Queensryche Acts Out "Operation: Mindcrime" I & II

Ttravis Hay of the Seattle P-I reports: It was heavy-metal masterpiece theater Friday night at the Moore Theatre when hometown rockers Queensryche performed, emphasis on performed, its concept records "Operation: Mindcrime" and "Operation: Mindcrime II" in their entireties.

The emphasis is on performed, because the records were literally acted out by singer Geoff Tate and a crew of about a half-dozen actors, while the band played the music. It was a move that could have easily turned into something straight out of Spinal Tap's book, but it was executed surprisingly well, taking the unintentional comedy out of the equation.

It was tough to consider the show a concert, given the theatrical approach taken by the band. The performance felt like more like an off-Broadway play done heavy-metal style.

The records tell the story of a heroin addict named Nikki who is under the control of the evil Dr. X, who manipulates Nikki to commit a series of murders. Nikki falls in love with a nun named Mary, whose murder he is framed for.

He is sent to prison at the end of the first "Mindcrime" and the second record, released this year, picks up 18 years later where he exacts revenge on Dr. X and eventually is reunited with Mary in the afterlife.

Read the full article at Seattle PI.

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Dio To Be In "Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny"

Chris Lee of the LA Times reports: Former Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal icon Ronnie James Dio recalls first hearing about Tenacious D — that is, the metal-inspired comic rock duo of Jack Black and Kyle Gass — in 2001, when they released "Dio," a song that argues: "Dio has rocked for a long, long time / Now it's time for him to pass the torch … You're too old to rock, no more rockin' for you!"

"Someone called me and said, 'You gotta hear this,' " says Dio, 57, longtime frontman of his multi-platinum selling band, Dio. " 'They want you to quit.' "

Instead, the hard-rock legend — widely credited with popularizing metal's raised index and pinkie finger "moloch" salute — chose to interpret the song as a paean. "The message was, 'We really like you and when the time comes, pass the torch to us and we'll carry on what you do,' " he says.

Largely as a result of the rocker's open-mindedness and sense of humor (Dio once showed up in cartoon form on an episode of "South Park" to perform his classic "Holy Diver"), he will appear in Black and Gass' November rock comedy, "Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny."

In the film, Dio plays an apparition of himself — a kind of heavy metal Yoda — who counsels the 10-year-old Black on how to make good his dreams of rock grandeur. "The kid's sitting on the bed and he starts to sing to a huge poster of me — he's asking me what to do, saying all he really wants to do is rock 'n' roll," Dio says. "Then I come alive from the poster and tell him: Go to Hollywood where you'll meet your partner and rock 'n' roll forever."

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Revelation Of Doom Replace Singer

Revelation Of Doom hasve made the following update:

"There are some changes in the Revelation Of Doom horde. The band split up with former vocalist Longinus. His departure was caused by the different way of understanding the process of working, rehearsing, playing live and being a member of the band in general. The one who came in, is the bestial creature, whose voice rips everything in pieces! It's Analripper, known from collaboration with Pyorrhoea (in the past) and Sphere (present). With him in the line up, the band started to compose new filthy material for the second album, witch is planned for the year 2007. The new CD will be issued by Pagan Records."

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Galar Release Debut Album

Norwegian Viking metal band GALAR have finally released their debut album ”Skogskvad” through the German label Heavy Horses Records. The album will also be available through www.galar.no by sending a mail to galarmetal@gmail.com

The album will cost 12 euros, and samples can be found at their homepage.

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Turmoil Leaves Abacus Recordings

Lambgoat reports that Pennsylvania's Turmoil has amicably parted ways with Abacus Recordings. Both parties felt that a separation was in the best interests of everyone involved.

When they originally broke up in 2000, Turmoil had still been under contract with Century Media Records, which led to a deal with one-time Century Media imprint Abacus when the group reformed in 2004. Abacus subsequently released the band's "Staring Back" retrospective in 2005.

