EMG TV has uploaded video footage of Rob Cavestany and Ted Aguilar of San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL performing the song "Left For Dead" from the band's new album, "The Dream Calls For Blood". Check it out below.

DEATH ANGEL's seventh album, "The Dream Calls For Blood", sold 5,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 72 on The Billboard 200 chart.

DEATH ANGEL's previous CD, "Relentless Retribution", opened with 2,700 units in September 2010. The band's 2008 effort, "Killing Season", registered a first-week tally of around 2,300. This number was in line with the performance of its predecessor, "The Art of Dying", which premiered with around 2,100 copies back in May 2004.

Released on October 11 in Europe (except for the U.K. where it arrived three days later) and October 15 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records, "The Dream Calls For Blood" was recorded at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, AUGUST BURNS RED, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, ALL THAT REMAINS, WHITECHAPEL, DEVILDRIVER), and once again features cover art by Brent Elliot White (JOB FOR A COWBOY, CARNIFEX, WHITECHAPEL).

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett on "The Dream Calls For Blood": "DEATH ANGEL have gone big yet again and delivered an album that is so incredibly fast, brutal and blister burning heavy — it's a classic earspank, for sure! Every song is a slice of heavy metal heaven and I'm very impressed — it's the best album I've heard in 2013!"

DEATH ANGEL's North American headlining tour in support of "The Dream Calls For Blood" kicked off on October 18 in San Francisco. Support on the trek came from 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, BATTLECROSS, REVOCATION and DIAMOND PLATE.

EXTREME guitarist Nuno Bettencourt performed the band's hit song "More Than Words" with contestants Cole Vosbury, Will Champlin and James Wolpert on yesterday's (Tuesday, December 3) episode of NBC's hit reality singing competition "The Voice". You can watch video footage of his appearance below.

Nuno is best known for his work in the rock band EXTREME, which was nominated for a Grammy for its Billboard chart-topping hit "More Than Words". Nuno has worked on many projects including, multiple solo albums, film scores and has also worked with notable artists such as Janet Jackson, Perry Farrell, Robert Palmer and many others.

In 2010, Nuno joined Grammy Award-winning R&B artist Rihanna and became her tour lead guitarist.

"After EXTREME's early success, I got asked all the time to be on pop tours by people like Janet Jackson and others, but I always turned them down," Bettencourt told the Boston Herald. "After I got off the road in 2008, Rihanna's music director Tony Bruno called me, saying, 'I know what you're going to say, but hear me out.'

"I said to Tony, 'But there’s no guitar in Rihanna's songs,'" Bettencourt added. "He told me that's why they wanted me."

The official video for the song "Stop!" from the Swedish rock band EGONAUT and singer Apollo Papathanasio (SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, ex-FIREWIND, ex-EVIL MASQUERADE) can be seen below.

The clip is a tribute to singer Ray Gillen (BLACK SABBATH, BADLANDS), who died on December 3, 1993 (20 years ago) of AIDS-related complications.

"Stop!" was originally recorded by PHENOMENA on their second album, "Dream Runner", in 1987.

EGONAUT released its second studio album, "Mount Egonaut", on February 27 via Transubstans Records. The follow-up to 2011's "Electric" was engineered, produced and mixed by EGONAUT and Tobias Walka, and mastered by Jens Bogren (OPETH, PARADISE LOST, KATATONIA, SOILWORK, DARK TRANQUILLITY) at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden.

MrKruzinKenny of Kruzin Services has uploaded video footage of former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes performing with the Hollywood, California-based hard rock band STONEBREED on November 27 at Club Vodka. Check out the clip below.

Influenced by bands like LYNYRD SKYNYRD, MOLLY HATCHET, BLACKFOOT and AEROSMITH, STONEBREED got its name through a contest on MySpace where people sent in suggestions. Singer Carlos Cruz explains: "One of the names was STONEBREED and we Googled it and no info. So we thought about it and the stone is a rock. Our type of music is almost a dying breed of hard rock with the '80s southern flare to it and a cool name to it. A stone is rock and we are different breed, so that is name we came up with. [laughs] Not a lot of bands playing our type of music which is a breed of stone. [laughs]"

STONEBREED is:

Carlos Cruz - VocalsTroy Elizondo - GuitarChris Holmes - GuitarJohnny Zell - BassJimmy Patti - Drums

Holmes' new solo album, "Nothing To Lose", was released independently at the end of last year. The CD is now available through Artisthead Music. Holmes composed, performed, and produced the music and vocals, and teamed up with former MOTÖRHEAD drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor to perform on and engineer the effort.

Brazilian guitarist Kiko Loureiro's (ANGRA) June 14, 2013 concert in Sao Paulo, Brazil, was professionally filmed and recorded for DVD release. The event featured three different musical styles and chapters in his solo career — metal, progressive and Brazilian fusion music. The shows also featured special guest performers, including Virgil Donati (PLANET X, ALLAN HOLDSWORTH) on drums.

A performance clip of the song "Gray Stone Gateway", taken from the "The White Balance" DVD, can be seen below.

Kiko's latest solo album, "Sounds Of Innocence", was released in Japan at the end of June 2012 and was made available in the rest of the world in July 2012. The CD features guest appearances by Virgil Donati on drums and Felipe Andreoli (ANGRA, ALMAH) on bass. One track also features LIVING COLOUR bassist Doug Wimbish. The effort was produced by Kiko Loureiro, mixed by Dennis Ward and mastered by Jürgen Lusky.

"End The Wrath Of God", the new video from Florida death metal veterans DEICIDE, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's latest album, "In The Minds Of Evil", which sold 2,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. Issued on November 25 via Century Media Records, the follow-up to 2011's "To Hell With God" was recorded at AudioHammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, AUGUST BURNS RED, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, ALL THAT REMAINS, WHITECHAPEL, DEVILDRIVER).

"To Hell With God" sold 2,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release.

DEICIDE's previous CD, "Till Death Do Us Part", opened with 2,900 copies back in May 2008.

