Professionally-filmed video footage of VOIVOD's entire June 23rd concert at Hellfest in Clisson, France can be seen at this location. Joining the band on stage were their former bassist Jason Newsted (ex-METALLICA) and singer Philip Anselmo (DOWN/ex-PANTERA) to perform the songs 'Voivod' and 'Astronomy Domine' (PINK FLOYD cover), respectively.

Voivod have released their new video, for the title track of their Century Media debut album, Target Earth. The video, created by Italian filmmaker and multimedia artist, Nicola Piovesan, recreates in 3D Motion Graphics the visions and artwork of Voivod drummer, Away (Michel Langevin).
Voivod released their 13th studio album, Target Earth, via Century Media Records worldwide. Target Earth was recorded at producer Pierre Rémillard’s Wild Studios in Quebec and mixed by Sanford Parker The original art was once again drawn by drummer Away (Michel Langevin) and features color schemes from each one of the band’s previous albums.
BraveWords' review of Target Earth can be found at this location.

Canadian epic metallers VESPERIA have released a five minute long teaser video showcasing 30+ seconds of almost every song off of their new record, An Olden Tale:
In live news, Vesperia and CRIMSON SHADOWS will join forces on their first trans-continental tour; details are as follows:

August
5 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - The Royal Albert
7 - Calgary, Alberta - Dickens Pub
9 - Victoria, British Columbia - TBA
10 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Rickshaw Theatre
14 - Edmonton, Alberta - DV8 Tavern
16 - Medicine Hat, Alberta - Liquid Niteclub
17 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - TBA

Edmonton, AB's ALL ELSE FAILS have unleashed their new music video, for their first single 'Better Left Undead' from their forthcoming Fucktropolis EP, set to be released on Suicidal Bride Records on July 30th.
In additional news, the band is offering a free download of 'Better Left Undead' at this location.
Fucktropolis tracklisting:

'AntiMartyr'
'Better Left Undead'
'La Demencia Violenta'
'Obedience At The Altar Of Sacrifice'
'A Most Unwanted Reprieve'

Vocalist/guitarist Barrett Klesko comments: "I'm proud to say that we have never made the same album twice, and this is no exception, easily our heaviest effort to date. This album is not only much heavier, but also much more sonically diverse. It's extremely angry, but it has this grave, dark, beauty to it as well.”

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Garden State progressive metal act GYRE will issue the Second Circle EP, digitally on July 23rd via Monolithic Records.
Second Circle tracklisting:

‘All Revealing Eye’
‘Ever Devourer’
‘Circle To Feed’
‘I Receiving All’

‘All Revealing Eye’
Teaser:
Recorded with Kevin Antressian at Backroom Studios (DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, THE NUMBER 12 LOOKS LIKE YOU, ADRENALINE MOB, FOXY SHAZAM), thematically Second Circle is inspired by T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland - feelings of all-destructiveness, delusion, disdain and the understanding that we must consume to produce. The band will continue to play live throughout the Northeast in support of the new EP.
Gyre is:

Juan Soaz - guitar
Pablo Carpio - drums
Ian McCartney - guitar
Chirag Bhatt - bass
Giovannie Jeckler - vocals

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After their release of the sophomore album Ontogenesis, ARCANIUM announces the release of their debut video for ‘Severed Moment’ to represent the bands image and sound for the newest record. With the vision works of Roy Warner at their side in an old sugar factory in Loveland, CO, Arcanium unleash a music video that you will never forget.

“The meaning of the song is about loss and getting back to a centered more productive self," said J-Sinn, the lead vocalist for the band. “I liked working with Roy because he had a little bit different point of view, which is something we strive for in our music as far as leaving some things a bit vague in lyrics so that it is open for interpretation, plus, it’s always pretty cool to hear what our fans have related our lyrics to in their lives”, he continued.

“The actor in this video has obviously lost something that is troubling him, but he takes a different 'way out' then I would have imagined, and, we also chose a very run down room in the sugar factory to video all the live footage of us," J-Sinn concluded.

“All in all it was fun to work with Roy and he did quite an amazing job for us alongside of us having fun as a band doing it," added Adam, Arcanium’s lead guitarist.

Australia’s LORD have set an August 26th release for 'Digital Lies' Extended Mix on 12" vinyl, limited to 250 hand numbered copies worldwide. The band has announced pre-sales for the release which include a variety of bundle packs via their online store.
Stated mainman Lord Tim: "Any of us old enough to remember the 80s will have fond memories about buying 12" extended mixes of their favourite singles. In the spirit of the 80s, we've done a special retro style vinyl release of an extended version of 'Digital Lies', with an epic Movie Mix of 'Battle Of Venarium' on the B-side, hand-numbered and limited to 250 copies only. There's also special bundle packs that include a new shirt design, and you get an immediate download of all of the songs. Pre-order at this location.
Tracklisting:

Side A
'Digital Lies' (Extended Mix)

Side B
'Digital Lies' (Studio Version)
'Battle Of Venarium' (Movie Mix)

'Digital Lies':
Lord recently announced dates in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan this September in support of their new album, Digital Lies, which has already taken them from New Zealand, to Europe and several times around Australia, with more dates continually being added to the schedule.
September
13 - Dewan India - Muar, Malaysia
14 - Home Club - Singapore, Singapore
15 - Pennylane Gig Hal - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
18 - Namiki Junction - Hiroshima,Japan
19 - Brand New - Osaka, Japan
21 - Holiday - Nagoya, Japan
22 - Ropphong Super Delux - Tokyo, Japan
23 - Club Missions - Tokyo, Japan

For more on Lord visit Lord.net.au.