Turmoil has written several new songs and hopes to release a new full-length in 2007. Now free of contractual obligations with Abacus, Turmoil is actively seeking a new record label and is currently in talks with a few labels. Interested parties should contact the band.

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Set It Straight Members Arrested During Show

Members of hardcore band Set It Straight were arrested during a show in Redding, California over the weekend (video of the incident is now online). Here's the official statement from the band:

"Some of you might have heard, but half of Set it Straight was arrested today for protesting the Redding Police Department shutting down the show in the middle of our set. We were playing a Skate demo at the Redding Skatepark when 6 cop cars showed up and demanded everyone to vacate, including the kids skating, who had nothing to do with anything (they shut down the park, as well). This was a sponsored event, with permits. The Redding Parks and Recreation committee came out and unlocked the power box, and set up trash cans around the area we were playing. The show was 100% legit, so we didn't stop playing, finished our set, and took our sweet time breaking down, but when they surrounded our friend who was riding the park and hit his bike with their batons, things got lame. He was arrested, no explaination. Harry, Ben, John and Tim were sitting down in the skatepark when RPD told them to leave, they asked why, and immediately they cuffed Ben. Harry told them he wasn't going to move so they choked him to the pavement and cuffed him too, along with Timmy and John. Later they also arrested Brittny and Sara for standing too close, bringing the total to seven. Harry's dad got most of it on the video mode of his digital camera, which is below. My favorite part is where one of the officers jokes that Harry's taxes pay his salary. What a dick. After the arrests, and multiple threats from the RPD cops, Harry's Dad, myself, and a few others went to Redding's Channel 7 news. A small story aired tonight highlighting each side of the story, but the overwhelming theme was the Sargeant's quote:

'The didn't have a permit. Bands of this nature lead to beatings and stabbings.'

At the station, one of the cops said to Harry; 'You're that band that played last week where someone got stabbed.' He told them that definitely wasn't us, and the cop replied 'Yes, it was.' Awesome. When one of the sponsors, the owner of Johnny Rad's skateshop, showed up at the news station to contribute to the story, an officer told him if he didn't leave he would be arrested for tresspassing. Luckily, we were already inside with the reporter. Anyway, there should be a longer story on the news Monday, once we have the permits in line we can hopefully have all the charges dropped and then some, and the story on the monday evening news will show way more of our side (and if we're lucky, show the cops for the bullying jocks they are). All seven are being charged with loitering and unlawful assembly, and Harry and Ben are being charged with Resisting Arrest.

If you live in redding or chico, send an email to info@krcrtv.com and tell them they need to bump this story up. We can't let them just get away with roughing us up and kicking us out, especially since it was all legal. Send a letter to the editor of the Record Searchlight at letters@redding.com, we need to flood these inboxes. This is a small town and we need to do everything we can to keep the cops out of our scene, and if we can use the media to achieve that, good.

Needless to say, we won't be playing the Good Clean Fun show tonight... sorry everyone." More...

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Just For Fun

Hot Topic Lets You Create Your Own E-card

Hot Topic has put together an interactive e-card creator. With it you can create a Halloween E-card for a friend while listening to some of the hottest releases from Red Distribution bands at HotTopic.com! Featuring:

Amon Amarth
Boys Like Girls
Bullet For My Valentine
Chiodos
GoatWhore
HeavyHeavyLowLow
In Flames
Mushroomhead
My Chemical Romance
Suffocate Faster
Suffocation
The Sleeping
Unearth
Valencia
War of Ages

You can create your own e-card here.

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Dew Scented Set To Enter Studio

Even though they played many live shows in the last time, DEW-SCENTED weren´t lazy. 12 songs are written and there´s an idea for a cool coverversion. This time the band will start the recordings at the end of October – in the Soundlodge Studios (GOD DETHRONED, OBSCENITY, etc.) with Jörg Uken. The mix and mastering will be handled by legend Andy Sneap (ARCH ENEMY, MACHINE HEAD, etc.)! A early 2007 release is expected, a title hasn´t been anounced yet.

