February 15th will see the global digital release of FOREVER STILL’s new EP, Breaking Free.
Recorded by Flemming Rasmussen (METALLICA) and mastered by Troy Glessner (KITTIE), Breaking Free features the following four songs:

'The Key'
'The Last Day'
'Towards The Edge'
'The Last Day - Live Acoustic'

Fronted by female singer Maja Schønning, Forever Still hails from Copenhagen, Denmark, with the band’s lineup completed by bassist/keyboardist Mikkel Haastrup, drummer Chad T. Charlton and guitarist Carsten Christensen.

Both the promotional video and lyric video for 'The Key' can be seen below:
Further details can be found at ForeverStill.dk.

Comatose Music has announced the signing of New Jersey death metallers MORTAL DECAY.

Mortal Decay commented on their forthcoming new album, "In believing that this is our most solid material to date, and that we are individually at our best, it can be summed as a definitive collection of songs. Ranging through every era of the band, and including newer experiments, our collective energy and creativity was reborn and still exploding at a level beyond what we could have imagined. True Mortal Decay fans will get a taste of all levels of our musical direction at its finest."
Recording is scheduled to begin in April and the release date will be set this Summer. In addition to the new release, Comatose Music will also re-issue the highly sought after, A Gathering Of Human Artifacts CD, which will be available this Spring.

Guitarist Joe Gordon adds, "We are extremely excited to be working with Steve and Comatose Music on these releases. The label is definitely on the upswing, and we're very happy to be a part of this amazing roster of bands!"

Further details on Mortal Decay can be found on Facebook.

JACKYL has just issued the following live video for 'Encore (It Makes My Bic Dig Her)' from their 2012 album, Best In Show. The clip was filmed live at Full Throttle Saloon - the world's largest biker bar, housed on 30 acres of land in Sturgis, South Dakota.
Catch Jackyl live at the following shows:

May
4 - Columbia, MD - M3 Festival

June
1 - Wabash, IN - Brandt's Harley Davidson - FREE SHOW
6 - Sandusky, OH - Ohio Bike Week - FREE SHOW
7 - Piercy, CA - Kiwanis Redwood Run
15 - Davenport, IA - Rally On The River
28 - Green River, WY - Flaming Gorge Days at Stratton Myers Park

July
6 - Morgantown, WV - Triple S Harley Davidson
25 - Morgantown, WV - Mountain Fest

September
12 - Ocean City, MD - OC Bike Fest Motorcycle Rally

Video footage of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Chris Ojeda of reunited West Virginia metallers BYZANTINE performing two songs from the band's fourth, self-titled album can be seen below.

"Byzantine" will be released on February 26 through Gravedancer Records, the new label formed by MuseBox VP of marketing, Josh Eldridge, in partnership with marketing company MuseBox.

"Byzantine" track listing:

01. Which Light Shall Never Penetrate
02. Soul Eraser
03. Efficacy
04. Forged In The Heart Of A Dying Star
05. Caldera
06. Signal Path
07. Everything I Touch Bursts Into Flame
08. Posthumous
09. Pathogen

The lyrical content of "Signal Path" is based on the unexpected massive heart attack that BYZANTINE's lead guitarist and founding member, Tony Rohrbough, experienced almost three years ago. Thankfully, he is onto a full recovery and back with the band.

Commented BYZANTINE guitarist/vocalist Chris "OJ" Ojeda: "To have a fourth BYZANTINE album recorded is a feat that none of us band members thought we could pull off. With families, new careers and living apart from each other and a five-year hiatus, we thought getting together and writing a new album would be impossible, but it came along famously. We truly are in our element tucked in the hills of West Virginia grinding out new tunes for the few select fans we have. It's been an honor to give you guys nine new songs to dig on!"

The "Byzantine" cover artwork was designed by David Friedmann, the winner of the contest the band launched on MetalSucks earlier this year. Check it out below.

BYZANTINE was first discovered by LAMB OF GOD and released three highly respected albums and completed several major tours before calling in quits in 2008, just after the release of their most respected effort, "Oblivion Beckons". Earlier this spring, the band entered the studio to begin work on the new CD featuring the following lineup:

Chris Ojeda: Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Tony Rohrbough: Lead Guitar
Michael Cromer: Bass
Matt Wolfe: Drums

BLACK SABBATH's Tony Iommi and QUEEN's Brian May are said to be planning a collaborative album that will allow fans to build their own songs around the musicians' unused material.

