Slash was joined on stage by Lemmy from MOTÖRHEAD for a rendition of "Doctor Alibi" during the former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist's concert this past Monday night (April 11) at El Teatro Colegiales in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below.

Slash's setlist for the Buenos Aires show was as follows:

01. Ghost
02. Mean Bone (SLASH'S SNAKEPIT cover)
03. Sucker Train Blues (VELVET REVOLVER cover)
04. Nightrain (GUNS N' ROSES cover)
05. Rocket Queen (GUNS N' ROSES cover)
06. Civil War (GUNS N' ROSES cover)
07. Beggars & Hangers-On (SLASH'S SNAKEPIT cover)
08. Back from Cali
09. Starlight
10. Nothing to Say
11. Watch This Dave
12. Rise Today (ALTER BRIDGE cover)
13. Doctor Alibi (feat. Lemmy Kilmister)
14. My Michelle (GUNS N' ROSES cover)
15. Fall To Pieces (VELVET REVOLVER cover)
16. The Godfather Theme
17. Sweet Child o' Mine (GUNS N' ROSES cover)
18. Slither (VELVET REVOLVER cover)

Encore:

19. Mr. Brownstone (GUNS N' ROSES cover)
20. Paradise City (GUNS N' ROSES cover)

"Patterns", the new video from California metallers THE HUMAN ABSTRACT, can be viewed on the band's Facebook page (click "Patterns" on the left menu). "This was the first of two we shot in one day with director Scott Hansen," says frontman Travis Richter. "We were lucky enough to land an amazing location for the shoot at the historic Pacific Electric building located in downtown Los Angeles. It felt like the song and the setting made a perfect match for a classic performance music video."

"Patterns" comes off THE HUMAN ABSTRACT's third full-length album, "Digital Veil", which sold around 3,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 177 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD landed at position No. 5 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.

Virginia-based classic metal outfit TWISTED TOWER DIRE has completed work on its fifth full-length album, "Make It Dark", for a May 3 North American release via Italy's Cruz Del Sur Music. According to a press release, the CD is "probably the most mature album the band has written to date. With a direct approach, the band has been able to write a very compact-sounding release, made of some immediate hit songs as well as others marked with more traditional TWISTED TOWER DIRE taste. 'Make It Dark' is the sum of those elements which are the pillars of rock/metal music in general and that are so greatly expressed by the band in this release: guitar and vocal melodies above the standards, catchy refrains and most important of all, the feeling that each and every one of these songs bears the potential to become a new metal classic! Strengthened by Chris Salamone's (WHILE HEAVEN WEPT) post-studio work, it features cover art by U.K. artist Martin Hanford (SLOUGH FEG, BAL-SAGOTH, WARHAMMER)."

Swedish death metal "supergroup" BLOODBATH will release of an all-new live DVD, "Bloodbath Over Bloodstock", on April 25 via Peaceville Records. The deluxe mediabook-packaged set will feature BLOODBATH's August 2010 performance from the Bloodstock festival — one of the U.K.'s leading metal events — consisting of songs from the critically acclaimed "The Fathomless Mastery" (2008) album, as well as other classics and fan favorites. The full package will also include a 16-page booklet and a wealth of extras, featuring bonus footage taken from Germany's Party.San Open Air festival in 2008 and extensive band member interviews.

The self-titled debut album from AMARANTHE — the project featuring Olof Mörck (NIGHTRAGE, DRAGONLAND), Jake E (ex-DREAM EVIL, DREAMLAND), Andy Solveström (WITHIN Y, EVILDOER, CIPHER SYSTEM), Morten Lowe Sorensen (THE ARCANE ORDER, SUBMISSION) and Johan Andreassen (ex-ENGEL) — is available for streaming in its entirety until April 19 on the Record Shop X web site.

"Amaranthe" was released in Europe on April 13 via Spinefarm Records.

The track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. Leave Everything Behind
02. Hunger
03. 1.000.000 Lightyears
04. Automatic
05. My Transition
06. Amaranthine
07. Rain
08. Call Out My Name
09. Enter The Maze
10. Director's Cut
11. Act Of Desperation
12. Serendipity

Check out the cover artwork below

"Misery Reformatory", a brand new song from Glendale, Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY, has been released via Amazon.com and iTunes. Check out an audio sample at this location.

"Misery Reformatory" comes off JOB FOR A COWBOY's new EP, "Gloom", which was recorded at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, CHIMAIRA, DEVILDRIVER). The effort features the first new music from the band since 2009's "Ruination" LP, which landed at position No. 42 on The Billboard 200 chart. A late spring/early summer release via Metal Blade Records is expected.

Video footage of JOB FOR A COWBOY drummer Jon "Charn" Rice playing the band's new track "Signature Of Starving Power" can be viewed below.

JOB FOR A COWBOY's sophomore album, "Ruination", was named "Best Extreme Metal Album" by the readers of Guitar World magazine, beating out the latest releases from BEHEMOTH, IMMORTAL and CANNIBAL CORPSE.

