Canadian metal legends Anvil have released a new video for the song "Zombie Apocalypse", taken from their latest studio album, Anvil Is Anvil.

Frontman Lips comments: "'Zombie Apocalypse' is my personal favorite from the new CD.. I love the feel and tempo which allows for melody and sheer power. I'm still finding it funny when I was asked 'Zombie A coffee Lips?'"

Drummer Robb Reiner adds: "A blood Rock / Sabbath inspiration of sorts... combined with slamming doom feel....the track is hypnotic in nature displaying a shredding of a guitar solo and has been fun to perform live! One of the many top tracks from Anvil Is Anvil!"

In addition, Anvil has updated their tour schedule as follows:

July
22 - Arnprior, ON - St. John Pub
23 - Oshawa, ON - The Music Hall

August
12 - London, ON - Norma Jeans
19 - Brampton, ON  - Spot 1 Music Hall
26 - St. Johns, NL - Factory

September
10 - Ottawa, ON - The Brass Monkey

October
20 - London, UK - Academy
21 - Manchester, UK - Rebellion
22 - Doncaster, UK - Diamond
23 - Cardiff, UK - The Globe
25.- Gloucester, UK - Guildhall
26.- Edinburgh, UK - La Belle Angele
27 - Grimsby, UK - Yardbirds
28 - Bristol, UK - The Bierkeller
29.- Roeselare, Belgium - De Verlichte Geest
30.-Tilburg, Netherlands - Little Devil

November
4.- Sandnes, Norway - Tribute
5 - Fosser, Norway - Oeak Metal Club
6.- Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Strand
8.- Kolding, Denmark - Godset
10.- Amstelveen, Netherlands - P60
11.- Bochum, Germany - Matrix
12.- Weissenhäuser Strand, Germany - Metal Hammer Paradise
13.- Landgraaf, Netherlands - Oefenbunker
15.- Lyon, France - Ninkasi Kao
16.- Calenzano, Italy - Cycle
17 - Rome, Italy - Jailbreak
18 - Erba, Italy - Centrale
19 - Padova, Italy - Bullet
20 - Borgo Priolo, Italy - Dagda
24 - Sieburg, Germany - Kubana
25 - Lorsch, Germany - Rex

Anvil’s latest album, Anvil Is Anvil, was released February 26th as a digipak version (+1 bonus track and poster), 2LP gatefold clear version and download via Steamhammer/SPV.

Tracklisting:

“Daggers And Rum”
“Up, Down, Sideways”
“Gun Control”
“Die For A Lie”
“Runaway Train”
“Zombie Apocalypse”
“Its Your Move”
“Ambushed”
“Fire On The Highway”
“Run Like Hell”
“Forgive Don't Forget”
“Never Going To Stop” (bonus track digipak)

"Die For A Lie” lyric video:

For the first time in the long history of Axemaster, the band has announced that they have added a second lead guitarist, Damin Bennett. He has fit in perfectly with the band and is already playing a major role in songwriting by creating unique guitar parts to go along with many of the existing riffs from both the band's new and old material. Damin's debut show is booked for July 29th at the Empire Concert Club in Akron, Ohio with Axemaster's Pure Steel label-mates Power Theory and Wretch. Check out Facebook for show details.

Guitarist Joe Sims commented on Damin's addition to the band's roster "It's one of the best things we've ever done as a band, right along with when we decided to add first Geoff (McGraw - vocalist) and then Denny (Archer - drummer). Damin is an amazing player who's really creative and provides a different and fresh perspective on all the tunes. Also, now that we are splitting all the leads and since his style is pretty different than mine, everything has a lot of extra diversity. Last and most importantly, he's a great guy and total professional who fits in with everyone like he was born to be a part of Axemaster! I hope the fans in the area will come out to our show on the 29th and see all this for themselves!"

 

 

STATUS QUO guitarist Rick Parfitt is "making an excellent and steady recovery" after suffering a suspected heart attack last month, it has been revealed.