Iommi lifted the curtain on the rockers' secret project in the latest issue of Kerrang! magazine, in which a number of fellow musicians pose questions to the QUEEN axeman.

Iommi asked, "When are we going to get to work on that album of riffs together? You know what I'm talking about…" May replied: "Yes, I do know what he's talking about and I'm very, very keen. The record he's talking about was supposed to be a secret but I guess he's blown it now!"

He explained that on visiting Iommi's studio, he was struck by the amount of unused material the BLACK SABBATH guitarist had. "I thought it would be great to make a compilation out of them," May said. "The idea was to put all these riffs out in some form so that people could build their own songs from them. You could make your own music with Tony Iommi on guitar!"

Sweden’s ZOMBIFIED have released a video for the track 'Pull The Trigger, featured on their second album, Carnage Slaughter And Death, out now. The video can be seen below:
Carnage Slaughter And Death was mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström from Enhanced Audio Productions at Garageland Studios (THE GROTESQUERY, The 11TH HOUR, BONE GNAWER, BLODSRIT).

Cover artwork and booklet layout were done by Costin Chioreanu at Twilight13Media.com (DEMONICAL, PRIMORDIAL, ARKTAU EOS, AURA NOIR, THE DEVIL’S BLOOD, DORDEDUH, NEIGE, GRAVE).
Tracklisting is as follows:

‘Carnage Slaughter And Death’
‘Pull The Trigger’
‘Withering Souls’
‘Suffering Ascends’
‘Clenched Fist Vengeance’
‘Endless Days Of Wrath’
‘Reborn In Sin’
‘Corrosive Spiral’
‘The Flesh Of The Living’
‘The Last Stand’
‘Slayer Fashion’
‘Reign Of Terror’

More on Zombified at this location.

Ahead of their show this Friday night (February 15th) at Toronto's Lee's Palace, California rockers RIVAL SONS stopped into The Kim Mitchell Show, the former MAX WEBSTER singer's Q107 radio program, and performed a cover of JAMES BROWN's 'It's A Man's World'.
Video footage of the performance can be seen below:
Coming on the heels of their success and critical acclaim in the UK, Europe and Canada, Rival Sons have announced their third album, Head Down, will arrive in stores in North America on March 19th via their new affiliation with Century Media Records. Ahead of the in-store date, the soulful, maximum-blues-infused hard rock band will perform Thursday, March 7th on ABC-TV’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35 PM/10:35 PM, CT on ABC.
They’ll perform 'Keep On Swinging' - the video can be seen below:
On the live front, the band - featuring Jay Buchanan (vocals), Scott Holiday (guitar), Robin Everhart (bass), Mike Miley (drums) - are now in the midst of a headlining Canadian tour after which they have dates set in Chicago (February 18th), Des Moines (February 19th), Denver (February 21st), Las Vegas (February 23rd) and a confirmed performance at this year’s SXSW Music Festival.

For more on Rival, Sons including tour dates visit Rivalsons.com.

Legendary NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) band SATAN will release its new album, "Life Sentence", on April 29 in Europe and in May in the U.S. via Listenable Records. The cover artwork for the CD was drawn by Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT, HATEBREED, SODOM) and depicts a similar graphic concept as that of the band's debut album, "Court In The Act", originally issued 30 years ago .

"Life Sentence" was mixed by Dario Mollo, who is part of TONY MARTIN'S HEADLESS CROSS touring project and has worked with numerous artists as a producer and engineer, including SKYCLAD, ANATHEMA, CRADLE OF FILTH, LACUNA COIL, Tony Martin and Glenn Hughes. The CD was recorded September-November 2012 at First Avenue Studios in Newcastle, England and was mixed and mastered by Mollo at Damage Inc. Studio in Italy.

"We're really happy to have Dario on board to mix the album," SATAN said in a statement. "We've already had a few tracks back and they sound amazing. We wanted to capture the energy the band produce when playing live and we've done just that."

"Life Sentence" track listing:

01. Time To Die
02. Twenty Twenty Five
03. Cenotaph
04. Siege Mentality
05. Incantations
06. Testimony
07. Tears Of Blood
08. Life Sentence
09. Personal Demons
10. Another Universe

The songs deal with the following topics: injustice, impending death, reincarnation, atonement, third-world politics, and biblical retribution.