Italian experimental death metallers HUMAN IMPROVEMENT PROCESS have signed a deal with Memorial Records for the release of their debut album, Deafening Dissonant Millennium.
The album will be available from September 10th at all digital stores and in a limited edition digipack.
Deafening Dissonant Millennium tracklisting:

'Jenova'
'Deafening Dissonant Millennium'
'Erase'
'Empty Eyes'
'Our Last Pieces Of Sanity'
'Artificial Saviour'
'Materioscura'
'Architecture Of A Dying Sun'
'The Process'
'Ethereal'
'The Deepest Oblivion'

Trailer:
More on Human Improvement Process at Facebook.

ENTER SHIKARI have announced the reissue of their debut album, Take To The Skies, as a limited edition 2xLP coloured vinyl set. Designed to counter increasingly high prices paid by fans via online auction sites etc. for the original vinyl edition, the album will be available to pre-order from Friday, July 19th, and released on Monday, August 5th.
Fans who pre-order from the band's own webstore store or Banquet Records will receive an autographed 12" x 12" art print of the album sleeve. All vinyl copies also include a CD version of the album.

Take To The Skies was originally released in March 2007 and has gone on to sell 125,000+ copies in the UK alone thus far.
The band will play their final shows of the year in November culminating in a headline slot at London's Alexandra Palace as part of the UK leg of the Vans Warped Tour, and following appearances at the German and Dutch Warped Tour events and a short run of regional German and French headline dates (as well as a rescheduled show in Belarus). Following these shows, the band will slink away to a secret studio location to start recording album #4.

Swedish AOR outfit HOUSTON will release their new album, II, on September 2nd in Europe/USA through Livewire/Cargo Records.
Tracklisting:
'Glory'
'I’m Coming Home'
'Return My Heart'
'Talk To Me'
'Back To The Summer Of Love'
'24 Hours
'On The Radio'
'Losing'
'Just Friends'
'Believe'

An album teaser can be viewed below:
Producer/keyboard player Ricky Delin has for this album become a full member of the band, together with Hank Erix (vocals) and Freddie Allen (drums). The trio has once again used Sweden’s finest melodic rock musicians, such as the great Tommy Denander for most guitar parts and long-time band associate Soufian Ma’Aoui for the bass parts.
Houston are:
Hank Erix – lead and backing vocals
Ricky Delin – keyboards and backing vocals
Freddie Allen – drums

With the additional talents of: Soufian Ma’aoui – bass guitar, Tommy Denander – guitars, Calle Hammer – guitars and keyboards, Jay Cutter – keyboard intro loop, Minnah Karlsson – duet vocal, Victor Lundberg – backing vocals, Kristoffer Lagerstrom – backing vocals, Geir Ronning – backing vocals, Jessa Slatter – backing vocals, Catharina Lindqvist – spoken voice.

The album’s ten tracks were carefully chosen among a ton of material. “Only the really good tunes make the cut. We wouldn’t release an album with ok songs,” states Freddie Allen, founding member and main song writer together with Ricky Delin.

South German dark rockers END OF GREEN will release their new album, The Painstream, on August 16th via Napalm Records.
The Painstream tracklisting:

'Hangman's Joke'
'Holidays In Hell'
'Standalone'
'Final Resistance'
'Degeneration'
'Home On Fire'
'Death Of The Weakender'
'Don't Stop Killing Me'
'Chasing Ghosts'
'Miss Misery'
'The Painstreet'
'Blackened Eyes' (Bonus Track)
'Demons' (Bonus Track)
'Hurter' (Bonus Track)

Preview:
End Of Green tour dates:

July
19 - Weigendorf, Germany - Weigendorf Open Air
20 - Höchstadt, Aisch, Germany - Schlosshof FestivalL

August
10 - Hildesheim, Germany - Mera Luna Festival
16 - Dinkelsbühl, Germany - Summer Breeze Open Air

October
17 - Nürnberg, Germany - Hirsch
18 - Berlin, Germany - C-Club
19 - Dresden, Germany - Tante Ju
25 - München, Germany - Backstage
26 - Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos Saal

November
1 - Bochum, Germany - Matrix
2 - Hamburg, Germany - Knust
8 - Osnabrück, Germany - Rosenhof
9 - Köln, Germany - Underground
16 - Stuttgart, Germany - LKA Longhorn

The video for LIMP BIZKIT and Lil Wayne's new collaborative single, "Ready To Go" can be seen below. The track is being released via LIMP BIZKIT's new label home, Cash Money, Lil Wayne's longtime record company. "It'll be a great way to let the world know that [the band] is a part of us," Cash Money Records co-CEO and founder Bryan "Birdman" Williams told Billboard.com more than a year ago. "It's rock, but it's hip-hop-rock. I think we got that hip-hop-rock swagger."

