Vocalist Bruce Dickinson of British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN has told Daily Star that the band will make "at least one more album" to follow last year's acclaimed "The Final Frontier".

Dickinson revealed that the bandmembers often struggle during the songwriting process, explaining: "We try to keep things on an even keel. Being English, we still have some reserve when we're communicating ideas to each other.

"[In the old days] we'd have a stand-up knock-down fight about anything. But we know each other better now and people do mellow."

He added, "[When it's time to write an album] we go off on our own, scribble ideas into our notebooks and come back to throw everything into the melting pot.

"We know the boundaries of what we can do musically.

"We're not the kind of band who could say, 'Hey, let's do an album with Kanye West,' because that wouldn’t interest MAIDEN fans at all.

"Things have been going a bit more prog-rock on our recent albums and the fans seem to love that."

EUROPE's Live At Shepherd's Bush, London DVD+CD will be released in Japan on September 14th.

Live At Shepherd's Bush, London's main feature is a concert filmed at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire in London, England on February 19th, 2011. It was released elsewhere on DVD and Blu-ray on June 15th, 2011. Both the DVD and Blu-ray editions include an extra CD that includes the same concert, except for three songs due to time constraints.

Tracklisting:

'Last Look At Eden'
'The Beast'
'Rock The Night'
'Scream Of Anger'
'No Stone Unturned'
'Carrie'
'The Getaway Plan'
Guitar Feature: 'The Loner' (tribute to GARY MOORE)
'Seventh Sign'
'New Love In Town'
'Love Is Not The Enemy'
'More Than Meets The Eye'
Drum Feature: William Tell Overture
'Always The Pretenders'
'Start From The Dark'
'Superstitious'
'Doghouse'
'The Final Countdown'

DVD & Blu-Ray bonus features:
*Live photo gallery

* Live footage from Stockholm Ice Sadium Hovet - December 28th, 2009:
'Prelude/Last Look At Eden'
'Love Is Not The Enemy'
'Superstitious'
'Gonna Get Ready'
'Scream Of Anger'
'No Stone Unturned'
'Carrie' (on Blu-Ray only)
'Start From The Dark' (on Blu-Ray only)
'New Love In Town'
'Let The Good Times Rock' (on Blu-Ray only)
'Cherokee' (on Blu-Ray only)
'The Beast'
'Seven Doors Hotel' (on Blu-Ray only)

*Live footage from Gröna Lund in Stockholm - September 17th 2010:
'Last Look At Eden'
Guitar Feature
'Seventh Sign'
'Start From The Dark'

*Live photo gallery
Documentary: interviews and rehearsals (on Blu-Ray only)

*Music videos:
'Last Look At Eden'
'New Love In Town'

Live bonus CD:
'Prelude'
'Last Look At Eden'
'The Beast'
'Rock The Night'
'Scream Of Anger'
'No Stone Unturned'
'Carrie'
'The Getaway Plan'
'Seventh Sign'
'New Love In Town'
'Love Is Not The Enemy'
'More Than Meets The Eye'
'Always The Pretenders'
'Start From The Dark'
'Superstitious'
'The Final Countdown'

COHEED AND CAMBRIA has released the following statement:

"After a lot of thought, introspection and discussion, COHEED AND CAMBRIA will be continuing our journey without bassist Michael Todd. We have spoken to him and this is a mutual decision between both parties. Michael was a great contributor; our hearts go out to his family and to all those who appreciate his talents. We wish him nothing but the very best.

"We are currently writing and recording songs for a new album, as well as a couple compilations this fall. We are very excited about how the songs are shaping up and can’t wait to share them with you.

"We'd like to thank Wes Styles for filling in for the live gigs in the interim, including the upcoming South America and Mexico shows. A belated thanks to Rob Gill for covering in Boston; and the biggest thank you to all of you for your unwavering support.

"A new chapter awaits."

Eagle Rock Entertainment has announced the August 16th release of four double-discs of the deepest of DEEP PURPLE’s onstage action: Scandinavian Nights, In Concert 1970-1972, Live In London and MK III: The Final Concerts.

Scandinavian Nights, from 1970, features the most classic of Purple lineups, lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, keyboardist Jon Lord, vocalist Ian Gillan, drummer Ian Paice and bassist Roger Glover. Recorded for Swedish radio while on tour in support of their groundbreaking In Rock album, the band, a well-oiled machine of epic proportions, rips through elongated versions of 'Speed King', 'Into The Fire', 'Child In Time', 'Wring That Neck', a cover of the ROLLING STONES’ 'Paint It Black' (as a Paice drum solo), 'Mandrake Root' and 'Black Night'.