In other news, DEW-SCENTED are complete again! Guitar player Flo Müller, who left the band after the "Impact" album, joined the fold again! Welcome back! Furthermore the band will also support shooting stars TRIVIUM on three shows in Germany!

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Threshold Offer Update

Threshold are currently recording the follow-up to their award winning 2004 album 'Subsurface'. Recording is taking place at Thin Ice Studios and Bray Studios in the south of England, produced by Karl Groom and Richard West.
The new album has a working title of 'Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams', and the song titles are: Slipstream, This is your life, Elusive, Disappear, Fighting for breath, Hollow, Safe to fly, One degree down, Landing lights.
Mac, in the middle of vocal sessions at Bray, said: 'If I thought it would be this good I'd have joined Threshold sooner! I've got a good feeling about this album. I think things are going to snowball for us next year, I thought so even before I heard the demos. I'm having brilliant time!'
Threshold's last album 'Subsurface' picked up 15 Album Of The Month awards across the globe. Earlier this year the band moved to Nuclear Blast Records to join a highly successful roster of bands including In Flames, Nightwish and Blind Guardian.
Recording and mixing of 'Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams' is expected to be complete in November, with a release planned for early in 2007.

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Edguy Announce Tour Dates

Good news everyone! Our famous funfluffers EDGUY will play a tour in South America!

11/01/06 SANTIAGO DE CHILE - Estadio Chile November (RCH)
11/03/06 SAO PAULO - Credidard Hall (BR)
11/04/06 RIO DE JANEIRO - Claro Hall (BR)
11/05/06 CURITIBA - Master Hall (BR)
11/07/06 PORTO ALEGRE - Opinião (BR)
11/18/06 MONTERREY - Monterrey Metal Fest (MEX)
11/19/06 MEXICO CITY - tba (MEX)

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Roadrunner Interviews Cradle of Filth

Roadrunner's own Jason Kinnard sat down with Dani and Paul from Cradle of Filth a few weeks ago to conduct this exclusive interview for RR.com. The band's new album, Thornography, hits stores this Tuesday, October 17th, so here's your chance to read up on all things COF before going out to get it.

Jason: What do you guys like to do in New York when you're...

Dani: Chillin'?

J: Yeah... drink?

D: Actually, no... not at all. Shopping, looking for bargains. I don't know what to buy now, I should get something for my daughter. I was thinking FAO Schwartz, something weird, New York-y.

J: On Thornography, you worked with Rob Caggiano (formerly of Anthrax). Had you worked with him in the past?

D: Yeah, he worked on the last two records. He produced Nymphetamine, and helped mix the one before that (Damnation and a Day).

J: I heard he had some health problems.

D: Yeah... I think that's what pushed him into being in the studio a bit more.

J: The "meat Millenium Falcon"?

D: Yeah, that's right (laughs).

Paul: In Mexico, he ate a sheep's head, or goat's head, or something.

J: So the last time you guys were in the US was in 2004 (on the Headbanger's Ball Tour). What are your plans for the next couple months?

D: We've got some stuff in Europe to do... some press. We're gonna do a video for "Temptation," finish up some more tracks which didn't make the album... same producer, same mixer (Andy Sneap). We've got some other things to do, usual band stuff. Then we start touring... 3 dates in Turkey, then over to L.A. to a signing for Hot Topic on Halloween, and then we start the European tour a few weeks later, which should take us up to Christmas. We do Europe first, test out the stage show, and then ship it over here... we should be in America by the second or third week of January.

J: Do you prefer touring in the US or Europe?

D: I prefer touring in the US... but I like Europe for the culture. And the buses are useless in America. The one we had in Europe on the last tour... it was like a hotel.

P: It was amazing.

J: Any favorite cities?

D: Amsterdam. Prague... I love Prague, though we haven't been there in ages. New York, obviously. London, Sydney. The Big Four: LA, San Francisco, Chicago, New York... you're always guaranteed a good show.

J: In 2003, you headlined the Ozzfest second stage. Do you have any aspirations to do a summer touring festival again?