LIMP BIZKIT is putting the finishing touches on its new studio album, "Stampede Of The Disco Elephants".

"We're really trying to get it hammered out here," LIMP BIZKIT guitarist Wes Borland told Billboard in May. "We're done with most of the music, pretty much all the music. The lyrics and vocals are probably 30 percent done, and [Fred Durst] is working as we speak, on tour."

Regarding the musical direction of LIMP BIZKIT's new CD, Borland said that the songs on "Stampede Of The Disco Elephants" have a "very live and sort of wild" feel. Moreover, fans shouldn't expect the same old LIMP BIZKIT on the album; instead, there will be quite a bit of experimentation on the effort. "I think it's a little bit more, sort of playful, taking chances, a little less pop, structured type of stuff," Borland said. "I don't want to say it [sounds] younger, but maybe a little more carefree, musically, to where we don't over-think what we're doing."

LIMP BIZKIT in 2011 parted ways with Interscope, the label that released all of the band's records thus far through its subsidiaries Flip, Geffen and Suretone Records.

When LIMP BIZKIT's deal with Cash Money was announced in March 2012, many wondered why the popular rap label would work with a band whose latest album, "Gold Cobra", has sold less than 100,000 copies in the United States since its June 2011 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "LIMP BIZKIT, to me, is just a perfect match for us," said Birdman. "It was something that [Durst] was interested in doing, and I was already a fan, and I was like, 'Let's do it.' It's good for the brand, it will bring a different look for us, and we're definitely trying to expand on that side of music."

In a recent interview with XXL, Durst said about how LIMP BIZKIT's collaboration with Cash Money came about: "I've been a fan of Wayne and Birdman and the whole Cash Money thing for a while. I went in the studio to do a track with Polow Da Don, and we ended up finding one of his beats I loved and we started working on the track and came up with 'Ready To Go'. Wes Borland came down and played the guitar — it was a hip-hop version at the time with hip-hop drums — and after I was done, I had asked Polow, 'I would love to get Wayne on the track, you think he'd be into it?' He said, 'You want me to send it to him?' So he sent it to him and got a response back that he likes it he's down with it. As we were trying to get off of Interscope, I had asked Cash Money if they wanted to put that track out themselves on their label, and just because I knew it'd get out and I knew it'd be something really cool, because I knew Wayne liked rock and skateboarding — all the things I like — and I got a call back saying, 'Why don't you guys just sign with Cash Money? Y'know, we're big fans and we'd love to have LIMP BIZKIT over here. We'd let you do what you want to do.' That's how it happened, and bingo! I loved our conversations with Baby and Slim and felt like it was just a good fit."

British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN performed in front of a sellout crowd of 55,000 at the new national stadium in Stockholm, Sweden — Friends Arena — on July 13. The venue has a roof which meant that for the first time ever in Sweden, IRON MAIDEN fans were able to enjoy the full glory of the entire "Maiden England" show in a dark stadium.

The band's setlist was as follows:

01. Moonchild
02. Can I Play With Madness
03. The Prisoner
04. 2 Minutes To Midnight
05. Afraid To Shoot Strangers
06. The Trooper
07. The Number Of The Beast
08. Phantom Of The Opera
09. Run To The Hills
10. Wasted Years
11. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
12. The Clairvoyant
13. Fear Of The Dark
14. Iron Maiden

Encore:

15. Aces High
16. The Evil That Men Do
17. Running Free

Fan-filmed video footage of the entire concert can be seen below.

A review of the show at MaidenRevelations.com reads in part: "The great Doug Hall is no longer in charge of MAIDEN's front-of-house, and there has been widespread criticism of below-par sound quality throughout the tour."

It continues: "The sound where I stood was not critically bad, but some issues are obvious. The general sound level seems a little low for such a huge arena, and the guitars are sorely missing in the mix, with even the solos sometimes being hard to discern. Nicko's [McBrain] drums are booming and present throughout, but Steve's [Harris] bass (of all things) go missing with regularity. There's something weird about hearing the intro to 'The Clairvoyant' without actually feeling the bass in your gut…

"Yes, this is an issue. There is no reason why the best band in the world should not have the best sound in the world. It's been an ongoing complaint since the first gig of 2012, and over a year later I have to agree — the sound lets the band down, and is also a lot less than the fans deserve."

Audio samples of all 11 tracks that are set to appear on "Heavy Metal Music", the full-length debut from NEWSTED — the new band featuring former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted and STAIND guitarist Mike Mushok — can be streamed in the YouTube clip below.

"Heavy Metal Music" will be released on August 6 in North America via Chophouse Records/Collective Sounds and August 5 in Europe through Spinefarm Records. Jason told Billboard.com the 11-song album will be very similar to the band's debut EP, "Metal", which sold around 6,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 62 on The Billboard 200 chart. "The EP was always intended to be the primer, a sampler of what was to come on the LP," he said. "It's all metal all the time. It's not all fast, but it is all heavy."