The same lineup In Concert 1970-1972 recorded two shows for the BBC. The 1970 gig is four songs stretched out to almost 50 minutes in true DP style like no other band ever - 'Speed King', 'Child In Time', 'Wring That Neck' and 'Mandrake Root'. In the ’72 concert, they performed every song off their classic Machinehead album (except 'Pictures Of Home') including a 21-minute version of 'Space Truckin''.

This is the first time Live In London has been released in North America on CD. Complete with new frontman David Coverdale and new bassist Glenn Hughes (essentially giving the band two lead singers), the band were back home in London in 1974 performing in support of the Burn album. The band, indeed, burned through the title track, 'Might Just Take Your Life', 'Lay Down Stay Down', 'Mistreated', 'Smoke On The Water' and, on Disc #2, 'You Fool No One' and 'Space Truckin’'.

A year later, with no idea its lead guitarist and co-founding member Ritchie Blackmore had already decided to leave the band, Deep Purple, with Coverdale and Hughes now solidly entrenched and performing magnificently, embarked on a European tour in support of Stormbringer. MK III The Final Concerts excitingly documents Blackmore’s swan song with the band on 'Burn', 'Stormbringer', 'Gypsy', 'Lady Double Dealer', 'Mistreated', 'Smoke On The Water', 'You Fool No One', 'Space Truckin’', 'Going Down/Highway Star', and alternate versions of 'Mistreated' and 'You Fool No One'.

Storming The Base tweeted out a message that caught our attention. In the tweet the shop links to a new album by Fernthal, "Universal Lover". Fernthal is actually the project of Johnnie Clapper, better known as a founding member of the goth/industrial label Trisol. The album is out on Premium Records.

The new album is described as first class synth-rock and features contributions from Lore and Helmut Newton, and the limited edition features mixes by Attrition, Rotersand, Dope Stars Inc., Perfidious Words, and demo tracks. This Limited Deluxe double CD comes in a 8-page unfolding Digipak with 28-page booklet including all lyrics, plus a double sided poster.

The album is announced by no less than 24 videos, which you can find over here.

On September 27, British heavy metal legends SAXON will release their 19th studio album, "Call To Arms", in North America via UDR Music/EMI, and the following day will launch a Stateside tour.

The digipack version of "Call To Arms" includes a glorious bonus — a free seven-track CD, "Live At Donington 1980".

"Call To Arms" track listing:

01. Hammer Of The Gods
02. Back In '79
03. Surviving Against The Odds
04. Mists Of Avalon
05. Call To Arms
06. Chasing The Bullet
07. Afterburner
08. When Doomsday Comes (Hybrid Theory)
09. No Rest For The Wicked
10. Ballad Of The Working Man
11. Call To Arms - Orchestral Version

Digipack bonus feature:

Live At Donington 1980 (remixed and remastered from original multitrack tape)

01. Motorcycle Man
02. Still Fit To Boogie
03. Freeway Mad
04. Backs To The Wall
05. Wheels Of Steel
06. Bap Shu Ap
07. 747 (Strangers In The Night)

Monopoly: AC/DC Collector's Edition celebrates the rock 'n' roll dream with some of the greatest rock music of the 20th century and beyond. This completely customized game features the band's most popular albums and locations including "Black Ice", "Stiff Upper Lip", AC/DC Lane and more, allowing fans to build their own AC/DC empire.

Includes six custom tokens: Cannon, Bundle of Dynamite, Bell on Fire, Lightning Bolt, Angus’s School Boy Hat, Stacks of Cash.

Ages 8+, 2-6 players.

Available now directly from the official AC/DC store where you can also find an exclusive "Monopoly: AC/DC Collector's Edition/Live At River Plate" bundle (DVD or Blu-ray) with commemorative t-shirt. Each order will also include a limited edition 2x3' poster, available exclusively to fans who order through ACDC.com. Poster supplies are limited, order now and reserve yours!

The official video teaser for "The Age Of Hell", the new album from Cleveland, Ohio metallers CHIMAIRA, can be seen below. The CD is due in the U.S. on August 16 via eOne Music; in Germany on August 26; and in the United Kingdom, Australia and the rest of Europe on August 29 through Long Branch Records.

"The Age of Hell" track listing:

01. The Age Of Hell
02. Clockwork
03. Losing My Mind
04. Time Is Running Out
05. Year Of The Snake
06. Beyond The Grave
07. Born In Blood (feat. Phil Bozeman)
08. Stoma
09. Powerless
10. Trigger Finger
11. Scapegoat
12. Samsara (feat. Emil Werstler)

Swiss hard rockers GOTTHARD will release a live album entitled "Homegrown - Alive In Lugano" on September 30 via Nuclear Blast Records. On September 2, a previously unreleased track entitled "The Train", featuring the band's late singer Steve Lee on vocals, will be made available.

