"some music was meant to stay underground..." We post metal news every day, throughout the day, covering thousands of metal bands including underground and unsigned bands Below is the latest news, but check back often for updates. You can also browse our news archive or find news by band Click a date below to read that day's news By 2024-06-14T11:00:00+01:00 GERMANY: The latest plans for the Stadt-Umland-Bahn 26 km inter-urban extension of the Nürnberg tram network from the Am Wegfeld stop to Erlangen and Herzogenaurach have been backed by voters in Erlangen The project is being developed by a joint venture of Nürnberg An initial referendum in 2016 gave the go-ahead for the development of detailed proposals The plans were approved by 52·4% of participants in a second vote held alongside the European Parliament elections on June 9 ’This is a good signal for our business and science location and for the transport transition the citizens of Erlangen have spoken out in favour of this project — and as we know this is not a matter of course for such major projects ‘Now there is clarity and we can devote all our energy to the final step in the approval process the planning approval procedure with the Mittelfranken local authority and concrete preparations for the construction phase.’ The cost of construction is estimated at €635m at 2022 prices The promoters envisage that the majority of the cost would be funded by the federal government and the Land of Bayern running through to central Nürnberg on existing tracks It is not envisaged that people would travel the full length of the line as using regional trains for longer sections would be faster the line with 31 stops would form part of the wider transport network and improve access to destinations including Friedrich-Alexander University and major employers including Siemens An eastern branch starting in Erlangen and running via Spardorf Neunkirchen am Brand and Kleinsendelbach to Eckental is also being planned GERMANY: The further development of plans for a 15 km two-line light rail network in Regensburg was rejected by 53·6% of voters in a referendum held alongside the European Parliament election on June 9 The city council now plans to wind up the Stadtbahn Regensburg committee GERMANY: The development of plans for a further extension of Frankfurt Stadtbahn Line U5 beyond Europaviertel to the Römerhof area has been approved by the city’s transport committee GERMANY: The Berlin Senate has given the go-ahead for further work on the development of proposals to build a tram line from Jungfernheide to Reinickendorf via the Urban Tech Republic development zone on the site of the city’s former Tegel airport Site powered by Webvision Cloud Time flies when you're tearing up the charts At least that seems to be the case for some of today's top rock and metal acts It wasn't that long ago that they were fresh-faced youngsters just trying to catch their big break but now they're kings of the rock and metal universe you can get a look at each act in their early years as well as what they look like in recent years You're also not making the cut on this gallery without sustained success so there's a lot of credit that goes to the members featured in the "now" portion of this photo gallery as well So join us on this trip down memory lane as we revisit some of today's Top Rock + Metal Acts Time flies, but the legends remain!\nRead More Welcome to www.telcotitans.com. This site uses cookies. Read our policy 2022-02-04T11:14:00 Already registered? Sign in here By registering for a free account, you will get immediate access to the rest of this article Register now  Want full access to TelcoTitans content? Check out our subscription options