Regarding how the material for NEWSTED's debut album came together, Jason told Loudwire: "It started out as my seeds for the first eleven songs that I made on my GarageBand thing. I wrote all the tracks — guitars, bass, drums, everything and gave them to Jessie [Farnsworth, guitar] and Jesus [Mendez Jr., drums] and had them go learn it, put their artistry on it and so it was collaborative in that way for the first batch. Like the four songs on the EP came from that initial eleven, so that's how those songs went. Each day as we get deeper into the songs, the collaboration gets deeper as well. I have come a long way from my tunnel vision of 'Only my ideas are good enough' bullshit, and I'm a lot more open to everyone's ideas and the artistry of each person to make it what it is. And three heads is better than one and that kind of thing. So it has become more collaborative as we go. I've written ten more since that time in October last year and a few of them have made their way onto this LP now. Once again, they were all my seeds, but now that we have Mike Mushok in the band and I give the music to all three of those guys, now I have three great artists bringing back their responses and their counterpoint playing to my ideas, so it's becoming more and more collaborative every day and on this LP there will be shared writing credits on at least half of the songs with the writing credits now."

As previously reported, three songs from NEWSTED — "Long Time Dead", "King Of The Underdogs" and "Heroic Dose" — are featured in the newest episode of Break Media's hit web series "Man At Arms".

NEWSTED's heavy metal pairs as background for the gritty series, which follows famous Hollywood blacksmith Tony Swatton as he builds real-life versions of iconic pop-culture ("Pirates Of The Caribbean", "The Matrix", "Spider-Man", etc.) weapons by hand.

NEWSTED is taking part in this year's edition of Gigantour, the critically acclaimed package festival founded in 2005 by MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. Also appearing on the bill are headliners MEGADETH, along with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, DEVICE, HELLYEAH and DEATH DIVISION.

NEWSTED is being forced to miss this week's Gigantour dates in Canada after Jason was diagnosed with "walking pneumonia."

NEWSTED kicked off its first-ever U.S. tour on April 19 at Red House in Walnut Creek, California. The 14-date trek concluded on May 23 in Asbury Park, New Jersey and led into a number of European festival appearances for the band.

Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has spent the past few days in the studio with drummer Matt Starr (BURNING RAIN) and bassist Chris Wyse (THE CULT, OWL) working on Ace's new album.

A couple of photos from the most recent studio sessions can be seen below.

Ace's latest CD, "Anomaly", was released on September 15, 2009 via Ace's own Bronx Born Records, with Rocket Science providing a full label service platform in the U.S., "Anomaly" was produced and recorded in Westchester County, New York between 2007 and 2009 and was mixed in Los Angeles.

Frehley's memoir, "No Regrets: A Rock 'N' Roll Memoir", landed at position No. 10 on the New York Times "Hardcover Nonfiction" best sellers list. The book, which is described as a look back at Ace's "life of sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll," arrived in November 2011 via Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

Frehley performed with KISS from its inception in 1973 until his first departure in 1982 before rejoining KISS in 1996 for a very successful reunion tour. Frehley's second stint lasted until 2002 as Ace went back to being a solo artist again, but the stories and memories still remain from touring in one of rock and roll's most successful acts of all time.

BLACK SABBATH singer Ozzy Osbourne has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine which features a cover photo of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Critics have accused the magazine of glorifying Tsarnaev like a rock star by depicting him in the same light as a young Bob Dylan or Jim Morrison.

Speaking to Mistress Carrie of the Worcester/Boston, Massachusetts radio station WAAF on Wednesday (July 17), Ozzy said, "I'm sorry, I wouldn't put [Tsarnaev] on a roll of toilet paper, let alone the front cover of Rolling Stone."

Regarding the city of Boston, Ozzy said, "It will take more than two idiots to stop Boston. Boston is a strong town, man. It's my kind of town."

The editors at Rolling Stone have released a statement defending the cover. "Our hearts go out to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, and our thoughts are always with them and their families," they wrote. "The cover story we are publishing this week falls within the traditions of journalism and Rolling Stone's long-standing commitment to serious and thoughtful coverage of the most important political and cultural issues of our day. The fact that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is young, and in the same age group as many of our readers, makes it all the more important for us to examine the complexities of this issue and gain a more complete understanding of how a tragedy like this happens."

Having done much to light a blaze under '90s U.K. rock, THE ALMIGHTY — the full force riffin' machine formed in Scotland in 1988 — has long been regarded as a four-man gang to be reckoned with, splicing elements of rock, punk and metal to telling effect… And now, with the band's reputation continuing to flourish, a late-September reissue of the early catalogue has been confirmed, with Spinefarm taking over from Polydor (the band's original home) as the label co-ordinating the campaign.

Before first hanging up their leathers in 1996, then later — following a brief reformation — in 2002, the band released a series of recordings, studio and live, that saw them rise to front cover status on home turf, lauded by fans and critics alike.

With BLACK STAR RIDERS/THIN LIZZY frontman Ricky Warwick leading the charge, THE ALMIGHTY travelled the world, toured with legends (IRON MAIDEN, ALICE COOPER, MOTÖRHEAD, etc.), played the main stage at Download (then called Monsters Of Rock), appeared on "Top Of The Pops", had a Top 5 album and successive Top 30 singles, and generally delivered straight from the hip, thrilling audiences who liked their hard rock complete with sleeve-tattoos plus a tiger-eyed commitment to The Cause.

