German/Italian-based melodic metallers LOVE.MIGHT.KILL will release their new album, 2 Big 2 Fail, on October 26th via Massacre Records in Europe.
2 Big 2 Fail tracklisting has been revealed as follows:
'Save My Soul'
'XTC'
'Burn The Night'
'The One'
'Restless Heart'
'Home'
'The Great Escape'
'Too Big To Fail'
'We Fall'
'Big Screen Pleasure (And Pain)'
'Alone'
'The Perfect Mistake'

Love.Might.Kill recently released a new video, featuring a track from 2 Big 2 Fail, called 'XTC'. Watch the clip below:
The album was once again produced by Michael Ehré, while Markus Teske is responsible for the mix and the mastering in his Bazement Studios.

Check out two studio reports below:
Following the release of the new album, Love.Might.Kill will tour Germany in October. Dates can be seen on the tour poster below:
Band lineup:

Jan Manenti – vocals
Michael EhrÉ - drums
Stefan Ellerhorst - guitar
Christian Stover – guitar
Jogi Sweers – bass
Sascha Onnen - keyboards

For further information visit Lovemightkill.com.

Ex-SPOCK'S BEARD frontman NEAL MORSE kicked off his Momentum tour on October 2nd in Nashville, TN. Footage from the October 5th show in Mexico City has surfaced featuring Morse and drummer Mike Portnoy (ADRENALINE MOB, ex-DREAM THEATER) switching places for a cover of THE OSMONDS' 1972 hit 'Crazy Horses'. Check it out below.
The new MORSE/PORTNOY/GEORGE album - featuring Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy and Randy George - was released on May 22nd via Radiant Records. The complete tracklist is as follows:
2012 Momentum Sessions:
'Lido Shuffle' (BOZ SCAGGS)
'I Saw The Light' (TODD RUNDGREN)
'Rikki Don't Lose That Number' (STEELY DAN)
'Teacher' (JETHRO TULL)
'Driven To Tears' (THE POLICE)
'Come Sail Away (STYX)
'Southern Man / Needle And The Damage Done / Cinnamon Girl' (NEIL YOUNG)

2008 Lifeline Sessions:
'Crazy Horses' (THE OSMONDS)
'Lemons Never Forget' (THE BEE GEES)
'The Letter' (JOE COCKER version)
'(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding' (ELVIS COSTELLO)
'Starless' (KING CRIMSON)

The album is available exclusively through www.radiantrecords.com.

A clip of the trio performing 'Crazy Horses' is available below. Guitars on the track were performed by Paul Gilbert (MR. BIG), who does not appear in the clip. Previously released footage of the trio covering the Styx classic 'Come Sail Away' is also available.

Chilean thrash metallers WARCHEST have announced the departure of their lead guitarist Domingo Vidal.

With the departure, the band has added two new members. They have welcomed Jose Tomas Garcia as new guitarist and Raimundo Correa (Ex-NUCLEAR) as permanent bass player.

Correa commented on the addition: "When Chris and the members of the band Warchest contacted me to see the possibility of playing with them, first thing I did was to listen to their material, and it was a no brainer. Immediately I called them back and told yes, I'm in. I have many expectation, first of all comeback to the live shows, we are already working on rehearsals for that and in the meantime writing what may be new material or a new album sometime in the future. For now focus on playing the material and keep growing with them internationally.”

Guitars/vocals Christian Pelaez commented: "We feel really sorry for the departure of our friend Domingo, he was a very important part on the history of the band right from the beginning and we wish the best for him in the future. We thought about looking for a new guitar player but I made sure to convinced Jose to take over, it the right thing to do. Now... the addition of Raimundo Correa makes us happy, he brings new expectations and experience. We just want to come back to the stages and rip it out!”

The new lineup is now as follows:
Christian Peláez: guitar/vocals
José Tomás García: guitar
Raimundo Correa: bass
Pato Javier Peláez: drums
Warchest is currently working on the music video for the track ‘Fear Of The Machine'.

Australian power metallers DRAGONSCLAW will release their new album Judgement Day in early 2013.

Tracklisting for the new album has now been released and is as follows:

‘Watching My Every Move’
‘Judgement Day’
‘Bullet’
‘Fear’
‘Fly: Defenders Of The Skies Part II’
‘Lucifer's Hammer’(WARLORD cover)
‘Battle Cry’
‘Eternally’
The band recently released the following update:

"We are proud to announce that the brilliant David Reece (ex-ACCEPT, BANGALORE CHOIR) will be singing a duet on our upcoming second album, Judgement Day. David will be featured on the song 'Watching My Every Move', one of the heaviest and most aggressive tracks on the record."