D: That's the plan for next year. We'd like to get back on the Ozzfest, because the year that we did it we had such a good laugh. Not just us, but the Ozzfest crew, the rest of the bands, it was great fun. And because of that... obviously, it won't have as much magic as the first time, but I think we'd like to do it again.

J: Do you guys have any favorite bands to tour with, or bands that you haven't toured with yet that you would like to?

D: Favorite bands to tour with... Moonspell, Type O Negative, Killswitch Engage. People we'd like to tour with... we'd like to tour with Maiden, Slayer would be good as well, although we've toured with Slayer before.

P: We played with Maiden one time in Italy. A couple bands got together, and we somehow landed the direct support spot. That was really cool. But we've never toured with them. We'd like to tour with Judas Priest, now that they have Rob Halford back.

J: So on the new album, Thornography, it seems like you are headed in a more melodic direction. Would you say that's an accurate description?

D: Yeah, in places, but in other places not.

P: It's definitely a progression from the last album.

J: You've got "Rise of the Pentagram," your first instrumental track on this album.

P: Yeah, that's certainly a bit different. We'd never done an instrumental before, and thought "What's the point of doing an instrumental that people are just going to expect?" So we made it completely fucking different.

D: The whole record is very different. But it's Cradle of Filth. I mean, people have always called us sellouts, and now we've got Ville Vallo [from HIM] on a track, and we also take the gay icon song "Temptation" [by Heaven 17] and make it into something heavy.

J: How did you choose to cover "Temptation?"

D: Because we've covered Maiden in the past, covered Slayer... if we're going to cover metal we might as well do one of our own songs. If we're gonna do a Maiden song in our style, it's literally going to sound just like us. So... we thought we'd do something so far removed... if we did "Thriller" by Michael Jackson it would still sound really gay because of the nature of the lyrics and the notes, but "Temptation" turned out really heavy.

J: And how did you hook up with Ville [on "The Byronic Man"]

D: We're mutual friends through Bam [Margera], and I met him on a few occasions. I respect his music, and we needed some singing to portray a character from the song. We thought he had the Byronic nature, his whole life is akin to Lord Byron's, and it would have been gay for me to do it, so he was the first person that came to mind, and he's well known enough to bring the character to life... girls fancy him, he's very famous.

J: But you did do those clean vocals on the "Underworld 2" soundtrack. Do you do any more clean vocals on the new album?

D: Yes, but I wouldn't call them clean. James Hetfield-y, Alice Cooper type of stuff.

J: One of the big changes from Damnation and a Day to Nymphetamine was that you got rid of the huge orchestral arrangements (played by The Budapest Film Choir). Was there a reason for that?

D: We had that album [Damnation] in mind at a time when everybody thought we were selling out. We got the opportunity to realize what we wanted to do, but it was going to be a one-off, it wasn't going to be on every record. It was just what we wanted to try at that time. The next album is never going to be the same.

P: It'd be boring.

J: On the new album you guys have three keyboardists?

D: Yeah.. I mean, they don't all play at once. We realized when we sacked our other keyboardist that we didn't actually need to have one as much. I mean, we have a touring keyboardist named Rosie, and she's great. She came a little late into the recording process, but I think she'll be on the next record.

But we've worked with these other people in the past... one guy actually wrote all the arrangements for the orchestra, and the third one is this guy Chris Rehn who is in a band with Sarah Jezebel Diva called Angtoria. Oh, actually, make it four of em... cause there is also an American who does all of our electronics and makes these crazy fucking loops.

J: I heard you guys had some scary experiences in the studio?

D: I wouldn't call them scary, they were downright weird. Maybe it scared me a little bit. Sometimes there was the sound of a child's wind-up toy. And in my head I convinced myself that it was the producer screwing with me, because he and I lived in this house, this huge creepy Georgian house... it was great. But I had just gone to bed one night, and I was trying to go to sleep, and it started. And I leapt up, not in shock, but more because I wanted to catch Rob. So I got up, ran into his room in the nude, and he was listening to music on his headphones and using his computer. And he came down for an hour, we completely stripped the room looking for this sound. I said "We're not going anywhere, we're going to find what you hid in my room."

