MEGADETH has tapped British producer Andy Sneap (NEVERMORE, MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY, CRADLE OF FILTH) to mix its long-awaited new album, “United Abominations“, tentatively due in March 2007 via Roadrunner Records.“United Abominations” will include a cover of LED ZEPPELIN‘s “Out on the Tiles“, which Mustaine has previously described as one of the CD’s highlights. “It […]

ALICE IN CHAINS is among more than 20 bands set to perform Oct. 21 in different cities across North America as part of MySpace.com‘s Rock for Darfur initiative to help the battle-torn region of Sudan. AIC will take the stage in Winston-Salem, N.C., and a portion of profits from the gig will benefit the Oxfam […]

Ten of the biggest fans of the cult UK band Duran Duran will meet them personally thanks to Sofia Music Enterprises and Ticketpro Bulgaria! The names of the lucky winners are published at www.ticketpro.bg. The gig will take place on October 20, Friday at the Winter Hall of Sports in Sofia. Organizers of this event […]

U2 have announced the release date of their new greatest hits compilation.The collection titled ‘U218 Singles’ is released on November 21 and features 16 of the band’s best known songs, plus two additional tracks.The new songs were recorded with Rick Rubin at Abbey Road Studios last month, one of which is the Green Day collaboration […]

ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer has sent the following announcement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET:“I just wanted to make a quick and exciting announcement that I think many of you will be very happy about. Brent Smedley is coming back to ICED EARTH for the recording and touring of the ‘Something Wicked‘ saga Parts 1& 2, and beyond.“For […]

Escapi Music has set a February 20, 2007 release date for the long-awaited new studio album from the legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE, entitled “Simple Mind Condition“. The follow-up to 1995’s “Plastic Green Head” was produced by Vinny Wojno (KREATOR, MACHINE HEAD) and features vocalist Eric Wagner, guitarists Rick Wartell and Bruce Franklin, drummer Jeff Olson […]

Finnish metallers PAIN CONFESSOR have set “Purgatory of the Second Sun” as the title of their third album, tentatively due March 2007.As previously reported, PAIN CONFESSOR will enter Fantom Studios in late 2006/early 2007 with Samu Oittinen to record the CD. Other songtitles set to appear on the album include “Dreamcrusher”, “Second Sun”, “Without Redemption […]

Finnish metallers CELESTY have posted two songs — “Lord of Mortals” and “Arrival” — from their upcoming third full-length effort, “Mortal Mind Creation“, on their MySpace page. Due on October 23 via Dockyard 1, the follow-up to 2004’s “Legacy of Hate” was recorded at Midas Studios in Vaasa, Finland with producer Sami “Hannu” Koivisto, who […]

Hellion Records has set a December 8 European release date for the fourth full-length album from Italian power metallers KALEDON, entitled “Chapter IV: Twilight of the Gods“.“Chapter IV: Twilight of the Gods” projected track listing:01. The Holy Water02. Hell On Earth03. War Plans04. Goodbye My Friend05. Clash Of The Titans06. Into The Fog07. Eyes Of […]

Over 10 minutes of video footage (including the song “Hammer Smashed Face” in its entirety) and a load of photos from the second Sydney CANNIBAL CORPSE gig of their Australian tour (Sunday, October 8, 2006) have been posted online at PyroMusic.net. Photos of both support bands (PLAGUE and PSYCROPTIC) are also included.