TRIVIUM‘s new effort, “The Crusade“, sold over 31,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to land position No. 25 of next week’s The Billboard 200 chart.As previously reported, “The Crusade“, debuted in the national U.K. album chart at No. 6 and is No. 1 on the rock chart. It has […]

Flip/Atlantic Records has announced details of STAIND‘s first-ever hits collection, “The Singles: 1996-2006“. The album arrives in stores on November 14. A separate companion DVD, entitled “Staind: The Videos“, will be released simultaneously.“The Singles: 1996-2006” track listing:01. Come Again02. Mudshovel03. Home04. Outside05. It’s Been Awhile06. For You07. Epiphany08. So Far Away09. Price to Play10. Zoe […]

Rod Stewart says that he hasn’t written off the chances of reforming The Faces.The singer says that he would consider reviving the Seventies group given the right circumstances.He told American magazine blender: “I would reform them for the right reasons, maybe one big charity event.”But he also expressed his doubts that the band would be […]

Finnish melodic metallers HELION have revealed the cover artwork for their fourth CD, “Mercury Rising“. Tentatively due before the end of the year, the follow-up to 2005’s “Shadow of the Sun” was recorded at Studio Sound Supreme (AMORAL, PAIN CONFESSOR, ROTTEN SOUND) and is the group’s first CD to feature new guitar player Kimmo Korhonen. […]

Swedish melodic death metallers ETERNAL OATH will enter the studio in late October to record the follow-up to 2005’s “Wither“. A total of 12 cuts will be recorded, including “Reality/Fatality”, “Greater Than I”, “My Demise”, “The Dark Domain”, “Self Appointed Victim”, “No Cure Sickness”, “Chokehold” and “Reconcile”.ETERNAL OATH recently parted ways with original singer Joni […]

Sweden’s THERION has posted the following message on its official web site:“At the Palace Hall in Bucharest, Romania on December 9th, THERION [will] play with [a] full symphonic orchestra, choir and international opera stars. The band will go on stage with nearly 70 musicians of the Academic Radio Choir, 100 instrumentists of the Romanian Radio […]

Former NIGHTWISH vocalist Tarja Turunen has posted the cover artwork for her upcoming Christmas album, “Henka”ys Ikuisuudesta” (Breath from Heaven). “Henka’ys Ikuisuudesta“, which includes selections from JOHN LENNON and ABBA, will arrive on November 8. A single, entitled “You Would Have Loved This“, will surface on October 25.

Finnish epic/pagan metallers MOONSORROW have set “Viides Luku – HГ¤vitetty” as the title of their new album, due on January 10, 2007 via Spikefarm Records.As previously reported, MOONSORROW has been confirmed for next year’s installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. They are also scheduled […]

Ex-HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske has announced that will rearrange and re-record all of the songs that he wrote with his former band for an upcoming CD, to be released next year through Frontiers Records.Commented Kiske: “Since I always need a bit of time to get another (good) record written. I talk with Frontiers Records right […]

Life-size mural posters are now on display in most Tokyo train and subway stations in a new campaign featuring former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman as the new face of the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF).Friedman‘s new solo album, “Loudspeaker“, was released in Europe on September 15 via Mascot Records. The CD entered the Japanese […]