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“.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]