The life of the late John Graham Mellor (August 21, 1952 – December 22, 2002) a.k.a. Joe Strummer, rhythm guitarist and lead singer of British punk rockers The Clash, is to be celebrated with the release of a soundtrack on April 3, 2007. The CD, entitled “The Future Is Unwritten”, features some of Strummer’s greatest […]

Laibach shot a second video for a song off their latest album “Volk”, and postedВ it on theirВ official MySpaceВ profile. After “Anglia”, this time the “victim” of the Slovenians’ visual fantasies became “Slovania”. Check it out… and expect more Tangra Mega Rock news and surprises regardingВ Laibach next week, just a bunch of days before the band’s concert […]

A video of In Flames performing the title track of their most recent album “Come Clarity” at the Swedish music awards show “RockbjГ¶rnen” on January 11, 2007 in Stockholm has been posted online at this location.В The band was nominated in 3 categories – “Best Swedish Band”, “Best Song” and “Best Album”. The better news, however, […]

Korn’s frontman Jonathan Davis and his wife Deven are expecting their second son in April. The boy’s name shall be Zeppelin… while his older brother is called Pirate. Meanwhile, Korn go on with the recordings for their eight album. Besides, March 6 shall witness the release of the quartet’s acoustic concert CD “MTV Unplugged”. The […]

Obviously, we’ll have a brand-new Apocalyptica album by the end of the year. It seems the Finnish quartet (cellists Eicca Toppinen, Perttu Kivilaakso and Paavo LГ¶tjГ¶nen, and percussionist Mikko SirГ©n) is putting the finishing touches to composing another dozen of cello metal cuts. Here’s what mainman Eicca has revealed about it in the band’s blog […]

Nine Inch Nails will unleash their new DVD entitled “Nine Inch Nails Live: Beside You in Time” on February 27, 2007. The release captures the With Teeth 2006 Tour, and includes concert performances of 24 songs spanning NIN’s entire career, plus 5 music videos, rehearsal footage and more. Additional details, clips, photos and a high […]

Long-running Frankfurt-based thrashers Tankard will enter Stage One Studios in Borgentreich, Germany in late March with producer Andy Classen to record new versions of their greatest hits, a. o. “(Empty) Tankard”, “Chemical Invasion”, “The Morning After”, and “Space Beer”. The resulting collection, “Best Case Scenario: 25 Years in Beers”, is scheduled for release in June/July […]

In an exclusive partnership between Nuclear Blast Records and MP3.com, Therion‘sВ latest studio album, the dual-disc “Gothic Kaballah”, will be available for streaming in its entirety for seven days prior to the album’s North American street date of February 6, 2007. Check it out HERE!

Vitamin Records will be issuing the “The String Quartet Tribute to Dream Theater” on February 20, 2007. Selected by the progressive metal masters’ drummer Mike Portnoy himself, the tracklist for the album is as follows: “Overture 1928”“Pull Me Under”“As I Am”“Peruvian Skies”“The Dance of Eternity”“Lifting Shadows Off a Dream”“Ytse Jam”Hell’s Kitchen” Vitamin RecordsВ got quite famous […]

It’s official: the US death metal monsters Cannibal Corpse shall play live in Sofia. The show shall take place at Hristo Botev Hall on March 5, 2005. The bloody massacre is going to start at 7 PM with brutal sets by the opening acts – Holland’s Disovowed and Denmark’s Urkraft. Tickets for the event cost […]