Walls of Jericho Singer Performs w/ In This Moment

WALLS OF JERICHO's Candace Kucsulain joined IN THIS MOMENT on stage at the Detroit stop of Ozzfest 2007 on Sunday, August 26 for a rendition of the track "Daddy's Falling Angel". Watch video footage of the performance below.

Possum of Altitude TV's "Metalogy 101" show recently conducted an interview with IN THIS MOMENT's Maria Brink and Chris Howorth about their Ozzfest 2007 experience. You can watch the two-minute clip on YouTube.

IN THIS MOMENT's captivating new video for the track "Beautiful Tragedy" made its "Headbanger's Ball" debut on July 21 on MTV2. Directed by Robert Hall (JOSH TODD), the video features lead singer Maria Brink falling asleep in a bathtub and slipping into a surreal nightmare where a dark, evil figures looms amidst the burnt landscapes.

IN THIS MOMENT's debut album, "Beautiful Tragedy" (Century Media Records), came out on March 20. More...

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Behemoth To Play First At West Palm Beach Ozzfest

Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH will play first on the Ozzfest second stage on Thursday, August 30 at the Sound Advice Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida (the final show of the Ozzfest 2007 tour) due to the fact that they have to catch a flight back to Poland later that same day. Doors open at 12:00 noon and the band starts playing at 12:30 p.m.

BEHEMOTH is scheduled to perform at the Route To Hell Festival in Caserta, Italy on Saturday, September 1.

BEHEMOTH recently completed its new video for the track "Prometherion", shot by acclaimed director Soren (ALL THAT REMAINS, UNEARTH). The clip is a frenetic, savage performance based video that perfectly showcases the band's unrelenting energy and uncompromising vision. Look for the video to be posted online next month.

BEHEMOTH will team up with be Glendale, AZ extreme metal unit JOB FOR A COWBOY for the 2007 "Radio Rebellion" tour beginning late October. The tour affords the band the opportunity to perform a longer set in more intimate settings, ultimately providing fans with "the definitive BEHEMOTH experience". This is also a chance for the band to perform an array of songs from their highly acclaimed new offering, "The Apostasy", which debuted at #149 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

"We've toured U.S. ten times during last few years but we almost never had a chance to headline our own shows," BEHEMOTH mainman Nergal states. "These last few years have been about working our asses off in order to establish our name and build a solid foundation, and now it will finally pay off. It's high time for us to come back to North America and show our fans what a BEHEMOTH set with full production can be."

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HeavyHeavyLowLow, Tera Melos Tour Dates

Heavy Heavy Low Low will headline a November tour with Foxy Shazam, Tera Melos, and Dance Gavin Dance in tow. Here are the tour dates:

11/1 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
11/2 Portland, OR @ Satyricon
11/3 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
11/4 Boise, ID @ The Venue
11/5 Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon
11/6 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
11/7 Kansas City, MO @ Grand Emporium
11/8 St. Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl
11/9 Dekalb, IL @ House Café
11/10 Mt. Clemens, MI @ Hayloft Liquor Stand
11/11 Buffalo, NY @ Xtreme Wheels
11/13 Allston, MA @ ICC Performing Center
11/14 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
11/15 Shirley, NY @ Tiki Joe’s Tavern
11/16 South Hackensack, NJ @ School of Rock
11/17 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
11/18 Richmond, VA @ Alley Katz
11/19 Wilmington, NC @ Soapbox
11/20 Charlotte, NC @ The Casbah - Tremont Music Hall
11/21 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (downstairs)
11/23 Miami, FL @ Studio A
11/24 Ybor City, FL @ Orpheum
11/26 Dallas, TX @ The Door
11/27 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
11/28 El Paso, TX @ Chic’s Bar
11/29 Phoenix, TX @ Modified Arts
11/30 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction

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Nikki Sixx To Speak At Capitol Hill Event

Mötley Crüe founding member Nikki Sixx whose brutally honest upcoming book The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star (due September 18th from MTV Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster) chronicles his battles with drug addiction and his road to recovery, will be a featured speaker at the 18th Annual National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month luncheon on Capitol Hill, Thursday, September 6th. Sixx is the first member of the rock world to share his story of surviving addiction at such an event – a particularly ironic distinction since he was once viewed as one of the most wild and excessive men in rock.

Sixx was invited by NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, to share his compelling story at this national forum alongside Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Administrator Terry Cline Ph.D., and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Director H. Westley Clark M.D., J.D.