"In The Minds Of Evil" track listing:

01. In The Minds Of Evil02. Thou Begone03. Godkill04. Beyond Salvation05. Misery Of One06. Between The Flesh And The Void07. Even The Gods Can Bleed08. Trample The Cross09. Banished By Evil10. Kill The Light Of Christ11. End The Wrath Of God

The cover artwork (see below) was taken from Australian artist Simon Cowell's painting Power Of The Mind, and offers a fitting face to the album's 11 tracks.

Steve Asheim recently told Decibel magazine about the band's working relationship with Suecof: "It's awesome! I've known Jason since '08. I had been going out to do the ORDER OF ENNEAD records with him. The last DEICIDE record we did with Mark [Lewis], but I've known Jason a long time, so I asked him if he was into it. He said, 'Absolutely!' I wanted to get one done ovith him before something happens. You never know."

Regarding the lyrical themes covered on the new DEICIDE album, Asheim said: "[The lyrics] are typical Glen Benton. Blasphemous, brutal rhetoric. We're going to get down and dirty this Blasphemous, brutal rhetoric. We're going to get down and dirty this time around, so expect the lyrics to be brutal."

According to Asheim, longtime fans will pick up on nuances inspired by the almighty "Legion" effort. "Jason wanted to capture the 'Legion' feel," the drummer said. "We're wanting Glen's vocals to sound more old-school. So, it's a bit of the new with a little throwback action."

As for DEICIDE's time at Audiohammer, Asheim said: "It's pretty cut-and-dried these days. I've known Jason a few years. I kind of know his methodology, how he works. It's a far drive, so we'll spend two or three nights there. Once we knock it out, we'll end up partying. We repeat that the next day."

"Insane", the first video from RENTAP, the new Dutch band featuring former members of PESTILENCE, THE DEVIL'S BLOOD, EXIVIOUS, THE NEW DOMINION, BANDITO and CATOGRAPHER, can be seen below.

RENTAP brings a surprising mix of catchy rock and gut-wrenching metal riffs, fronted by the stunning Phi Nix on vocals. The group's EP, "Summoning The Sun", which features a guest solo by Bart Hennephof from TEXTURES, takes you from anthem-like choruses to relaxing bridge-sections back to bluesy rockriffs, while Phi Nix's lyrics are philosophical and straight from the heart.

RENTAP has played their try-out shows through September, and has been received well by audiences and critics alike. The band has since begun booking a release tour and will be coming to a venue near you soon.

Ulterium Records has announced the signing of the U.S. melodic metal band WORLDVIEW. The group's debut album, "The Chosen Few", will be released in the spring.

Formed in Los Angeles and comprised of former members of such bands as DELIVERANCE, RECON, SACRED WARRIOR and VENGEANCE, the WORLDVIEW musicians had always talked about at some point joining forces as they criss-crossed the country on tour with their previous acts and finally the time has come and WORLDVIEW is ready to bring its unique blend of top-notch modern melodic metal with a message to the masses.

WORLDVIEW is:

Rey Parra - Lead VocalsGeorge Rene Ochoa - Guitar, KeyboardsJohnny Gonzales - DrumsTodd Libby - Bass, KeyboardsRay Vidal - Guitar

"Mummified Ante Mortem", a brand new song from Bulgarian death metallers ENTHRALLMENT, can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. The track comes off the band's fourth album, "The Voice Of Human Perversity", which will be released in early 2014 via Rebirth The Metal Productions and Grindhead Records. The CD was recorded at Murder Sound Studio in Bulgaria and was mastered by guitarist-turned-producer James Murphy (DEATH, OBITUARY, TESTAMENT, CANCER, KONKHRA, DISINCARNATE).

"The Voice Of Human Perversity" track listing:

01. Screams Etched Within The Crags02. Rats Before The Worms03. Mummified Ante Mortem04. Rove In Hell05. Stench Of Burnt Down Sanctuary06. Madness Coloured In Light07. Tones Of Gladness08. Tool Of Suicide ENTHRALLMENT's last album, "People From The Lands Of Vit", came out in April 2012 via the American label United Guttural Records. The cover art, entitled "Hell", was a creation of Bulgarian artist Stefan Stefanov.

According to a press release, "ENTHRALLMENT's music can be described as brutal-yet -technical, early-'90s-era death metal. All instruments play a major role in the formation of every intense song. The string section is totally heavy and sick, delivering riff after memorable riff. Driving percussion blasts and pounds and ultimately reinterprets shredding riffs into headbang inducing hooks while intensely pissed off guttural vocals deliver the sadistic sermon. Their sound has been compared to SUFFOCATION, CANNIBAL CORPSE and DEVOURMENT."

Perhaps the most revered lead guitarist in thrash metal history, Marty Friedman — whose groundbreaking work with MEGADETH, CACOPHONY and as a solo artist has influenced legions of players around the globe — is putting the finishing touches on a new studio album, "Inferno".

Tentatively set for a spring release, the CD — Friedman's first original material in four years, and his first album in more than a decade that will be released simultaneously worldwide — will feature what Friedman feels is the heaviest, most intense playing of his career.

A one-minute teaser can be heard below.

"I'm extremely proud of the work I've done with CACOPHONY and MEGADETH, but I was never interested in stopping there," Friedman says. "'Inferno' is the album that fans of my work with those two bands have always wanted me to make. I've finally made it, and completely on my own maniacal terms."

As Guitar World recently revealed in an exclusive in-studio feature, "Inferno" will include several collaborations with players influenced by Friedman, including Alexi Laiho (CHILDREN OF BODOM), REVOCATION guitar whiz David Davidson and the flamenco/metal acoustic duo RODRIGO Y GABRIELA. In addition, the album includes Friedman's first songwriting collaboration with Jason Becker since the pair played together in the pioneering duo of guitar mayhem CACOPHONY.

"On the guests' songs, each would write a song from scratch, and then I would arrange it and add my parts to it," Friedman says. "That way, we were both invested in it, and it’s a little bit of a deeper experience than just banging out a guest solo."

Make no mistake, though — "Inferno" is unquestionably a Marty Friedman album, and one he plans to tour behind extensively (including his first U.S. performances since 2003). Furthermore, it features what Friedman told Guitar World is "the most intense writing and playing I can do," with the goal of "go(ing) completely ape-shit and smok(ing) everything else I've ever done."

