EVANESCENCE‘s “The Open Door” has sold 447,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to land at the top of next week’s The Billboard 200 chart.EVANESCENCE recorded “The Open Door” while dealing with its guitarist having a stroke, a legal battle with its former manager, and singer Amy Lee‘s public break-up […]

German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN will release a new DVD, entitled “VГ¶lkerball” on November 17. According to RAMMSTEIN‘s manager Emanuel Fialik, the disc will be packed with footage, including “almost three hours of live recordings filmed in France, Japan, England and Russia. Also there is an audio CD featuring 75 minutes of concert footage. In a […]

David Bowie is set to take on his most prestigious project yet by starring in an episode of cult cartoon SpongeBob Squarepants.Writing in his blog Bowie announced the news saying: “It’s happened. At last. I’ve hit the Holy Grail of animation gigs. Yesterday I got to be a character on….tan-tara…SpongeBob SquarePants. Oh Yeah!!”“We, the family, […]

John Lennon‘s killer Mark Chapman has been refused parole for a fourth time.A panel of three judges at New York’s Attica Correctional Facility took just 16 minutes to reject the 51-year-old’s plea.In a written decision they concluded: “The panel remains concerned about the bizarre nature of this premeditated and violent crime.“While the panel notes your […]

PJ Harvey will be back in the studio this coming November, working again with Flood and John Parish (who will share production duties.)What will be notable about the next album will be the fact most of the songs are based around and written on the piano, a new departure for Polly.A brand new album can […]

The New York Dolls will kick off their first extended headlining tour in more than 30 years on Nov. 6 in San Diego. The Supersuckers will support on the outing, which runs through Dec. 2 in St. Louis.The group will be out behind its Roadrunner album “One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even […]

TWISTED SISTER‘s song “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” has been posted online at the band’s official MySpace page. The track will be included on TWISTED SISTER recently completed “final” disc, “A Twisted Christmas“, featuring metal versions of holiday classics, including “Deck the Halls” and “Oh Come All Ye Faithful“.

October 9, 2006 – After a year of wishlists, speculation and even a bit of “slipped” information, RedOctane finally has revealed to us the final licensed tracklist for Guitar Hero II. Totaling 40 tunes in all, spread over eight difficulty levels, the sequel to our Best Music Game of 2005 seems to have an even […]

Four interpretations of Danny Elfman‘s beloved Nightmare Before Christmas compositions have posted on the official myspace page for the 3D “reissue” of the film. The selections include covers performed by Fall Out Boy, She Wants Revenge, Marilyn Manson and Fiona Apple.Originally released in 1993, the film, directed by Henry Selick, used stop-motion animation and computer […]

Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR are about to commence the recording sessions for their new album at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden with Fredrik NordstrГ¶m.Commented guitarist Silenoz: “Finally we arrived in Studio Fredman. It’s now located outside Gothenburg in a godforsaken place in the middle of fucking nowhere, which couldn’t be more perfect.“Things started […]