Vocalist, Giles Lavery remarked: 'This track starts the new album with a heavy, intense metal assault. It’s one of my favourites from our new songs and David’s voice suits it perfectly."

Reece commented on his contribution saying: "Dragonsclaw are a great band with an exceptional singer and I’m truly honoured to have been asked to participate."

A previous update from the band states: "We are extremely happy to announce that the legendary Jack Starr (BURNING STARR, ex-VIRGIN STEELE) will be contributing to a track on our upcoming album. If anyone hasn't checked out Jack's new Burning Starr album Land of The Dead, please do yourself a favor and pick this one up... this is metal at its finest! Our thanks also to Rhino (of MANOWAR/ANGELS OF BABYLON) for tracking Jack's solos at his studio!"

Finland's TINNER has inked a deal with Pulverised Records. The band mix old-school crust, punk and hardcore and promise a new album "to be even much harder, faster and dirtier than before!" Entitled Soundtracket Till Din Vräkning (The Soundtrack To Your Eviction), the album will consist of 16 tracks.
Drummer Subben commented on the signing: "Tinner is extremely happy to have inked a deal with Pulverised Records for the release of the album called "Soundtracket Till Din Vräkning" (The Soundtrack To Your Eviction). It will be a pleasure to bring our unpure Scandinavian crustcore upon the Pulverised family. Pulverised feels like the perfect hideout for Tinner on our quest to piss off people all around the world on our mission for total D-Beat destruction. 16 songs were recorded in less than ten hours in our rehearsal room. 13 of these songs we had never played or rehearsed before. That's how we wanted it. Drunken, dirty raw kängpunk straight from rock n' roll hell."

Tinner is:
Keff - vocals
Subben - d-beat
Heikki Hernekeittö - guitars

Italian metallers MESMERIZE have inked a deal with Punishment 18 Records for the release of their new full length album.

The recordings of the new album, the fifth in the history of the Milan-based band headed by the singer Folco Orlandini, started this summer at Octopussy Studios in Sedriano (MI, Italy), while the release is scheduled for spring 2013.
"2013 will mark the 25th anniversary of the band," says bass player Andrea Tito. "There's no better way to celebrate than a new record! We're sure that our new label will do a great job, and from our side we're preparing our best album ever, including a few surprises too!"

Check out the Mesmerize website for some video previews from the recording studio.

"Solar Plexus", the new video from São Paulo, Brazil-based metallers KAMALA, can be seen below. The clip was created by Studio Kaiowas and it features the band performing on three different planets.

"Solar Plexus" comes off KAMALA's third studio album, "The Deadly Seven Chakras", which was eleased earlier in the year via MS Metal Records. The CD is a concept album that explores the seven human chakras and the seven deadly sins, where one side strives for balance, while the other tries to break it. The cover artwork, which features the Brazilian adult-film actress Bruna Vieira, was created by Luiz Moura, who previously worked with KAMALA on the band's first two albums, 2007's "Kamala" and 2009's "Fractal".

"The Deadly Seven Chakras" track listing:

01. Envy
02. Gluttony
03. Root
04. Heart
05. Solar Plexus
06. Third Eye
07. Greed
08. Pride
09. Sloth
10. Sacral
11. Lust
12. Wrath
13. Throat
14. Crown

Swedish rockers from CONFIDENCE have tapped Kevin Churko (OZZY OSBOURNE, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, HINDER, IN THIS MOMENT) to mix their album at The Hideout studio in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Commented CONFIDENCE keyboardist Clas Sjöstrand (who was responsible for the mix on the band's first release): "Why I took the decision to engage Kevin Churko? I have always admired and still am a big fan of Ozzy's music and the sound in particular.

"As the recordings came to the point where a decision had to be made who would do the mixing, the choice was Kevin Churko. I really wanted to know what would happen when a huge industry giant mixed our music, what would come out of the speakers and what sound a guy like this could create as an outsider who never heard us before. After hearing the mixes ... I rest my case .. it is so good. For the first time in my life, I really enjoyed listening to myself in a band that I really care a lot for."

CONFIDENCE released its debut, "Prelude", on May 23. The band's next CD will be made available in November.

Superskum.com conducted an interview with guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö of German/Finnish thrashers KREATOR on September 18 at Gothic Theatre in Denver, Colorado during the band's North American "Teutonic Terror Attack" tour with ACCEPT. You can now watch the chat below. Also available is high-quality performance footage of the Denver concert.

After the"North American Teutonic Terror Attack" tour, KREATOR will film a video for the song "From Flood Into Fire", and will stay on the road in Europe until the end of the year.

KREATOR's new album, "Phantom Antichrist", sold 3,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at No. 1 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.

