The Goo Goo Dolls are to release a compilation CD, clearly entitled “Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 – The Singles”, in mid-November. The rockers’ best-of-effort shall be followed by a second volume in the beginning of 2008, featuring rarities, cover version, remixes and B-sides, as well as a couple of new songs.

A brand-new composition by Norway’s sound magicians Ulver, entitled “Vigil”, has been made available for streaming on the band’s official MySpace profile atВ myspace.com/ulver1. The song is the fourth out of the nine ones to be included on Ulver’s seventh full-length studio album, “Shadows of the Sun”, due in Europe on October 1 via Jester Records. […]

Black Label Society guitarist Nick Catanese (on the photo), Queensryche six-stringer Mike Stone (now playing bass and singing) and drummer Mike Froedge (ex-Doubledrive) have joined forces in a new side-project. According to Nick, “we’re just writing away… There’s heavier stuff, but there’s stuff like, we wrote a song that sounds like if you put The […]

California’s metal(core) rising stars Avenged Sevenfold have announced they’ve pushed back the release of their new, self-titled and self-produced studio album from the previously announced October 16 to October 30. A bit of the quintet’s fresh sound can be checked out at myspace.com/avengedsevenfold. The follow-up Avenged Sevenfold breakthrough effort, “City of Evil” (2005), is going […]

Bulgaria’s metalcore quartet New Disease shot its first video under the guidance of Kuln’s frontman Boyan Karamfilov. The word goes about the song “My Ways” off the band’s upcoming debut album. You may check out a bit ofВ the musicВ at myspace.com/newdiseasebg. Meanwhile, New Disease announced three shows in Bulgaria next month. On September 1 the band […]

Seattle’s progressive metal veterans Queensryche are going to release a CD built entirely of cover versions on November 13 via Rhino Entertainment. Entitled “Take Cover”, the album is going to contain not only renditions the quintet has already done, like the magnificent variation of “Scarborough Fair” (turned into a total hit by Simon & Garfunkel […]

Most of Evil Music announced the long-awaited details about the first ever show in Sofia, Bulgaria by Sweden’s black metal gods Marduk and their Norwegian supporters MassemordВ and Koldbrann. The concert shall take place on September 21 (Friday) at the Black Box Club in downtown Sofia,В starting at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost 27В leva / 14 EuroВ (presale)В and 32В leva […]

After confessing he’s “snorted his dad’s ashes” in April, The Rolling Stones‘ notorious guitar player Keith Richards continued confirming his stay at the tabloids’ front pagesВ by eating a cigarette on stage at what is rumoured to be the band’s last-ever show in London last Sunday, August 26. The reason for the guy’s deed could be […]

Britain’s hard rock dinosaurs Uriah Heep have postponed the release of their album, entitled “Wake the Sleeper”, until January 2008. The reason pointed out is that the band is currently sorting out exactly which label to issue the CD…

While “Into the Light” was the first present to the 20th birthday of the mighty German label Nuclear Blast, September 21 shall see the birth of the second chapter of the Nuclear Blast Allstars releases, entitled “Out of the Dark” (view cover in the left) and described as “the evil twin of its predecessor”. This […]