"Life Sentence" is the culmination of a process that began when the original "Court In The Act" lineup got together for an exclusive "one-off" reunion show at Germany's Keep It True festival in 2011 in what marked their first performance together in 28 years. The band was somewhat overwhelmed with the response — 10 minutes into headliners CRIMSON GLORY's set, the crowd could still be heard chanting, "Satan! Satan!" The SATAN bandmembers immediately booked more shows in Germany, Holland, Belgium and London, and have since kept in close contact with each other, writing songs and making demos.

The recording lineup for "Life Sentence" will be the same as that on "Court In The Act":

Brian Ross (vocals)
Steve Ramsey (guitar)
Russ Tippins (guitar)
Graeme English (bass)
Sean Taylor (drums)

SATAN will perform at the Wings Of Metal festival, set to take place August 30-31 at Katacombes in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This special event will mark SATAN's first appearance in North America.

For more information, visit www.wingsofmetal.com.

SATAN is one of the most important groups that emerged in the early NWOBHM era. Their unique mixture of heavy and power metal spirit with thrash riffage brought a handful of unforgettable tunes and revolutionized heavy music as we know it.

"Court in the Act" was SATAN's debut release and was considered a true milestone at the time of its release (1983). The songs were melodic, but at the same time very aggressive. The band's two guitarists, Russ Tippins and Steve Ramsey, delivered a truly amazing performance; although their styles were completely different, they managed to perfectly complement each other's playing and introduced a handful of timeless riffs and solos.

A digipack reissue of "Court In The Act" was made available in November 2008 featuring three bonus tracks.

Fan-filmed video footage of SATAN's performance at the Keep It True XIV festival, which was held April 29-30, 2011 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany, can be seen below.

The debut album from BLACK STAR RIDERS — the new band formed by THIN LIZZY alumni Ricky Warwick (vocals), Scott Gorham (guitar), Damon Johnson (guitar), Marco Mendoza (bass) with new addition Jimmy DeGrasso (ALICE COOPER, MEGADETH, DAVID LEE ROTH, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES) on drums — is currently being mixed for a late May release via Nuclear Blast. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "All Hell Breaks Loose", "Someday Salvation", "Bound For Glory", "Kingdom Of The Lost" and "Hoodoo Voodoo".

At the end of March, there will be the first single release that will have an exclusive airing via certain media outlets prior to public release. Around the same time, more tour dates for the fall will be announced.

In October 2012, THIN LIZZY announced that they would not be recording new material under the THIN LIZZY monicker. The last incarnation of the band — Gorham, Brian Downey, Wharton, Warwick, Johnson and Mendoza — would be looking to form a new project.

According to a press release, Brian Downey decided to not become involved with BLACK STAR RIDERS because he didn't want to commit to the touring cycle a new album would entail and Darren Wharton wanted to concentrate on DARE and other music and film projects.

"Brian and Darren just don't want to be on the road 150 days a year. anti that's completely understandable," Warwick tells Classic Rock magazine. "But we do. We work very well together, and there's no better man than Jimmy to gel it together. This is a kick-ass band."

The BLACK STAR RIDERS album will feature material the band wrote while touring as THIN LIZZY and the sound retains that classic feel but is very much its own as well. The BLACK STAR RIDERS record is the next step in the evolution of the THIN LIZZY story.

"There's no way it could sound like THIN LIZZY with [late THIN LIZZY frontman] Phil [Lynott]," Gorham tells Classic Rock. But Johnson disagreees. "I think Scott is too dose to it," he says. "Ricky or I would bring in a song idea, and as soon as Scott starts playing on it, it sounds like THIN LIZZY, whether Scott realizes it or not. Everybody who's heard the new music says it has that dassic THIN LIZZY vibe. No, it can't sound like the original band. But that classic LIZZY vibe is absolutely there."

"I'm not gonna pull any punches here," says Warwick. "It sounds like classic THIN LIZZY brought up to date. l've been singing Phil's songs every night for two years, and although it sounds a bit crass because the man's not here, I feel like I've had these lessons from getting so deep into his work. Phil's songwriting, his lyrics, his phrasing, his pitching, his delivery — it's genius. And that's really helped me as a writer."

It was Warwick who named the new band BLACK STAR RIDERS, after an outlaw gang in the 1993 western movie "Tombstone". As Johnson tells Classic Rock: "Scott said from the very beginning that we did not want a name that was specifically related to THIN LIZZY, because this band has to stand on its own."