"Ruination" sold around 10,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The 10-song follow-up to 2007's "Genesis" was tracked and mixed at AudioHammer with Suecof.

"Ruination" marked the JOB FOR A COWBOY recording debut of drummer Jon "Charn" Rice, who has toured with the band since the release of "Genesis".

Former EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn has been confirmed to replace ARCTURUS at ProgPower USA XII, the annual progressive and power metal festival held in Atlanta, Georgia.

ARCTURUS has issued the following statement regarding its cancellation: "ARCTURUS still suffer from hibernation sickness, and due to outdated parts we deeply regret to inform you: We are canceling ProgPower USA. This lack of maintenance is entirely our own fault, and sincere apologies go out to the promoter and all ticket holders, especially those of you who had planned to travel far."

ProgPower USA promoter Glenn Harveston adds: "I have no idea what the hell that statement means. I'm not going to try and figure it out either, as I have wasted enough time and effort on that 'band' already. In the meantime, I would like to personally thank Ihsahn for taking the slot. His professionalism in this situation is greatly appreciated."

Confirmed bands for ProgPower USA XII:

THERION **
SANCTUARY
IHSAHN **
EVERGREY (playing "In Search of Truth" in its entirety exclusively)
DREAM EVIL **
VANDEN PLAS **
LABYRINTH **
MOB RULES **
WHILE HEAVEN WEPT
POWERGLOVE
RED CIRCUIT **
VOYAGER
DARKWATER **
ELDRITCH **
HAKEN **
CREATION'S END

** U.S.-exclusive appearances

WORLD UNDER BLOOD, the melodic death metal side project featuring CKY guitarist/vocalist Deron Miller alongside Tim Yeung (MORBID ANGEL, DIVINE HERESY, VITAL REMAINS, HATE ETERNAL) on drums, Risha Eryavec (DECREPIT BIRTH) on bass, and Luke Jaeger on guitar, will release its long-awaited debut album, "Tactical", on July 26 via Nuclear Blast Records. Deron states, "[The CD is] just about done and it sounds fucking incredible."

In an early 2010 online posting, Miller stated about the WORLD UNDER BLOOD debut, "The goal for the eight original tunes that ended up on this album was that they would all be super-fast, extremely brutal and harsh, catchy, melodic, and occasionally offensive and disturbing. I also had to make sure that the entire band was satisfied with their work.

"Tim Yeung is easily the most impressive drummer in the world. He thinks that some kid is going to come along and dethrone him speed-wise, but as far as writing, arrangements, creative input and immediate knowledge of song structure, he will never be beat. It's like the guy can read my mind. I present a somewhat intricate song to him and 50 minutes later we're demoed and done."

"Tactical" tentative track listing (not final sequence):

* Dead And Still In Pain
* Under The Autumn Low
* A God Among The Waste
* Pyro-Compulsive
* I Can't Stand His Name
* Into The Arms Of Cruelty
* Revere's Tears
* Purgatory Dormitory
* Wake Up Dead (MEGADETH cover; bonus track)
* Alliance Or War (MALEVOLENT CREATION cover; bonus track)

Guitarist-turned-producer James Murphy, who worked on "Tactical", previously stated about the project, "WORLD UNDER BLOOD bridge a gap between genres that has never been bridged.... a few have tried with mixed results, but this is the first real resounding success of fusing brutal, blasting death metal with a melodic American rock vibe and it opens a door that will turn into a floodgate... I'm very happy to have been picked by Deron to mix this project ... he really pulls it together on this one musically and Tim's performance is stellar as well."

WORLD UNDER BLOOD is:

* Deron Miller (CKY) - Guitar/Vocals
* Tim Yeung (DIVINE HERESY, VITAL REMAINS, HATE ETERNAL) - Drums
* Risha Eryavec (DECREPIT BIRTH) - Bass
* Luke Jaeger - Guitar

U.K. tech metal act CYANIDE SERENITY has recruited Travis Neal (DIVINE HERESY) as its new singer.

Commented the band: "We are incredibly delighted to announce Travis as our new singer. We are hoping this will be the end of constant changing of vocalists, we have a lot of bad luck in this area and hope we can move on without any more setbacks. Travis is an exceptional singer and has an incredible scream. He is the ideal candidate alongside Matt and we cannot wait to hit the stage with him!"

CYANIDE SERENITY will re-record its 2011 album, "Consume Me", next month with Travis. The CD's title track can be streamed in the YouTube clip below.

CYANIDE SERENITY will make its third trip to India from April 14 until May 8, to be followed by a string of dates in Sri Lanka. The band will be the first international band to do such a long Indian tour, which will span seven cities — Chennai, Kerla, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore — as well as the first international act to play Kerla and the first U.K. artist to play in Sri Lanka. While in India, the band will also perform at the Deccan Rock Festival in Hyderbad on May 7 with DECAPITATED, SYBREED and NERVECELL.

