Dimiter Kovachev – The Funk is one of the hottest rockВ characters in Bulgaria. He’s theВ frontman of legenadry metal outfit ERA andВ recently has been the bass player ofВ ALIEN INDUSTRY! The might FUNK is turning 50 today. He will have a small party for his closest friends atВ Bulgaria’s oldestВ promoter’sВ agency – Sofia Music Enterprises’ office. left: THE FUNK […]

The long awaited secong coming to SofiaВ of one ofВ America’s greatest swing bands will possibly not happen. The show wasВ scheduled for 9 February at the Blue Box club, but CHERRY POPPIN’s leader Steve Posted have posted on the official band MySpace profile the following message: “Hey Everybody, I guess by now some of you have heard […]

Musicradar.com has revealed the newВ ficve-year-old drummer prodigee -В Jonah, you see, is five. Yes, you read correctly: he’s five. Check out the videoВ HERE in which Jonah absolutely rules System Of A Down’s Toxicity. Stunning? You bet. His fills, timing, control, ghost notes – the kid’s unreal. And look at that smile, too. That’s the smile of […]

Tom Angelripper, frontman of German thrash legendsВ SODOM is coming back to Bulgaria with his soloВ punk-thrash-drinkВ project ONKEL TOM. The concert is set to happen at the newly openВ music club in Sofia – ‘Open Stage’ located atВ 64, Vazkresensky boulevard. The show is promoted by Mask Music and will be supported by local acts who will suit to […]

The song Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard has teamed up with Franz Ferdinand to record a song to launch Dior’s new fashion range. Cotillard, the face of the French label, sings lead vocal on ‘The Eyes Of Mars’, written by the band. It can be heard online now. The song will soundtrack an advert in […]

The Smashing Pumpkins have another song for free download. This is titled ‘Widow Make My Mind’ and is available now at www.myspace.com/smashingpumpkins. As previously reported, earlier this ear SMASHING PUMPINS’ vocalist Billy Corgan set up a new label with producer Kerry Brown. And they’ll be releasing two ‘new’ songs from The Germs. These were written […]

It’s gonna be hot tonight on our ‘Tangra Metal Shock’ radio show: STUDIO GUEST – Bulgarian death metallers EUFOBIA who are set to release their debut album ‘Insemination’В later this week through Romanian label Axa Valaha. The distribution in Bulgaria is taken byВ  Wizard. The band will embark on a European tour of 40 dates with […]

Kiril Rusev is our undercover spy in the West…or Bremen, GermanyВ to be precise. This glorious fellow used to co-host the former Rock Radio Tangra’s legendary late afternoon show with his foil and current Tangra Mega Rock alumni Moni Panchev. At the beginning of the new century Mr. Rusev wisely decided to move to Germany, where […]

Legendary hip-hop/rock group Cypress Hill have signed an exclusive worldwide deal with Priority/EMI and are gearing up for the April 6th release of RISE UP, their first new studio album in six years. The deal is the first artist signing by Priority Records Creative Chairman Snoop Dogg. “My role as Creative Chairman of Priority Records […]

Guardian has published an interesting article about Gallows and their brief stint on major label Warner Bros. The band’s lone album for the label, 2009’s Grey Britain, was generally received positively by critics, but according to the article has only sold 50,000 copies worldwide. The article alludes to the ‘Great Rock’n Roll Swindle’ perpetrated by […]