Musically, the band staked their ground between MOTÖRHEAD and "Electric"-era THE CULT, with plenty of punk snot 'n' spirit to spice up the brew; all of which made their early Polydor releases — five albums, starting with 1989's "Blood, Fire & Love" — the sort of hell-for-leather offerings best listened to with the better crockery firmly locked away.

The initial batch of reissues (fully official and put together with band involvement) will appear beneath the "RE-F**KIN’-ISSUES" banner and be divided into two parts — the first pair of titles coming out on September 30, and the following releases early in 2014. All of the reissues will come complete with extensive bonus content, including live, studio, remix and acoustic recordings, plus liner notes, special packaging and track-by-track comments from Ricky Warwick.

"We are all very excited to finally have THE ALMIGHTY releases available again," exclaims Ricky, currently in the throes of an acoustic U.K. tour. "It's been 25 years and this music deserves to be heard. It's kind of like seeing an old friend again and it’s like the years never passed!"

"RE-F**KING-ISSUES": September 30, 2013

* "Blood, Fire & Love" (originally released in 1989)
* "Soul Destruction" (originally released in 1991)

To support these re-releases, long awaited by fans, there is talk of live THE ALMIGHTY shows featuring key original members, and also a brand new studio album, but then that's not really surprising given that track No. 1 on album No. 1 was "Resurrection Mutha"!

Former HIRAX members Gary Monardo, Johnnie Tabares, Scott Owen and Bob Savage (who played on the group's 1984 demo) are currently in the studio with former WARGOD singer Rob Perkins recording tracks for a forthcoming album, to be released under the band name RAGING VIOLENCE. The CD will contain five revamped versions of classic HIRAX songs, including "Born In The Streets" from the 1984 four-song cassette demo, plus three new cuts. Recording is expected to be completed in early August, with the mixing and mastering to follow in September. The band will then seek out a suitable record label to press and distribute the album.

Video footage from the studio can be seen below.

GREAT WHITE FEATURING JACK RUSSELL (formerly JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE) has recruited former GREAT WHITE bassist Tony Montana (a.k.a. Tony Cardenas; pictured below) for the "A Pirate's Life Tour". Montana was part of GREAT WHITE's rise to fame from 1987 to 1992, and Russell is thrilled to have him on deck once again.

"After 23 years, I am excited to have my friend on stage with me again. He is the best bass player GREAT WHITE ever had," exclaims Russell.

Montana replaces the recently departed Dario Seixas, who left GREAT WHITE FEATURING JACK RUSSELL "due to differences in business/management views and decisions."

GREAT WHITE FEATURING JACK RUSSELL is not to be confused with the other touring and recording version of GREAT WHITE, which features Mark Kendall, Scott Snyder (bass), Audie Desbrow (drums), Michael Lardie (guitar, keyboards) and Terry Ilous (lead vocals).

GREAT WHITE FEATURING JACK RUSSELL will next perform this coming Friday, July 19 at the Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood, California.

ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5 (real name: John William Lowery) has told AbsolutePunk.net that the band will capture its current live show for an upcoming concert DVD.

Said John: "This is big news. I haven't talked about this. 30 years, ROB ZOMBIE, WHITE ZOMBIE — never done a live DVD. We're doing one this year. The show's so big. It can't get much bigger, so I'm like, 'We better record this!'"

Rob Zombie's fifth album, "Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor", sold 34,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 7 on The Billboard 200 chart. The record arrived in stores on April 23 via Zodiac Swan/T-Boy/Ume. The CD was produced by Bob Marlette, who has previously worked with everyone from BLACK SABBATH and ALICE COOPER to WILSON PHILLIPS and LYNYRD SKYNYRD.

Zombie told Artist Direct in an interview that "Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor" could one day make it to the big screen as a Zombie-directed film. The rocker and filmmaker explained, "I think it could. I made it with that in mind. At least in my mind — no one else knows this — I wanted to have a storyline that runs through the record so if someday I wanted to make it into a movie musical like THE WHO's 'Tommy' or 'Quadrophenia', there was a structure to follow. I'm not really talking about what it is because I think it's sort of relevant at this point."

Finish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH recently launched a new fan magazine for tablet computers.

Nightwish Vol. 1 FanPOD is the first application for tablet computers about the band. The application icludes band's history, Imaginaerum movie trailer, all NIGHTWISH online services, upcoming shows, NIGHTWISH shop and plenty of previously unpublished pictures.

Vol. 1 is now available in English, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese.

Comments the band: "We have always been enthusiastic about new things, both in music and technology.

"We have tablet computers for fun, and noticed that they could also be useful for the band and fans. That's why we started our own 'fan magazine' for tablet computers, and the Vol. 1 is now available!

"More updates are coming in autumn 2013, and you'll see more previously unpublished pictures, videos, and other interesting stuff and benefits."

DISTURBED and DEVICE singer David Draiman spoke to Revolt TV about the controversy surrounding the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine which features a cover photo of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar "Jahar" Tsarnaev. You can now watch the chat below.

Critics have accused the magazine of glorifying Tsarnaev like a rock star by depicting him in the same light as a young Bob Dylan or Jim Morrison.

On what his first reaction upon learning of the Rolling Stone's "The Bomber" cover:

Draiman: "Disgust. Aberration. Anger. Resentment. Shock.