Simon Porter, the band's manager, added: "Rick has now had a defibrillator fitted into his chest in order to regulate any future heart issues and has left hospital in order to recuperate with family and friends. "Although I am now happy to report that his medical team anticipate that Rick will make a full recovery, it will likely be a long and ongoing process. "To this end, Rick has given his full blessing for the band to continue with the current summer touring schedule utilizing guest guitarists. Freddie Edwards, son of QUO bass player John 'Rhino' Edwards has successfully stepped in for Rick over recent gigs and will now continue for the majority of QUO's shows during July and August, the current exceptions being gigs in Leuven, Belgium and Edinburgh, Scotland on July 20th and 23rd where Irish guitarist Richie Malone will step in." Rick's family has said: "We would like to thank everyone including the fans for their messages of support during the last weeks and especially the kindness and care of all the staff at the Royal Brompton." Both the band and Rick would like to thank the fans for their continued understanding and support and would like to stress that he will return to the fold as soon as possible, but in Rick's best interests, any return will not be rushed until he makes a full and absolute recovery.

Parfitt has experienced a number of health setbacks over the years, including a quadruple heart bypass in 1997, a throat cancer scare in 2005 and a heart attack in 2011.

STATUS QUO was forced to cancel a number of shows in 2014 after Parfitt was told by doctors to rest following surgery to correct a problem with his previous heart bypass.

Parfitt and STATUS QUO frontman Francis Rossi recently announced they were hanging up their electric guitars for good following one final tour.

Joe Perry is doing "better than feared" after collapsing during a HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES show Sunday night (July 10), according to his AEROSMITH bandmate Tom Hamilton.

Perry staggered off the stage at a concert at the Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn, New York, with a number of witnesses reporting that he had appeared ill during the show.

The exact nature of his illness has not been revealed, although unconfirmed reports suggest the 65-year-old rocker suffered a heart attack.

Hamilton tweeted last night: "Thankfully, Joe seems to be better than we all first feared. Here’s hoping he's back on stage soon, doing what he loves to do!"

AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler wrote on his Twitter account: "Feel the millions of prayers coming your way. We all love you. Sending white light and all that I got your way."

Perry's AEROSMITH bandmates Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer also used their social media accounts to wish the guitarist well.

A representative for the HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES said Perry was "stable and resting."

HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES singer Alice Cooper said that Perry was with family. He also confirmed that the band's tour would continue as scheduled tonight, adding: "Thanks for supporting Joe!"

Fan-filmed video footage of Steven Tyler's July 10 performance at Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada as part of his "Out On A Limb" solo tour can be seen below.

Tyler will release his first-ever solo album, "We're All Somebody From Somewhere", on July 15 via Big Machine Label Group's Dot Records. The AEROSMITH frontman produced the 15-track country-flavored CD with T Bone Burnett, Dan Huff, Marti Fredriksen and Jaren Johnston.

"Out On A Limb" is a 19-city run that finds Tyler appearing at intimate venues with a Nashville-based backing band, LOVING MARY.

"The last time we did small venues was at the end of that first run of AEROSMITH, about '81, '82, '83," Tyler told Rolling Stone. "We started going down, the band started breaking up. . . [But] I always loved them. I prefer them. I like to look out and everybody's close, as opposed to [a crowd of] 20,000 when there's the barricade and they keep everybody back, going, 'We need a fire lane!' I'm going, 'What the fuck? I can't see or feel the people.

"It's a very living-room thing to play small venues, it's a little more personal," he continued. "I get to talk to people and be up-close and personal, and tell them how the music business is a dark trench, a dark, dirty, money trench. [Laughs] And talk about where I get my inspiration from and talk about the new songs on the record and get to play, finally, songs that we couldn't because the record will be out by then."

BAD RELIGION guitarist Brian Baker has slammed BRING ME THE HORIZON over the English band's "display of arrogance" at Spain's Resurrection Fest.

The two groups shared the stage on the opening day of the three-day event, where Baker took notice of a poster he saw backstage. It featured a picture of BRING ME THE HORIZON along with the message: "These people are not to be stopped ever. They may not have a pass. They can escort who they want where they want with or without a pass."

The punk rocker took a picture of the flyer and posted it to Instagram, along with the caption: "I'm going to stop these people every time I see them today and tell them how much their band sucks."

BRING ME THE HORIZON drummer Matt Nicholls replied: "I can't imagine being as old as you are and still acting like a 14-year-old girl. Saw you at least ten times and you didn't bat an eye lid. You got bigger things to worry about nowadays anyway, like ya pension, or cold weather. Dickhead."