Female-fronted metal band FACE OFF release their debut album, The Colour Of Rain, today (February 14th) via Canadian label, Maple Metal Records.
Tracklisting is as follows:

‘The Colour Of Rain’
‘Dream Chamber’
‘Close Enough’
‘War Against War’
‘The Innocence’
‘Voices’
‘Fragile’
‘Lost In Translation’
‘The End’

The Colour Of Rain was recorded in Music Studio Novicic, RS from 2011 to 2012 by producer Vladimir Novicic. The album was recorded with their previous lineup of Marija on vocals, Stefan and Miroslav Veselinovic on guitars, Danilo Svorcan on bass, and Milos Branisavljevic on drums.
Current Face Off lineup:

Marija Kovacevic - vocals
Stefan Vitasovic - guitars
Aleksandar Djordjic - guitars
Stanislav Stanojevic - bass
Zoltan Simon - drums

More on the band at this location.

THE AGONIST out of Montreal have posted the following statement on the cancellation on CRADLE OF FILTH's North American tour, which they were supposed to be a part of:
"We are truly sorry to those of you who were coming out to see us live. This cancellation was beyond our control and we are devastated by this news, both emotionally and financially. We devoted so much to this tour that to say we are disappointed would be an immense understatement. Please accept our sincere apologies and we hope to see you all again soon."

Shortly after the cancellation was confirmed, The Agonist announced they have been added to DANZIG's 25th Anniversary Tour alongside CORROSION OF CONFORMITY.

Dates include:

April
17 - Las Vegas, NV- House of Blues
19 - Denver, CO- Ogden Theater
20 - Albuquerque, NM- Sunshine Theater
22 - Austin, TX- Stubb’s
23 - Corpus Christi, TX- Concrete Street
24 - Dallas, TX- Palladium
26 - Phoenix, AZ- Marquee Theater
27 - Pomona, CA- Fox Theater
28 - Ventura, CA- Ventura Theater

Fan pre-sales start Friday, February 15th at noon local time at this location.

GODLESS RISING mastermind Jeff Gruslin recently announced plans for a new EP titled Coven of Secrecy for the summer of 2013. Guitarist Toby Knapp will once again be handling guitars, bass and drums as on Godless Rising's previous release Trumpet of Triumph (2010 Moribund Records). The band are currently unsigned but will begin shopping to labels upon completion of the project.
"There is a possibility for a limited pressing for diehard fans on my own label Spectral Evidence Records," states guitarist Toby Knapp. "Spectral Evidence has always been a home to my releases until they are licensed to larger labels, I've done this with ONWARD, WAXEN and a few of my solo albums."

Godless Rising updates can be found on Knapp's official website Tobyknappmusic.com.

The YouTube audio link for Godless Rising's 'Christ Cadaver' can be heard below:

German symphonic black metallers TOTENGEFLÜSTER have released their debut full-length album, entitled Vom Seelensterben.
The album, produced by Marc Globig (CHAOSPHERE) at Warroom Studios in Spaichingen, includes the following tracklisting:

'Die Prophezeiung'
'Ein Traumgespinst'
'Ein Monolog im Mondschein'
'Gefrorene Tränen'
'Vom Seelensterben'
'Der Pakt'
'Blutsegen - Die strömende Erkenntnis'
'Ein neuer Pfad'
'Im Tau der toten Morgensonne'

Bonus Track:
'Ein Monolog im Mondschein' (Orchestral Version)

More on Totengeflüster at this location.

Pennsylvania metal act THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE has launched an Indiegogo campaign to try and stay on the road. The band, which is currently between tours supporting its recently released LP, "Dead Years", explains in a statement: "We are THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE, an internationally touring band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. On our way home from our 30th U.S. tour at about 3:00 a.m., our van lit on fire and we broke down at a rest stop an hour away from home. After waiting 8 hours, we found someone to pick up and our trailer up and take us home while our van was towed to a garage. After inspecting the van, we were notified that it was far beyond repairable.

"For any of you who have never followed us in the past, last winter we broke down in Canada and spent over $3K rebuilding our fuel pump, which took over a week. We spent that week hopping from trains, vans, taxis and fans cars from show to show so that we didn't have to cancel any dates on the tour.

