Two decades after breaking up, Seattle’s grunge godfathers Green River have announced they’ll reform next summer for a special show to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the cult local label Sub Pop Records. The band that released three EPs and one album, “Rehab Doll” (1988), consisted of guitarist Jeff Ament and bass player Stone Gossard […]

New York’s new metalcore hopes Bloodsimple are going to release their sophomore album, entitled “Red Harvest”, on October 30 via Warner. The follow-up to the band’s 2005 debut “A Cruel World” is going to contain 11 tracks. For those who are not familiar with the guys’ music, check it out at Bloodsimple’s official MySpace profile.

After flooding the Internet with the visualization for the country “masterpiece” “Cuntry Boner”, Tool’s frontman Maynard James Keenan has unleashed a second video by his project Puscifer, this time for the tune “Queen B.”. You may watch it below. Both songs come off Puscifer’s debut album, “V Is for Vagina”, which will be released an […]

Exactly at 4 p.m. onВ Saturday, October 6, the start of the new and only official Bulgaria IPВ rock televisionВ shall be given -В Tangra TV.В On www.Tangra.tv you’ll be able to watch brand-new, as well as classic rock and metalВ videos. You’ll see footage of the concerts promoted by Tangra Mega Rock and some of the leading local promoters. All […]

After a decade-long period of silence following the release of their only two studio albums – “Dummy” (1994) and “Portishead” (1997) – Portishead seem to finally getting nearer and nearer to the release of their third effort (not counting 1998’s concert recording “Roseland NYC Live”). Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley have finished laying […]

Sweden’s goth metal masters Tiamat have finished laying down the drums and bass for their next album. Entitled “Amanethes”, the follow-up to “Prey” (2003) is due in early 2008 via Nuclear Blast. Meanwhile, frontman Johan Edlund is also working on an acoustic solo album in Swedish…

Original Saigon Kick frontman Matt Kramer, who sang on the American band’s first two monumental releases – “Saigon Kick” (1991) and “The Lizard” (1992) – will release a book of poetry, entitled “An American Profit” (view cover in the left), on October 31. The issue will be available for sale exclusively through mattkramer.net for $10. […]

Vocalist and band co-founder BjГ¶rn “Speed” Strid presented “Sworn to a Great Divide” – the seventh full-length studio album by Sweden’s melodic death metal leaders Soilwork (view cover in the left), due out on October 19 via Nuclear Blast – in a friendly conversation with Tangra Mega Rock. The entire interview, featuring thoughts about the […]

Brazil’s crust bands Crust DivisionВ and Korrozao are going to do a show at the 8th Ball Club in Sofia, Bulgaria on October 24. You may check out their music respectively hereВ and here. Except for the South Americans, the concert shall also feature the local acts OmertaВ and Old Joe’s Anger. The event starts at 8 p.m., […]

California’s experimental prog-latino rock outfit The Mars Volta have delayed the release of their fourth studio album, “The Bedlam in Goliath”, to January 29, 2008. As we already informed you, the CD shall appear via the label Gold Standard Laboratories. What we’re able to reveal now is the album’s complete tracklist (in alphabetical order): Abernikula […]