BRING ME THE HORIZON frontman Oli Sykes added: "Yeah, we are not your enemy, winter is your enemy."

Baker then fired back with another Instagram post in which he took BRING ME THE HORIZON to task for their apparent sense of "entitlement."

He wrote: "It seems you've missed the point entirely. The issue here is entitlement. My post was a comment on your collective delusion that working local crew at a thirty-band festival should be required to memorize your faces to spare you the indignity of breaking stride on the way to your backstage oasis or, even worse, the humiliation of carrying credentials.

"Your literal display of arrogance (and the hilariously unrecognized irony within it) was what I was sharing with my followers. I honestly don't know if your music is bad or good — it's not for old people.

"I meant that you suck as humans. Sorry for the confusion."

For the first time in two decades, three members of the classic GUNS N' ROSES lineup of Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan reunited and are playing live in front of throngs of diehard GN'R worshippers.

To find out just how dedicated these fans are and to get a better understanding of the GUNS N' ROSES fan mindset, Consequence Of Sound's cameras went to the band's recent show at Soldier Field in Chicago.

Get the fans' thoughts on the GN'R reunion in the video below.

A new report by The Wall Street Journal revealed that of the 25 shows GUNS N' ROSES is playing on its "Not In This Lifetime" stadium, 12 have either sold out or are close to it, with concert promoter Live Nation saying it expects to sell out five more on an average ticket price of $130.

While the first two shows in Detroit and Washington D.C. were packed, with 41,000 fans turning up in the Motor City, 27,000 went to see GUNS at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. And while the first of two shows at Soldier Field in Chicago was sold out, the second show was far from packed, with one half of the upper deck completely empty.

Asked for a comment, Live Nation stated that the tour was "an unqualified success," adding, "Not only is it the #1 rock tour of the summer, it will be one of the top-grossing tours of 2016 and one of the most successful reunion tours of all time. At six shows into the tour, it has already grossed more than $100,000,000 in ticket sales."

Live Nation exec Bob Roux said that the company expects to sell one million tickets for the tour, roughly 90 percent of what's available. He added that some less well-attended shows were the result of the band playing cities it wanted to play, rather than sticking to the highest population centers that would better guarantee sellouts.

The trek features classic lineup members Slash, Duff McKagan and Axl Rose backed by drummer Frank Ferrer, guitarist Richard Fortus, keyboardist Dizzy Reed and new second keyboardist Melissa Reese.

As previously reported, drummer Steven Adler performed with GUNS N' ROSES again on Saturday night (July 9) in Nashville, and also spent some time with Slash, McKagan, Ferrer and Reese during soundcheck. Adler joined GUNS for "My Michelle" and "Out Ta Get Me", the same songs he played with them in his first appearance on this tour last Wednesday (July 6) in Cincinnati.

AC Angry from Saarbrücken, Germany has inked a worldwide deal with SPV/Steamhammer. The band's new, as yet untitled, album will be released in November this year. It will be available as CD, vinyl and of course as download.

Their debut album from 2013, Black Denim, will be available for download again soon worldwide too.

Alan Costa (AC Angry) on the signing: "We are thrilled to announce that we will be working with SPV/Steamhammer from now on! The legendary label boasts decades of experience and unrivalled expertise in the music business and we are happy to have found precisely the right partner for our future endeavours. Being part of the SPV/Steamhammer family, home of many of our heroes, is just awesome! There is a true passion for music here! Maximum Rock 'n' Roll!"

Georg Schröder (A&R Steamhammer): "This four-headed Rock n Roll beast fits perfectly into our current Steamhammer roster. The band was able to get international attention with their debut album Black Denim and they toured very successful  with some big names in the music biz, such as Airbourne, Black Label Society, Saxon and many others. The new album will be a good step forward in their career and we are honored that they decided to go this way together with SPV/Steamhammer."

Cleveland metal / hardcore crew Ringworm has debuted a lyric video (animated by Mitchell Luna of labelmates Maruta) for the thundering track "Innocent Blood", taken from the band's forthcoming new full-length Snake Church.

