box ClubВ inВ Sofia, Bulgaria. Everything’s gonna start at 7:30 p.m. sharp with a short opening set […]

The Polish label Metal Mind Productions shall release a live DVD by the Texas doom metal quintet Solitude Aeturnus in mid-May. The video retrospection, entitled “Hour of Despair”, shall be the successor to vocalist Robert Lowe and Co.’s 2006 studio album “Alone”.

The Black Crowes are back in the studio to record their first album of new material for six years. The as-yet-untitled LP is being penned in conjunction with producer Paul Stacey in studios in New York and Los Angeles. Brothers and band founders Chris and Rich Robinson (on the photo) reunited in 2005 after a […]

Bulgarian heavy metal veterans Ahat have declared via their official homepage that they’ve been condirmed to support Iron Maiden on their show in Sofia, Bulgaria, on June 4. AhatВ entered studio yesterday to record 3 new tracks destined to be included in the band’s forthcoming full-length album.