Sixx hopes The Heroin Diaries book, and accompanying CD, The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack, (released August 21st via Eleven Seven Music) will offer an insight into, and hopefully steer people clear of, the perils and dangers of substance abuse. The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack was written and produced by Sixx: A.M. (Sixx, James Michael and DJ Ashba), and was inspired by the dark and crippling diary entries that later became The Heroin Diaries book. Though the album was not created with the intention of being a radio record, the lead single, "Life Is Beautiful" is already in the top 20 on the rock radio charts.

Twenty-five percent of the book’s profits will be donated to Running Wild In The Night – Sixx’s fundraising initiative for Covenant House California, which helps keep runaway, abused and abandoned youth off the streets.

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Sebastian Bach Set For "Celebrity Rap Superstar"

Having just finished his new album with Axl Rose singing on it, Sebastian Bach has signed on as a celebrity contestant for MTV's new weekly competition show "Celebrity Rap Superstar," which kicks off this Thursday, August 30 at 10PM ET/PT.

Bach, known for his Platinum rock pipes as a solo artist, on Broadway, and his days with Skid Row,will be one of eight celebrity contestants culled from the worlds of music, film, TV and sports (Internet gossip mogul Perez Hilton has also been confirmed as a contestant). Bach and the other celebrity contestants will be paired with their own rap mega-star mentor - Sebastian's will be Kurupt from The Dog Pound - with Paul Wall, Warren G., and Tone Loc already on board - who will share their respective knowledge and skills to prepare the contestants with the technique they'll need to be a master rapper. With help from his personal tutor, expect Bach to perform covers of some of the biggest rap songs of all time, create original raps and be tested in freestyle rap competitions, all in front of a live audience. More...

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Beneath The Massacre's Debut Music Video Online

BENEATH THE MASSACRE has posted the band's first music video - for the track "Society's Disposable Son" - online at the official Prosthetic Records YouTube channel. Taken from the album "Mechanics of Dysfunction," the video was directed by Kevin Custer (Ligeia, Zombie Apocalypse) and Toaster In The Tub in New York earlier this summer.

Currently out on the road alongside labelmates Through The Eyes of the Dead, As Blood Runs Black and Ion Dissonance, BENEATH THE MASSACRE will also return to the road later this year as part of the Radio Rebellion tour, supporting Behemoth, Job For A Cowboy and labelmates Gojira.

Here are the latest BENEATH THE MASSACRE tour dates: More...

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Look What I Did, Lye By Mistake Tour Dates

Look What I Did and Lye By Mistake will hit the road together in November. The following shows have been confirmed thus far:

11/2 Thomasville, NC @ The Soundvent
11/3 Fayetteville, NC @ The Rock Shop
11/4 Marietta, GA @ Swayze's
11/5 Nashville, TN @ The Muse w/ Sangrar
11/7 Kansas City, MO @ The Static
11/9 Winona, MN @ Holzinger Lodge
11/11 Dubuque, IA @ The Busted Lift
11/12 Hobart, IN @ Cressmore Country Club
11/13 Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar (matinee show)
11/14 Mt. Clemens, MI @ The Hayloft
11/16 Doylestown, PA @ Siren Records
11/17 Poughkeepsie, NY @ Club Crannell
11/18 Pompton Lakes, NJ @ Mainstage
11/19 Manchester, NH @ American Legion Post 79
11/20 Harrisonburg, VA @ The Funzone
11/21 Louisville, KY @ Keswick Democratic Club

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Korn Ask Fans To Help Pick Next Single

The Pulse of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) reports: KORN is asking fans to help pick the next single from the band's recently released, untitled eighth studio effort. A post at the official KORN web site reads, "Now that the album is out, KORN wants YOUR input on which song you like more...VOTE NOW on the message boards for your favorite of these three tracks!" The songs listed are "Innocent Bystander", "Bitch We Have A Problem" and "Hold On".

Singer Jonathan Davis told The Pulse of Radio that "Hold On" is an especially personal track for him and was one of several inspired by the blood infection that nearly killed him last year. "'Hold On's another one about the blood thing," he said. "It was like a song of empowerment. It's for people out there dealing with any kind of disease or f***ed-up relationship or anything. It's about just hanging in there. I wanted to write a song that people could listen to it and it would give 'em hope."

KORN's latest album arrived on July 31 and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard album chart.

The band is currently headlining the Family Values tour, which stops Wednesday night (August 29) in Bakersfield, California and wraps up this weekend.

KORN will head out on a fall North American tour with HELLYEAH, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and DROID, which begins on September 22 in Reno, Nevada.

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Lordi Frontman Defends "Free" Ozzfest

LORDI mainman Mr. Lordi recently spoke to Jonathan Cunningham of Broward-Palm Beach, Florida's New Times about the Finnish band's participation in this year's Ozzfest, which has been dubbed "Freefest" due to the fact that concert revelers are able to enjoy the show without having to pay.