Ringworm's eighth full-length album Snake Church is a 12-track, 30+ minute testament of vicious aggression. After having converted metalheads and hardcore fans alike with their intense, no-holds-barred live shows and consistently punishing albums over the course of the last 25+ years, Ringworm once again prove that they are in a league of their own when it comes to face-breaking sonic fury. Recorded and produced by Ben Schigel (Chimaira, Zao) at Spider Studios and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Nails, Xibalba, Black Breath), Snake Church obliterates the listener and never relents, leaving nothing but bile and bone in its wake.

Snake Church is due out July 29th on CD, LP, and Digital via Relapse. Physical pre-orders can be found at this location, and digital pre-orders are available via the band's Bandcamp page here.

Snake Church tracklisting:

“Snake Church”
“Brotherhood Of The Midnight Sun”
“Fear The Silence”
“The Black Light Of A Living Ghost”
“Destroy Or Create”
“Shades Of Blue”
“Innocent Blood”
“The Apparition”
“Believer”
“The Razor And The Knife”
“Angel Of War”
“Temple Of The Wolves”

“Shades Of Blue” video:

“Snake Church” video:

 

 

Broken Teeth, the Austin, Texas based high energy hard rock band featuring vocalist Jason McMaster have released the Breaker Box set featuring the band's first six albums, a collector patch and sticker. Purchase your copy now at this location.

Broken Teeth vocalist Jason McMaster has checked in with the following comment: "Finally, you can get the history of Broken Teeth's first six music releases, all in one killer box set. It is really cool to see this body of work finally see the light. This is the culmination of many years of writing, recording and playing loud, hard and aggressive kick ass rock n roll. We are very proud of being a true rock band for the past 17 years. This is a celebration of just that."

Cover art and tracklisting for each of the six albums contained within Breaker Box are as follows:

Broken Teeth (Self Titled) (1999)

"She’s Gonna Blow"
"Undertaker"
"Two Time Lover"
"Trippin’ Over A Bone"
"Stick It In"
"El Diablo"
"Some Kinda’ Loser"
"Hooray"
"Pull The Plug"
"Who Turned Out The Lights"

Guilty Pleasure (2002)

"Guilty Pleasure"
"Devil Money"
"Hangin’ By The Skin"
"Crashlanding Affair"
"Down To The Fire"
"Second Hand"
"High On Danger"
"Shangri-La"
"She Dances Evil"
"Chaingang"
"Happy End"

Blood On The Radio (Live 2004)

"She's Gonna Blow"
"Pull The Plug"
"Stick It In"
"Chaingang"
"Devil Money"
"Hangin’ By The Skin"
"Down To The Fire"
"High On Danger"
"Shangrila"
"She Dances Evil"
"Bonfire" (unreleased track)
"Undertaker"
"Crashlanding Affair"
"Guilty Pleasure"
"El Diablo"

Electric (2008)

"Roll Over"
"Electric"
"Blood On The Radio"
"Hell For Sale"
"Bonfire"
"Burns Like Love"
"She’s Gonna Blow"
"Devil Money"
"Stick It In"
"Hangin’ By The Skin"
"Undertaker"
"El Diablo"

Viva La Rock, Fantastico! (2010)

"Blackheart"
"Exploder"
"Spitting Nails"
"Dressin' Up In Flames"
"Break The Spell"
"Twister"
"Back On The Road"
"All Hail The Altar"
"Get Outta Here Alive"
"Bullet"
"Viva La Rock, Fantastico!" (w. guest vocals from Danko Jones)
"Big Spender" (w. guest vocals from Danko Jones)
"Ride Upon Glory"

Devil On The Road (2013)

"Roll Over"
"Stick It In"
"Exploder"
"All Hail The Altar"
"Bullet"
"D.O.T.R."
"Break The Spell"
"Electric"
"Blackheart"
"Spitting Nails"
"Viva La Rock, Fantastico!"
"Undertaker"
"El Diablo"

 

 

 

Veteran Danish power metallers Iron Fire will release their eighth full-length album Among The Dead on September 26th via Crime Records. The album will be available on CD, cassette, and vinyl LP formats. Check out the Among The Dead preview video below:

The new offering from Iron Fire is as old school as it gets 16 years into the millennium, according to a press release. The ‘90s spawned a lot of power metal classics, and Among the Dead is made in the spirit of those. Albums like Black in Mind (Rage), The Dark Saga (Iced Earth) and Better Than Raw (Helloween) were all blueprints for the making of Among the Dead.

