The new, 36th issue of the Bulgarian music magazine Pro-Rock shall be available on Thursday, May 17. The cover story is dedicated to Heaven & Hell – the supergroup featuring Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinnie Appice. The issueВ offers also interviews and features about Dimmu Borgir, Six Feet Under, Porcupine Tree, Marduk, […]

Korpiklaani (formerly known as Shaman) have completed the video for their brand-new song “Tervaskanto”. It is already available for watching HERE. “Tervaskanto” is the titled cut off the Finnish folk metallers’ fourth studio album (view cover in the left), due in Europe on June 29 via Napalm Records. Expect a review of the effort to […]

HammerFall shall release an anniversary compilation album, entitled “Steel Meets Steel: Ten Years of Glory”. It shall feature the Swedish true metal defenders’ greatest hits, as well as 3 brand-new tracks. Having in mind what guitarist Oscar Dronjak revealed to Tangra Mega Rock in an interview some months ago, these new cuts shall most probably […]

Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker has revealed that Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan (on the photo) has recorded some vocals for the song “The Cross” off the upcoming studio album by the German hard rok veterans, “Humanity – Hour 1”. The CD, produced by James MichaelВ and Desmond Child, is due out in Europe on May 28. […]

Apocalyptica‘s impressive performance during the Eurovision Song Contest Final can already be watched below. The Finnish cello rockers presented an eight-minute-long medley of brand-new and older stuff at the ceremony last Saturday, May 12, which was won by the Serbian singer Maria Serifovic and the “Molitva” (“Prayer”). Two days ago we also informed you about […]

On Friday, May 11, veteran shock rocker Alice Cooper presented the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award to Chris Cornell at the third annual MusiCares Map Fund Benefit concert, which took place at the Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre in Hollywood, California. The former singer of Audioslave, Soundgarden and Temple of the Dog, who went through rehab […]

Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour), Dave Lombardo (Slayer; on the photo with Mikko Siren and Perttu Kivilaakso), Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil), Joseph Duplantier (Gojira) and Japanese composer Tomoyasu Hotei are among the confirmed musicians who have recorded guest appearances on the upcoming Apocalyptica album. The CD, produced by Jacob Hellner (Rammstein, Clawfinger), shall be released […]

From now on you can stream the entire new Paradise Lost album, “In Requiem” (view cover in the left), at the band’s official MySpace profile. Note that the tracks off the CD shall be available for a week only, which means you’ve got time till next Friday. In other news, the British gothic metal godfathers […]

Nuclear Blast have launched a special website dedicated to the current activities of Nightwish. You can check it out HERE. The final details about the future activities of Finland’s metal superstars are as follows: A new single, entitled “Eva”, shall be available for download on May 30. That’s when the name of the band’s new […]

German heavy metal veterans Helloween entered singer Andi Deris’ Mi Sueno Studios in Tenerife, Spain today, May 11, to begin recoding their next full-length album. The CD, due to be produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (Blind Guardian, Saxon), is scheduled to appear on Halloween, October 31, followed by a European tour starting in mid-November.