Germany’s metal maestros Masterplan have announced they’ll start recording their next full-length album in January. The follow-up to this year’s “MK II” shall be created at guitarist Roland Grapow‘s (ex-Helloween) studio in Slovakia with producer Roy Z., known for his work with Rob halford and Bruce Dickinson. Masterplan’s current line-up features Roland, bass player Jan […]

Guitar virtuoso Michael Amott (on the photo) revealed in a conversation with Tangra Mega Rock that he’ll be busy shooting two new Arch Enemy videos this week. The songs chosen are “Revolution Begins”В and “I Will Live Again”В off “Rise of the Tyrant” – the upcoming seventh full-length studio album by Sweden’s extreme metal masters, due to […]

America’s power metal defenders Vicious Rumors (on the photo)В and Agent Steel and their Belgian colleagues After All shall visit Bulgaria in a month for the first time ever. The three bands shall play live at the Black Box Club in Sofia on September 24 (Monday), with tickets for the show costing just 20 leva / […]

After confessing he’s “snorted his dad’s ashes” in April, The Rolling Stones‘ notorious guitar player Keith Richards continued confirming his stay at the tabloids’ front pagesВ by eating a cigarette on stage at what is rumoured to be the band’s last-ever show in London last Sunday, August 26. The reason for the guy’s deed could be […]

Britain’s hard rock dinosaurs Uriah Heep have postponed the release of their album, entitled “Wake the Sleeper”, until January 2008. The reason pointed out is that the band is currently sorting out exactly which label to issue the CD…

While “Into the Light” was the first present to the 20th birthday of the mighty German label Nuclear Blast, September 21 shall see the birth of the second chapter of the Nuclear Blast Allstars releases, entitled “Out of the Dark” (view cover in the left) and described as “the evil twin of its predecessor”. This […]

Buffalo-based metalcore maniacs Every Time I Die have posted the video for the track “We’rewolf” on the Internet. You can watch it below. “We’rewolf” is the fourth out of the 12 tracks on the group’s new album, “The Big Dirty”, produced by Steve Evetts and due out on September 4 via Ferret Music. The song […]

California’s metal(core) rising stars Avenged Sevenfold have announced they’ve pushed back the release of their new, self-titled and self-produced studio album from the previously announced October 16 to October 30. A bit of the quintet’s fresh sound can be checked out at myspace.com/avengedsevenfold. The follow-up Avenged Sevenfold breakthrough effort, “City of Evil” (2005), is going […]

Bulgaria’s metalcore quartet New Disease shot its first video under the guidance of Kuln’s frontman Boyan Karamfilov. The word goes about the song “My Ways” off the band’s upcoming debut album. You may check out a bit ofВ the musicВ at myspace.com/newdiseasebg. Meanwhile, New Disease announced three shows in Bulgaria next month. On September 1 the band […]

Seattle’s progressive metal veterans Queensryche are going to release a CD built entirely of cover versions on November 13 via Rhino Entertainment. Entitled “Take Cover”, the album is going to contain not only renditions the quintet has already done, like the magnificent variation of “Scarborough Fair” (turned into a total hit by Simon & Garfunkel […]