"We are not getting paid," Mr. Lordi said. "But there's no income. How can you pay the bands if there aren't any ticket sales? It's pretty simple. This is really a promotion for us. You have to take it like starting from scratch. But we're really lucky bastards. It's not like starting from scratch; we play in front of thousands of people every other day, so it's like starting from third or fourth."

On whether he thought more tours should be free, Mr. Lordi said, "I think that question should be targeted to the audience, to the people who are showing up all summer, not me," he said. "Nobody wants to pay for it, if you give them a choice. And maybe there are people who don't have money for it and now they get a chance to see a great show. But on our side, there's nobody getting paid. It's like charity work in a way. We're getting something back from it by way of promotion. And the fans are getting the bands that they like for free. Nobody loses."

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Nightwish Single Goes #1 In Finland

NIGHTWISH's new single, 'Amaranth', has achieved entered the Finnish Singles charts at #1. The single recently achieved Gold status only two days after its release.

As previously reported, Nightwish will attend this year's Swedish Metal Expo, which is scheduled for September 1st - 2nd at Fryshuset in Stockholm. The band will be signing copies of their brand new single 'Amaranth' at 2:15 PM (CET) on September 1st.

NIghtwish's upcoming album, Dark Passion Play, is due out on October 2nd.

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Slash Talks About New Autobiography

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VELVET REVOLVER and former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash spoke to E! Online about his upcoming autobiography. He said we could expect a bunch of stuff about his years with GUNS 'N' ROSES, but not necessarily because he was feeling nostalgic on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of "Appetite for Destruction".

"I never wanted to write a book, because it would be too final," Slash explained. "The only reason I wrote it is because a lot of the stuff I was reading and seeing about the band got pretty frustrating. I just had to straighten out some shit."

The book is co-authored by former Rolling Stone contributor Anthony Bozza, who also helped Tommy Lee on his tell-all tome, "Tommyland".

"It almost reads like a journal, except for the fact that I never wrote anything down," Slash said. "It was a hard book to make, because I was pretty fucked up from 1980 to 2000-something. I really had to dig deep to try and remember a lot of shit."

Slash added that the book is now being edited and will hopefully be out before the end of the year. He told Glam-Metal.com that the book has "some funny shit in it. It's not really a book that I'm out attacking anybody or venting all my grievances."

Slash told The Pulse of Radio that for him and the other members of VELVET REVOLVER, making music has always been a central focus of their lives. "I think the most important thing is, from wherever it is that we come from back when we were kids, when we first got inspired to be musicians and we were huge rock fans, and the whole nine yards, that's never left us," he said. "So we never got jaded in the sense that — the business might have had some certain effect on us over the years, but as far as where our roots are, and what drives us to stay in and keep doing what we're doing, that's never changed."

VELVET REVOLVER released its second album, "Libertad", on July 3. The latest single from the set is called "The Last Fight".

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Sacred Reich Pull Out Of D-Low Memorial Show

Reunited Arizona thrashers SACRED REICH have cancelled their appearance at the 11th annual D-Low Memorial concert, set to take place August 31 at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Arizona. "Wiley [Arnett, guitar] wrecked his dirt bike while out riding and broke a few ribs," explained bassist/vocalist Phil Rind. "He's doing well but is unable to perform this weekend.

"We apologize to anyone looking forward to seeing us play, and we are disappointed that we will not be part of the show. We were happy to have the opportunity to pay our musical respects to Dana. Hopefully we can be part of next year's bill and play a full set for Dana."

The D-Low show is held every year in memory of SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera's stepson Dana "D-Low" Wells who was killed in a 1996 car wreck. It is SOULFLY's biggest show of the year and draws fans from all over the United States. In 2004, SOULFLY filmed portions of its "The Song Remains Insane" DVD at the event.

Metal Blade Records released a three-disc deluxe reissue of SACRED REICH's "Ignorance" and "Surf Nicaragua" on June 15 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and June 18 (rest of Europe). Two CDs are included in the package (both remastered!) as well as a bonus DVD. The package includes liner notes by Rind and Malcom Dome (Classic Rock, Metal Hammer, Total Rock Radio) and an extensive booklet with loads of previously unpublished photos.

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CBGB's Founder Dead At 75

MTV.com reports that Hilly Kristal, the founder of legendary New York punk rock venue CBGB, died on Tuesday from complications from lung cancer at the age of 75.

Kristal, who opened the now-defunct venue in 1973 in the then-gritty Bowery neighborhood in Manhattan, is credited with helping to launch the mid-'70s punk revolution with his championing of bands such as the RAMONES, BLONDIE, TALKING HEADS, TELEVISION and PATTI SMITH. Following a final show in October of 2006, Kristal had discussed plans to take the venue to Las Vegas.