J: But you're not the only one that heard it, right?

P: No. I got my studio setup in my room, just so I can change stuff around. And I'm sitting there working, and I heard this noise start coming from the bathroom. And I was like "What the fuck?" There was nothing there. But at first, I would hear like one note every once in a while, and then maybe a couple notes if I'm lucky. And then towards the end, we were all sitting down to dinner and this fucking noise went right around the whole table.

D: I heard it maybe 5-6 times by the end of the sessions.

P: The very last night, I was packing all my stuff up, and we heard it out in the hallway. It was going absolutely fucking mental. It was going fast, slow, with harmonies being played, everything.

J: You should have recorded that.

D: Yeah. (laughs)

P: Unbelievable, this fucking thing. And everybody's looking around like "Where is that coming from?"

J: So, Paul, you were the primary songwriter for this album?

P: Yeah, I arranged a lot of it. I'll sit down and come up with a riff, and I don't stop there. I come up with another riff, and then I think it'd be cool if we go into a part like this. And then the next thing you know, I've got a whole song structure. Then that goes on CD and I just give it to everyone to rehearse and give me feedback.

J: This seems to be one of the first times that a Cradle record has featured guitar solos. You've stepped it up as a lead guitarist.

Paul: This was one of the first times I've had time to practice, usually I'm doing artwork or interviews or this or that...

J: So you don't sit around watching Yngwie instructional videos, doing picking exercises and scales all day?

P: I'd rather sit there and play a slow melodic riff with harmonies. I get more out of that than just trying to be as fast as possible.

J: Are you classically trained?

P: No, I got into Iron Maiden and learned guitar (laughs).

J: The second guitarist on this album is different than the last one?

P: Correct. Charles was filling in for Dave (Pybus) on bass, and when Dave returned, Charles moved to guitar. He actually attended the London Institute of Guitar.

J: Paul, I noticed that you also do the COF website and graphics.

P: Yeah, we're working on a new site at the moment, it's very clean cut. It's got some nice movies and logos... all black and red, it's awesome. Simplicity is great.

J: And there's a new artist for this cover?

D: Yeah, Sam Araya. We usually get a different artist for every album, though we used John Coulthart for the last two, he's kind of like our resident artist.

J: There was a little controversy with the art, right?

D: Apparently... it's only a few variants on it, really, it's pretty much the same thing. There was a corpse on the ground, some stuff in the background, some insinuations they didn't like... and I think the woman's legs were naked. The changes were very minor.

J: Any other projects you're working on?

D: I've got a book that's in the works, "Gospel of Filth." That's still being worked on, it's a quite lengthy process, obviously. We've got a live record, which we've put on hiatus for a little bit. It's ready to go, we just need to decide when and where, we've got to tweak a couple overhead mics.

J: Dani, you were sick for a while?

D: Yeah, for about 4 months I had to go on this weird homeopathic diet.

J: While you were in the studio?

D: For some of it, yeah. We had to take another six weeks out, but we had other things to do, and it was good to step back from it. Compared to our others, it was a lot quicker than our other albums. We had a British tour for about two and a half weeks, and we had to rehearse for that. We took four weeks off for Christmas, the six weeks I was just telling you about, and the sporadic summer festivals (11 of them). So in total, we probably only spent about 3 months recording. And towards the end, I really started to enjoy it. Once I started getting better, everything seemed more relaxed... we knew it was shaping up, and we didn't feel like we had to rush to get it completed.

J: Was it hard to adjust your diet and stop drinking?

D: Yeah, it was terrible, but it had to be done.

J: And you got married recently?

D: Yeah, it didn't come as a big surprise though. We had been together for 14 years. That was on Halloween as well.

J: What were the lineup changes from the last album to this one?

P: Dave [Pybus] left the band for a little bit, so we needed a bass. Charles, who is the guitar player at the moment, came and played bass for a little bit. Then, Martin and James left, Dave came back, and Charles moved to guitar... if you can follow that.

