“I already sing about the obvious advantage of living in Holland!” Mark Foggo can’t wait to visit Bulgaria with his Skasters for the first time ever, and the reason for his show in Sofia on March 23 shall be the first birthday of Tangra Mega Rock! Vassil Varbanov: Hey, Mark, how are you? Mark Foggo: […]

“Damn the man!” Drummer JC Dwyer presents “Age of Tyranny/The Tenth Crusade” – the tenth studio fist by the mighty Pro-Pain, scheduled to smash Europe’s face on March 30 via Soul Food/AFM Records… Vassil Varbanov: Hey, JC, where are you at the moment? JC Dwyer: I am home, in Texas. V. V.: The idea to […]

“Our music wasn’t invented in the mid-90’s, but it existed already in the 80’s with bands like Warlock.” Sander Gommans – founder, guitarist and backing vocalist of the Dutch melodic metal sextet After Forever – presents the band’s new, self-titled full-length studio album, due to be released on April 20 via Nuclear Blast. Vassil Varbanov: […]

An ICQ talk between Tangra Mega Rock and a crazy motherfucker… Fur Bulgarian language speakrs only… TMR: kopelentse, kakvo po diavolite pravish v Thailand? K: doidoh za prostitukite, no me domyrzq i sega leja na plaja… obslujvam se sam edin vid 4e sym si skypernik TMR: sam li si tam ili ne mojesh da kajesh […]

“We have no plans for anything, we simply try to better ourselves and make the best possible music.” Dark Tranquillity‘s original bass player and current guitarist Martin Henriksson present the Gothenburg sextet’s brand-new album, “Fiction”, and reveals some quite peculiar stories… Vassil Varbanov: Hey, Martin, how are you? Martin Henriksson: I’m very good, how about […]

“We had a real singer when we started, but he left, so we tossed the coin and I lost. That was the cost – whoever loses is gonna be the singer…” The Toy Dolls‘ founder, frontman and only surviving memner through all these years, Michael “Olga” Algar, confesses he cannot sing, states he’s a pessimist, […]

“A friend of mine picked up the phone and said, “Some guy says he’s Ritchie Blackmore!” And it really was…” Rainbow’s last vocalist Doogie White talks about the fourth studio album by his current Scottish-Danish band Cornerstone, “Two Tales of One Tomorrow”, as well as about babysitting, working with Ritchie Blackmore, auditioning for Iron Maiden, […]

“Things have changed now, and we like to make Ferraris, not Mercedes.” Saxon‘s 56-year-old vocalist Biff Byford tells about the good times the British heavy metal godfathers are experiencing now, with the release of their brand-new studio album “The Inner Sanctum”… Vassil Varbanov: Hello, Mr. Byford! How are you doing? Biff Byford: Hey, it’s nice […]

“Are you happy with the world today?” “We’re happy with the Manowar fans!” Scott Columbus, the heroic drummer of the American kings of metal Manowar, talks about the band’s fans, the kick-ass new album “Gods of War”, the fans, the world today, the fans, the kick-ass new album, the readiness to die for metal, the […]

“I hope everybody knows we’re presenting lyrics that have nothing to do with our personal lives.” Around 5 p.m. on March 5, 2007, exactly three hours before their first ever show in Sofia, Bulgaria, Alex Webster – founder and bass player of America’s death metal masters Cannibal Corpse – entered the halls of Tangra Mega […]