"I wanted to create a new landmark to which my future music will be compared," Friedman elaborates further. "That idea of just going completely balls-out — knowing what the full potential of my music and my playing could possibly be, and actually making it a reality — was what drove me through the whole process."

Just as he changed the game in the worlds of metal and guitar once before with his revered solo debut "Dragon's Kiss", Friedman now raises the bar to a new level for a new generation with "Inferno". More information on the album will be revealed in the coming weeks.

The official video for DANKO JONES' latest single, "Legs", can be seen below. With acclaimed and often controversial Canadian director Bruce LaBruce at the helm, they've produced a visually captivating video by mirroring the works of Pierre Molinier and applying an artistic-yet-eccentric use of sexuality. LaBruce, who is best known for his sexually charged and culturally challenging productions, has been looking forward to working with the band for a long time.

"I've known Danko and John for many years, and I went to many DANKO JONES shows when they were first starting out in Toronto and in New York," he says. "After reconnecting with Danko last year at his book launch, we decided it was finally time for me to do a video for them."

The "Legs" video iis in line with the direct vision LaBruce had to create a spectacular and unexpected visual representation of the song.

"Danko suggested their song 'Legs', and for some reason I immediately thought of some of my sexy and leggy acquaintances in the M-F transsexual community.

"I really love the work of the famous photographer Pierre Molinier, whose gender bending photographs have influenced a variety of artists, so I decided to pay tribute to his work in the video."

Alongside LaBruce was art director Kenny Baird who, together with LaBruce, has worked notably with Floria Sigismondi on some of her most successful music videos, to help recreate the style and mood of Molinier. This out-of-the-box thinking has resulted in a striking and unique video to join the long list of video installments the band has made over the years including the "Below The Belt" trilogy and their documentary "Bring On The Mountain" (both directed by The Diamond Brothers). Danko says, "Why this collaboration with Bruce LaBruce didn't happen sooner is beyond me. From writing the liner notes to our second release, to using our song in his 1999 movie 'Skin Flick/Skin Gang', Bruce's connection to our band is irrefutable." This past year the band has been touring extensively. Not only have they sold out shows all over Europe and Canada, they have finished their two biggest U.S. tours to date; supporting VOLBEAT across the country as well spending 5 weeks on the road with the 2013 Uproar festival. They've also reached their highest ever radio ratings in the U.S. with the single "Just A Beautiful Day" peaking at no. 26 on the Active Rock charts. This new collaboration with LaBruce is paving a new road of artistic creations for the band.

"For us, Bruce directing 'Legs' has been a long time coming, and, of course, good things come to those who wait," Danko says. "This music video is a trip. We love it. We know you'll love it too."

"Circle Of Trust", the new video from SILENT FORCE, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's studio album in nearly seven years, "Rising From Ashes", which will be released on December 13 via AFM Records.

After a lengthy break, the band founded and led by guitarist Alex Beyrodt finally returns with a new studio album. And its title couldn't be more appropriate, as many thought that the group had disbanded and would be gone forever, especially after Beyrodt's success with his classic hard rock band VOODOO CIRCLE and joining the lineup of both PRIMAL FEAR and SINNER. But now SILENT FORCE are finally back... with full force.

The band's new vocalist is no other than Michael Bormann – in his case it could be said "old/new," because he already sang on the first (and only) album of the SILENT FORCE predecessor THE SYGNET (1998). Mat Sinner (bass), Alessandro Del Vecchio (keyboards) and drummer André Hilgers complete the new lineup.

Beyrodt comments: "For me, 'Rising From Ashes' is not just another new SILENT FORCE record. The long break was necessary to rebuild the band and get rid of all false ascendancy. The new lineup speaks for itself, so does 'Rising From Ashes'."

"Rising From Ashes" track listing:

01. Caught In Their Wicked Game02. There Ain't No Justice03. Circle Of Trust04. Living To Die05. Before You Run06. You Gotta Kick It07. Turn Me Loose08. Born To Be A Fighter09. Anytime Anywhere10. Kiss Of Death11. I'm Gonna Rescue You (bonus track)

New SILENT FORCE lineup:

* Alex Beyrodt (PRIMAL FEAR, VOODOO CIRCLE) - Guitar * Michael Bormann (POWERWORLD, ex-BLOODBOUND) - Vocals * Mat Sinner (PRIMAL FEAR, SINNER) - Bass * Alessandro Del Vecchio (EDGE OF FOREVER, ex-EDEN'S CURSE) - Keyboards * André Hilgers (RAGE, SINNER) - Drums

The cover artwork for "Rising From Ashes" can be seen below. The CD was mixed by Achim Köhler, who has previously worked with EDGUY, MASTERPLAN, SINNER and PRIMAL FEAR.

Says Sinner: "In my view, it's a killer album and all the guys did a great job."

Band photo above by Valentin Zwick

Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH will release their long-awaited new album, "The Satanist", on February 3 in the U.K., February 4 in North America and Poland, February 5 in Japan, and February 7 in the rest of the world. Pre-order bundles, include: CD, LP, t-shirt, as well as the deluxe box set, and are available at metalblade.com/behemoth in North America, nuclearblast.de/behemoth in Europe, and on behemoth-store.com (digibook and box). BEHEMOTH's video for the new single "Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel" has been unveiled. This visual masterpiece was produced by Grupa 13 and is one of BEHEMOTH's most unsettling and unique works to date.

BEHEMOTH frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski states about the video: "Yes, we took all the time in the world to complete this project. And we did everything that was humanely possible to accurately express our vision. We crossed the Rubicon.

"'Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel' is an ecstatic manifest of our unrestrained artistic will, where we dare to reach out beyond the limitations of the heavy metal genre. And it's only the beginning."

"The Satanist" deluxe box, which is available in North America as an European import, includes: CD/DVD digibook in silver mirror slipcase with a high-quality 44-page booklet (with gold foil, UV gloss lamination), supersize poster flag (approx. 3.5' x 5'), wooden black inverted rosary cross, metal pin, black envelope with black communion wafers. The DVD, "Live Barbarossa", includes a professionally filmed show in Ekaterinburg, Russia, as well as 30-minute documentary about the creative process behind "The Satanist".