Released on June 1 in Europe and June 5 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records, "Phantom Antichrist" was recorded at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden with renowned producer Jens Bogren (OPETH, KATATONIA, SOILWORK, DEVIN TOWNSEND, AMON AMARTH).

Interview:

Professionally filmed video footage of Belgium-based classical guitarist Thomas Zwijsen and British heavy metal singer Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) performing an acoustic set on July 27 at The Asylum in Birmingham, England can be seen below.

The setlist was as follows:

01. Lord Of The Flies (IRON MAIDEN)
02. The Launch
03. Truth Is Revealed
04. Meant To Be
05. Stare At The Sun
06. I Like It Hot (WOLFSBANE)
07. One More Step
08. Man On The Edge (IRON MAIDEN)
09. Como Estais Amigos (IRON MAIDEN)
10. Doctor Doctor (UFO)

Bayley is working on songs for a new classical EP with Zwijsen. The five-song effort will include a "full classical guitar arrangement" of the IRON MAIDEN song "Sign Of The Cross", which the duo performed on their recent U.K. acoustic tour.

Zwijsen previously recorded an acoustic IRON MAIDEN tribute album called "Nylon Maiden", which featured a guest appearance by Bayley on a cover version of "The Clansman".

Zwijsen is one of the musicians who backed Bayley on Blaze's most recent European "The King Of Metal" tour.

Bayley's new studio album, "The King Of Metal", was released in March. The CD was recorded at Fear Studio in Ravenna, Italy.

The 49-year-old Bayley, who was born in Birmingham, was the original frontman in WOLFSBANE, but left in 1994 to replace Bruce Dickinson as the lead singer of IRON MAIDEN.

A reunited WOLFSBANE released its first record in 17 years in April 2011. Entitled "Did It For The Money", it contained the brand new title track along with re-recordings of four old WOLFSBANE numbers. A full-length album, "Wolfsbane Save The World", followed in January.

STONE SOUR will release their new album, House of Gold & Bones Part 1, on October 23rd via Roadrunner Records, but you can get an advance taste of the album now with an officially authorized audio preview of 'The Travellers Part 1'
The complete tracklisting to House of Gold & Bones Part 1 is as follows:

'Gone Sovereign'
'Absolute Zero'
'A Rumor Of Skin'
'The Travellers Part 1'
'Tired'
'RU486'
'My Name Is Allen'
'Taciturn'
'Influence Of A Drowsy God'
'The Travellers Part 2'
'Last Of The Real'

Check out the lyric video for 'Gone Sovereign / Absolute Zero' and an audio preview of 'A Rumor Of Skin' below:
In live news, Stone Sour has the following shows booked:

October
27 – Tokyo, Japan – Super Arena
28 – Osaka, Japan – Big Cat
29 – Nagoya, Japan – Diamond Hall

November
2 - Mexico City, Mexico - Arena Cuidad De Mexico
4 - Guadalajara, Mexico - Explanada Lopez Mateos
6 - Asuncion, Paraguay - Jockey Club
8 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Estadio Malvinas
10 – Santiago, Chile - Las Vizcachas
25 – Paris, France – Bataclan
26 – Milan, Italy – Alcatraz
29 – Ludwigsburg, Germany – Arena
30 – Vienna, Austria – Gasometer

December
2 – Munich, Germany – Zenith (With Special Guests Papa Roach)
3 – Offenbach, Germany – Stadthalle
4 – Berlin, Germany – Huxleys
6 – Oberhausen, Germany – Turbinenhalle
7 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Melkweg
8 – Torhout, Belgium – De Mast
10 – London, UK – O2 Brixton Academy
11 - London, UK – O2 Brixton Academy
13 – Manchester, UK – Apollo
14 – Wolverhampton, UK – Civic Hall
15 – Bournemouth, UK – O2 Academy
17 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
18 – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller
19 – Stockholm, Sweden – Annexet

2013:

February
21 - Auckland, New Zealand - Vector Arena
23 – Brisbane, Australia – Soundwave Festival
24 – Sydney, Australia – Soundwave Festival
26 - Darling Harbour, Australia - Sydney Entertainment Centre
27 - Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena

March
1 – Melbourne, Australia – Soundwave Festival
2 – Adelaide, Australia – Soundwave Festival
4 – Perth, Australia - Soundwave Festival

Fan-filmed video footage of Tim "Ripper" Owens' (DIO DISCIPLES, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) September 19 performance at at Crazy Mama Music Club in Budapest, Hungary and September 29 concert at Korigan in Luynes, France can be seen below.