J: Dani, what was it like working on Roadrunner United ["Dawn of a Golden Age"]?

D: It was good fun. It was just a little strange. Dave, our bass player, was flown over to America for his session, but because of the nature of our schedule, I had to do mine in a little studio after the track had already been recorded, so I missed out on that participation aspect. I missed the party, because that was the day I flew out to India. It was good; I just felt a little alienated. But the song was great, it was with Justin Hagberg [3 Inches of Blood] and Matt Heafy [Trivium] on guitar, Sean Malone [of Cynic] on bass, and Mike Smith [Suffocation] on drums.

J: You guys 3 Inches of Blood fans?

P: Yeah, the singing is fucking brilliant. It reminds me of Judas Priest, I love it.

J: And Dani, you were recently tracking some final vocals in upstate New York?

D: Yeah, it's right by the Alfred Hitchcock estate. It's huge, 900 acres. We're in the middle of the woods, which is great.

J: Thanks, guys. I look forward to the new album.

D: Thanks.

P: Cheers.

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Slipknot Voliminal DVD Artwork

After first sharing it with their official fan club, Outside the 9 last Friday, Slipknot are now ready to unveil the striking final artwork for their forthcoming DVD, Voliminal: Inside the 9, to Maggots everywhere.

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Into Eternity Thriving On Gigantour

The buzz on INTO ETERNITY right now is undeniable as they gained legions of new rabid fans on this year’s Gigantour, emerging as one of the fest’s most talked about acts. This was their first nationwide tour in support of their highly anticipated new album, The Scattering of Ashes, which was released last week to rave reviews. The disc also had an impressive first week at retail landing at #57 on the Top New Artist chart and #76 on the Hard Music chart. They also just completed a new video for the album’s opening track, “Severe Emotional Distress,” with up-and-coming director Kevin Wildt (Set Your Goals, The Warriors); look for it to make its online debut next month. Click on the link below to steam an MP3 of the track. http://mp3.centurymedia.com/intoeternity/scatteringofashes/IntoEternity_SevereEmotionalDistress.mp3

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Head Automatica Post New Video Online

Check out a brand new video from HEAD AUTOMATICA featuring their single, “Lying Through Your Teeth” off their newest album, Popaganda, here.

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Arsis Post New Song Online

You can check out a new song from ARSIS entitled "Oh the Humanity," off their upcoming new album United In Regret, online here.

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Details On Chimaira's New Album 'Resurrection'

CHIMAIRA is currently in the studio with producer Jason Suecof (Trivuim, God Forbid) recording their fourth album titled “Resurrection” at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford , Florida .

Last week producer Andy Sneap (Nevermore, Arch Enemy, Killswitch Engage) recorded drum tracks for “Resurrection” in Cleveland with original CHIMAIRA drummer Andols Herrick who is now back (in CHIMAIRA) by popular demand; Andy Sneap will be mixing the album once it is completed. Expect to see this recording in stores Spring 2007 on Ferret Records.

Vocalist Mark Hunter explains, “This is our fourth album and we as a band, are collectively and for the first time ever, in synch and in a ‘positive’ new headspace; we are all really excited about the new material.”

“Resurrection” features 13 songs; of which two of those songs will be added as bonus tracks for a special limited edition simultaneous worldwide release; plus, an added bonus documentary of ‘the making of Resurrection’ directed by Todd Bell. Todd directed CHIMAIRA’s last DVD and at last fans can expect the loose ends from their (DVD The Dehumanizing Process) to be tied together with this special bonus release

In matching the new CHIMAIRA material which is like the musical equivalent of a sledgehammer to the face; the band announces that their cover art will be done by legendary artist Paul Booth .