"The Satanist" was produced by BEHEMOTH, Wojtek and Slawek Wieslawscy and Daniel Bergstrand at Hertz Studio. The CD was mixed by Matt Hyde (SLAYER) and mastered by Ted Jensen (METALLICA, AC/DC) at Sterling Sound in New York City. The cover art for "The Satanist" was painted by renowned Russian painter and occultist Denis Forkas. The paint used included some of Nergal's own blood. Additional art and design was completed by Metastazis (PARADISE LOST) and Zbigniew Bielak (WATAIN, GHOST).

"I wanted to incorporate some of my DNA into the art," Nergal told Australia's Heavy magazine about having his blood included in "The Satanist" artwork.

"This album seems to be so defining of who we are now as people and as individuals, and considering all the instances in recent years, [we wanted] to make it more 'ours' than it is usually."

In a recent interview with Revolver magazine, Darski described BEHEMOTH's new songs as "very atmospheric" and "very emotional." "Think BURZUM meets NEW ORDER meets KILLING JOKE," he added. But at the same time, fans shouldn't expect the album to sound too far removed from BEHEMOTH's past efforts. "Take SLAYER, for example," Darski said. "Whatever genre they deal with, they still end up sounding like SLAYER. Even when they were flirting with nu-metal, it was a SLAYER record. Same with BEHEMOTH."

According to Darski, at least some of the inspiration for the new BEHEMOTH album came from his five-month bout of leukemia he overcame in January 2011, after receiving a bone-marrow transplant. "When I was in the hospital, I was collecting experiences and emotions," he said. "I'm pretty sure that it's coming out now. There are moments I catch myself thinking about how my state was back then. It was me versus life, me versus death. It definitely changed my thoughts a lot. It's 100 percent being reflected in the record and songs I'm writing nowadays. I'm way more radical than I used to be."

Fans can still order the limited edition 12-inch EP of "Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel" (1,000 white and 1,000 black, 180-gram vinyl) that will be released as a gatefold with each copy hand numbered and signed by the band. The 12-inch EP can be pre-ordered via BEHEMOTH's webstore, Nuclear Blast Europe webstore, and Metal Blade Records U.S. webstore.

"The Satanist" track listing:

01. Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel02. Furor Divinus03. Messe Noire04. Ora Pro Nobis Lucifer05. Amen06. The Satanist07. Ben Sahar08. In the Absence ov Light09. O Father O Satan O Sun!

ELUVEITIE will amicably part ways with longtime violinist Meri Tadic at the end of 2013. The "Eluveitie & Friends III" festival, which will take place on December 28 in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, will mark her final appearance with the Swiss folk metal act. States the band: "'There is an end to all things' is a saying. Nevertheless, having to say goodbye is never easy.

"Meri has been an important part of ELUVEITIE for 11 years; we have played hundreds of shows around the globe together!

"We will miss Meri, but foremost we want to say: Thank you for 11 years spent together!

"Every ending means a new start and a new chance.

"We are looking forward to working with Meri's successor very much and to have new musical influences this way.

"We are in the midst of a creative working progress for our new album. In this sense, this means: Excitement and creative mode: ON!" Adds Meri: "After 11 years of ELUVEITIE, I have decided to go a new way and leave the band.

"I have lived a wonderful and unique time with this band. On stage and during our countless journeys, there have been difficult, demanding times as well.

"My decision has nothing to do with IRIJ and the album I released in January.

"Many of you know that IRIJ was founded years ago but that it never had any influence on the band. Also, my album release has nothing to do with the time of my departure. This really is a coincidence. Still, I will be working with all my strength to move forward musically, and thus I now focus on the new output, the first live shows, rehearsals, new influences and possibilities.

"It is not easy to find the right words.

"The past 11 years have been a magical time; through and through and I have lived and enjoyed them with all my heart.

"A part of me will surely keep on living within ELUVEITIE, 'cause this has never been just a band but lifeblood to me. Therefore, I want to thank all of our wonderful fans around the world at first. You have been a most priceless enrichment to my life and I will always think back happily to the times we have been through and to all the passion I have seen burning in your eyes, fists and faces! Thanks for celebrating us every single night! Without you, we would never been around!!!

"My brothers and sister Chrigel, Anna, Ivo, Päde, Kay and Rafi I wish the best of luck, success and joy on the ongoing way. I will miss your pretty 'flutfaces' and hope you will behave yourselves out there. All that we have lived through together will never be forgotten and I am proud to see how much we achieved together. Make me proud and rock the world, my dear friends. Hope to see some of you on tour again. Sometime, somewhere…

"To conclude this statement, I would like to quote one of the best metal bands of all time, without whom I might never have started to play the fiddle in a death metal band. 'We are blind to the world within us, waiting to be born! "Cheers to all, let's not be sad, but by joyfull!!!"

ELUVEITIE's latest album, "Helvetios", sold 4,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 143 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD landed at position No. 3 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.

"Helvetios" was released in Europe on February 10, 2012 via Nuclear Blast RecordsNew Sound Studio in Pfäffikon, a municipality in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland, with producer Tommy Vetterli (a.k.a. Tommy T. Baron; CORONER/ex-KREATOR guitarist). According to the band, Vetterli "record[ed] drums, guitars and vocals and also produc[ed] and mix[ed] the record. Most folk instruments and also vocals [were] recorded by Anna Murphy and Marco Jencarelli at the Soundfarm studios in Lucerne."

American rockers NASHVILLE PUSSY will release their new studio album, "Up The Dosage", on January 21, 2014 in North America, in Germany on January 17, 2014 and in the rest of Europe on January 20, 2014 via Steamhammer/SPV. It will be made available as a limited digipak edition (including two bonus tracks and a poster), double gatefold LP edition with colored vinyl, standard version and download.