Released in May 2009, Owens' first solo album, "Play My Game", landed at position No. 66 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. The CD was released via SPV/Steamhammer. The offering consists of around a dozen brand-new tracks that Owens composed himself or together with renowned friends, such as Bob Kulick, Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA), Mike Callahan (ex-EARSHOT) and John Comprix (BEYOND FEAR, RINGWORM).

Owens is without doubt among the most important metal vocalists of the past 15 years. When he succeeded Rob Halford, joining JUDAS PRIEST in May 1996, the press rubbed their eyes, surprised as well as impressed: Owens had previously been a fairly unknown quantity to international music journalists and only a few new of him from the band WINTERS BANE, but he recorded his first PRIEST album, the Grammy-nominated "Jugulator" (1997) with more aplomb than even insiders had expected. Following successful tours with the British metal legends, the strong studio recording "Demolition" (2001), and the live recordings, "Meltdown - 98 Live" (1998) and "Live In London" (2003), and the movie "Rock Star" that was loosely based on Tim's experience with JUDAS PRIEST, Halford's return put an end to Owens' stint with JUDAS PRIEST. More or less immediately, he was enlisted by Jon Schaffer to team up with ICED EARTH and sang on "The Glorious Burden" in spring 2004. Three years later, Owens followed suit with the ICED EARTH album "Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Pt. I)", which succeeded the self-titled highly praised debut by his own band BEYOND FEAR. Spring 2008 saw Owens move on to join one of the world's best guitar players Yngwie Malmsteen, debuting with a sensational vocal performance on "Perpetual Flame".

September 19 at Crazy Mama Music Club in Budapest, Hungary.

Croatian doom/gothic metallers ASHES YOU LEAVE will release their sixth full-length album, "The Cure For Happiness", on November 29 via Rock N Growl Records. The CD, which was laid down at G.I.S. studios with producer Matej Zec, marks ASHES YOU LEAVE's first recording with singer Giada "Jade" Etro, who hails from Italy.

"The Cure For Happiness" track listing:

01. Devil In Disguise
02. Only Ashes You Leave
03. For The Heart, Soul And Mind
04. The Ever-Changing
05. Meant To Stray
06. Summer's End
07. Reality Sad
08. The Cure
09. …For Happiness

The song "Summer's End" is available for streaming below.

"The Cure For Happiness" will be available as digital download and on CD only at the band’s and Rock N Growl Records' web sites.

ASHES YOU LEAVE is:

Giada "Jada" Etro - lead vocals
Berislav "Bero" Poje - vocals, lead guitar
Matija Rempesic - guitar
Marta Batinic - violin
Luka Petrovic - bass
Sasa Vukosav - drums

ASHES YOU LEAVE's fifth album, "Songs Of The Lost", came out in March 2009 through the Greek label Sleaszy Rider.

UK-based progressive black metallers FEN have not only just finished work on their third full-length album, they have also renewed their contract with Code666 Records (part of the Aural Music Group) for the release of a further three albums.

Formed initially as a studio project in 2006, Fen draws its inspiration from the windswept, desolate landscape of England’s Fen region after which the band was named. By fusing the cold rage of black metal with more reflective influences, Fen succeeds in creating a deeply intense, atmospheric, almost otherworldly sound, redolent of loss and melancholic yearning.

More information about Fen's third full-length album, which is titled Dustwalker, and is a follow up to The Malediction Fields, which appeared in 2009, and Epoch, released in 2011, will be available shortly.

Fen frontman The Watcher had this to say about the new contract: “We have been happy with the way we’ve been treated by Code666 in respect of the first three albums, and were impressed by the enthusiasm that the label has always shown for Fen and the faith they have placed in us, so it was logical for us to continue a relationship that was obviously working well."
Fen will play their first ever date in North America on October 13th, when they appear at the three-day Winter is Coming Festival, taking place between October 12th - 14th in New London, Connecticut.

EVOKEN, VITAL REMAINS, AGALLOCH and SIG:AR:TYR are amongst the 23 bands who will play at the festival, which this year is dedicated to the memory of WOODS OF YPRES frontman David Gold.
Fen’s next European appearance will be at the Aurora Infernalis Festival in Arnhem, Netherlands on October 27th.

'Exile’s Journey' from Fen's Malediction Fields album can be heard below:
More on Fen at this location.

Los Angeles-based thrash metal act PSYCHOSIS has just unveiled the artwork for their new EP, By Our Hand, below.

Says the band: "The By Our Hand cover was created by artist Travis Smith, who has done work for METALLICA, SLAYER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, DEATH, ICED EARTH, NEVERMORE and many other bands. The idea for the cover came about at a Psychosis rehearsal and captures many of the themes found in the EP’s song lyrics. Travis was able to take the ideas from our band brainstorming session and turn them into a killer piece of artwork."
The band add: "(With the) By Our Hand EP, Psychosis is set to redefine thrash. By combining influences old and new with a knack for writing memorable songs, the band continues to unleash their brand of Metal music on an unsuspecting audience. New tracks such as 'The Soon Dead' and 'By Our Hand' have quickly become fan favorites in the Psychosis live show and can finally be heard in recorded form on the By Our Hand EP."