"I think that the media has spent far too much time making these acts of evil and cowardice attractive to an entire generation of future maniacs who are looking to go out in a blast of martyrdom and infamy.

"I find the entire situation much akin to the actions of a pimp trying to whore something out for his own best interests. I find it completely disgusting and repugnant."

On whether it was merely the fact that Rolling Stone put the bombing suspect on the cover that he found so objectionable or if it was also the fact that the cover photo portrays the Tsarnaev in a glamorous light:

Draiman: "It's a combination of everything. They are already putting him on the cover, number one. Number two, they picked the cutest goddamn picture they could find of the guy. They airbrushed the hell out of it. They made him look all pretty, because he's got some sort of sick fan club of these little girls that follow him that are all about, 'Free Jahar, free Jahar.' Why? 'Cause he's cute? 'Cause you find him attractive? And somebody who's cute with tousled hair couldn't possibly have commited something like this?

"People are out of their goddamn minds.

"We're teaching people to go ahead and just idolize and beauty, and no matter what, if you have a pretty face, you can't possibly do anything wrong. And that's absolutely ridiculous and nonsensical. And it's blowing up in their face. You have retail chain and retail chain, a domino effect has already been occurring of store after store — whether it's CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreen, Kmart, and the list keeps going on of stores and chains that simply have refused to carry this issue, and I hope that they refuse to carry the magazine in general."

On whether his views are based purely on seeing the cover of the new Rolling Stone issue or whether he has also read the accompanying article:

Draiman: "I've read the article and I still feel the same way. And you know something?! Sometimes it's just crazy. You don't need to know how this guy came to be, who he was. Everybody's their own person, everybody's capable of making their own choices, everybody's cognizant of their own choices. And the minute that you start blaming everything around you for why somebody loses their goddamn mind is the minute that everybody comes up with an excuse to be a maniac.

"I've had a very, very colorful life, so to speak. I've had my trials and tribulations. I've experienced betrayal and death and loss in ways that most people couldn't possibly imagine. It didn't turn me into a terrorist. And looking into what made this monster isn't going to stop future monsters from being made. What's going to stop future monsters from being made is not glamorizing them and giving them infamy and putting their face all over the press."

On whether he thinks there is any benefit to Tsarnaev's story being told as a cautionary tale:

Draiman: "No. Not in terms of… Do we do an investigation? Yes. Should the government look into certain factors and cell organizations that may foster and that may be a catalyst for this type of behavior? Absolutely."

On the argument that Rolling Stone has done this kind of story before it put Charles Manson on the cover of a 1970 issue of the magazine:

Draiman: "And you know what?! Two wrongs don't make a right.

"You can't even compare the two — this is apples and oranges — and so people who are always constantly making reference to the Manson cover are making fools of themselves, because those are two completely different situations, they are two different completely different time periods, two completely different cultures and one does not justify the other.

"Have some common sense. Have some decency. Have some taste. For the longest period of time, getting the cover of Rolling Stone was a tremendous accomplishment for any pop-culture icon. This destroys it — destroys it completely. If you can put this bastard on your page, who had no problem laying that backpack down in front of an area full of civilians that everybody saw him do, it's pimping at its purest level. They are pimping out this story, they are pimping out an idea, and they are creating a platform for a future generation of psychopaths to want to go out in a blaze of glory, to be able to be remembered for all time, to be able to be immortalized in that way. They're encouraging this behavior by glamorizing it. You remember the victims and the heroes and the first responders, you do not remember the murderers. You bury them as deep as you possibly can.

"This isn't just a matter of creating controversy to sell magazines. If you wanna go ahead and pimp something out — do us a favor, take your daughter, put her in a slutty dress and throw her on the street and do whatever the hell you want and it’s your own goddamn business. Don't do it in front of the entire goddamn country. Don't do it front of the people of Boston who have suffered through this entire situation. Don't insult the legacy that you've tried to create with a magazine that's supposed to symbolize something great which you've now completely defaced."

Hanover, Germany-based epic power metal band HUMAN FORTRESS has inked a deal with AFM Records. The group has just finished recording its new album for a late 2013 release.

After a five-year hiatus, HUMAN FORTRESS returns with new, Brazilian vocalist Gus Monsanto (ex-REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE, ADAGIO) and a clear mission ahead.

"With our upcoming album, we musically want to continue in the vein of our first two releases, 'Lord Of Earth And Heavens Heir' and 'Defenders Of The Crown'," says guitarist Torsten Wolf. "We are very happy to start this new endeavour with our fantastic new vocalist Gus Monsanto now."

Adds Monsanto: "I always wanted to do this kind of music but couldn't find a band like that in Brazil. These songs are epic, with huge hooklines and I was convinced straight away. I can't wait to play our songs on stage."

HUMAN FORTRESS 2013 is:

Gus Monsanto - Vocals
Torsten Wolf - Guitar
Volker Trost - Guitar
Dirk Liehm - Keyboard
Andre Hort - Bass
Apostolos Zaios - Drums

No Remorse Records will release the "Death Cult" demo from Swiss technical thrash metal masters CORONER on CD and limited vinyl. This will be the first official re-release of "Death Cult", a four-song demo which was originally recorded and issued in 1986 in a limited edition of 250 cassette tapes. Due in December, it will also include bonus material.