According to a press release, "Up The Dosage" picks up seamlessly where their 2009 release "From Hell To Texas" left off. And what is more: the quartet's five-year hiatus seems to have done frontman Blaine Cartwright (vocals, guitar) and Ruyter Suys (guitars) good — all 13 new songs (plus two bonus tracks) sound like they were catapulted into to the public from a fountain of youth, rocking in typical PUSSY style. Blaine Cartwright is rightly proud of and unmistakably happy about the new material. "None of the previous NASHVILLE PUSSY albums have been as diverse and at the same time consistent," he said. "Everything sounds even bigger and better, yet raw and authentic through and through. This is our 'Back In Black'!"

"Up The Dosage" track listing:

01. Everybody's Fault But Mine 02. Rub It To Death03. Till The Meat Falls Off The Bone04. The South's Too Fat To Rise Again 05. Before The Drugs Wear Off 06. Spent 07. Beginning Of The End08. Up The Dosage 09. Taking It Easy10. White And Cloud11. Hooray For Cocaine, Hooray ForTennessee 12. Pillbilly Blues 13. Pussy's Not A Dirty Word14. Begging For A Taste (digipak bonus track) 15. Before The Drugs Wear Off (digipak bonus track)

Fan-filmed video footage of NASHVILLE PUSSY performing three new songs — "Rub It To Death", "Everybody's Fault But Mine" and "Up The Dosage" — on November 19 in Florianópolis, Brazil can be seen below.

NASHVILLE PUSSY came together in 1996. Ever since, the band has been performing a strenuous annual gig marathon, touring with acts like LYNYRD SKYNYRD, REVEREND HORTON HEAT and ZZ TOP as well as playing festivals like Wacken Open Air. Classic albums such as "Let Them Eat Pussy" (1998), "High As Hell" (2000), "Say Something Nasty" (2002) and "From Hell To Texas" (2009) have caused an international stir, and their single release "Fried Chicken And Coffee" earned the band a Grammy nomination in the late Nineties in the category "Best Metal Performance."

Vancouver, BC’s TRIBUNE have released a new lyric video, for the track 'Insectoid', featured on the band's third full-length record, Tales, out via their indie label Corpse Corrosion Music.
The nine-track concept album has been inspired by the writings of some of the world’s most renowned authors, including H.P. Lovecraft, H.G. Wells, Homer among many others, but the result is strictly Tribune. Exploring a more melodic and progressive sound than ever before, but still staying true to the group’s extreme aggression roots, Tales, the follow-up to 2011’s Elder Lore/The Dark Arts, demonstrates Tribune's brawn and brains with a collusion of extremity and accessibility.

As the band’s appetite for more extreme metal increased, bands like CARCASS, DEATH and AT THE GATES began bleeding into their melting pot of influences, resulting in a fresh take on their fine metal sound, which can be heard echoing in the depths of Tribune's Tales.
Tales tracklisting:

Chapter I – 'Tales'
Chapter II – 'Insectoid'
Chapter III – 'The Butterfly Effect'
Chapter IV – 'From Funeral To Funeral'
Chapter V – 'Horror'
Chapter VI – 'King of Ithaca'
Chapter VII – 'Vengeance'
Chapter VIII – 'Red Crescent'
Chapter IX – 'That Bleakest Shore'

'Insectoid' lyric video:
Tribune are (pictured below from left to right, photo by Matt Neuman - Phrozen Photography):

Ryan O’Shea – Bass
Jason Brown – Drums
Bryan Baker – Vocals
Terry Anderson – Guitar
Shawn Culley – Guitar
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According to Amazon.com, Da Capo Press has set a June 24, 2014 North American release date for LAMB OF GOD vocalist Randy Blythe's memoir, "Dark Days: My Tribulation And Trials". Random House has purchased the foreign rights to the book and will act as publisher in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

The memoir, which puts emphasis on the past year of Randy's life, is an incredible, harrowing, heartbreaking, and redemptive story told in Blythe's already well-recognized writing style.

It seems that almost every major media outlet has attempted to righteously cover the story of Blythe's arrest, incarceration, trial, and acquittal for manslaughter in the Czech Republic last year, but now, the man at the center of it all unveils the truths of the ordeal, personally detailing every aspect in his own words. No ghost writers, no co-authors, just Randy Blythe himself.

The rights to Blythe's book were sold to Da Capo executive editor Ben Schafer by Marc Gerald at The Agency Group.

"While I've dreamed of being a published author almost since I began to read, I never imagined my first book would center around such a sad topic," says Blythe. "Sometimes though, life unexpectedly provides you a story that needs to be told. I believe this one does (for several different reasons, not just for the benefit of myself), so I will tell it with the respect and dignity all involved deserve. This will be a good read, I promise you, and I hope some good comes of it."

Added Schafer: "I knew that Randy was a master vocalist and lyricist but it turns out he is a vivid and visceral prose writer as well.

"Regarding his arrest and trial in the Czech Republic, Randy handled a frightening and heartbreaking situation with courage, grace, and humility, and we at Da Capo Press are honored to have the opportunity to have a part in telling his story."

Da Capo Press, a member of American publishing company the Perseus Books Group, is an excellent home for Blythe's memoir, having already published several other books by heavy metal greats like Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH), Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR), Rex Brown (PANTERA, DOWN, KILL DEVIL HILL) and Al Jourgensen (MINISTRY). Prague, Czech Republic's High Court upheld Blythe's "not guilty" verdict on June 5 in connection with the death of a fan three years ago. The court's decision is final.

A three-judge panel on March 5 acquitted Blythe of manslaughter in the death of 19-year-old Daniel Nosek.

Blythe was facing the possibility of conviction and a long-term jail sentence after a May 2010 incident in which Nosek, who attended a LAMB OF GOD performance in Prague, died almost a month later, allegedly from injuries sustained when he was thrown off the stage.

Though Blythe faced up to 10 years in prison, during the closing argument, prosecutors only asked the judge for the minimum sentence of five years.

BLACK SABBATH's triumphant 2013 tour — which kicked off earlier this year in Australia — can now be seen by fans around the world via the "Black Sabbath: Live…Gathered in Their Masses" (Vertigo/Republic).