Nu- metal pioneers Korn filmed a small concert at the venue and released it as a bonus DVD as part of their greatest hits package.

CBGB, which opened in December 1973, was officially called CBGB & OMFUG, which stood for "Country, Bluegrass, Blues and Other Music for Uplifting Gormandizers."

Read more at MTV.com.

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Emo Fans Angry Over Machine Head Award Win

MACHINE HEAD's official web site has been updated with the following message:

"MACHINE HEAD's 'Best Album' win at last Thursday's Kerrang! Awards over pop-rock powerhouses MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE and FALL OUT BOY has apparently cut deep with fans of both bands, prompting a flood of angry whining and sad-faced emoticons on the Kerrang! message boards. MACHINE HEAD's upset victory over the multi-platinum softcore acts sent their inherently sensitive fans into an emotional frenzy, building into a tizzy of unparalleled proportions. Wrought with dismay, polished fingernails the world over lashed out at the band and metal as a whole with diatribes the likes of 'MCR really should have won!!! I'm mad now!!!!' 'What a load of shit, who the fuck listens to them?' and "Stupid MACHINE HEAD!!' at times stooping so low as to say the competition was fixed, and often gravely endangering the integrity of their carefully sideswept hair with posts like 'I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL.'

"Not surprisingly, MACHINE HEAD fans responded en masse to the tirades, lashing back in defense of the band and the undisputed quality of the album, citing critical praise, technicality, songwriting and fan response to 2007's 'The Blackening', as well as the band's influence on and history within their genre, with the occasional 'MACHINE HEAD piss all over anything MCR have ever done" thrown in for good measure.

"To much less Internet-based commotion, the band also took home the 'Hard Rock Hero' award, netting them two Kerrang! awards for the first time since 'Burn My Eyes' where they received 'Best International Band' and 'Best Video' for 'Davidian'."

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Heaven And Hell Drummer Talks About Live CD/DVD

Glam-Metal.com has issued the following report from Deb Rao:

"August 28th (marked) the release of the new HEAVEN AND HELL DVD and CD, Heaven And Hell: Live From Radio City Music Hall, on Rhino Records. Also today (August 29th), Heaven And Hell hold a special in-store appearance at 6 PM at Hot Topic on Hollywood Blvd, in Hollywood, CA in honor of the release of the first DVD and CD in fifteen years from the band.

Heaven And Hell will tour Mexico, August 29 - September 1st. On September 5th, in Binghamton, NY at the Broome County Arena, Heaven And Hell will kick off a World Tour with ALICE COOPER and QUEENSRŸCHE."

Deb Rao spoke to Heaven And Hell drummer Vinny Appice prior to the in-store signing and discussed the unveiling of Heaven And Hell: Live From Radio City Music Hall. The following is an excerpt from Deb's chat with Vinny:

Q: Now, this is the first concert of the band in fifteen years. How exciting was it to be part of this musical history?

A: "Yes, this is the first anything in fifteen years. First tour, first DVD, first CD. So it is pretty exciting. Tonight, we are doing an in-store in Hollywood, at Hot Topic signing the DVD for 3 hours, so that should be crazy."

Q: Now, I got to see the New York concert last night on VH1. They were playing Live From Radio City Music Hall. It looks like it came out really well. Tell me a little bit about the production of the DVD. Was it hard to shoot all o fthe different angles on this tour because it was so theatrical? Also, I heard a lot about the issues regarding the New York City Union.

A: "At Radio City there was a lot of confusion because, there was a lot of stuff going on. Because first of all, it is New York. You got a lot of friends coming down, and people in the business and you are recording a DVD, so it was really crazy. We had problems doing a soundcheck because everything ran late. Then, when we did a soundcheck, we had to stop. We didn't even play one song because the Union Break came up. In New York, the Union Break is like God. So, we had to stop. (Laughter) So it was a little nerve racking. But, we can only do half a song, and hopefully that was OK for everybody who was doing a little recording and camera work. We would have liked to have done more. If we could. So, it was a lot of nerves rattling here and there. But, we thought it came out really, really good. When, we sort of finished the product with all of the editing, it looks fanstastic."

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Koch To Re-Release God Forbid Classics As CD

KOCH Records has announced the release of "Sickness and Misery," a new CD featuring two classic albums by the fore runners of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal, God Forbid, on November 6th, 2007. "Sickness and Misery" will contain both the band’s first EP, the out of print "Out of Misery," and the band’s first full-length album, “Reject the Sickness,” combined together into one package.

