Professionally filmed footage of last night’s show by Metallica in Lisbon, Portugal can be viewed below.As on its other current European concerts, the band performed mainly classics. Here’s the complete setlist: 01. Creeping Death02. Fuel03. Wherever I May Roam04. Harvester of Sorrow05. Bleeding Me06. King Nothing07. No Remorse08. Devil’s Dance09. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)10. Master of […]

Two of the biggest European summer festivals – Germany’s Rock am RingВ and Rock im Park – start today, June 6. For three days (until Sunday) their stages shall host dozens of world-famous rock acts, a.o. Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, MotГ¶rhead, Queens of the Stone Age, Nightwish, Opeth, The Verve, Dimmu Borgir, In Flames, Cavalera […]

The readers of Modern Drummer MagazineВ chose Thomas Haake of Meshuggah for Best Metal Drummer in this year’s annual poll of the issue. Here’s how the Top 5 looks like: 1. Tomas Haake (Meshuggah)2. Jason Bittner (Shadows Fall)3. Chris Adler (Lamb of God)4. Derek Roddy (ex-Hate Eternal)5. Joey Jordison (Slipknot) Tomas Haake in action

Fan-filmed footage of Anthrax‘s performance with new singer Dan Nelson (on the photo) on May 31, 2008 – just three days after his stage debut with Scott Ian & Co. – can be viewed below. This guy’s definitely good! Except for playing live, Anthrax is currently writing material for its new album – the band’s […]

Drummer Bryan “Brain” Mantia (a.o. Primus, Guns N’ Roses, Godflesh), funky bass legend William “Bootsy” Collins (ex-Parliament, Funkadelic), current Guns N’ Roses guitarist Buckethead, and vocalist Greg Hampton have finally finished working on the debut album by their project Science Faxtion. The CD is going to be entitled “Living on Another Frequency” and is due […]

French progressive extreme metallers Gojira have set “The Way of All Flesh” as the title of their new album, due on October 13 in Europe via Listenable Records. The follow-up to 2005’s “From Mars to Sirius” is currently being tracked in Los Angeles with producer and ex-Machine Head and Soulfly guitarist Logan Mader.

Kiss are giving UK fans the chance to take home recordings of their first performance in England in almost a decade. Their live set at the Download Festival in Donington Park on June 13 will be recorded and burned onto CDs, which will be available to buy from the merchandise stall straight after the gig. […]

The big winner in this year’s edition of Music Idol (the Bulgarian version of the Pop Idol contest), Toma Zdravkov, visited our studio and gave an interview that was streamed live online at Tangra Mega Rock. Here are some photos of the guy’sВ visit: В  В  В  В 

Massachusetts-based metallers Shadows Fall have uploaded their brand-new video for the song “Forevermore” on the Internet, as you can see below. The track comes off the band’s latest full-length album, 2007’s “Threads of Life” (view cover in the left). Shadows Fall – “Forevermore“

Progressive rock veterans Yes have cancelled their 40th Anniversary Tour that was scheduled to pass throu North America this summer. This is because vocalist Jon Anderson (on the photo) has been told to rest after suffering an acute asthmatic attack… Get well soon, Jon!