NEWS

22 March 2012

JJ BURNEL, bass player and vocalist of THE STRANGLERS will be featured on TANGRA MEGA ROCK’s late night show on Thursday. He will be talking exclusively to NASSO RUSKOV about the brand new studio album ‘Giants’, the British PUNK history and Arsenal. Nasso’s show HENTAI MOTEL kicks off at 10 pm BG time (9pm CET).   

22 March 2012

BECK has remained largely out of the spotlight since 2008’s magnificent Modern Guilt. Aside from a few production credits, and some sparse contributions to various film soundtracks, the songwriting virtuoso has been in the midst of his career’s longest gap in between albums. Thankfully, with whispers of a new record as well as an upcoming […]

22 March 2012

THEM FREQUENCIES is the name of a new band, formed DIDO PESHEV (guitars) and STOIMEN STOYANOV (vocals) formerly of BREAKPOINT. The latest decided to call it a day and the new outfit plays quite a different kind of music – Post / Math / Prog / Core / Metal. The line up is completed by SVETLOZAR ZAHARIEV (bass) and MARTIN KOLEV (drums). THEM FREQUENCIES are about […]

22 March 2012

DISTURBED be on indefinite hiatus, but fans of vocalist David Draiman will be happy to hear that the singer announced via Twitter he is working on a new “musical project” in the vein of Nine Inch Nails and Ministry. DISTURBED fans were surprised when the band announced that they planned to “go away for…an indefinite […]

21 March 2012

Legendary ROCK’N’ROLF – the leader of RUNNING WILD is talking live on the phone to Vassil Varbanov on his very famous ‘TANGRA METAL SHOCK’. RUNNING WILD will release a brand new studio album called ‘Shadowmaker’ on 20 April through SPV/Wizard‘. Here are excerpts of the interview: YOU HAVE NEVER PLAYED IN BULGARIA, DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT HAS GROWN AS […]

21 March 2012

MINISTRY head honcho Al Jourgensen has never been a stranger to being politically outspoken. In today’s highly-volatile political and economic times, Mr. Jourgensen has issued MINISTRY‘s thoughts on the downtroden 99% of the population and the Occupy movement in the video for ’99 Percenters’ off their upcoming new album, Relapse, out on March 26. Jourgensen […]

21 March 2012

Legendary Sofia HC unit VENDETTA (pictured) will open for DEEZ NUTS tomorrow, 22 March at the *MIXTAPE 5* club (room #2). The big venue of the club will host at the same a FATES WARNING concert on the occasion of radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK’s anniversary. Tickets for both events are sold separately via www.Ticketstream.bg and www.Eventim.bg. The DEEZ NUTS show is […]

21 March 2012

It may have felt like 10,000 Days since TOOL has released a new album (it’s only been 6 years), but fans won’t have to wait much longer for a new release from the band. Drummer Danny Carey (pictured) tells Vic Firth in a video interview: “I’m hoping we’ll get in the studio by June or […]

21 March 2012

 TRISTANIA is confirmed to play the LOUD FESTIVAL 2012! The big metal event will happen in the Park of Terminal 2 of Sofia airport and TRISTANIA are set to open the show on the first day – 2 June, with LAUNA COIL, BEHEMOTH, SYMPHONY X, and legendary W.A.S.P. also scheduled for that day. ASPHYX, MESHUGGAH, SOULFLY, ANNIHILATOR and SLAYER are […]

21 March 2012

KING’S X drummer JERRY GASKILL will be released from the hospital today (Wednesday, March 21) after suffering a serious heart attack in the early morning hours on Sunday, February 26th. A new photo of Gaskill taken on Monday, March 19, during KING’S X frontman Doug Pinnick‘s hospital visit can be seen above.