Now that his gig with Queen is over, Paul Rodgers is returning to the band that brought him the most fame: Bad Company. The reunited band will hit the road in the UK next Spring for a run of eight shows.What makes this outing extra special is the fact that it will feature the original […]

Heavy Metal Icon Dee Snider Launches Takebackthehorns.com. Motivated by what he calls, the ‘systematic abuse’ of the metal horns, heavy metal icon and front man for the legendary Twisted Sister, Dee Snider has launched a web site dedicated to the reclamation of our iconic heavy metal symbol, www.Takebackthehorns.comВ “The rampant misuse and overuse of the metal […]

Bulgarian metalheads just love W.A.S.P.! This is the inevitable conclusion from this 4th visit of Blackie Lawless and his gang here in this country. 24 years after the controversial debut album, which in a way triggered plenty of reasons for PMRC fanatics to look for political tools to censorship the rock’n’roll aesthetics, Blackie is alive […]

These are gloomy days indeed. We at Tangra Mega Rock are shellshocked by the news of Ivan Latinov’s untimely death. Ivan was one of the best drummers to ever come out of Bulgaria, had many friends and was highly respected within the music community. In fact the man was a true legend and will be […]

Finnish metal legends Amorphis will release their first-ever live DVD in the spring of 2010, in time for the band’s 20th anniversary. The filming will take place on Friday, November 20, at Club Teatria in Oulu/Finland, where Amorphis will be supported by Stratovarius and Before The Dawn. In addition to the live material, the anniversary […]

SOULFLY entered Edge Of The Earth studios in Hollywood, CA on November 6th with producer Logan Mader (MACHINE HEAD, DIVINE HERESY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, GOJIRA, DEVILDRIVER) to begin recording its new album, tentatively titled Omen, for an early 2010 release. Working song titles set to appear on the follow-up to last year’s Conquer include: ‘Bloodbath And […]

Two weeks before the big radio Tangra Mega Rock concert wich will be co-headlined by reunited punk legends KONTROL and KULTUR SHOCK of Seattle, we are happy to announce the name of the support act. PERO DEFFORMERO will be the first to go onstage at the Universiada hall in Sofia on December 1st. PERO DEFFORMERO […]

The drummer of the resurrected Seattle band said on Tangra Mega Rock he was not a big smoker before the singer’s death: “I actually didn’t smoke for the longest time. They day I started smoking was the day they found Layne…which was a weird thing. I’d occasionally smoke when drunk once in a while, but […]

The show at the Hristo Botev hall tonight is completely sold out. Sheky – the frontman of theВ support actВ Shecky & The Bloodrain was in our studio yesterday.В He confirmed that his bandВ will open the gig withВ 40 minutes including a new cover version of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Whole Lotta Love’. ‘The Wrong Side of Being Right’ – the […]

Extreme guitarist Nuno has joined forces with Rihanna and will be her 2010 world tour lead guitarist. Nuno states, “Hey all…….Nuno.. here. I wanted to share some news with you… A friend and Music Director, Tony Bruno, reached out to me and asked if I would be interested in playing guitar with Rihanna. Rihanna is […]