Originally part of the road crew for fellow countrymen CELTIC FROST, CORONER went on to become one of the most progressive extreme metal acts of the Eighties.

The connection between the Zurich band and CELTIC FROST was so strong, in fact, that CELTIC FROST frontman Tom G. Warrior offered to handle vocals for the emerging band's demo. Warrior and CORONER entered Switzerland's Magnetix studio on October 10, 1985, and nine days later they walked out with the impressive four-song 1986 release, "Death Cult".

While subsequent bootlegged CDs included the bonus tracks of "Arrogance in Uniform" and "Hate, Fire, Blood", the original four-track demo consisted of the following tracks: "Spectators of Sin", "Spiral Dream", "Aerial Combat" and "The Invincible". (Only "Spiral Dream" would make it onto CORONER's 1987 debut LP, "R.I.P.")

According to The BNR Metal Pages, CORONER "progressed from the raw speed of 'R.I.P.' to the more laidback style of 'Grin', releasing five albums (not counting the semi-compilation 'Coroner' album) that are all different and yet all are undeniably related, and undeniably CORONER. The band called it a day in 1994, actually before the release of 'Coroner', with Marky Edelmann joining APOLLYON SUN and Tommy T. Baron going to KREATOR, though neither is still with those bands."

CORONER last year released the first teaser for its forthcoming DVD. The career-spanning double DVD will contain a ton of material from the archives and a full-length concert from the band's reunion shows in 2011-2012. A 2013 release is expected.

Slash — the iconic, Grammy-winning guitarist — will release the soundtrack album for the first-ever motion picture he has co-produced, "Nothing Left To Fear", on October 4, the same day the film opens in select theaters. The "Nothing Left To Fear" original motion picture soundtrack was written and produced by Slash and Nick O'Toole. It includes the film score plus two original songs: "Nothing Left To Fear", which features vocalist Myles Kennedy and the instrumental "Welcome To Stull".

The official trailer for the "Nothing Left To Fear" movie can be seen below.

The album will be released exclusively at PledgeMusic.com, giving fans access to interviews, song streams, first looks at film art, clips and more. When fans pledge and pre-order the album, they will gain access to one-of-a-kind experiences with Slash, as well as merchandise for the film.

Due in select theaters Friday, October 4 and available on Blu-ray Combo-pack, DVD and On Demand starting Tuesday, October 8, "Nothing Left To Fear" is a harrowing tale in the spirit of the terrifying horror films of the 1970s. The movie is inspired by the legend of Stull, Kansas, which is surrounded by Internet folklore proclaiming the town to be one of the Seven Gateways to Hell. Wendy (Anne Heche), her husband Dan (James Tupper of "Revenge") and their kids have just moved to the small town of Stull, Kansas, where Dan is the new pastor. But in this sleepy community of friendly neighbors, a horrific series of occurrences awaits them: Their teenage daughter (Rebekah Brandes of "Bellflower") is being tormented by grisly visions. Her younger sister (Jennifer Stone of "Wizards Of Waverly Place") has been marked for a depraved ritual. And deep within the heartland darkness, one of The Seven Gates Of Hell demands the blood of the innocent to unleash the creatures of the damned. Ethan Peck ("10 Things I Hate About You") and Clancy Brown ("The Shawshank Redemption") co-star in this demonic shocker featuring original music by producer Slash and inspired by the real-life paranormal legacy of Stull.

"Nothing Left To Fear" is the first film from Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Slash's production company Slasher Films, and was written by Jonathon W.C. Mills and directed by Anthony Leonardi III.

"As a longtime fan of the horror genre, I want to produce films that are in an older tradition of the genre," relates Slash. "That is to say, films that leave more to one's imagination, that are psychologically scary and character-driven, and what scares you is more cerebral than superficial. Slasher Films is my vehicle to realize that aim, and 'Nothing Left To Fear' is the first film with more to come."

Following is the full track listing for the soundtrack for the new film "Nothing Left To Fear":

01. The Road To Stull
02. Cold Welcome
03. Lamb's Blood
04. One Choice, Two Fates
05. A Prayer
06. Dark Dreams
07. Sermon
08. The Tooth
09. Retrieval
10. Silent Secrets
11. Pain And Premonition Part 1
12. Pain And Premonition Part 2
13. Observations
14. The Secret Tower
15. Do Your Part
16. Don't Forget
17. A Flash And A Feeling
18. Abduction
19. Bleeding In
20. Urgency
21. Have Faith
22. The Decline
23. Trauma
24. The Blood Lust
25. Our Broken Home
26. Revelations
27. No Safety In Numbers
28. Childhood's End
29. The Fear
30. The Perfect Circle
31. Nothing Left To Fear (featuring vocalist Myles Kennedy)
32. Welcome To Stull

RockNLive.org recently conducted an interview with vocalist Jacoby Shaddix of Californian rockers PAPA ROACH. You can now watch the chat below. Also available is professionally filmed video footage of PAPA ROACH's entire performance at this year's Hellfest, which was held June 21-23 in Clisson, France.

PAPA ROACH's latest album, "The Connection", was re-released in Europe as a special tour edition on May 6 via Eleven Seven Music. The effort contains a bonus DVD of a concert at Club Nokia in Los Angeles featuring performances of new songs as well as the band's biggest hits, including "Still Swingin'", "Give Me Back My Life", "Before I Die", "Last Resort" and "Between Angels & Insects".