Released on November 26, "Black Sabbath: Live…Gathered in Their Masses" is available via a variety of formats. Options include:

* DVD standalone* Blu-ray standalone* Blu-ray/CD combo pack with a CD featuring live audio from the show, all packaged in a Blu-ray case* DVD/CD combo pack with a CD featuring live audio from the show, all packaged in an Amaray box * Deluxe box with a Blu-ray disc of live show with exclusive bonus visual extras/two DVD discs/a CD featuring live audio from the show/poster/signed set list/photo booklet/guitar picks/official show "ticket"

"Black Sabbath: Live…Gathered in Their Masses" was recorded April 29 and May 1, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia when the band — Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar) and Geezer Butler (bass) — kicked off their world tour in support of their "13" album, which entered the charts at No. 1 in 13 countries (including their first #1 in the U.S.).

"Black Sabbath: Live…Gathered in Their Masses" track listings:

Blu-ray and DVD track listing is as follows:

01. War Pigs02. Into The Void03. Loner04. Snowblind05. Black Sabbath06. Behind The Wall Of Sleep07. N.I.B.08. Methademic09. Fairies Wear Boots10. Symptom Of The Universe11. Iron Man12. End Of The Beginning13. Children Of The Grave14. God Is Dead?15. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Intro) / Paranoid

CD track listing is as follows:

01. War Pigs02. Loner03. Black Sabbath04. Methademic05. N.I.B.06. Iron Man07. End Of The Beginning08. Fairies Wear Boots09. God Is Dead?10. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Intro) / Paranoid

An "unboxing" video of the "Black Sabbath: Live…Gathered in Their Masses" deluxe box can be seen below.

ALTER BRIDGE will celebrate its 10th anniversary on January 6 with the release of "Alter Bridge X", a massive, 27-disc box set that will be limited to just 3,000 copies worldwide. The set will include all four ALTER BRIDGE studio albums, along with DVD, Blu-ray, and vinyl audio copies of "Live From Amsterdam" and "Live At Wembley", including a 3D version of the latter. Also in the box will be every webisode to date, hours of unreleased interviews and documentary footage, a coffee table book, a signed poster, and much more.

The complete set will contain 16 DVDs/Blu-rays, seven CDs and four vinyl discs.

The hardcover coffee table book will contain more than 100 pages of exclusive photos spanning the group's decade-long career.

The 3,000 copies will be split between 1,500 for Europe, 1,000 for the U.S. and 500 for the rest of the world. Any copies that remain unsold after a pre-order period will be offered for general sale.

The second teaser for "Alter Bridge X" — an intimate behind-the-scenes piece from the upcoming tour documentary that will be included in the box set — can be seen below.

For more information, visit www.alterbridgeboxset.com.

ALTER BRIDGE recently completed a headlining tour of Europe in support of its latest album, "Fortress", which featured the Active Rock Top 15 single "Addicted To Pain". ALTER BRIDGE was started by the three instrumental members of CREED and guitarist Mark Tremonti told The Pulse Of Radio how ex-MAYFIELD FOUR singer Myles Kennedy became the final piece of the puzzle. "When we first started the band, we were desperately looking for a singer, and my buddy had brought me a MAYFIELD FOUR CD and, you know, hearing the CD, I was blown away — this guy's, you know, not doing anything right now and he's this good?" he said. "I made demos and sent 'em his way, and he sang over them and he seemed to be into the songs and we loved what he did and he flew down January 2, 2004, and we've been a band ever since."

"Mother Mary", the new video from U.K. rockers THE QUIREBOYS, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's seventh studio album, "Beautiful Curse", which was released on June 24 via Off Yer Rocka Recordings. A single, "Too Much Of A Good Thing", preceded the full-length CD on May 15. The band's first CD since 2008’s critically acclaimed "Homewreckers & Heartbreakers" was produced and mixed by the legendary Chris Tsangarides (JUDAS PRIEST, GARY MOORE, THIN LIZZY), who promises a modern sound with old-school values.

In an interview with Rushonrock, THE QUIREBOYS guitarist Paul Guerin stated about working with Tsangarides: "I didn't know Chris personally before these sessions, but, of course, I knew of him and all the fantastic work he's done in the past. Well, I thought I knew his body of work! But we were listening to [BBC] Radio 2 the other day and it seemed like every other song he'd pipe up and say he'd played his part in this and that. But more importantly he's a thoroughly nice chap. And he cooks us tea."

THE QUIREBOYS are gearing up for an extensive unplugged U.K. tour which begins at the end of January. The intimate shows will include classic tracks, deep cuts and new material, with the band promising "surprises, banter and stories" along the way.

THE QUIREBOYS' current lineup includes original frontman Spike Gray and guitarist Guy Griffin alongside Paul Guerin (guitar), Dave Boyce (bass) and Keith Weir (keyboards).

The official video for HIGH ON FIRE's brand new single titled "Slave The Hive" can be seen below. As part of the band's Scion A/V-sponsored headlining tour, HIGH ON FIRE dropped the new single which marks the first new music from the California metal champions since the spring 2012 release of "De Vermis Mysteriis". A limited-edition seven-inch single is available at all tour dates.

The previously announced Scion A/V-presented HIGH ON FIRE tour is running from November 10 through December 12. Norwegian rock sextet KVELERTAK, who have had one of 2013's buzziest hard rock releases with the Kurt Ballou-produced (CONVERGE) album "Meir", are opening all dates.

HIGH ON FIRE released the first official live recordings of its career with the two volume set "Spitting Fire Live", which has been hailed as "high-volume intensity" by the Austin Chronicle, "hot as the infernos" by Pitchfork and a "documentation of the band's undiminished ferocity onstage" by the SF Weekly. Recorded over a two-evening New York City headlining stint at both Bowery Ballroom and Brooklyn's Music Hall Of Williamsburg last winter, "Spitting Fire Live" showcases HIGH ON FIRE at its incendiary best, containing songs from each of the band's critically acclaimed studio albums including last year's "De Vermis Mysteriis".

New QUIET RIOT singer Jizzy Pearl (also of LOVE/HATE) has completed laying down vocal tracks for the band's new CD at a studio in Encino, California. The effort is expected to be released in early 2014.

A few photos from the studio can be found at this location.