For more on Psychosis visit Facebook.

'Treason, Politics & Death', a brand new song from Mexico City-based Latin Metal act ACRANIA, can be downloaded for free at this location. The track comes off the band's second album, An Uncertain Collision, which will be released on October 20. The CD was recorded at Circo Volador Studios in Mexico City and was engineered and mixed by J.C. Chávez and Luis Oropeza. The album features an amazing artwork made by berlin-based artist Eliran Kantor (ATHEIST, TESTAMENT, SODOM).
An Uncertain Colission features the following nine songs:
'Treason, Politics & Death'
'Deceive The Pain'
'Now'
'A Praise To Madness'
'Revolutions & Tequila'
'But Not Today'
'Speartooth'
'Vallarta Nights'
'In My Land'

Acrania's drummer J.C. Chávez stated about the band's new CD: "I think this time we found the 100% right mix, we finally managed to blend such different styles as Latin Jazz & Death/Thrash Metal, you're in for a surprise, imagine a Latin version of Orphaned Land mixed with Atheist, having instruments such as saxophone or trumpet leading the way into the unknown. It's metal, it's groovy, it's filled with fast riffs, double bass attacks and brutal groovy songs!"

He added: "Artwork is a very important part of it all for us, that's why the only choice was Eliran Kantor, and as always, he delivered just what the album needed, his art instantly takes your imagination into another dimension, which is exactly what our music does".

On Tuesday, February 5th, 2013, The End Records will release the sixth studio album from Britain's FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND.



Titled Conduit, it’s the follow up to 2011’s Welcome Home Armageddon and is the first album since the addition of new drummer Pat Lundy. Funeral For A Friend chose to work with producer Romesh Dodangoda (MOTÖRHEAD, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, LOSTPROPHETS) again after their success partnering on the band’s last couple of records.

Vocalist Matthew Davies-Kreye speaks of their working union, “To me he gets our individual personalities and works his magic with each of us, making sure that we're all comfortable with what we have to do for the record.”

Conduit is an album about being in a band and the title reflects what that means to the members of Funeral For A Friend. As Matt puts it, “Five people on a stage, a conduit for the message and the music, delivering that to people who want to listen in, be a part of whatever it is that we're doing and being involved. It's purely about delivering the message. After 10 years of being a band, we see how much what we've done has affected people who care about our stuff. Whether it's lyrics or whatever, these songs transcend us and become something more to a lot more people. It sounds lofty I know but that’s how it feels to us when we meet the folks who dig our band and who treat these songs with so much love and respect. It blows our minds constantly.”

The first single from the album, ‘Best Friends And Hospital Beds’, will be released in the UK on November 12th, following the band’s appearance at the now sold out Vans Warped Tour UK date at London’s Alexandra Palace on November 10th.

Funeral For A Friend tour info can be found here.

More on Funeral For A Friend at this location.

Madison, Wisconsin-based vocalist Mary Zimmer — formerly of the band LUNA MORTIS (originally THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE) — has announced her long-anticipated return to the stage.

Zimmer will perform as METAL MARY AND THE HIRED GUNS — a special one-time event with a group of established musicians from the Wisconsin rock and metal scenes — on Saturday, October 13 at The Frequency in Madison.

2010 saw the breakup of the LUNA MORTIS, whose final album, "The Absence", was released via Century Media Records.

Mary's return to the stage is her first major live appearance after the dissolution of the acclaimed Madison metal outfit.

"I am hitting the stage to play with a band for the first time (other than guest appearances) since the breakup of LUNA MORTIS and I am incredibly excited to be sharing the stage with a group of amazing musicians," states Zimmer.

"There will be a lot of firsts at this show, including my first time playing in a formalized band with my sister, Emily Zimmer, on lead guitar. It's also the first time I will be playing and singing at the piano for a song or two in a live band setting.

"I am extremely excited for this event. Everyone in this band is at the absolute top of their game musically, and while it's a one-time show for us, it's going to be one of the most incredible shows we've ever played."

THE HIRED GUNS are:

Emily Zimmer (FREDDIE LEE BAND) - Guitar
Jon Liedtke (FACE OF RUIN, SHROUD OF DESPONDENCY) - Guitar
Jerry Hauppa (CONCENTRIC, NORTHLESS) - Guitar
Brian Van Wychen (WISFITS, ex-ONUS) - Drums

Additionally, a special guest appearance by Grace Meridan of the Chicago band CANDLELIT is planned.