Neither body of work has received the proper treatment it deserves until now as KOCH, in conjunction with the band, put the two releases on one CD and rename it Sickness and Misery. Featuring 16 tracks of sonic brutality these are the tracks that got the band signed these are the classic tracks that first put God Forbid on the map.

God Forbid’s Doc Coyle says “All in God Forbid are very excited to re-release these albums. It's an honor to be involved with a renowned label such as KOCH. Although 'Reject the Sickness' and 'Out of Misery' have been released in other modest formats, this is the first proper release with full distribution. I think RTS is a classic in the metalcore genre, that never really had its due, and OOM really gives true God Forbid fans a raw look at the foundation where the band was birthed. Having both releases on the same CD is a great idea! More bang for the buck! This is also the first time either album will see light of day in Europe. For all those who've been bitching about the rarity of these albums, please enjoy!”

KOCH Records’ VP of Metal Scott Givens adds, “We at KOCH are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with God Forbid and to give these classic releases the exposure they have so long deserved.”

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Blind Illusion Re-Release Announced

Metal Mind Productions has announced the re-release of the classic thrash metal album "The Sane Asylum" by Blind Illusion. At the time of its release in 1988 it was a truly unique offering compared to other Bay Area records, giving a surprisingly progressive edge to the compositions and showcasing some of the most amazing bass and guitar skills ever witnessed in metal (the album features Primus members Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde). Over the years the album achieved a cult status and became an extremely rare collector's item.

Classic material from Music For Nations archives in a new digipak edition, limited to numerated 2000 copies, will be available from 10th September 2007 via Metal Mind Productions. Here's the track listing:

1. The Sane Asylum
2. Blood Shower
3. Vengeance Is Mine
4. Death Noise
5. Kamakazi
6. Smash The Crystal
7. Vicious Visions
8. Metamorphosis Of A Monster

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Willowtip Gets European Distro Via Candlelight

Willowtip Records has entered into an exclusive European distribution and licensing deal with Candlelight Records in the UK. Beginning in early October, Candlelight will manufacture and release all current and future Willowtip titles throughout Europe.

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Ekotren Signs To Blind Prophecy Records

Independent metal label Blind Prophecy Records has signed melodic metal band EkoTren.

Originating in Cape Coral, FL in 2000, EkoTren is John Sheldon (vocals), Keith Finnell (guitars), Derek DeSantis (bass), Steve Chin (keyboard, backing vocals), and Eric Pottle (drums). In collaboration with renowned producer Paul Trust (Diecast, Endo), EkoTren polished up and pounded out their latest EP, 'Destroying the American Dream' in early 2007 and plan to return into Trust's clutches this October to record new material which will complete their full-length debut.

Under the vast wingspan of Blind Prophecy, EkoTren aims their reach toward the far corners of the earth, propelled by the label's freshly-inked distribution deals with the U.S., Canada, Japan, and Europe. "We're looking forward to building a strong foundation and a happy home at Blind Prophecy. We're anxious to take things to things to the next level and determined to succeed," says guitarist Keith Finnell.

In honor of the record deal, EkoTren will emerge on a victory lap of all-ages shows around southern Florida alongside Ozz-fest heroes Ankla (Bieler Bros. Records). EkoTren will officially seal the deal at their show at Martini's Rock Club in their hometown of Cape Coral, FL.

TOUR DATES - EKOTREN FEATURING ANKLA
Aug. 31 - 7 p.m. Studio A - Miami, FL - 18 and up
Sep. 01 - 9 p.m. Gallery Billiards - Sarasota, FL - *ALL AGES*
Sep. 02 - 7 p.m. Martini's Rock Club - Cape Coral, FL - *ALL AGES*

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Blood Red Throne Shoots Video For "Taste of God"

Norwegian death metal band Blood Red Throne recently filmed a video for the track "Taste Of God." Guitarist Dod comments:

"The filming was done quite fast at a venue located in our hometown. We're thinking of combining it with a story, but that's a matter of money, so I can't say anything, though the video will be cool. A lot of head banging and some blood, hehe!"

You can check out some still shots from the video shoot here.

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Liferuiner To Enter Studio In November

Liferuiner will reportedly enter the studio in November to record a new album. The effort will be produced by Antoine Lussier (Ion Dissonance). No word yet on when or with whom the album will be released.

As previously reported, Liferuiner had signed a deal with Rise Records earlier in the summer, only to be dropped a week later because the label had heard rumours that Liferuiner "were ruthless and a violent band."

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Arch Enemy To Headline Scrape Records Bash

Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY will headline the Scrape Records 10th anniversary bash on October 14 at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Support at the gig will come from INFERNAL MAJESTY, SINNED and SOULSCAR. Tickets will go on sale at Scrape on September 7 at 11:00 a.m. for about $25.

