Bulgaria’s ska leadersВ Wickeda shall start a three-month European club tour at the end of this week. All dates and venues confirmed so far can be seen in our GIG GUIDE.

American rockers My Morning Jacket shall release their new studio album on June 10 via ATO Records. Entitled “Evil Urges“, the CD by the Kentucky-bred rock act was recorded in New York late last year with co-producer Joe Chiccarelli, and is going to feature 14 tracks. My Morning Jacket – “The Way That He Sings” […]

Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails are rumoured to be headlining this year’s Lollapalooza Festival. Nothing’s been confirmed yet, except for the fact that the upcoming edition of the event, which was founded by Perry Farrell, is set to take place at Chicago’s Grant Park on August 1-3, with more than 100 artists expected to perform.

After The Sex Pistols, Nightwish and Ministry, half a dozen more acts have been added to the bill for this year’s EXIT Festival, set to take place on July 10-13 at the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia. The word goes about Gogol Bordello (on the photo), Paul Weller, The Hives, Sven Vath, Franscois K, […]

Britain’s rock veterans Uriah Heep shall finally release a brand-new full-length studio album. The follow-up to 1998’s “Sonic Origami” shall be suitably entitled “Wake the Sleeper” (view cover in the left) and is going to surface on June 2 via Universal Music Group. Uriah Heep – “July Morning” (live)

For the first time in Nuclear Blast‘s history, eight of the German label’s releases appeared last week in the German album and single charts at the same time. To be more precise, the honour goes to: Albums: RAGE – “Carved in Stone” (#24) NIGHTWISH – “Dark Passion Play” (#29) AVANTASIA – “The Scarecrow” (#70) SUBWAY […]

Samael’s guitarist Makro and his extreme metal side-project Sludge shall release its new studio album, “Lava“, in April or May via the Danish label Mighty Music. The Swiss group’s CD contains 9 songs described as “dirty, un-commercial, heavy as shit”. Some of them can be heard at myspace.com/sludgedoomers, and the video for the opening track, […]

The next edition of the Fracture weekly metal show on РњРњ TV shall feature interviews with CrowfishВ and Atlantik, as well as videos by Avantasia, The Agony Scene, Jeff Scott Soto, Linea 77, Insense, Three, Motley Crue, Carnal Forge, Napalm Death, W.A.S.P. and many more. Fracture airs Sundays at 10 p.m..

At the end of this news you may watch the trailer for Muse‘s forthcoming CD/DVD live package, due on March 17. Entitled “H.A.A.R.P.” (view cover in the left), it documents the trio’s two-night stand at London’s Wembley Stadium last June. Here’s the complete tracklist for “H.A.A.R.P.”, and below it – the trailer: DVD: Knights of […]

Tangra Mega Rock is extremely proud to present Mexico City’s two-times Latino Grammy Award winners MOLOTOV live in Bulgaria for the first time ever! To put it short, here are the facts: MOLOTOVВ Live in Sofia, Bulgaria!В Special guestsВ Svetlyo & The LegendsВ & Babyface Clan!В Date: April 11, 2008В (Friday)В Venue: Hristo Botev Hall,В SofiaВ Start: 8 p.m.. Tickets: 25 leva (the first […]