"The Connection" was produced by rock veteran James Michael (SIXX: A.M., HALESTORM) and John Feldmann (PANIC AT THE DISCO, THE USED, BLACK VEIL BRIDES). The CD sold 22,000 copies in its first week of release to debut at No. 17 on the Billboard album chart.

"This record is a snapshot of me at my most desperate," Jacoby Shaddix told The Aquarian Weekly. "As I was writing this record, [my wife and I] were split, so there was a lot of pain and anger and frustration. As the dust settles in my life, I realize that I'm the orchestrator of all this chaos. I'm the one at fault. I'm the fucking problem. When you go through that stuff, sometimes it's hard to own your own shit, to step up to the plate and own it. I just had to because I wanted to do the right thing."

He added: "I was able to make this record, express myself and get my family back together and get my respect from my band. At the eleventh hour, I pulled it off. I don't know, man, this is a repeating cycle in my life. I don't know how many more times I can do this to myself."

Interview:

A new two-minute trailer for SOULFLY's ninth album, "Savages", can be seen below. Due in October via the band's new label home, Nuclear Blast Entertainment, the CD was produced by Terry Date, who is known for his work with such acts as PANTERA, DEFTONES and SOUNDGARDEN, among many others.

Date previously mixed SOULFLY's "3" (2002), "Prophecy" (2004) and "Dark Ages" (2005) albums, but has never produced any of the group's CDs.

The drum tracks on the new SOULFLY CD were laid down by Max's 21-year-old son, Zyon Cavalera, who joined the band as its touring drummer for its recent rampage through North America.

Zyon previously played with SOULFLY during the band's tour of Brazil in February 2012.

It is Zyon's unborn heartbeat that can be heard during the intro of SEPULTURA's classic song "Refuse/Resist", which appeared on the band's RIAA-gold-certified "Chaos A.D." album, released three years before Max's departure from the group.

Drummer David Kinkade (BORKNAGAR, ARSIS, MALEVOLENT CREATION), who played on SOULFLY's eighth album, "Enslaved", left the band last October in order to focus on his personal life.

Swedish death metallers DEMONICAL will release their fourth full-length album, "Darkness Unbound", on September 20 via Cyclone Empire. The CD, which will be available as a limited first-pressing digipack and LP, was once again recorded at Necromorbus Studios in Stockholm.

Comments the band: "We are confident that 'Darkness Unbound' will be an important milestone not only for us as a band but also an album that will have a certain impact on the current death metal scene and especially the Swedish old-school wave.

"The artwork and visual concept of the album follows the same somber path as the music, making it a solid entity of perpetual death metal darkness."

"Darkness Unbound" track listing:

01. Darkness Unbound
02. The Order
03. An Endless Celebration
04. Contempt and Conquest
05. King of All
06. The Healing Control
07. Hellfire Empire
08. Words Are Death
09. Deathcrown
10. The Great Praise
11. World Beyond (KREATOR cover) *
12. Burned Alive (re-recording) **

* bonus track on the limited digi-CD and LP
** bonus track on the limited digi-CD

DEMONICAL will embark on an extensive European tour in October to support "Darkness Unbound". The crusade will tentatively hit Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Poland and Czech Republic. Support on the first part of the trek will come from DAEMONICUS and Austrian black reapers GROTESKH, while on part II, DEMONICAL will be joined by their Swedish comrades SPASMODIC and German melo-masters HAILSTONE.

DEMONICAL recently parted ways with drummer Fredrik Widigs and guitarist Johan Jansson due to "personal and priority-related matters."

The band last year announced the addition of guitarist Daniel Gustavsson to the group's ranks.

DEMONICAL's third album, "Death Infernal", was released in April 2011 via Cyclone Empire.

Fan-filmed video footage of California thrash metal veterans HIRAX performing a brand new song, "Black Smoke", on July 12 at the Rising Festival in Asuncion, Paraguay can be seen below. The track will appear on the band's new full-length album, "Immortal Legacy", which will be released in Germany on September 20, in the rest of Europe on September 23 and in the U.S./Canada on September 24 as CD, gatefold colored LP and download via SPV/Steamhammer. The effort was recorded at a North Hollywood studio with producer Bill Metoyer (ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING, W.A.S.P., SLAYER). The album art will be created by Philip Lawvere.

Commented HIRAX singer Katon W. De Pena says: "This is our most epic-sounding record to date, sonically powerful and over the top. 14 new raging thrash metal songs that will make you bang your head!!!"

HIRAX last year released a new single, "La Boca De La Bestia (The Mouth Of The Beast)", through iTunes. A very special limited-edition 12-inch vinyl version of the single with bonus tracks was also made available on Black Devil Records.

"La Boca De La Bestia (The Mouth Of The Beast)" will be included on HIRAX's forthcoming CD. The song was recorded, produced and mastered by Bill Metoyer at Skull Seven Productions.

HIRAX is:

Katon W. De Pena (vocals)
Lance Harrison (lead guitar)
Steve Harrison (bass guitar)
Jorge Iacobellis (drums)
Mike Guerrero (lead guitar)