For more information, visit www.scraperecords.com.

ARCH ENEMY will release the first single — "Revolution Begins" — off its upcoming album "Rise of the Tyrant" August 31 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, September 3 in Greece and September 5 in Sweden and Finland.

"Revolution Begins" track listing:

01. Revolution Begins (4:11)
02. Blood on your Hands (4:40)
03. Walk in the Shadows (3:07) [QUEENSRŸCHE cover version] *
04. I Am Legend / Out For Blood (5:36] [Live 2007] *

* Non-Album Tracks

ARCH ENEMY recently completed an extensive promotional visit to Japan in support of "Rise of the Tyrant" and headlined Germany's Up From The Ground festival on August 24. In early September the band will embark on a lengthy co-headlining tour of North America with MACHINE HEAD under the banner "The Black Tyranny Tour". The next touring activity in Europe will begin in November when they join "The Black Crusade Tour" with MACHINE HEAD, TRIVIUM, DRAGONFORCE and SHADOWS FALL.

"Rise of the Tyrant" will be released on September 25 via Century Media Records.

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Municipal Waste Add Tour Dates

Crossover thrashers Municipal Waste have added the following dates to their tour beginning in December :

21 Sep 2007 20:00 Backstage Kingston, Pennsylvania
22 Sep 2007 19:00 The Championship Trenton, New Jersey
23 Sep 2007 19:00 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
25 Sep 2007 20:00 Europa Brooklyn, New York
26 Sep 2007 19:00 The Living Room Providence, Rhode Island
27 Sep 2007 19:00 The Paladium Upstairs Worcester, Massachusetts
28 Sep 2007 20:00 The Loft Poughkeepsie, New York
29 Sep 2007 19:00 Showplace Theater Buffalo, New York
30 Sep 2007 20:00 Now Thats Class Cleveland, Ohio
2 Oct 2007 20:00 Triple Rock Social Club Minneapolis, Minnesota
3 Oct 2007 20:00 Arlington Heights K of C Hall Arilington, Illinois
5 Oct 2007 20:00 Harpos Detroit, Michigan
6 Oct 2007 19:00 Metal Bar Toronto
6 Oct 2007 20:00 Opera House Toronto, Ontario
7 Oct 2007 19:00 The Waterfront Springfield, Massachusetts
9 Oct 2007 19:00 The Ottobar Baltimore, Maryland
10 Oct 2007 20:00 Guzmans Harrisonburg, Virginia

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Ted Nugent Told To Tone It Down For Fair Show

Detroit Free Press reports that a South Dakota state fair official asked Ted Nugent to tone things down for an show at the S.D. State Fair on Sunday, after a video surfaced of the outspoken rocker slamming Democratic presidential candiates Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama.

Susan Hayward, who manages the fair, told KSFY-TV in Sioux Falls that officials contacted Nugent's representatives yesterday and reminded them that the fair is a family-oriented event.

"They were very courteous in responding immediately in assuring us that that's exactly what we would have," Hayward says.

Video footage of Ted Nugent having a few choice words for Clinton and Obama during a recent concert has surfaced. With machine guns in his hands, a camouflaged Nugent yelled, "Obama, he's a piece of shit, and I told him to suck on my machine gun. ... And then I was in New York. I said, 'Hey Hillary, you might want to ride one of these into the sunset.' " He also went off on Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer before saying, "Any questions?" and shouting, "Freedom!"

Nugent has been an outspoken advocate of the second amendment (the right to bear arms) and pro-hunting issues.

Nugent also openly takes an anti-drugs and alcohol stance, which he reportedly has followed during his career, unlike many other rock musicians.

In addition to his music career, Nugent has starred in his own television reality shows, "Surviving Nugent" (2003, VH1) and "Wanted: Ted or Alive" (2005, OLN).

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"High School" Tribute To Metallica Due In April

High School Tributes — the production of high school La Frontalière, located in Coaticook, Québec, Canada — has announced the tentative track listing for its upcoming METALLICA tribute album, "Teach 'Em All - A High-School Tribute To Metallica". It is as follows:

01. Seek & Destroy
02. Creeping Death
03. For Whom The Bell Tolls
04. Master Of Puppets
05. The Thing That Should Not Be
06. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
07. Eye Of The Beholder
08. Enter Sandman
09. Sad But True
10. I Disappear
11. Am I Evil? (originally performed by DIAMOND HEAD)

"Teach 'Em All - A High-School Tribute To Metallica" will be released in April 2008.

High School Tributes previously released two tribute CDs to KISS, "Christine Sixteen: A High-School Tribute To Kiss" and "Christine Sixteen 2: Another High-School Tribute To Kiss".