Recorded in Death Island Studio with engineer Marco Angioni and Mixed in Poland's Hertz Studios, heaviness is guaranteed, along with melodic hooks, blistering guitars and pounding power metal drumming.

Among The Dead tracklisting:
“Intro (The Lost City)”
“Among The Dead”
“Hammer Of The Gods”
“Tornado Of Sickness”
“Higher Ground”
“Iron Eagle”
“Made To Suffer”
“The Last Survivor”
“No Sign Of Life”
“Ghost From The Past”
“When The Lights Go Out”
“For Whom The Bell Tolls” (Metallica cover)

Sons Of Texas have released an acoustic performance of “Blameshift”, which can be seen below.

Check out the original, heavy version of "Blameshift", which appears on the band's 2015 album, Baptized In The Rio Grande.

 Catch Sons Of Texas live on tour with Otherwise:

July
12 – Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s
13 – Rockford, IL – District
14 – Springfield, MO – Outland Ballroom
15 – Dubuque, IL – The Venue
18 – Merriam, KS – Aftershock
19 – Fayetteville, AR – George’s Majestic Lounge
22 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
23 – Scottsdale, AZ – Pub Rock
24 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
25 – El Paso, TX – The Lowbrow Palace

This fall, Sons Of Texas will be crossing the Atlantic in support of Soil and Saliva, confirmed shows are as listed:

October
27 - Helling - Utrecht, Netherlands      
28 - F-Haus - Jena, Germany   
29 - TBD - Zurich, Switzerland       
30 - Dagda Club - Borgo Priolo, Italy     

November
1 - Szene Wien - Vienna, Austria  
2 - Backstage Halle - Munich, Germany   
3 - Universum - Stuttgart, Germany  
4 - Volt - Sittard, Netherlands      
5 - Zeche - Bochum, Germany         
7 - Engine Rooms - Southampton, United Kingdom    
8 - Concorde 2 - Brighton, United Kingdom    
9 - The Fleece - Bristol, United Kingdom    
10 - Sub 89 - Reading, United Kingdom     
11 - The Hub - Plymouth, United Kingdom     
12 - The Factory - Barnstaple, United Kingdom 
13 - The Globe - Cardiff, United Kingdom    
15 - O2 Academy Islington - London, United Kingdom    
16 - Waterfront - Norwich, United Kingdom     
17 - Sound Control - Manchester, United Kingdom   
18 - Corporation - Sheffield, United Kingdom       
19 - O2 Institute 2 - Birmingham, United Kingdom  
20 - Riverside - Newcastle, United Kingdom     
22 - Cathouse - Glasgow, United Kingdom         
23 - The Welly - Hull, United Kingdom     
24 - Fibbers - York, United Kingdom    
25 - The Live Rooms - Chester, United Kingdom
26 - Crauford Arms - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

 

 

Prosthetic Records has announce the signing of Vancouver-based metal outfit Wormwitch.

An early incarnation of the group started as more of a hardcore / punk group but as the band’s influence of Celtic Frost, Darkthrone and Disfear started showing up more in their music, they chose to rebrand themselves as Wormwitch. The quartet released their first EP, The Long Defeat in October 2015 and by early 2016 had already premiered a new track, "Coffin Birth". It was then that they caught the attention of Prosthetic Records and soon a worldwide deal was struck.

The band remarked: "Signing to Prosthetic is quite an honor and it's mostly with thanks to our local music scene, for being a place we could grow and come to do this thing we love, that we move forward onto the next step in our musical journey. Prosthetic has housed and still houses some extremely influential bands and we're excited to make a name for ourselves here as we continue to progress.”

Wormwitch will enter Rain City Recorders later this month with producer Curtis Buckoll (Archspire) to begin work on their debut full length album, due out early 2017. Regarding the direction of the new material, the band comments, “it's darker, heavier, more thoughtful, more primitive, and heavily rooted in the classic rock and metal sound that has shaped the genre, while still being uniquely Wormwitch."

Wormwitch is:

Colby Hink - guitar
Kyle Shields - bass
Robin Harris - vocals
Max Vüst - drums

Check out the "Coffin Birth" video below.

 

"Hated", the new video from Columbus, Ohio's BEARTOOTH, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "Aggressive", which was released on June 3 via Red Bull Records.