Mary and Grace are both members of the international community of professional female singers, Eve's Apple.

Mary can be heard doing classical/operatic background vocals on the upcoming MOTIONLESS IN WHITE album "Infamous", which is due in November via Fearless Records. The album was produced by Jason Suecof, who was also responsible for production on the final LUNA MORTIS record, "The Absence".

Columbus, Ohio's LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES will release a deluxe edition of its 2011 breakthrough full-length album, "When We Don't Exist", on November 20 via Rise Records. The new edition of the CD features two new songs, one of which will be premiering on AltPress.com next week along with a new lyric video for the track. The track will be available for purchase on iTunes starting October 16.

LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES' cover of fun.'s smash hit "Some Nights" will also be featured on "Punk Goes Pop Volume 5", due out on November 5 on Fearless Records.

The rapidly emerging metalcore act recently wrapped a series of dates with THE WORD ALIVE and has toured with the likes of D.R.U.G.S., TEXAS IN JULY, HIT THE LIGHTS and SPARKS THE RESCUE. Starting October 16, the band will join labelmates and headliner MISS MAY I on The AP Tour Fall 2012 along with THE GHOST INSIDE, THE AMITY AFFLICTION and GLASS CLOUD. The trek runs through November 24.

"When We Don't Exist" deluxe edition track listing:

01. Learn Your Place (new song)
02. Shapeshifter (new song)
03. The Worst In Me
04. GNF
05. No Hope
06. You Won't Be Missed
07. Faithless Living
08. Your Existence
09. Trophy Child
10. My Own Grave
11. Something to Live For
12. Real Talk
13. Praise Feeder

LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES is:

Chris Roetter - Vocals
Aaron Evans - Bass
Zach Huston - Guitar
Eli Ford – Guitar

"Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live In Budapest" is a must–see concert experience by legends of rock QUEEN. It will be released on DVD, Blu-ray, 2CD+DVD Deluxe Edition and a 2CD+Blu-ray Deluxe Edition on November 6 in North America via Eagle Rock Entertainment.

Originally filmed in 1986, this momentous concert movie has been re-mastered in high definition and superb 5.1 Surround Sound. An amazing performance is now available to be seen in crystal clear HD clarity.

Also included on the DVD and Blu-ray is a new 25-minute documentary feature entitled "A Magic Year". This follows QUEEN from just after their historic show-stealing performance at Live Aid, London, on July 13, 1985, through the year leading up to the epic concert in Budapest. Using archive footage from rehearsals, interviews with the band in the studio and on the road during the Magic Tour — some of which has never been seen before — this fascinating feature has been specially created for this new release.
As part of the hugely successful 1986 Magic Tour that, poignantly, was the last to be played by the band with Freddie Mercury, QUEEN were for the first time able to include Hungary on the tour schedule. With three years to go before the fall of the Berlin Wall, this was the largest concert ever staged at the Népstadion, Budapest, and the first western rock concert staged in a stadium behind the then Iron Curtain. It was of such significance to the Hungarian authorities and film industry that a group of the country's top film cameramen and technicians were brought together to film it for posterity.

Staged for 80,000 ecstatic fans, the concert set includes favorite hits like "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "I Want To Break Free" and "We Are The Champions".

"We're delighted that QUEEN fans across the world will finally have the chance to relive this amazing moment for the band," said QUEEN's Brian May and Roger Taylor. "We knew a stadium concert in Budapest was ground–breaking, but hadn't quite anticipated what a historic night it would turn out to be. The concert looks fantastic on the screen in all its digitally remastered glory and the documentary does a great job of setting the scene — it really was an extraordinary time in the band's history."

DVD and Blu-ray track listing:

* One Vision
* Tie Your Mother Down
* In The Lap Of The Gods
* Seven Seas Of Rhye
* Tear It Up
* A Kind Of Magic
* Under Pressure
* Who Wants To Live Forever
* I Want To Break Free
* Guitar Solo
* Now I'm Here
* Love Of My Life
* Tavaszi Szél Vizet Áraszt
* Is This The World We Created...?
* Tutti Frutti
* Bohemian Rhapsody
* Hammer To Fall
* Crazy Little Thing Called Love
* Radio Ga Ga
* We Will Rock You
* Friends Will Be Friends
* We Are The Champions

Extras: "A Magic Year" documentary

Deluxe Package CD

CD track listing: 1

* One Vision
* Tie Your Mother Down
* In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited
* Seven Seas Of Rhye
* Tear It Up
* A Kind Of Magic
* Under Pressure
* Another One Bites The Dust
* Who Wants To Live Forever
* I Want To Break Free
* Looks Like It's Gonna Be A Good Night - Improv
* Guitar Solo
* Now I'm Here

CD track listing: 2

* Love Of My Life
* Tavaszi Szel Vizet Araszt
* Is This The World We Created...?
* (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care
* Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart)
* Tutti Frutti
* Bohemian Rhapsody
* Hammer To Fall
* Crazy Little Thing Called Love
* Radio Ga Ga
* We Will Rock You
* Friends Will Be Friends
* We Are The Champions
* God Save The Queen

Fan-filmed video footage of NIGHTWISH's October 3 performance at The Warfield in San Francisco, California can be seen below.