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Sevendust To Release "Retrospective 2" In December

SEVENDUST will release a new DVD/CD package, entitled "Retrospective 2", on December 11. The set will include three brand new audio tracks, never-before-seen live concert footage, the new video for the song "Beg To Differ", videos for "Ugly", "Pieces", and "Driven", outtakes from a day in the life of SEVENDUST spanning the last four years, plus much more.

SEVENDUST will embark on the "…Ladies Get Out Of Jail Free Tour '07", set to kick of Friday, October 19 in Minneapolis, MN. All dates will include 10 YEARS, OPERATOR, and NEVERSET, with complete routing due shortly.

SEVENDUST drummer Morgan Rose and his wife Teri Harrison (former "The Price is Right" model) are expecting their first child on January 8. This will be Morgan's second kid. His first is Kayla, 7, from his previous marriage to ex-COAL CHAMBER bassist Rayna Foss.

SEVENDUST's sixth studio album, "Alpha", came out in March and debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard album chart.

Former SEVENDUST axeman Clint Lowery is now the touring guitarist for KORN.

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Necrophobic Cancel European Tour

Swedish death metallers NECROPHOBIC have issued the following update:

"We are really sorry to announce that the whole European tour with DISMEMBER has been canceled by the promoter.

"When the bad news came to us (only seven days before the first date) we were as shocked as you probably are right now. Both DISMEMBER and us have tried to come up with different solutions to make this tour happen anyway, but the promoter has not been cooperative at all. We've been preparing and looking forward to this for months and we even have t-shirts waiting for us in Vienna by now. He didn't give us any sign whatsoever about his plans, and he never gave us a full good reason either.

"This whole mess will not break us though. We promise to make this up to you as soon as possible. To come and raise some hell together with you, in your city, in very near future.

"The metal family never dies!"

NECROPHOBIC's latest album, "Hrimthursum", is available through Germany's War Anthem Records on special gatefold vinyl LP with a poster.

The follow-up to 2002's "Bloodhymns", "Hrimthursum" was recorded at the House of Voodoo Studio with engineers Anders Bentell and Fredrik Folkare (guitarist and producer of UNLEASHED) and was mastered at Tailor Maid Production in Stockholm with Peter In de Betou.

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Dream Theater Announce Two More Shows

DREAM THEATER have added one new date to the European leg of their Chaos In Motion World Tour 2007/2008. They will play Durango (Bilbao), Spain on November 4th. The band have also announced one select date in Tokyo, Japan on January 15th, 2008.

The band's upcoming tour schedule is now as follows:

September
26 - Helsinki, Finland - Ice Hall
28 - Stockholm, Sweden - Hovet
29 - Oslo, Norway - Spectrum

October
1 - Hanover, Germany - Capitol
2 - Warsaw, Poland - Torwar
4 - Antwerp, Belgium - Lotto Arena
5 - Paris, France - Zenith
7 - Dusseldorf, Germany - Phillipshalle
8 - Frankfurt. Germany - Jahrhunderthalle
9 - Rotterdam, Netherlands - Ahoy
11 - Glasgow, UK - Carling Academy
12 - Manchester, UK - Apollo
13 - London, UK - Wembley Arena
21 - Munich, Germany - Tonhalle
22 - Erlangen, Germany - Stadthalle
23 - Stuttgart, Germany - Messe 3
25 - Bologna, Italy - Land Rover Arena (Paladozza)
26 - Roma, Italy - Palalottomatica
27 - Andria (Ba), Italy - Palasport
29 - Milano, Italy - DatchForum
30 - Padova, Italy - Palasport
31 -Winterthur, Switzerland - Eulachhalle

November
2 - Barcelona, Spain - Palau Olimpic De Badalona
3 - Barcelona, Spain - La Cubierta
4 - Durango (Bilbao), Spain - Feria De Muestras*
6 - Toulouse, France - Le Phare
7 - Nancy, France - Zenith
9 - Wales, UK - Newport Centre
10 - Wolverhampton, UK - Civic Hall
11 - Blackburn, UK - King George's Hall

January
15 - Tokyo, Japan - Budokan*

*new dates

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Chthonic To Hold N.Y.Concert Prior To U.N. Kickoff

Taiwanese band ChthoniC — who will complete their stint as the first-ever Asian extreme metal act to tour with Ozzfest this week — will continue their historic "UNlimited" tour next month, when they will perform their first headlining concerts in America.

"Ozzfest has been a great experience for ChthoniC, but we're excited to perform for our fans for longer than 20 minutes," says vocalist Freddy Lin.