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Himsa To Tour Austrailia

Himsa will be touring Australia with Parkway Drive and Cry Murder shortly, dates for the trek run as follows:
November 08th Brisbane AUS - Arena
November 09th Gold Coast, AUS - Cooly Hotel
November 10th Manly, AUS - Manly Youth Centre
November 11th Sydney, AUS - The Forum
November 12th Lithgow, AUS - Lithgow PCYC
November 15th Albury, AUS - Sodens
November 16th Adelaide, AUS - The Gov
November 17th Melbourne, AUS - Hi Fi Bar ("Prepare To Burn Festival")
November 18th Melbourne AUS - Camberwell Centre ("Prepare To Burn Festival")
November 19th Mornington AUS - Peninsula Theatre

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Crossbreed Line Up Tour Dates

Crossbreed have lined up the following shows:
October 27th Jacksonville, NC - Hooligans
October 28th Spartanburg, SC - Ground Zero (Feat. Souls Harbor, Staggerback, Dead 7)
October 31st Norfolk, VA - The Norva ("Hardcore Halloween 2006")
November 01st Huntington, WV - The Monkey Bar
November 02nd Cleveland, OH - Peabody's Downunder (Feat. Wolfpac)
November 03rd Lansing, MI - Temple Club
November 04th Flint, MI - The Machine Shop

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Hell Within Seeks Drummer

Hell Within, who have been gearing up to record their new album next month, have amicably parted ways with their drummer Bubba. A statement from him outlining his departure from the group can be found here. In light of the departure, the band are seeking a replacement, details for those interested can be found here.

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Isis Post Update

Isis have posted an update on their current happenings here. The group are set to release their new album "In The Absence of Truth" through Ipecac on October 31st and will also be touring the U.S. with Jesu from late February through to early April.

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God Forbid To Shoot New Video

God Forbid have a new live video for their track "Chains Of Humanity" in the works. The outing, which is primarily composed of footage captured from the "Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards Show", is currently being edited by David Brodsky (Diecast, The Red Chord) and is expected to surface next month.

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Interview

Interview With Shimera's James Seaton

One of my favorite underground discoveries this year is Tampa, Florida's SHIMERA. A real savvy death metal unit that doesn't allow it's songwriting to get bogged down with the same antics as before. They are playing shows all throughout their local scene right up to year's end, and have been gaining a lot of attention with metal fans online at their MySpace music profile. It seems I am not the only one who appreciates the musical brutality they have to offer. I got some Q&A in with their man on lead/rhythm guitar & vocals, James Seaton. More...

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Hear It Dies Today's Full Album "Sirens" Online

AOL Music is streaming the It Dies Today's entire new album "Sirens" online. You can listen to the full album stream here. "Sirens" is to be released in North America via Trustkill tomorrow, October 17.

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Metallica Announce New DVD

Metallica has announced that they will be releasing a DVD collection of all their promotional videos. Titled "The Videos 1989 - 2004", the DVD will hit North American shelves on the 5th, and everywhere else on the 4th of December. The band said a few words on the subject:

"We've been getting requests for many years to release all the promotional videos on DVD and it's finally happening! In addition to every video we've ever made, for the first time ever the "2 of One," release (which up until now has only been available on VHS) will be available on DVD. Also included is 'Mama Said' which never aired in North America, maybe not even anywhere in the world, and a few little extras such as 'The Unforgiven' theatrical version and the 'Some Kind Of Monster' film trailer. Plus, all the audio has been re-mixed in 5.1 surround sound"

The DVD cover can be viewed at this location, and the tracklist is as follows:

01. One
02. Enter Sandman
03. The Unforgiven
04. Nothing Else Matters
05. Wherever I May Roam
06. Sad But True
07. Until It Sleeps
08. Hero Of The Day
09. Mama Said
10. King Nothing
11. The Memory Remains
12. The Unforgiven II
13. Fuel
14. Turn The Page
15. Whiskey In The Jar
16. No Leaf Clover
17. I Disappear
18. St. Anger
19. Frantic
20. The Unnamed Feeling
21. Some Kind Of Monster

Bonus Material:
22. 2 Of One - Introduction
23. One (Jammin' Version)
24. The Unforgiven (Theatrical Version)
25. Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster Film Trailer

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