Dutch singer Floor Jansen (REVAMP, ex-AFTER FOREVER) made her live debut as the frontwoman of NIGHTWISH on October 1 at Showbox Sodo in Seattle, Washington.

Jansen is handling lead-vocal duties on NIGHTWISH's current North American tour after the group parted ways with Anette Olzon at the end of September.

In a blog post on her official web site at FloorJansen.com, Floor said, "It is now 10 years ago I joined NIGHTWISH on tour with AFTER FOREVER as their support act. We stayed in touch ever since and that made the whole situation so much easier and smooth."

NIGHTWISH stated about the sudden singer switch, "In recent times it has become increasingly obvious that the direction and the needs of the band were in conflict, and this has led to a division from which we cannot recover."

They added, "We are all strongly committed to this journey, this vehicle of spirit, and we are sure that this will lead to a brighter future for everyone.

"We forever remain excited about the adventures to come, and we are extremely proud of the two beautiful albums and the wonderful shows we shared together."

Olzon joined NIGHTWISH in 2007 as the replacement for Tarja Turunen after the latter was fired in 2005.

It has been over three years since PORCUPINE TREE released it's latest album, The Incident, a collection that marked another step forward in the incredible journey of the band from a solo studio project created by Steven Wilson in the late eighties, to a Grammy nominated act and one of the world's most revered live bands currently selling out arenas across the globe.

Now, Porcupine Tree is proud to announce the impending release of Octane Twisted, a double-disc live set recorded at The Rivera, Chicago, Ill. and Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, to be released in North America on November 20th via Kscope.



Octane Twisted consists of The Incident - the band's 10th studio album - live in its entirety recorded in Chicago. The second CD contains five classic Porcupine Tree tracks also recorded in Chicago, along with three highlights from the band's landmark show at Royal Albert Hall. All the songs were recorded during the tour that supported The Incident, which went Top 30 in both the US and UK in 2009.



A special edition version of Octane Twisted with a bonus DVD of the Chicago performance can be pre-ordered now at this location.

Tracklisting:

CD 1 - The Incident - Chicago:

'Occam's Razor'
'The Blind House'
'Great Expectations'
'Kneel And Disconnect'
'Drawing The Line'
'The Incident'
'Your Unpleasant Family'
'The Yellow Windows Of The Evening Train'
'Time Flies'
'Degree Zero Of Liberty'
'Octane Twisted'
'The Seance'
'Circle Of Manias'
'I Drive The Hearse'

CD2:

'Hatesong
'Russia On Ice / The Pills I'm Taking'
'Stars Die'
'Bonnie The Cat'
'Even Less'
'Dislocated Day'
'Arriving Somewhere But Not Here'

Porcupine Tree is unquestionably one of the most difficult-to-categorize and innovative bands working today. The band is fronted by Steven Wilson, who also is well-known for his work producing other artists, from Swedish progressive metal group, Opeth, to Norwegian chanteuse, Anja Garbarek.
The Incident takes the listener on a haunting, desolate, hypnotic and euphoric journey in a way only Porcupine Tree can. One of the only constants in Porcupine Tree's music is how it continues to evolve and confront the expectations of the band's fans from album to album.

Stay tuned for more information on Porcupine Tree and Octane Twisted, out this fall on Kscope.

More on Porcupine Tree at this location.

Dutch industrial black metallers CONTROL HUMAN DELETE's sophomore album, The Prime Mover, will be released in early 2013 via Code666.

Says the band: "The process of creation has been nerve-wrecking and destructive, but therefore also ended up being open minded and boundary breaking. These are the ingredients that are clearly audible on The Prime Mover: it destroys, creates, controls, and reveals. With mutual trust and confidence from both sides, Control Human Delete and Code666 decided to work together again to release The Prime Mover."
Tracklisting:

'New Replicators'
'Transporter'
'Continuous Data, Part 1'
'Continuous Data, Part 2'
'Shapeshifting'
'Earth-like Behavior'
'Recurrence'

Audio samples here.

More on Control Human Delete at this location.

