Actor James Earl Jones has received an honorary Oscar on the London stage, to the surprise of his matinee audience. Jones, currently starring opposite Vanessa Redgrave in Driving Miss Daisy – said he was “plain gobsmacked” as he accepted the award. The 80-year-old was presented with his Oscar on stage by Sir Ben Kingsley. Jones, […]

SEPULTURA has announced the addition of drummer Eloy Casagrande, replacing Jean Dolabella as the band’s full-time percussionist. The 20-year-old drum prodigy from Sao Paulo, Brazil, who won the Modern Drummer Undiscovered Drummer Contest as a teenager in 2006, is more than eager to begin his career with the veteran metal icon. “When I got the […]

German heavy metal legends ACCEPT have confirmed the title of their new album and second to feature singer Mark Tornillo. Stalingrad will be released by Nuclear Blast in April. The band are currently at guitarist Wolf Hoffman’s Nashville studios recording the album with British producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS), who also worked on the band’s […]

U.K. doom metal legends Cathedral are streaming the new track ‘Sabbadaius Sabbatum,’ which is a b-side from the B-Side to forthcoming limited edition vinyl only 12″ single ‘A New Ice Age’ released via Rise Above Records. Special Editions of this release will only be available exclusively from the band’s Farewell show at London’s Kentish Town […]

Godsmack singer Sully Erna will be filming his solo performance at the Wilbur Theater in Boston on Dec. 16. The reason he is documenting the occasion? He will release a 3D DVD of the show sometime in the future. Erna plans to lead an eight-piece ensemble as they play his debut solo effort ‘Avalon’ from […]

Iggy Pop, legendary frontman of the Stooges, Bowie collaborator, and musician, is to be the face of Paco Rabanne‘s new fragrances called Black XS L’ExcГЁs. We understand that the line includes two scents, one aimed at men, and the other at women, with advertisements due to debut in France in January of 2012. This is […]

The AMORPHIS The Begining of Times tour stopped in Sofia on November 10 and just three hours before theВ kick off of the show, guitaristВ ESA HOLOPAINENВ and frontman РўOMI JOUTSEN came to our studios. This is the third concert of the band in the city, but they could only now come to visiВ live our headquarters. And after […]

The show will be at Sofia’s *MIXTAPE 5* club and is promoted by the Rawk’n’Roll fanzine More info next week.

Последното концертно шоу РЅР° радио Тангра Мега Рок отмина, РЅРѕ (вероятно) ще СЃРµ РїРѕРјРЅРё дълго! Верни РЅР° СЃРІРѕСЏ експериментаторски РґСѓС… (спомнете СЃРё метъл концертите РІ зала ‘България’) сега СЃРµ чувстваме щастливи РѕС‚ това, че отново СѓСЃРїСЏС…РјРµ. Преформатирането РЅР° ‘Арена Армеец София’ РІ този вариант СЃРµ оказа супер успешно Рё СЃСЉСЃ СЃРёРіСѓСЂРЅРѕСЃС‚ ще имаме Рё последователи. Верни Рё РЅР° […]

Heavy metal’s founding forgers Black Sabbath announced the details of their long-anticipated reunion today at the Whisky A Go Go, the legendary dive where they played in Los Angeles for the first time more than 40 years ago. The original band members will record a new studio album — their first with Ozzy Osbourne since […]