In the two short years since their debut album was cooked up in frontman Caleb Shomo's basement, BEARTOOTH has catapulted into heavy music's stratosphere. They have collected over ten million views on YouTube, trekked around the globe sharing the stage with SLIPKNOT, PIERCE THE VEIL, BRING ME THE HORIZON and SLEEPING WITH SIRENS and playing festivals like Reading and Leeds, Download and the Vans Warped Tour.

For "Aggressive", Shomo again retreated to his home studio to write, perform and produce the album's twelve tracks, re-teaming with John Feldmann (THE USED, BLINK-182) for a bit of songwriting contribution and enlisting David Bendeth (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, PARAMORE) to mix the release. The resulting songs have as much in common with stomping metalcore as old-school punk, vintage screamo and harder-edged pop punk, combining circle pit-inducing bangers with soaring choruses and bridging raw authentic intensity with accessibility.

"Aggressive" track listing:

01. Aggressive02. Hated03. Loser04. Fair Weather Friend05. Burnout06. Sick Of Me07. Censored08. Always Dead09. However You Want It Said10. Find A Way11. Rock Is Dead12. King Of Anything

BEARTOOTH has announced a North American headlining fall tour. The "Aggressive" tour presented by The Noise kicks off October 2 in Chicago, Illinois and ends with a hometown show at Express Live! in Columbus on November 11.

Roadrunner Records group THE AMITY AFFLICTION has announced the release of "This Could Be Heartbreak", the title track and new single from their highly anticipated new album. The "This Could Be Heartbreak" full-length disc arrives on Friday, August 12. "This Could Be Heartbreak" is available now for pre-order in a variety of limited edition physical bundles TheAmityAffliction.net and all DSPs, with all digital pre-orders accompanied by an instant grat download of "This Could Be Heartbreak", as well as the album's gripping first single, "I Bring The Weather With Me". "This Could Be Heartbreak" is joined by an equally compelling companion video directed by Mark Staubach, which can be seen below. Today's premiere follows the recent video debut of "I Bring The Weather With Me", also directed by Staubach and fast approaching 1.5 million individual views at YouTube alone. THE AMITY AFFLICTION will celebrate "This Could Be Heartbreak" with a suitably epic world tour, highlighted by a North American headline trek this fall. The dates — which see the influential Australian band traveling with special guests including BEING AS AN OCEAN, HUNDRETH, TROPHY EYES and DEADSHIPS — get underway September 11 at the Grenada Theatre in Lawrence, Kansas and then continue through mid-October. Furthermore, THE AMITY AFFLICTION is set to perform at a range of upcoming summer festivals, including Denver, Colorado's High Elevation (September 10), Chester, Pennsylvania's Rock Allegiance (September 18), Fort Worth, Texas's Texas Mutiny (September 24), Houston, Texas's Houston Open Air (September 25), Louisville, Kentucky's Louder Than Life (October 1) and Janesville, Wisconcin's Sonic Boom (October 2). The North American tour dates follow an incredibly busy summer schedule for THE AMITY AFFLICTION. The band — which has just wrapped a successful European run highlighted by performances at such famed festivals as France's Hellfest and the U.K.'s legendary Download — recently announced a series of intimate Australian headline shows, all of which sold out in a matter of minutes. Deeply personal and emotionally wrenching, "This Could Be Heartbreak" is THE AMITY AFFLICTION's most transformative and revealing record yet. Recorded by producer and longtime collaborator Will Putney at Melbourne's Holes And Corners with additional drum tracking done at Sing Sing Studios, the album finds THE AMITY AFFLICTION evolving their signature powerful and cathartic song craft. Both ambitious and grand, album standouts "This Could Be Heartbreak" and "All Fucked Up" are equal parts heavy and hopeful, fueled by frontman Joel Birch's desperation which achieves extraordinary transcendence through radical honesty and absolute power. "This Could Be Heartbreak" track listing:

01. I Bring The Weather With Me02. This Could Be Heartbreak03. Nightmare04. Tearing Me Apart05. O.M.G.I.M.Y.06. All Fucked Up07. Fight My Regret08. Some Friends09. Wishbone10. Note To Self11. Blood In My Mouth

Orlando, Florida-based hard rockers ALTER BRIDGE will release their fifth album, "The Last Hero" on October 7 via Napalm Records in all territories excluding North America. The CD was produced by Michael "Elvis" Baskette, who helmed the band's previous three albums, "Blackbird" (2007), "AB III" (2010) and "Fortress" (2013).