In concert, ChthoniC (pronounced "THON-ick") will continue to perform the tour's theme song, "UNlimited Taiwan," written and recorded this spring "to emphasize the 'UNlimited' potential of Taiwan and the Taiwanese people," Lim says. Like the tour — which kicked off in Taipei earlier this summer following the international re-release of 2002's "Relentless Recurrence" and last year's "A Decade On The Throne" two-CD/DVD live set — the song was named to protest how the United Nations (UN) limits Taiwan's full participation as an independent country. The Washington Post and the International Herald Tribune, among others, have recently devoted lengthy features to the message behind the tour.

With a new session of the United Nations General Assembly scheduled to open in New York on Sept. 18, many pro-Taiwan rallies will be held around the city in the days beforehand. To coincide with the UN session's kickoff — where Taiwan will once again petition to be formally recognized as an independent country, and not a Chinese province — ChthoniC will hold a special "UNlimited New York" concert at Manhattan's Highline Ballroom, located less than three miles from the UN, on Sept. 16. Tickets are currently available on the venue's website, www.highlineballroom.com, and at their box office.

Because this is the group's third New York City concert in recent weeks, coming on the heels of an Aug. 21 performance with Nile and a Sept. 6 concert alongside Katatonia, ChthoniC has arranged for the Highline Ballroom to offer tickets for only $5 to anyone who redeems a ticket stub from one of their previous shows at the venue's box office. For everyone else, a $2 discount can be obtained by purchasing the tickets online at www.highlineballroom.com (enter "un4taiwan" in the access code field). Furthermore, the first 100 fans in the doors will receive a free set of ChthoniC "paper dolls," which are sold in toy stores throughout Asia. A photo can be seen here

The "UNlimited New York" concert will be videotaped, and ChthoniC hopes that people of all nationalities will join them in this historic plea for freedom and independence.

ChthoniC "UNlimiited" tour dates:

8/27 Jaxx - West Springfield, VA (with Nile)
8/28 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Charlotte, NC (Ozzfest)
8/29 The Haven - Winter Park, FL (with Nile)
8/30 Sound Advice Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, FL (Ozzfest)
9/1 The Muse - Nashville, TN
9/2 Uncle Pleasant's - Louisville, KY
9/5 Penny Arcade - Rochester, NY
9/7 The Funhaus - Toronto, Ont.
9/8 The Embassy - London, Ont.
9/9 Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
9/10 The Underground - Hartford, CT
9/12 B.B. King's - New York, NY (with Obituary)
9/13 Jaxx - West Springfield, VA
9/14 Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC
9/15 Jester's Pub - Fayetteville, NC
9/16 Highline Ballroom - New York, NY
9/19 Le Capitole Theatre - Quebec City, QC (with Cradle of Filth)
9/20 Metropolis - Montreal, QC (with Cradle of Filth)
9/21 Webster Theatre - Hartford, CT (with Cradle of Filth)
9/22 Higher Ground - Burlington, VT (with Cradle of Filth)

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Intronaut Replaces Guitarist/Vocalist

Intronaut has announced the departure of guitarist/vocalist Leon del Muerte, who has left the group to focus on resurrecting his Murder Construct project, in addition to bass duties for Phobia. Taking his spot in Intronaut is Dave Timnick. According to the band, "Dave is a very talented and proficient musician, we're stoked. In addition to being a great guitar player, he is also a skilled percussionist and has studied tabla with Aloke Dutta. We can't wait to get things going with this revamped lineup!"

Meanwhile, del Muerte has the following to say:

"I had a lot of fun playing and learning new things with Intronaut and got to tour with some great bands and made a lot of new friends. Ultimately, I feel I've just strayed too far from my roots and could not hold back the other members of the band with my single-minded desire to grind. Peace, bitches!"

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7th Nemesis Signs To Restrain Records

Paris metal band 7th Nemesis has officially signed with Restrain Records. Formed in 2000, the band is currently recording their full-length debut, which will hit streets in February 2008. A few demo tracks are currently available online here.

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In Battle Post New Track Online

IN BATTLE have posted a track entitled "The Dead Shall See" from the new album "Kingdom Of Fear" on their MySpace page. "Kingdom Of Fear" will be released 3rd September through Nocturnal Art Productions / Candlelight Records.

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Two More Shows Added To Shadows Fall Tour

Two more shows have been added to the Operation Annihilation Tour featuring Shadows Fall with Static-X, 3 Inches of Blood and Divine Heresy. The new tour dates are as follows:

Saturday, October 6th Detroit, MI Harpo's
Wednesday, October 17th Philadelphia, PA Trocadero

In related news, on September 18th the soundtrack for the new movie Resident Evil: Extinction will be available, featuring Shadows Fall's song "Stupid Crazy." You can check the song out on the soundtrack's MySpace page.

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