QUIET RIOT recently "amicably" parted ways with singer Scott Vokoun.

Pearl will make his live debut with QUIET RIOT on New Year's Eve (December 31) in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Said QUIET RIOT in a statement: "[We] thank Scott for his past dedication and wish him much continued success."

Vokoun joined QUIET RIOT in March 2012 after the band played several shows the previous month with ex-MONTROSE vocalist Keith St. John following the departure of Mark Huff.

QUIET RIOT's current lineup is as follows:

Jizzy Pearl - VocalsFrankie Banali - DrumsChuck Wright - BassAlex Grossi - Guitar

QUIET RIOT singer Kevin DuBrow died in November 2007 of an accidental cocaine overdose. He was 52 years old.

QUIET RIOT was perhaps best known for its 1983 cover of "Cum On Feel The Noize". The song, featuring DuBrow's powerful, gravelly voice, appeared on the band's album "Metal Health" — which was the first by a metal band to reach No. 1 on the Billboard chart.

Norwegian rockers KVELERTAK played their song "Kvelertak" on a rooftop as part of this past weekend's P3 Gull Awards in Oslo, Norway. Watch the performance below.

KVELERTAK's sophomore album, "Meir", topped the official chart in Norway. The CD, which sold 1,800 copies in the United States in its first week of release, was issued on March 26 via Roadrunner Records. It was produced by CONVERGE's Kurt Ballou and features cover artwork by John Dyer Baizley.

Asked how the band came up with the concept for the "Bruane Brenn" music video, vocalist Erlend Hjelvik told About.com Heavy Metal: "It was Vidar [Landa, guitar] and Marvin's [Nygaard, bass] idea. I guess we didn't have time to be in the video ourselves, so they came up with an idea of having a bunch of kids in the video. A friend of ours, who's a Norwegian movie director, Stian Kristiansen, then kind of developed the idea and made a small story out of it. It turned into a fun and great looking video that fits really well with the lyrics."

Regarding the recording process for "Meir", Erlend said: "I thought it was even more fun than last time. Mostly because we've all gotten more confident and experienced from all the touring we've done on our first album. Also Kurt is an awesome guy to work with; he's professional and has a great ear for what things should sound like."

KVELERTAK is Erlend Hjelvik (vocals), Vidar Landa (guitar), Bjarte Lund Rolland (guitar), Maciek Ofstad (guitars), Marvin Nygaard (bass) and Kjetil Gjermundrød (drums).

Swedish black metal masters DARK FUNERAL have released their final batch of reissues: Diabolis Interium, Attera Totus Sanctus, Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus.
These new editions have been expanded with previously unseen photos from Lord Ahriman's personal archive, extensive liner notes by Olivier "Zoltar" Badin, bonus material and revamped layouts. See below for each album's tracklisting:

Diabolis Interium:

'The Arrival Of Satan's Empire'
'Hail Murder'
'Goddess Of Sodomy'
'Diabolis Interium'
'An Apprentice Of Satan'
'Thus I Have Spoken'
'Armageddon Finally Comes'
'Heart Of Ice'
'An Apprentice Of Satan 2000'
'The Trial' (KING DIAMOND cover)
'Dead Skin Mask' (SLAYER cover)
'Remember The Fallen' (SODOM cover)
'Pagan Fears' (MAYHEM cover)
'Hail Murder' (live in South America 2003)
'Thus I Have Spoken' (live in South America 2003)
'Armageddon Finally Comes' (live in South America 2003)

Tracks 1-4: LP Side A
Tracks 5-8: LP Side B
Tracks 9-13: LP Side C
Tracks 14-16: LP Side D

Attera Totus Sanctus:

'King Antichrist'
'666 Voices Inside'
'Attera Totus Sanctus'
'Godhate'
'Atrum Regina'
'Angel Flesh Impaled'
'Feed On The Mortals'
'Final Ritual'
'Atrum Regina' (instrumental) **
'Open The Gates' (2005 version) **
'The Arrival Of Satan's Empire' (live in South America) *
'An Apprentice Of Satan' (live in South America) *
'The Dawn No More Rises' (live in South America)*
'The Secrets Of The Black Arts' (live in South America) *
'Vobiscum Satanas' (live in South America) *
'Ineffable King Of Darkness' (live in South America) *

* = bonus tracks only available on CD version!
** = previously only available as Japanese bonus tracks

Tracks 1-5: LP Side A
Tracks 6-10: LP Side B
Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus:

'The End Of Human Race'
'The Birth Of The Vampiir'
'Stigmata'
'My Funeral'
'Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus'
'Demons Of Five'
'Declaration Of Hate'
'In My Dreams'
'My Latex Queen'
'King Antichrist' (live in Buenos Aires 2006) *
'Diabolis Interium' (live in Buenos Aires 2006) *
'Ravenna Strigoi Mortii' (live in Buenos Aires 2006) *
'Open The Gates' (live in Buenos Aires 2006) *
'Atrum Regina' (live in Buenos Aires 2006) *

* = bonus tracks only available on CD version; previously unreleased as audio tracks!

Tracks 1-5: LP Side A
Tracks 6-9: LP Side B

Watch Dark Funeral's full show from Buenos Aires, streaming below :

Quality fan-filmed video footage of DARK TRANQUILLITY's November 28 performance in Vienna, Austria can be seen below.

DARK TRANQUILLITY's tenth studio album, "Construct", was released on May 27 via Century Media Records. The CD was mixed by Jens Bogren (PARADISE LOST, OPETH, KATATONIA) at his Fascination Street studios in Örebro, Sweden.

DARK TRANQUILLITY filmed a music video for the song "Uniformity" on April 13 with Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company, who has previously worked with DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES, SONIC SYNDICATE and KAMELOT, among others.