The cover artwork for "The Last Hero" can be seen below.

A listening party for "The Last Hero" was held on July 6 at The Beacham in Orlando and included a live performance by ALTER BRIDGE.

In a 2015 interview, ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti spoke to TeamRock Radio about what fans could expect from the band's next album. "It could go in any direction," he said. "I've got a ton of ideas in all different styles. Last time, it was just one heavy idea after another and hopefully this time we can branch out and bring something new to the table."

ALTER BRIDGE will return to Europe this fall. Their biggest headline shows yet, the 24-date tour treks 15 countries and kicks off on November 4. Special guests include Danish rockers VOLBEAT, who released their sixth album, "Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie", last month. French progressive metallers GOJIRA and up-and-comers LIKE A STORM..

ALTER BRIDGE's last album, "Fortress", featured the Active Rock Top 15 single "Addicted To Pain".

When ALTER BRIDGE is on hiatus, Kennedy can be found fronting Slash's band, SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS.

Tremonti released the third effort from his band TREMONTI, titled "Dust", on April 29.

Photo credit: Carlos Amoedo

Randy Blythe says that he was "almost killed" over the weekend by an allegedly distracted truck driver who "plowed into" the trailer of the chase vehicle the LAMB OF GOD frontman and his friends were traveling in.

According to Blythe, the accident took place on Saturday, July 9 when he and his companions had parked on the side of a two-lane country road in Oklahoma.

In a series of Instagram posts, Randy addressed the driver of the truck directly when recalling details of the incident. He wrote: "I watched as you plowed into our chase vehicle's trailer — I saw your truck hit it and fly into the air. Like a slow-motion horror movie scene, you sprouted deadly wings and flew high into the air towards us before crashing onto the road a few feet away. You had hit another truck before you even crashed into our trailer.

"We were in the middle of nowhere, on wide-open road, with a clear view for miles. How did you not see us? How fast were you going to run into two vehicles and still fly into the air like that?

"We were stopped and completely off the road, the other truck behind us that you hit was going maybe 3 mph, maximum. We were all aware of each other — somehow, you were not."

You can read the rest of Blythe's posts below.

LAMB OF GOD is continuing to play shows in support of its latest album, "VII: Sturm Und Drang", which was released in July 2015 via Epic in the U.S. and Nuclear Blast Entertainment in all territories outside of North America. The CD was once again produced and mixed by Josh Wilbur with engineering by Wilbur, Nick Rowe and Kyle McAulay, and was recorded at NRG Recording Studios in North Hollywood, California and Suburban Soul Studios in Torrance, California.

LAMB OF GOD's third album, "Ashes Of The Wake", which came out in 2004 via Epic, was officially certified gold in February by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for sales in excess of a 500,000 copies.

Frontiers Music Srl has announced the signing of SHADOWSPELL, a new melodic metal act born from a collaboration between Italian guitarist/songwriter Aldo Lonobile and Norwegian vocalist Nils K. Rue.

Lonobile is best known for his extraordinary work with power/progressive stalwarts SECRET SPHERE while Nils K. Rue has has traversed the globe with Norwegian progressive metal veterans PAGAN'S MIND.

The two musicians met for the first time in 2003 during the ProgPower USA in Atlanta, when PAGAN'S MIND and SECRET SPHERE were both featured on the bill. They forged a friendship that has lasted the last 13 years, leading to the creation of songs between performances and writing duties for their respective main bands.

The rest of the super group lineup features SYMPHONY X bassist Mike LePond, ex-GAMMA RAY, HELLOWEEN and MASTERPLAN drummer Uli Kusch and Lonobile's former bandmate in SECRET SPHERE, Antonio Agate (ex-ODD DIMENSION).

The concept caught the attention of Frontiers Music Srl president Serafino Perugino and went from being just an idea on paper and a few demos to the birth of SHADOWSPELL.

