OnВ October 20В the 8th Ball ClubВ in Sofia, Bulgaria shall host a show by the Athens-based ska/swing gang The Smoking Barrels. The show shall start at 8 p.m. with performances by the local bands La MuchedumbreВ and Remont. Here’s what we should await from a show byВ The Smoking Barrels:

U2 frontman gets in the news again… and again, his deeds have little to do with music. This time Bono has been awarded the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia. It’s given annually and recognises leadership in the pursuit of freedom. Past awardees include Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton and Kofi Annan. Bono is the first non-politician to […]

Iron Maiden are bigger than ever in Australia. Tickets for their Sydney show in February 2008, at the start of their upcoming Somewhere Back in Time Tour, have sold out in just 25 minutes. The situation in Melbourne has been even more hysterical – all tickets for the concert there were sold in just 15 […]

Today, September 28, Dimmu Borgir premiere their brand-new video, “The Sacrilegious Scorn”, on MySpace. Of course, all Tangra Mega Rock readers and listeners may watch it on our website as well. Juch have a look below… “The Sacrilegious Scorn” comes off the Norwegian metal masterminds’ latest offering, “In Sorte Diaboli”, and the video itself was […]

OnВ September 27 Bulgaria’s metal veteransВ Ahat and their younger colleagues Boxer did a really impressive performance in front of more than 1000 fans at Sofia’s Universiada Hall. Photos from the show are available in ourВ GALLERY, and here’s a LIVE REPORT.

Swedish garage rockers The Hives have revealed the full details of their forthcoming new studio album. Entitled “The Black and White Album” (view cover in the left), the CD shall come out on October 15. It shall be preceded by the single “Tick Tick Boom”, due on October 1 digitally and October 8 physically. Here’s […]

Max Cavalera’s stepson Richie has posted a “very rough new demo” of a song called “Divided We Fail” by his band Incite at myspace.com/incite1. The track will be part of a three-song EP, due to appear in the near future. Richie Cavalera also makes a guest appearance on The Cavalera Conspiracy‘s debut album, due in […]

Reunited French industrial metal pioneers Treponem Pal have completed work on a brand-new studio album, due by the end of the year. Just like the band’s last effort, “Higher” (1997), the new CD was produced by KMFDM mastermind Sascha Konietzko. Besides, the still untitled piece features guest appearances by bass player Paul Raven (Ministry, Killing […]

Megadeth have uploaded the video for the track “Never Walk Alone… A Call to Arms” off their current album “United Abominations” on the Internet. The clip was shot on August 22 at Cheyenne Studios in Castain, California… …and it looks like this:

With the entire hysteria supporting the Led Zeppelin reunion show in London in November, and since September 2007 marks the 25th anniversary of the tragic death of the band’s legendary drummer John Bonham, the current issue of Traps Magazine offers a 25-page book on the late musician’s life. What’s more special is that the the […]