"Homegrown - Alive In Lugano" contains a live recording of GOTTHARD's July 17, 2010 concert in Lugano, which turned out to be one of the band's last performances with Lee.

Steve was killed on October 5, 2010 in what has been described as a freak road accident in Nevada. Due to Lee's sudden passing, the CD's release was postponed — until now.

"Lugano was where it all began and so the circle is closed of all that we've experienced with our friend Steve Lee," comments GOTTHARD bassist Marc Lynn.

"The memories of the past 20 years on stage with Steve are brought again to life intensively with this album. They reflect the memorable times that we were able to enjoy on the Mount Olympus of rock 'n' roll."

The concert in Lugano took place during a local HOG Rally, a big annual event organized by Harley-Davidson bikers. Being able to play for the Harley circle in the band's hometown was an unforgettable experience. All the GOTTHARD musicians are enthusiastic Harley-Davidson bikers themselves and perform at such events and take part in rallies at every opportunity they get. In addition, "Homegrown" was one of the very few concerts GOTTHARD got to play in its hometown.

"Steve was warmer and more cheerful than he had been in a long time," GOTTHARD guitarist Freddy Scherer said. "The chemistry between him and the audience couldn't have been more intense, despite the fact that there were more than 20,000 people standing on the piazza. It is a stroke of good luck that we recorded this memorable concert, for unfortunately it was one of the last ones with Steve."

"Music has allowed us to travel round the whole world together during the last 20 years," GOTTHARD guitarist Leo Leoni explains. "In doing so, we've shared lots of unforgettable moments that rank among the best times of our lives. Anyhow, returning to Lugano has always been something special. It's the place we belong to and where we have strong and deep roots."

"Homegrown - Alive In Lugano" marks the end of an era for GOTTHARD, which is currently searching for a new lead singer.

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen is once again collaborating with Swedish songwriters/producers Erik Nyholm, Matthias Lindblom and Anders Wollbeck on material for her next solo album, tentatively due in 2012.

Nyholm previously collaborated with Turunen on the songs "Rivers Of Lust" and "Sing For Me" while Lindblom and Wollbeck worked on "I Walk Alone" and "In For A Kill".

Commented Turunen: "It's been a great summer so far. I have been able to be creative besides the shows that we are doing and that make me happy.

"Some days ago I met Erik in Finland and we wrote a couple of very nice songs together. . . Now when we sat down together, very different kind of songs were born unexpectedly and that was really cool.

"The songs I wrote so far are very different in spirit: about eagles, killers, dreams, love, journeys, colors, and darkness.

"I already sense that the new album will have a more positive vibe than the previous ones and it'll rock!"

Part fantasy, part weaver of magic, part willow the wisp: singer and song writer Candice Night releases her debut solo single, "Call It Love". The single is the first taste of Night's first solo adult contemporary album, "Reflections", set for release on September 27. "Call It Love" is now available for purchase on iTunes.

Commenting on "Call It Love", Night states, "So many people are so afraid of the word 'love.' It's all-consuming, life-changing and can leave you so open and vulnerable that saying 'I love you' for the first time can be a scary moment. We hide behind so many other words to describe the emotion: fate, a dream, luck that we met the right one... but once you give in and surrender to the truth of being in love, there is a comfort and a warmth of completion that doesn't come until you give yourself fully to that incredible feeling of being in love. And there is nothing else like it."

Night was born and raised on Long Island, New York, and is often dubbed "one of the most beautiful women in the world" by the international media. She is frequently identified as a mix of Karen Carpenter's voice and a young Stevie Nicks, for her flowing skirts, but her ethereal voice and lyrics are all her own. As a frontwoman for the band BLACKMORE'S NIGHT, she also plays seven medieval instruments on stage, lending to the excitement and mysticism of the music of her group.

Night sang background for DEEP PURPLE in 1993; and on RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW CD "Stranger In Us All", she co-wrote four songs. She received a gold record in Japan for her co-writing efforts and one of her songs, "Black Masquerade", was chosen as "Best Song Of The Year" in 1995. Her song "Ariel" won accolades in Europe and charted at #2, as well as being the official German soccer song, and "Black Masquerade" was #1 in Japan.

Night is the lead singer and writes all the lyrics for the songs for her current group BLACKMORE'S NIGHT. Their first album, "Shadow Of The Moon", earned Night a second gold record in 1997. Since then, she has been awarded gold records and other many international awards for her writing and performances in BLACKMORE'S NIGHT. In addition, Night has appeared on a PBS special. The most recent BLACKMORE'S NIGHT album, "Autumn Sky", entered the Billboard New Age chart at No. 1. Many celebrities have gathered to see Night perform live in concert, including Sarah Brightman, Cuba Gooding Jr. and many others.