Yorkshire, England-based prog doom metallers THE PROPHECY have announced that their fourth studio album, Salvation, will be released through Code666 Records.
The band had the following to say: "It's taken us a bit longer than we expected however we've finally got it finished. This album is our most focused yet and were looking forward to getting on the road with the new material."

The new album was recorded at Priory Studios, with an expected release date of January, 2013.

Another message from The Prophecy: "As part of our ongoing partnership with Code666 and in response to feedback from our fans who have found it hard to purchase our earlier albums we are also pleased to announce that The Prophecy's first two albums, Ashes and Revelations, will also soon be available to purchase in the Aural Music webstore.
More on The Prophecy at this location.

HANDFUL OF HATE, one of the oldest and most respected black metal bands in Italy, has signed a new record deal with Code666 (part of the Aural Music Group), returning after 10 years from the 2003 album ViceCrown.

2013 marks the 20th anniversary of the band, born in 1993, and Handful Of Hate is determined to publish the best album of their long career to celebrate 20 years of pure underground black metal without compromises.

Here's the official statement from the band: "Handful Of Hate is proud to announce the agreement with Code666 Records for the new album. The collaboration between Code666 and Handful Of Hate started in 2003 with the release of the ViceCrown album, nowadays considered a masterpiece and maybe the grimiest and most hateful opus from Handful Of Hate. During 2013 we'll proudly celebrate the 20 years of activity into the Underground and Code666 will take care to release or 6th album in a very special edition. Be sure that this new act of carnal scorn will be the most extreme ever in our history!"
Updates to follow. More on Handful Of Hate at this location.

Legendary MERCYFUL FATE/KING DIAMOND guitarist Michael Denner is one of the guest musicians who will perform with Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw at a special Halloweeen concert event on November 3 at Sparbankshallen in Varberg, Sweden:

Snowy's backing band will be as follows:

* Mark U Black (M.A.N., ex-DREAM EVIL, KUNG DIAMANT) - Lead Guitar
* Petter Karlsson (ex-THERION, DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA) - Drums
* Vikki Valkyrie (ex-ICE AGE, THEM SLUTS) - Bass

Snowy states: "Like last time around, I'm delighted and grateful to be joined on stage by some of the best friends from my former bands… and I'm looking forward to one helluva kick-ass performance with a specially designed Halloween theme that will make last year's performance seem like a band practice by comparison."

Shaw's live album, "Snowy Shaw Is Alive!", was released last December via iTunes. The CD was recorded during his May 27, 2011 concert at the Brew House in Gothenburg, Sweden , which saw Snowy performing "all his favorite songs" from "all his former bands" — including KING DIAMOND, NOTRE DAME, DREAM EVIL, MERCYFUL FATE, THERION, MEMENTO MORI, ILLWILL, XXX and DIMMU BORGIR — and featured guest appearances by the following musicians:

* Andy La Rocque (KING DIAMOND, ILLWILL)
* Mike Wead (BIBLEBLACK, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE)
* Hal Patino (KING DIAMOND)
* Mats Levén (THERION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TREAT, KRUX)
* Thomas Vikström (CANDLEMASS)
* Kee Marcello (EUROPE)
* Jackie Patino (a.k.a. Maryann Cotton)

Snowy's backing band consisted of the following players:

* Kristian Niemann (ex-THERION) - Lead Guitar
* Mannequin De Sade (ex-NOTRE DAME, ENGEL) - Drums
* Elvira - Bass

The "Snowy Shaw Is Alive!" artwork was created by Snowy Shaw, with illustration by Andrej Bartulovic.

Due to the "astonishing response" and many offers from festival promoters and booking agencies, Snowy has decided to postpone the release of the DVD version of the Brew House concert "with the intention of having even more material filmed and included from the upcoming shows," according to a press release.

Pennsylvania-based extreme metallers INCANTATION have recorded an exclusive track for Decibel magazine's Flexi Disc series, which is available only to subscribers.

For their contribution to Decibel, INCANTATION founder John McEntee dug into his vault and pulled up the tune "Degeneration" off the self-titled 1989 demo from his pre-INCANTATION tech-thrash band REVENANT. INCANTATION gave the song a proper reworking and the deathed-up, newly recorded version of the song will appear inside the December 2012 issue of Decibel.

Non-subscribers have until 9 a.m. on Wednesday, October 10 to visit DecibelMagazine.com to sign up in time to receive the disc.

INCANTATION is set to release the follow-up to 2006's "Primordial Decimation", a concept album entitled "Vanquish In Vengeance", this November on Listenable Records.

INCANTATION is:

Chuck Sherwood - Bass
Alex Bouks - Guitar
Kyle Severn - Drums
John McEntee - Guitar, Vocals