"Unfortunately, at this time, with buying flights to Europe and dealing with other debts and personal expenses, we simply cannot afford to buy a new van. So we are asking our fans to help with donations that all will go towards getting us a new van to get back on tour and promote our new album 'Dead Years' even more.

"We put together a great list of incentives to say thank you for your help. We will also be filming a web documentary about the band and the life of being a touring musician as well as a music video for the song "Americans" where we will be BLOWING UP our old van.

"If you are unable to help us financially, Indiegogo has great tools that help you share our cause with your friends, which is just as big of a help to us. Through your donations and promotion we can get a new vehicle and get back on the road and continue touring.

"We really cannot express how much we appreciate all of your help."

"Hate The Ones You Love", the new video from THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE, can be seen below. Directed by David Brodsky of Brooklyn's MyGoodEye Music Visuals (HELLYEAH, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, GOATWHORE, MUNICIPAL WASTE, SUFFOCATION), the clip is about a group of young post-society survivors unable to cope with the task of killing a stranger who wanders into their territory. All of their coping mechanisms start to unravel.

"Dead Years", the third album from the THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE, sold around 1,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 14 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

"Dead Years" was released in Europe on September 24, 2012 via Lifeforce Records. Produced by Andreas Magnusson (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, HASTE THE DAY), the CD was made available in North America one day later through eOne Music.

THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE is: Rick Armellino (vocals), Jack Esbenshade (guitar), Matthew Marcellus (bass, vocals) and Rodney Phillips (guitar, vocals).

Guitarist Gary Rossington of US southern rock band LYNYRD SKYNYRD has been hospitalized, forcing the band to cancel this weekends live shows.
A message reads: "Skynyrd Nation, regrettably, our shows at the Hard Rock Biloxi this weekend on February 15th and 16th have been cancelled. Gary Rossington has been hospitalized in Wyoming with an abdominal infection. We are awaiting further tests and treatment, once we receive information on Gary’s status we will release additional information. Thank you for your understanding and support."

This year, the third annual Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville expands to two days - April 27th and 28th - at Jacksonville’s scenic Metropolitan Park along the beautiful St. Johns River.
The region’s biggest rock event will feature headlining performances from ALICE IN CHAINS and LIMP BIZKIT (marking the band’s first hometown show in over a decade), as well as Jacksonville legends Lynyrd Skynyrd.

The power-packed lineup for Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville also includes: 3 DOORS DOWN, SHINEDOWN, STONE SOUR, THREE DAYS GRACE, PAPA ROACH, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, HALESTORM, BUCKCHERRY, HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD, SKILLET, ALL THAT REMAINS, DEVICE (featuring David Draiman from DISTURBED), ASKING ALEXANDRIA, ESCAPE THE FATE, FILTER, IN THIS MOMENT, STEEL PANTHER, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, POP EVIL, OTHERWISE, SAVING ABEL, NONPOINT, RED, YOUNG GUNS, THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH, GEMINI SYNDROME, GIRL ON FIRE, and more.
Tickets are on sale now at WelcomeToRockvilleFestival.com, all Ticketmaster locations and select Metro PCS stores.

Two-day General Admission tickets are just $99.50 plus service fees and single day General Admission tickets are $54.50 plus service fees. A limited number of two-day VIP tickets and hotel packages is also be available.

For full details, visit this location.

Lynyrd Skynyrd recently released the lyric video for the track ‘Good Teacher’, from their latest album, Last Of A Dyin' Breed'. Check it out below:
The band previoulsy released the music video for the track 'Homegrown', seen below:
Last Of A Dyin' Breed debuted at #14 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart upon it's release, the highest charting for a Skynyrd album since 1977.

Finnish all-girl band BARBE-Q-BARBIES will release their new album, Breaking All The Rules, on February 15th in their native Finland, and on February 25th in the rest of Europe. The cover art and tracklisting can be found below:
'Crashing Down'
'One More (And I'll Be Gone)'
'Whole Lotta You'
'Breaking All The Rules'
'Stfu'
'Due Time'
'Love Machine'
'Can't Get What You're Looking For'
'Gun In My Hand'
'Shout It Out'
'Friday'

Barbe-Q-Barbies is:

Ekkis - guitar
Kaisa - guitar
Minttu - bass
Niki - vocals
Niina - drums
Further details can be found on Facebook.

