This year marks the 75th anniversary of Batman. In that time, countless writers and animators have imagined a plethora of alternative takes on the Dark Knight.  Now, YouTube collective ArhyBES have shared their homage to the mighty Bat mantle by casting the Caped Crusader as the leader of a death metal band. The awesomely-titled ‘BATFACE’ […]

‘SOFIA TATTOO FEST 2014’ is set to happen for the thirteen consecutive year in October. It will be held at Sofia’s 4 KM Party Center on 4 and 5 October.  Three live bands are on the bill – BROTHERS IN BLOOD, SURMATA HARRY and MY TURN (Greece). All the info can be viewd on the video trailer below. […]

MR. BIG drummer Pat Torpey has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and will be unable to perform all of his normal drumming duties on the band’s upcoming World Tour in support of the group’s new album, ‘…The Stories We Could Tell’. “I’ve been dealing with Parkinson’s symptoms for the past couple of years and only recently […]

BLUES PILLS have made their highly-anticipated self-titled debut album available for streaming – hear all ten tracks ahead of its official launch on Monday. The American-Swedish-French quartet have included a cover of Chubby Checker track Gypsy among their original songs. They explain: “We used to play it at soundcheck, then, slowly, it worked its way […]

On today’s edition of his ZOO radio show, ANDREY VLADOV will present the famouse: 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… 

Today on Vassil Varbanov’s TANGRA METAL SHOCK show will be played the new albums of: OPETHa nd MASTODON plus some songs of the new releases by BELPHEGOR, FOZZY, BLUES PILLS, KARMA TO BURN, YES, ILL NINO, ACCEPT, HAMMERFALL and more.  It kicks off at 4 pm BG time (3 pm CET)

Former KYUSS and QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE bassist NICK OLIVERI is to release a star-studded new solo album in September. OLIVERI worked with a host of special guests including Phil Campbell of MOTORHEAD, WEEN’s Dean Ween, Stephen Hass from MOISTBOYZ and Bruno Fevery from VISTA CHINO. He also roped in Mondo Generator‘s Mike Pygmie and Marc […]

ALTER BRIDGE are stepping up with an epic new video for their recent single ‘Cry of Achilles.’ The band members stepped aside for the video, choosing to tell a full-on animated tale instead of appearing the clip. For the ‘Cry of Achilles’ video, the band teamed with SiLee films via Genero to create the clip. […]

A copy of AC/DC’s rare 7″ single for the original version of ‘Can I Sit Next To You, Girl’ has sold for almost $4,500 USD on eBay. ACDCCollector reports the single, which features original singer Dave Evans on vocals, is featured on a New Zealand-only Polydor label pressing, b/w ‘Rockin’ In The Parlour.’ The 7” […]

Norwegian outfit AUDREY HORNE have announced details of their forthcoming album, Pure Heavy. The band’s latest recording will be released in Europe on Sept 29 and on Oct 7 in North America. In a statement, the group says: “We are proud to present our new album Pure Heavy, an album that was written and recorded […]