Travis will release their new album “The Boy with No Name” on May 7. It will be the follow-up to the Brit-rockers’ 2003 CD “12 Memories”, and will be preceded by the single “Closer” on April 23. The record has been produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead), and has the following tracklisting: “3 Times and You […]

Masterplan’s video for the song “Lost and Gone” has been posted online at YouTube. The track is the debut single off the German/American supergroup’s new album, “MK II”, due on February 23 via AFM Records. The CD is the first full-length release to feature the group’s new line-up — guitarist Roland Grapow (ex-Helloween), bass player […]

The release date for Waltari’s new album, entitled “Release Date” (!?), is set for February 28, 2007 via the label Dockyard 1. You can check out its front cover (left), as well as the video for the track “Wish I Could Heal”, on the crazy Finnish crossover maniacs’ MySpace profile. Other songs to be featured […]

Laibach shot a second video for a song off their latest album “Volk”, and postedВ it on theirВ official MySpaceВ profile. After “Anglia”, this time the “victim” of the Slovenians’ visual fantasies became “Slovania”. Check it out… and expect more Tangra Mega Rock news and surprises regardingВ Laibach next week, just a bunch of days before the band’s concert […]

A video of In Flames performing the title track of their most recent album “Come Clarity” at the Swedish music awards show “RockbjГ¶rnen” on January 11, 2007 in Stockholm has been posted online at this location.В The band was nominated in 3 categories – “Best Swedish Band”, “Best Song” and “Best Album”. The better news, however, […]

Korn’s frontman Jonathan Davis and his wife Deven are expecting their second son in April. The boy’s name shall be Zeppelin… while his older brother is called Pirate. Meanwhile, Korn go on with the recordings for their eight album. Besides, March 6 shall witness the release of the quartet’s acoustic concert CD “MTV Unplugged”. The […]

Obviously, we’ll have a brand-new Apocalyptica album by the end of the year. It seems the Finnish quartet (cellists Eicca Toppinen, Perttu Kivilaakso and Paavo LГ¶tjГ¶nen, and percussionist Mikko SirГ©n) is putting the finishing touches to composing another dozen of cello metal cuts. Here’s what mainman Eicca has revealed about it in the band’s blog […]

Nine Inch Nails will unleash their new DVD entitled “Nine Inch Nails Live: Beside You in Time” on February 27, 2007. The release captures the With Teeth 2006 Tour, and includes concert performances of 24 songs spanning NIN’s entire career, plus 5 music videos, rehearsal footage and more. Additional details, clips, photos and a high […]

Long-running Frankfurt-based thrashers Tankard will enter Stage One Studios in Borgentreich, Germany in late March with producer Andy Classen to record new versions of their greatest hits, a. o. “(Empty) Tankard”, “Chemical Invasion”, “The Morning After”, and “Space Beer”. The resulting collection, “Best Case Scenario: 25 Years in Beers”, is scheduled for release in June/July […]

Pain – the electro metal side-project of Peter TГ¤gtgren of Hypocrisy, signed a deal with Roadrunner Records. The first result of the cooperation shall be Pain’s fifth full-length studio album, due in April 2007. The still untitled CD shall be “harder, with heavier guitars, massive string eruptions and enhanced vocal performances,” claim Roadrunner’s official representatives […]