Norwegian Viking metal veterans EINHERJER have cancelled their headlining appearance at this year's US viking/folk/pagan metal festival, Heathen Crusade 4, will take place on March 9th at Station 4 in St Paul, MN.

A band statement reads: "Ok, it seems we need to clear up any misunderstandings regarding the cancellation of our performance at Heathen Crusade. We are not able to perform because we didn't get any money from the promoter. No money for flights, no money for visas. We've tried our best to find a solution, but the deadline for the working visa application left us no choice but to cancel. We're really sorry it came to this....and we are just as pissed off as you are!"
Acts on the bill now include: WAYLANDER, ULVEHEIM, VANIR, ASHAENA, TRELLEBORG, HAMMER HORDE, BOLEROS, SIG:AR:TYR, BATTLESOUL, WINTERHYMN, MINOS, VESPERIA.

Further details at this location.

Argentina’s power metal force HELKER will release their new album, Somewhere In The Circle, tomorrow (February 15th) via AFM. Check out the artwork and tracklisting below:
The album includes 11 tracks and was produced and co-written by Mat Sinner (PRIMAL FEAR, SINNER) and mixed by Achim Koehler (Primal Fear, AMON AMARTH, SODOM) at Indiscreet Audio studios.

Tracklist:
'Modern Roman Circus'
'Just Be Yourself'
'No Chance To Be Reborn'
'Begging For Forgiveness'
'Wake Up'
'At The End Of The Journey'
'Ghosts From The Past'
'Still Alive'
'Flying'
'Inside Of Me'
'Dreams' (bonus track)
'Wake Up' (video clip)
'Flying' (video clip)

A trailer featuring snippets of all songs is available below:
The official of the song 'No Chance To Be Reborn' has also debuted and can viewed streaming below:
The video clip for the song 'Wake Up' is also available:
Tim ”Ripper” Owens (DIO DISCIPLES, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) and Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear) are featured as guests on the album, sharing the lead vocals with Diego on the epic 'Begging For Forgiveness'.

European audiences might know Diego Valdez from his appearance on the latest TARJA Live DVD/CD as guest vocalist on the song 'Phantom Of The Opera'.

For more details visit Helker.com.ar.

U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine will release the exclusive fanpack version of new HIM album, "Tears On Tape".

"Metal Hammer Presents HIM: Tears On Tape" is a 100% official collectors' fanpack that includes the eighth studio album from Finnish love metal icons HIM, a 132-page magazine edited by frontman Ville Valo himself, a giant, double-sided door-sized poster, and two exclusive bonus tracks.

The collectors magazine will include exclusive interviews with Ville Valo and all members of HIM, an extended track-by-track guide to "Tears On Tape", an interview with the architect´s behind the sound of love metal Hiili Hiilesmaa and Tim Palmer, a detailed guide to HIM's extensive back catalogue, the true, exclusive story of the Heartagram, an exclusive gallery from the band's own private collections, and the band themselves will interview an assortment of their own heroes.

Fanpack Includes:

* Full studio album + 2 bonus tracks
* 132-page magazine
* Giant double-sided door poster
* Exclusive to My Favourite Magazines

Order from MyFavouriteMagazines.co.uk and you will receive a high-quality HIM drawstring bag that you won't find anywhere else and you will also be in with a chance of receiving one of 1,000 HIM postcards signed by the band which will be hidden in copies at random.

"Tears On Tape" will be released on April 30 on Razor & Tie in North America and on April 29 on DoubleCross (Cooking Vinyl's specialist rock imprint) in the U.K. and Ireland.

The "love metal" band's eighth official album, "Tears On Tape" was recorded at Helsinki's Finnvox Studios with longtime producer Hiili Hiilesmaa (APOCALYPTICA, AMORPHIS, MOONSPELL) and was mixed in London, England by Tim Palmer, who previously helmed 2005's "Dark Light" and 2007's "Venus Doom".

HIM's current lineup is Ville Valo (vocals), Mikko "Linde" Lindström (guitar), Mikko "Migé" Paananen (bass), Janne "Burton" Puurtinen (keyboards), and Mika "Gas" Karppinen (drums).

A 10-minute video recap of SCARS ON BROADWAY' fall 2012 tour as the support act for the DEFTONES can be seen below.

SCARS ON BROADWAY drummer Jules Pampena, who posted the footage, described the clip in the following way: "Long drives, loud music, passionate crowds, late night eats and newfound friends."

