SLIPKNOT/STONE SOURВ vocalist COREY TAYLORВ knows whatВ RATMВ did last ChristmasВ (check here). And Corey Taylor has decided to make his own bid for the 2010 Christmas Number One. He will release a Christmas single entitled X-M@$ on December 12 in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. Check out our world exclusive first play of the accompanying video at this […]

December 8, 2010 means 6 years since the GREAT DIMEBAG got shot on stage while starting the set of his new band Damageplan in Columbus, Ohio. This week on Tangra Mega Rock is dedicated to the gerat musician and his music.В  You can listen to our special PANTERA episodes every dayВ (at least 20В mins each)В at 5:00 […]

Due to “extreme weather conditions,” British gothic metal pioneers Paradise Lost have been forced to cancel their appearance at the Taksirat Festival in Macedonia on Saturday, December 4. Commented singer Nick Holmes and guitarist Greg Mackintosh: “To all our Macedonian fans who traveled to the Taksirat Festival to see us, it is with deep regret […]

A little over a year ago Mr. Big played their first ever Sofia show. That was the Tangra Mega Rock night within the Arena Muzika 2009 festival. The previous year Paul Gilbert performed a solo gig in Plovdiv before an enraptured audience. And now, here he is again, in Sofia, just a month before Mr […]

Mick Hucknall, singer with ’80s stars Simply Red, guesses he slept with more than 3,000 women in 3 years during the band’s glory years. But in an interview with the Guardian, he’s now ready to put Simply Red to bed and apologized for his philandering behavior: “I regret the philandering. In fact, can I issue […]

Tangra Mega Rock’s world reporter, IVAN DRANDIISKI was at the A-HA farewell concert at London’s Wembley Arena last Saturday. A-HAВ is the third best sellingВ Scandinavian artistВ in history with ABBAВ and ROXETTE. Check thi picturesВ at this location.

The Swedish hit machineВ was set to play at Hall 1 of the NationalВ Palace of Culture in Sofia but due to the tremendous public demand has been moved to ‘Georgi Asparuhov’ stadium, home for Bulgaria’s most populra football team – Levski PFC. Tickets pricedВ 80 bgnВ (40 Euro)В and 100 BGN are on sale at the National Palce box […]

SLIPKNOT are proud to announce they will return in 2011 to headline the UK’s Sonisphere Festival. The weekend event at the world famous Knebworth site is set to happen from Friday 8th – Sunday 10th July. The band’s 2011 summer shows will mark their first without founding member, Paul Gray who tragically passed away earlier […]

The most infamous blasphemers in heavy metal history are set to return on February 15 as Deicide gears up to unleash ‘To Hell With God.’ This smoldering heap of brutality will certainly find itself at the forefront of much backlash due to its themes but critics will not be able to deny the sheer brilliance […]

There will almost certainly be at one least one new Dio song put out next year. Talking exclusively to Classic Rock, guitarist Craig Goldy said: “We were working on tracks for a new Dio album just before Ronnie died in May. And we did almost finish one song. Wendy (Dio, the great singer’s widow/manager) has […]