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In today’s edition of PANIC ATTACK – ALEX will play the new stuff of bands like: TAKE OFFENCE (pictured), MISCONDUCT, TWITCHING TONGUES, and several studio guests – STEFAN TOPUZOV and the guys of Bright Sight and Expectations. PANIC ATTACK kicks off on Tuesday at 4 pm BG time (3 pm CET) on radio Tangra Mega Rock. It has several reruns during the […]

Christian metallers TOURNIQUET have announced that KING’S X singer/bassist Dug Pinnick will record vocals for one song on the band’s new album, Onward To Freedom. Tourniquet recently checked in with the following update: “Legendary guitar genius Phil Keaggy is set to play a lead on Onward To Freedom! Where do we even start with Phil? […]

U2 have contributed a new song entitled ‘Ordinary Love’ to the forthcoming Nelson Mandela biopic, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. It was written specifically for the film, and marks the band’s first original composition in three years. You can preview the song in a new trailer for the film, below. And yes, that’s Idris Elba, […]

Aftershock is the 21st studio album by MOTORHEAD. And this is a great reason to have one more MOTORHEAD WEEK here on radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK. DISCOGRAPHY: Motörhead (1977) Overkill (1979) Bomber (1979) Ace of Spades (1980) Iron Fist (1982) Another Perfect Day (1983) Orgasmatron (1986) Rock ‘n’ Roll (1987) 1916 (1991) March ör Die […]

STRYPER have unveiled their first promo video in more than 20 years. It’s for the song No More Hell To Pay, which also happens to be the title track of their forthcoming album. No More Hell To Pay (the album) will be released on November 1 in Europe/November 5 in North America via Frontiers. Produced […]

On today’s edition of his ZOO radio show, ANDREY VLADOV will present some great sounds from: – MOBY’s new album ‘Innocents’; – DEL AMITRI’s ex frontman with great new album; – STILL CORNERS; – TINDERSTICKS; – VOLCANO CHOIR. 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 […]

‘James Bond’ star Ben Whishaw is set to star as Queen’s Freddy Mercury in an upcoming biopic. Sacha Baron Cohen had initially been picked to play the flamboyant rock icon, but pulled out of the movie in July, citing creative differences. Now filmmakers have turned to British actor Whishaw to take on the project, which […]

ROBERT PLANT has found some long-lost LED ZEPPELIN recordings – including two tracks with JOHN PAUL JONES singing lead – and he jokes he faces a fight with JIMMY PAGE to get them on to the forthcoming ZEPPELIN box sets. New quotes from PLANT have emerged that are offering the exciting information about the much-anticipated […]

BLACK SABBATH have released the official music video for ‘Loner’, off of their latest album, ’13’. BLACK SABBATH’s triumphant 2013 tour – which kicked off earlier this year in Australia – can now be seen by fans around the world via the forthcoming Black Sabbath: Live… Gathered In Their Masses (Vertigo/Republic). It’s due out November […]

Numerous bands have achieved wonders by following one simple truth: sometimes less is more. In Dream Theater’s case it seems to be the opposite: for them more has always been more. The bigger, the more pumped up, the more stuffed and the more complicated – the better. People who like catchy melodies could always look […]