He added: "This was my first tour as SCARS ON BROADWAY's drummer, and I want share the experience with you. This clip is made from my own home videos, mixed with YouTube performance footage from our fans.

"Thank you to DEFTONES, SCARS and the fans for an unforgettable time."

SCARS ON BROADWAY is led by SYSTEM OF A DOWN guitarist Daron Malakian.

In October 2008, Malakian announced via SCARS ON BROADWAY's web site that the band's headlining tour — which included an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" — was being canceled, with no plans of rescheduling. Malakian cited his lack of enthusiasm and "his heart not being into touring" as the chief reasons behind the decision to call off the trek.

According to the guitarist, a number of factors contributed to his pulling back. "The main one was that after SYSTEM split up, I think it was almost too soon for me to jump back into something," he told Revolver magazine. "But I kind of felt like I had to. And then there were some things going on in my personal life that made it impossible for me to be on the road. So for two or three years, I was basically just chilling."

SCARS ON BROADWAY's upcoming album, on which Malakian sings and plays all the instruments, including, for the first time, drums, will feature such tracks as "Dictator", "Till The End" and "Fuck N Kill".

Of the record's themes, Malakian said, "The songs are never just about one thing. They're usually about five different things." Take, he says, "Fuck N Kill": "It's about a few emotions that blend together and make a person maybe want to do both-maybe at the same time, or one after the other, who knows? Like, you watch television and you see on the news that there's a war going on, but the girl that's explaining it to you is fucking gorgeous. How does your brain take that? Or there's a line that says, 'Let's take drugs and go to war. You have these soldiers that come home from combat with PTSD [Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder] and we just give them pills and send them back out. So there are a lot of different ideas going on."

The new lineup of SCARS ON BROADWAY made its live debut on September 22, 2012 at the Epicenter festival at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, California.

SCARS ON BROADWAY 2013 is:

* Daron Malakian - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar
* Danny Shamoun - Keyboards, Percussion
* Dominic Cifarelli - Bass Guitar
* Jules Pampena - Drums, Percussion

SCARS ON BROADWAY's lineup previously included SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan.

"KILL (Those Who Oppose Me)", the new video from Finnish thrashers LOST SOCIETY, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's debut album, "Fast Loud Death", which will be released on March 15 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios (FINNTROLL, SONATA ARCTICA, OMNIUM GATHERUM) in Helsinki, Finland with producer Nino Laurenne (AMORPHIS, ENSIFERUM, LORDI) and it features cover artwork by Ed Repka (MEGADETH, DEATH, SANCTUARY, VENOM).

Regarding the album's first single, "Trash All Over You" — a song that perfectly captures what LOST SOCIETY are all about: speed, toughness and huge fun — LOST SOCIETY vocalist/guitarist Samy Elbanna previously said: "Many people have asked us why we misspelled the song title. We always give the same answer: It's not about the thrash genre, but depicts how the whole world is collapsing on you. All the problems in the world seem to pile up and you get trashed all over. The song carries the feeling of being mad at everything and everyone at the same time — it's something we all can relate to."

On the topic of the album's artwork, Elbanna said: "When we heard that the one and only Ed Repka would be responsible for the album art, we were thrilled, as he created some of the most killer album covers of all times! The result looks absolutely amazing and truly captures the album's theme — a bus full of crazy people who blew it up big time!"

Added Repka: "This was a lot of work but a fun project, since both the band and the label were great to work with and very receptive to my input. LOST SOCIETY's comical concept of their tour bus leaving a town destroyed was cool, but to make it even more crazy, I added the pop-culture 'monster in car' aspect, giving the whole image a distinct, aggressive presence. Another tongue-in-cheek metal masterpiece is born!"

"Fast Loud Death" will be available as a limited digipak, deluxe digital download via iTunes and black vinyl in gatefold, all of them including two bonus tracks. Moreover, a limited digipak plus a t-shirt bundle as well as a limited blue-transparent 2LP in gatefold will be exclusively available via the Nuclear Blast mail order. Pre-order your copy now at this location.

