The bassist will work with his band The Light and former Happy Mondays singer Rowetta. “She [Rowetta] wants us to record an EP of the four [Joy Division songs] that she sings [live],” Hook told SlicingUpEyeballs.com. “Which are ‘Insight’, ‘New Dawn Fades’, ‘Atmosphere’ and a track called ‘Pictures’.” “So we’re going to do an EP […]

It will happen tonight at the grand opening of Varna’s brand new Mall – Varna Towers. Rumunetsa & Enchev are threatening said they will use Metallica’s ‘Face To Black’ to rap over their own folk-pop tune ‘Pipni Me Tuk’В (‘Touch Me Over There’). They’d better not.

Ingrid Pitt, the Polish-born actress who found fame in Hammer horror films, passed awayВ on MondayВ at the age of 73. For music fans, she was the narrator for Cradle of Filth’s Cruelty and the Beast album. On that album, Pitt reprised her role from the film Countess Dracula, in which the Countess bathed herself in the […]

Axl Rose is suing Activision, the makers of Guitar Hero, for $20 million.He’s claiming breach of contract over the use of the Guns N’ Roses song Welcome To The Jungle on Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock. The Guns singer claims he had an agreement with Activision that they wouldn’t feature either Slash or Velvet […]

CHILDREN OF BODOM, the hard partying Finnish heavy metal band that features frontman and modern day guitar hero Alexi Laiho, will release its new album, Relentless Reckless Forever, on March 8th, 2011 via Universal Music. Recorded in Finland’s Petrax Studios with famed rock producer Matt Hyde (SLAYER, MONSTER MAGNET), Relentless Reckless Forever is the seventh […]

According to AlternatorGigs.co.uk, three members of Sikth – including dreadlocked frontman Mikee W. Goodman – and Adrian Smith, guitarist of Iron Maiden, have joined forces along with members of Murder One and Vacant Stare to form a new “metal supergroup.” The band will make its live debut on Saturday, January 15 in High Wycombe at […]

Chimaira has announced the departure of bass player Jim Lamarca. The group has issued the following statement: “After a decade of good times and achievements, our friend and band mate Jim LaMarca has decided to retire from Chimaira. We wish him nothing but the best as he settles in and starts a family. As for […]

AFTER a six-year gap and a massive reunion with Genesis, Mike Rutherford is relaunching a new generation of Mike and The Mechanics. Formed in 1984 as a side project, the band went on to sell more than ten million albums. Originally featuring vocalists Paul Carrack and Paul Young, formerly of Sad CafГ©; they scored hits […]

The show was planned for 12 December at Sofia’s Universiada hall but promoter Balkan Entertainment CompanyВ decided to cancel it due to poor presales. Refunds will be made at the place tickets were purchased untill 31 December and online tickets refunds will be made at Eventim’s main office atВ 10, Nikola VaptzarovВ blvd in Sofia – Bulgaria.

The gig of Swedish symphonic metallers last week in Sofia was a blast. And now we already have the Tangra Mega Rock interview we had faceВ to face with band leader Christopher minutes before he went up on stage. Our THERION expert, Georgi Georgiev is absolutely unstoppable. Here are his:В В В  – LIVE REPORT – GALLERY -В and […]