Swedish death metal godfathers At the Gates have officially announced they’ll reunite next summer! So far the band has confirmed to perform live at three European festivals in July and August 2008 – Ruis Rock in Finland, Wacken Open Air in Germany and Bloodstock in the UK. At the Gates shall resurface in a line-up […]

Ian Brown has revealed he is planning on playing prison gigs in the near future. “I’m going to get permission from three or four jails,” he explained. Besides, the former The Stone Roses frontman shall re-work many of his songs as classical music compositions for a series of forthcoming gigs in 2008.

Rumours are swirling that Finland’s superstars H.I.M. are set to do the theme song for the next James Bond movie. Sources claim that Bond composer and lyricist, respectively David Arnold and Don Black, were impressed by the band’s track “Wings of a Butterfly”, and were seen chatting to the frontman Ville Valo at this year’sВ BMI […]

Epic Records has set a November 13 release date for “Below the Belt” – the highly anticipated first official DVD from US supergroup Hellyeah. The issue captures footage from the quintet’s entire career, including studio shots, concert cuts and interviews with the band members – drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott (ex-Pantera, Damageplan), guitarist Tom Maxwell and […]

On November 19, 2007, Europe shall witness the release of Saxon‘s double DVD set “To Hell and Back Again” (view cover in the left), due out via Steamhammer/SPV. Featuring five hours of video footage in total, the release offers the actual movie “To Hell and Back Again”, shot on various locations in Europe, the UK […]

Kid Rock scored his first No. 1 on The Billboard 200 this week with “Rock N Roll Jesus”. The album, released via Atlantic, sold 170,000 copies in the USA, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Last week’s chart topper, Bruce Springsteen‘s “Magic”, suffered a 60% drop-off to 130,000 copies and fell to No. 2.

Slayer, Mastodon, Lamb of God, Children of BodomВ and Thine Eyes Bleed shall be featured on the upcoming DVD “The Unholy Alliance, Chapter II” (view cover in the left). Shot on July 13, 2006 in Vancouver, Canada, the disc will be released on October 30, with an approximate running time of 90 minutes and following tracklist: […]

The Swedish death metal super project God Among Insects, featuring vocalist Emperor Magus Caligula (Dark Funeral; on the photo), guitarist Kenth Philipson (The Project Hate MCMXCIX), bass player Tomas Elofsson (Sanctification) and drummer Tobias Gustafsson (Vomitory), have announced they’ll split up next year. The quartet will do its last ever concert at the House of […]

Helloween have posted the video for their current single “As Long As I Fall” on the Internet, including Tangra Mega Rock’s homepage, of course. The song comes off the German metal quintet’s new studio album, “Gambling with the Devil” (view cover in the left), scheduled for release in Europe on October 29 via SPV.

On October 29 Eagle Rock Entertainment shall release “Queen Rock Montreal” (view cover in the left) – DVD and double CD by one of the greatest rock bands ever. Recorded for two nights, on November 24 and 25, 1981 at the Montreal Forum in Canada, the issue shows Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon and […]