Lonobile says that "every time Nils sings, he amazes me!" before adding that "The ideas we are working on are superb. The result will be a melodic metal album featuring lots of orchestrations, great solos and riffs and killer melodies. You can hear old QUEENSRŸCHE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN and SAVATAGE influences! Be ready for a melodic metal jewel."

He continues: "I am very grateful to Frontiers for the chance to release this work which I am extremely proud of!"

Rue comments: "I am really stoked about this. Some of the lyrics and melody lines I laid down on the demo songs we wrote over the years are really personal to me and I put my full heart into them.

"Between work with PAGAN'S MIND, EIDOLON and other projects, the SHADOWSPELL songs were a way to let out the real emotional part of me. Often recorded alone in my home studio, just before sunrise while in a very creative and intense mood, it mirrors the real me in a right way. It was like: I could come home heartbroken, with no one to talk to. So I started to record my emotions right there on Aldo's tracks only to put the whole thing on the shelf the next day, leaving it there for years.

"I couldn't think of anyone better to write emotional and heavy music with than Aldo. He's my soul brother musically and his compositions give me goosebumps."

AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry is in stable condition after reportedly being forced to leave the stage during a concert by his side project the HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES earlier tonight (Sunday, July 10).

The 65-year-old Perry was performing at the Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk.

According to fans who attended the show, Perry sat down on the drum riser while appearing to have difficulty playing, and then left the stage mid-song. Footage taken at the gig shows a frail Perry struggling to perform, then stumbling behind the amp stack.

"He had to sit on drum kit and then went behind a small wall and passed out," a concertgoer wrote on Instagram, adding that "FDNY and NYPD carried him off quickly."

Video footage posted on Instagram shows HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES performing a cover of DAVID BOWIE's "Rebel, Rebel" while EMTs carry Perry out on a stretcher.

HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES frontman Alice Cooper later stopped the concert and told the fans that Perry had not been feeling well.

"If you notice one of our brothers is not onstage with us, he was very sick before the show,'" Cooper said, according to one concert attendee.

Page Six reported that he suffered a cardiac arrest at approximately 9:30 p.m. and was taken to Coney Island Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition. He was later transferred to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, according to ABC News.

Cooper later tweeted: "Thanks to everyone asking about our brother @JoePerry. He is stable right now, with family & is under the best care"

HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES' publicist, Sujata Murthy, added in a statement: "Joe Perry is stable and resting. His brother VAMPIRES and fans wish him a speedy recovery."

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello also took to Twitter to write: "Thoughts and prayers out to the great @JoePerry. Cmon man please be ok we love you love you love you!!!"

Added MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist Mick Mars: "@JoePerry Joe hope you get better soon my friend. Rest. That's an order !!!!"

Said Slash: "Hey Joe, feel better soon. We're all routing for you! iiii]; )"

HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES consists of Perry, Cooper, actor Johnny Depp and drummer Matt Sorum.

During SLAYER's appearance Saturday night (July 9) at the Jarocin Festiwal in Jarocin, Poland, the members of the band were presented with gold-record plaques for Polish sales of their latest album, "Repentless".

"Repentless" debuted at No. 4 on The Billboard 200, having shifted 50,000 equivalent album units in the week ending September 17, 2015.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

In terms of pure album sales, "Repentless" opened with 49,000 copies, marking SLAYER's highest-charting album yet.

"Repentless" now holds the record as the band's career-highest chart debut in Germany (No. 1), Holland (No. 2), Australia (No. 3), New Zealand (No. 8), the U.K. (No. 11) and on the Japanese International Chart (No. 1). It bowed at No. 3 in Finland, No. 4 in Belgium, and No. 5 in both Sweden and Greece. Additionally, the album debuted in the Top 10 in France (No. 7), Italy (No. 8), Hungary (No. 9), and Japan (No. 10).

The follow-up to 2009's critically acclaimed, Grammy-nominated "World Painted Blood", "Repentless" was produced by Terry Date, who has previously worked with PANTERA, DEFTONES and SOUNDGARDEN. The artwork was created by Brazilian artist Marcelo Vasco in collaboration with the band's Tom Araya and Kerry King.

As previously reported, SLAYER will join forces with special guests ANTHRAX and DEATH ANGEL this fall for a seven-week North American beat down. The dates start in Cleveland on September 9 and will hit both major and secondary markets across the continent.