Night is now releasing her first solo project, "Reflections", which is an adult contemporary album that showcases a different side to her extraordinary talent and voice. "Reflections" is emanated from Night's personal experiences as a woman, devoted mother and musician.

Allow yourself a chance to get lost in the passions, the mysteries, and the ever-changing kaleidoscope of Candice Night — reflected in her vocals, her lyrics and her music.

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will release their new album, "The Hunter", on September 27. The follow-up to 2009's "Crack The Skye" will be MASTODON's third studio CD to be made available on Reprise Records in the U.S. and Canada and the band's first to be issued through Roadrunner Records outside of North America.

"The Hunter" track listing:

01. Black Tongue
02. Curl Of The Burl
03. Blasteroid
04. Stargasm
05. Octopus Has No Friends
06. All The Heavy Lifting
07. The Hunter
08. Dry Bone Valley
09. Thickening
10. Creature Lives
11. Spectrelight
12. Bedazzled Fingernails
13. The Sparrow
14. The Ruiner (limited-edition bonus track)
15. Deathbound (limited-edition bonus track)

TRIVIUM guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy and GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin, whose respective bands are currently on the road with DISTURBED as part of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour, spoke to Artisan News about the speculation regarding DISTURBED's future, which DISTURBED singer David Draiman started last month when he hinted that the group's current tour could be its last for a while — if not for good.

When asked if he has heard grumblings about a DISTURBED split on the Mayhem tour, Heafy said, "As tours go, it's like high school, so anytime you hear anything, it spreads like wildfire and it always changes up a little bit. But I've said to the guys in the band myself, even last night, and I'll say it here… The world needs that band. We're big fans of them, we look up to them. I don't know what's going on, I don't know what the deal. I'm sure it's a lot of rumor-mill stuff and there's some stuff… No one really knows what's going on but them. They're one of the best bands in what they do. There's so many other bands that are gonna try to take that, and they're the kings at it — they can actually play and sing what they make. There's so many bands that can't do that, there's so many bands that can't perform what they say they can on their records. And DISTURBED are an amazing bunch of guys. They treated us better on [the recent] Australian [leg of the 'Music As A Weapon'] tour than any band's ever treated us. So [I] at least [hope] for them to stay around so they can keep bringing us out."

"(Won't Go) Home", a brand new song from the Finnish metal/hard rock outfit AMORAL, can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. The track comes off the band's new album, "Beneath", which is scheduled for release in October.

Whereas the CD's first single, "Same Difference", leaned towards hard rock, "(Won't Go) Home", with its riff-oriented structure and growling vocals, represents the heavier side of the new LP.

"'(Won't Go) Home' is a heavy and technical track through and through," singer Ari Koivunen said. "Masi's [Hukari, guitar] Indian-flavored solo is also one of my favorites. Vocal-wise, this song was the hardest to pull off, as my voice was pretty blown after two weeks of singing in the studio. I ended up recording the vocals by myself during the small hours, and I'm very happy with the results."

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA will release a concert DVD, "Live In Finland", on October 28. The set will include the band's entire April 15, 2011 performance at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland as well as a bonus disc containing four songs that were filmed at the band's own festival on August 8, 2009 in Kemi, Finland. Also featured on the DVD will be SONTA ARCTICA's promotional videos for the songs "Don't Say A Word", "Paid In Full" and "Flag In The Ground" as well as a photo gallery and behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the DVD. There will also be a bonus CD containing eight songs that were recorded at the Kemi festival concert.

Commented SONATA ARCTICA keyboardist Henrik "Lance" Klingenberg: "It's been a very hot summer here in Finland, and while most people headed to the beach, we've been working our asses off editing and compiling our new DVD.

"This time around we wanted to give you a show from our home country Finland.

"The main show was filmed at the Teatria club in Oulu, Finland, last April. It showcases SONATA ARCTICA towards the end of 'The Days Of Grays' world tour, which started back in 2009.

"We played a total of over 180 shows in almost 40 countries during the tour.

"This will be a two-DVD release with lots of bonuses. We'll have tour documentaries, making-ofs as well as music videos and bonus songs from our very own Sonata Arctica Open Air festival, held in our hometown Kemi in August 2009.

"Whether you missed us or checked us out during this world tour, this DVD will be the complete guide to what we've been up to these past two years.

"I'm sure you all will enjoy watching this DVD as much as we've enjoyed making it.

"'The Days Of Grays' world tour has been absolutely fantastic and I'm very happy that we've managed to capture all the ups and downs on film. You'll know what I'm talking about when we get this monster package out!"

"The Days Of Grays", the latest album from SONATA ARCTICA, sold around 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No. 19 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.