Music with angry lyrics can help calm listeners down and make them feel happier, a study has suggested. Researchers in Australia have concluded that aggressive lyrics from tracks like Slipknot’s Opium Of The People and Tesseract’s Of Matter – Retrospect actually help relax listeners. University of Queensland honours student Leah Sharman and Genevieve Dingle, doctor […]

MASTODON have released a video for their track Asleep In The Deep. The song is taken from latest album Once More ‘Round The Sun and the video – which stars a curious cat – was masterminded by artist Skinner, who was responsible for the album’s eye-catching cover art. Skinner says: “This concept was birthed out […]

James Horner, the American composer best known for his work on Titanic, has died at the age of 61 after his plane crashed in the Santa Barbara area of California earlier this evening. Horner’s death was confirmed by his assistant, Sylvia Patrycja. The plane went down around 6:30 p.m. PST near Route 33 in the […]

This is the BLACK LABEL SOCIETY week on radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK. The band is set to play at Universiada hall in Sofia on 26 July.  The show is promoted by Loud Concerts with tickets already on sale through Еventim.bg. First fifty are priced 40 BGN (special promo price) then will go up to 45 BGN and 55 BGN at the door. Check […]

Back in 2005, the debut album from MIKE SHINODA‘s hip-hop side project FORT MINOR was released. The Rising Tied spawned the Top 5 pop single ‘Where’d You Go.’ Nearly a decade later, SHINODA returns with a new FORT MINOR single, ‘Welcome.’ You can check out the video above, and a free download is available at FortMinor.com. “Fort Minor […]

DISTURBED could be about to announced the end of their four-year hiatus. They’ve posted two videos featuring band mascot The Guy clamped to a bed and sleeping, then starting to wake up and break his bonds. They’ve also revealed an updated logo. It might mean that David Draiman and co are preparing to return to […]

ODD CREW and NAMELESS DAY RITUAL are set to supoort BLACK LABEL SOCIETY on 26 July at Sofia’s Universiada halll.  Tickets priced 45 BGN are available via Eventim.bg and will go up to 55 BGN on the day.  

On today’s edition of his ZOO radio show, ANDREY VLADOV is dedicated to the UK End Of The Road Festival. The ‘ZOO SHOW’ kicks off on Monday at 4 pm BG time (3 pm CET) on radio Tangra Mega Rock. It has several reruns during the week – for details check HERE… 

FEAR FACTORY have launched a lyric video for their track Soul Hacker, taken from ninth album Genexus. The follow-up to 2012’s The Industrialist will be released on August 7 via Nuclear Blast, with a guest appearance from Journey drummer Deen Castronovo. Guitarist Dino Cazares says: “We chose Soul Hacker for the first single because it’s […]

ENTER SHIKARI is set to return to Sofia for another ball bustin gig at the *MIXTAPE 5* club on 6 October. TICKETS are already available via www.Eventim.bg and will be priced 30 BGN untill 20 June, then will go up to 35 BGN and 45 BGN on the day.