In a recent interview with Louder Than Hell, DARK TRANQUILLITY guitarist Niklas Sundin stated about "Construct": "A typical effect of being locked up in a studio for 2-3 months listening to every single second of the new songs over and over again is that you're getting extremely tired of the material. At the same time as you know that you've created something great, there's a part of you that never want to hear the songs again. Also, the collaborative and democratic nature of DARK TRANQUILITY means that there always are riffs and ideas that a single member doesn't find too interesting according to his personal preferences, so what normally happens directly after a studio session is that I sit down and think that the result is OK, but if X and Y would have been done differently, it would have been even better (again: for my own tastes). In this case, there were two main parameters that were different: The members' opinions on the material were a bit more uniform — i.e. no great clashes in taste — and the actual mixing process brought out a lot of details and nuances in the songs that we previously weren't aware of. The result is that I for a change actually was a massive fan of 'Construct' from the first time I heard the final mix."

Asked if the band had a direction or "game plan" when entering the studio to make "Construct", Niklas said: "There never is a defined game plan as such; we usually start writing songs without knowing exactly where the music will take us. Every time we've tried to decide that the next album should go in a certain direction, it usually ends up being the complete opposite, ha ha! This time, though, we all were certain that we needed to do something different in order to find the motivation to even make a new album. It's a similar situation to the one before 'Projector' (1999) where we either could split up or do something new, and from that realization we actually succeeded in reinventing ourselves."

DiMarzio, Inc., the Staten Island, New York-based company that manufactures magnetic pickups for electric guitars, has posted a seven-minute video clip of THE WINERY DOGS guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen and bassist Billy Sheehan talking, playing and give insight into a few songs on the band's recent, self-titled album. Check it out below.

THE WINERY DOGS is the power trio featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, TRANSATLANTIC, AVENGED SEVENFOLD), Sheehan and Kotzen.

THE WINERY DOGS' self-titled debut album sold around 10,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 27 on The Billboard 200 chart. Released in North America on July 23 via Loud & Proud Records and in Japan on May 15 via Victor Entertainment, the CD was mixed by Jay Ruston, who has previously worked with ANTHRAX, ADRENALINE MOB, STONE SOUR and STEEL PANTHER.

Legendary progressive rock innovators CYNIC — consisting of guitarist/vocalist Paul Masvidal, drummer Sean Reinert and bassist Sean Malone — will release their new album, "Kindly Bent To Free Us", on February 14, 2014 via Season Of Mist. The CD was produced by CYNIC at L.A.'s Perfect Sound Studios. The effort was engineered by Jason Donaghy (BAND OF HORSES, FEIST, ROB ZOMBIE, RYAN ADAMS), mixed by R. Walt Vincent (PETE YORN, LIZ PHAIR, TOMMY KEENE) and mastered by Maor Appelbaum (FATES WARNING, SEPULTURA, CATHEDRAL, INQUISITION, HALFORD).

The artwork for "Kindly Bent To Free Us" was created by longtime and sadly late CYNIC artist Robert Venosa.

"Kindly Bent To Free Us" track listing:

01. True Hallucination Speak02. The Lion’s Roar03. Kindly Bent To Free Us04. Infinite Shapes05. Moon Heart Sun Head06. Gitanjali07. Holy Fallout08. Endlessly Bountiful09. Earth Is My Witness (deluxe CD book exclusive bonus track)

About the new material, Reinert said: "It's a bold new sound for CYNIC and marks a gigantic leap in the band's progression. We've had a lot of time to let this material develop and gestate, and it finally feels ready to be unleashed on the world. I've been in trio mode with Malone and Masvidal flushing out a zillion and one details, and couldn't be happier about what's happening with these songs. They are truly alive!"

In a February 2012 interview with Ireland's Molten magazine, Masvidal described the band's new music in the following way: "It's almost like, I don't know how to explain it, but if I had to put it in a box it's more sci-fi, futuristic and alien but at the same time very song-driven. It's kind of like, to me, coming into CYNIC's body more. It feels very modern and at the same time it just feels really cool. I'm big in the space. It's definitely new. It's not like anything we've done before. It's a new color, a new space. I think people will really take note of even the guitar stuff. I'm really shifting gears, I'm trying things in a different way and the way stuff is played. It's a new space for CYNIC, for sure. It definitely sounds like us, except completely new."

CYNIC's latest EP, "Carbon-Based Anatomy", was released in November 2011 via Season Of Mist. The CD artwork was designed by the great Robert Venosa, the artist behind the covers of CYNIC's previous releases "Focus", "Traced in Air" and "Re-Traced".

CYNIC was joined by Brandon Giffin on bass and Max Phelps on guitar and vocals during the group's North American and European tours in support of "Carbon-Based Anatomy".

MANES has released more information on their first release under Debemur Morti Prouductions.
The Norwegian multi-facial entity gathered a precious collection of 11 unreleased, obscure, alternate versions and hard-to-find tracks found in their archives and dating back to the time around the albums Vilosophe (2003) and How The World Came To An End (2007).

This anthology will be titled Teeth, Toes And Other Trinkets and the visual art was imagined and realized by talented French artist Dehn Sora (ULVER, BLUT AUS NORD, NEUROSIS).
Teeth, Toes And Other Trinkets will contain the following tracks:

'Blanket Of Ashes' (from the upcoming album Be All End All)
'Ende' (live) (recorded live 2004)
'Ease Yourself Back (Into Conciousness)' (previously unreleased)
'The Cure-All' (Rune Sørgård remix)
'One More Room' ('White Devil Black Shroud' pre-prod, alternate title/lyrics)
'Nobody Wants The Truth' (alternate pre-prod version)
'Tzolv' (hard-to-find track)
'Transmigrant' (alternate pre-prod version)
'Nodamnbrakes' (alternate pre-prod version)
'Diving With Your Hands Bound (Nearly Flying)' (slternate 2002 rehearsal jam)
'Deeprooted (8-bit)' (Nintendo Gamboy Flegmatical version)

This somptuous anthology will be officially unleashed on CD, vinyl and digital format this coming January 17th. Both CD and vinyl edition will be available directly through the label a bit earlier, around mid-December 2013.

A few words from the band about this special release: "Before we truly come back to life with Manes, we figured we'd dig up some dead stuff for everyone to enjoy. This is a collection of odds and ends that on the surface might seem to appeal mostly to the most die-hard completest, but listening to it ourselves we find it works surprisingly well on its own. It is at times very lo-fi and not at all polished, but swamped in atmosphere and nostalgia, at least for us."

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