The cover artwork for Opeth‘s upcoming effort, “The Roundhouse Tapes”, has been revealed and can be viewed below. Due on October 22 via Peaceville, the double CD contains a live performance by the band recorded at the Camden Roundhouse, London, UK, on November 9, 2006. Here’s “The Roundhouse Tapes” complete tracklist: CD 1: 1. When2. […]

“Except for working with King Diamond, I have another band called The X-World, where I play together with Magnus Rosen from HammerFall on bass, Nils from Pagan’s Mind on vocals and Reeves Gabrels from David Bowie’s band on guitar. We are going to be signed with AFM Records and release our debut album in February […]

Mp3-audio samples of all 10 tracks that are set to appear on Raging Speedhorn‘s new studio album, “Before the Sea Was Built” (view cover in the left), have been posted online HERE. The follow-up to “How the Great Have Fallen” (2005) will appear in Europe on September 10 with following tracklist: 01. Everything Changes02. Before […]

Two days, 23 band, 450 fans, a bit of moshing and stagediving… and tons of beer and fun – that’s what the second edition of Bulgaria’sВ punk/hardcoreВ festival East Noise Attack in Varna was all about, according to Tangra Mega Rock’s special agentВ Stefan Topuzov‘s REPORT…

Bulgaria’s metal veterans Ahat are about to release a live album next week. Entitled “Golden Rock Tour”, the CD is going to feature 12 tracks recorded during the band’s 2004 tour. To celebrate the release, Ahat shall embark on a national tour. Details about it can be found in our GIG GUIDE.

Killswitch Engage have uploaded the video for their cover version of Ronnie James Dio’s classic “Holy Diver” on the Internet. You can check it out a couple of lines below. Besides, the musicians have announced they’ll be touring Europe in October, starting on the 3rd at London’s Brixton Academy and going on through the 26th […]

The new project featuring Sepultura founding members Max and Igor Cavalera, Gojira’s Joe Duplantier and Soulfly’s Marc Rizzo, has changed its name to The Cavalera Conspiracy from the previously announced Inflikted due to legal reasons. At present the quartet is putting the finishing touches on its debut album, due to appear in February 2008 via […]

Neil Young has just completed work on his latest album, “Chrome Dreams II”, due for release on October 16 via Reprise Records. The follow-up to 2006’s “Living with War” features 3 songs revisited from the 1977 album “Chrome Dreams” that Neil planned but didn’t complete, as well as 7 brand new recordings, one of which […]

Regarding the BBC Radio 1 40th anniversary compilation we informed you about earlier today, Franz Ferdinand, who’ll contribute to it with a cover version of David Bowie’s “Sound and Vision”, have encouraged their fans to illegally download the track. “The whole shabang doesn’t appear to be for charity, so point your browsers towards Limewire soon, […]

This year’s edition of the annual Rock in Rila Festival shall take place at Beli Iskar, Bulgaria on August 24-25. The first day of the event shall offer sets by Gabana, Konkurent, Gravity Co., P.I.F., Blues Traffic,В LavinaВ and Sprint, while on Saturday the stage shall be invaded by Ostava, Signal, Awake, Kaskadiori, New Session,В MagistriВ and Integra. Entrance […]