"Fast Loud Death" track listing:

01. N.W.L.
02. Trash All Over You
03. E.A.G.
04. KILL (Those Who Oppose Me)
05. Bitch, Out' My Way
06. Fast Loud Death
07. Lead Through The Head
08. Diary Of A Thrashman
09. Toxic Avenger
10. This Is Me
11. Braindead Metalhead
12. Piss Out My Ass
13. Fatal Anoxia

Bonus tracks:

14. Escape From Delirium
15. I Stole Your Love (KISS cover song)

Founded in early 2010 by thrash/speed metal enthusiast Samy Elbanna in the Finnish town of Jyväskylä, LOST SOCIETY played a number of gigs around Finland before taking part in the world-renowned GBOB (Global Battle Of the Bands). After winning the preliminary round in their hometown, they were invited to the finals held in Helsinki, where they prevailed over 13 other contestants. The grand finals of GBOB 2012 took place at The Scala in London on December 9, 2012 and featured 18 bands from all over the world, including LOST SOCIETY.

LOST SOCIETY is:

Samy Elbanna - Vocals, Guitar
Arttu Lesonen - Guitar
Mirko Lehtinen - Bass
Ossi Paananen - Drums

The third trailer for "The Living Infinite", the ninth studio album and first dual-disc release from Swedish metallers SOILWORK, can be seen below. Check out what singer Björn "Speed" Strid has to say about about the CD's lyrics, guest appearances, the musical approach and his personal favorite tracks.

"The Living Infinite" will be unleashed on February 27 in Asia (via license to Marquee Records), in Europe on March 1, and in North America on March 5 through Nuclear Blast Records. Produced by Jens Bogren (OPETH, AMON AMARTH, BLOODBATH), the CD features artwork by MNEMIC's Mircea Eftemie Gabrie.

"The Living Infinite" features Justin Sullivan — lead singer of the English band NEW MODEL ARMY — as a guest vocalist on the track "The Windswept Mercy" and also marks the recording debut of longtime SOILWORK touring guitarist David Andersson (also of THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA).

SOILWORK's world tour launches with a 55-show headlining trek through the U.S. and Canada this March. Support will come from JEFF LOOMIS, BLACKGUARD, THE BROWNING and WRETCHED.

"The Living Infinite" track listing:

CD 1

01. Spectrum Of Eternity
02. Memories Confined
03. This Momentary Bliss
04. Tongue
05. The Living Infinite I
06. Let The First Wave Rise
07. Vesta
08. Realm Of The Wasted
09. The Windswept Mercy
10. Whispers And Lights

CD 2

01. Entering Aeons
02. Long Live The Misanthrope
03. Drowning With Silence
04. Antidotes In Passing
05. Leech
06. The Living Infinite II
07. Loyal Shadow
08. Rise Above The Sentiment
09. Parasite Blues
10. Owls Predict, Oracles Stand Guard

Trailer #3:

The original lineup of U.K. thrashers XENTRIX has reunited and is currently rehearsing for upcoming shows as well as preparing to write new material. So far, they have announced three dates with KREATOR and EVILE in April:

April 26 - Dublin @ The Academy
April 27 - Manchester @ Ritz
April 28 - London @ Forum

XENTRIX previously reunited with their original lineup in 2006 for a two gigs in their home country.

XENTRIX released four albums on Roadrunner Records: "Shattered Existence" (1989), "For Whose Advantage" (1990), "Dilute to Taste" (1991) and "Kin" (1992). They also issued "Scourge" (1996) on Heavy Metal Records with Simon Gordon on vocals and Andy Rudd on guitar.

AC4, the Swedish hardcore punk band fronted by Dennis Lyxzén, best known as the singer of REFUSED and THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY, will release its second album, "Burn The World", on March 22 via Ny Våg Records. Lyxzén is backed in the group by guitarist Karl Backman, bassist Christoffer Röstlund Jonsson and drummer Jens Nordén, all Umeå hardcore mainstays from bands like STEP FORWARD, D.S.-13, REGULATIONS and THE VECTORS.

According to a press release, "Burn The World" features 16 songs that can be described as "classic early '80s hardcore punk like DEAD KENNEDYS, BAD BRAINS and G.B.H. mixed with a bit of MOTÖRHEAD. In other words: the music the band members grew up with."

AC4 originally started in 2008, released its debut album, "AC4", in 2009 and toured all over Europe and Australia the following years. During REFUSED's reunion tour of 2012, AC4 took a break from live gigs and focused on the recording of "Burn The World".

The new CD release will be followed by AC4's first tours since 2011, including performances at Groezrock in Belgium and the two Monster Bash festivals in Germany in April.