Texas-based mythological occult metal trio ABSU is hard at work on "Abzu", the follow-up to the band’s 2009 self-titled album. The new CD is being tracked at Nomad Recording Studio in Carrollton, Texas and will be mixed by J.T. Longoria (KING DIAMOND, SOLITUDE AETERNUS).

Commented drummer/vocalist/lyricist Proscriptor: "The entire rhythm section has been successfully tracked and all that remains are mellotron passages and vocal lines. Before attempting the final mix, we plan to transfer the rhythm section onto two-inch tape to thaw out its digital timbre. With this record, we are appending dirtier elements of psychedelia and fusion. Lyrically, it will descend deeper into Enki's lower world as well the Enochian Magic(k) System." He added, "I can tell you this album will definitely not be a 'natural progression' from previous releases, but a feat of metaphysical conquest and murkiness."

"Abzu" is the second of a three-part series that features ABSU's signature sound in maniacal fashion. Having recently completed a string of American dates with IMMORTAL, the band, featuring guitarist Vis Crom and bassist/vocalist Ezezu, performed a cross section of its extensive catalog to enthusiastic audiences. ABSU sold out of merchandise well before the six-date journey concluded in San Antonio late February.

Planned for release later this year, "Abzu" will tap the expertise of Polish artist Zbigniew Bielak (WATAIN, DESTROYER 666) and Costin Chioreanu (AVA INFERI, GRAVE, DEMONICAL) to assemble the album's packaging. "In the past, we have utilized the talents of Belgium artist Kris Verwimp," said Proscriptor, "but now we're aesthetically detouring into more mystifying, Thelemic realms: musically and lyrically."

Legendary gore metal pioneers NECROPHAGIA will release their new album, "Deathtrip 69", on May 17 (one day earlier internationally) via Season Of Mist. The band's fifth official full-length CD, which features guest appearances by Maniac (SKITLIV, ex-MAYHEM) and Casey Chaos (AMEN), was recorded at Last House On The Left Studios in Ohio with vocalist Killjoy and guitarist Boris Randall handling production duties. The cover concept and title track are based on the "Manson family" ordeal of the late 1960s.

"Deathtrip 69" track listing:

01. Naturan Demonto
02. Beast With Feral Claws
03. Tomb With A View
04. Suffering Comes in Sixes
05. A Funeral For Solange
06. Kyra
07. Bleeding Eyes Of The Eternally Damned
08. Trick R' Treat (The Last Halloween)
09. Deathtrip 69
10. Death Valley 69

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) will release "Deconstruction" and "Ghost" — the third and fourth in a series of albums to be made available under DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT moniker — on June 21 (one day earlier internationally) via InsideOut Music.

"Deconstruction" and "Ghost" will complete his tetralogy album concept — a great journey through Devin's different states of musical moods — which he started in 2009 with the albums "Addicted" (2009) and "Ki" (2009).

Townsend tapped Jens Bogren (OPETH, KATATONIA, PARADISE LOST, BLOODBATH) to mix "Deconstruction". The sessions took place late last month at Fascination Street studio in Örebro, Sweden. The CD features guest appearances by a number of well-known metal musicians as well as two drummers — Ryan Van Poederooyen (TERROR SYNDROME, THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND) for the "crushing stuff," and Dirk Verbeuren (SOILWORK, SCARVE, ABORTED) for the "inhuman stuff."

"Deconstruction" track listing:

01. Praise The Lowered (6:02)
02. Stand (9:36)
03. Juula (3:46)
04. Planet Of The Apes (10:59)
05. Summera (6:37)
06. The Mighty Masturbator (16:28)
07. Pandemic (3:29)
08. Deconstruction (9:27)
09. Poltergeist (4:25)

"Deconstruction" guest musicians:

* Mikael Åkerfeldt (OPETH, BLOODBATH)
* Ihsahn (EMPEROR)
* Tommy Rogers (BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME)
* Joe Duplantier (GOJIRA)
* Greg Puciato (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN)
* Floor Jansen (AFTER FOREVER, REVAMP)
* Oderus Urungus (GWAR)
* Paul Masvidal (CYNIC)
* Fredrik Thordendal (MESHUGGAH)

"Ghost" track listing:

01. Fly (4:15)
02. Heart Baby (5:55)
03. Feather (11:30)
04. Kawaii (2:52)
05. Ghost (6:24)
06. Blackberry (4:53)
07. Monsoon (4:37)
08. Dark Matters (1:57)
09. Texada (9:30)
10. Seams (4:04)
11. Infinite Ocean (8:01)
12. As You Were (8:47)

Less than a year after he joined the band, bassist Hal Patino (KING DIAMOND) has announced his departure from Danish hard rockers PRETTY MAIDS. He tells BLABBERMOUTH.NET in an e-mail, "I want to thank everybody for their fantastic support in the past year. Further statement (explanation) on my leaving PRETTY MAIDS will be given shortly." He adds, "2011/2012, I will be busy working/playing with MARYANN COTTON [the band fronted by Hal's son. — Ed.] and KING DIAMOND. Next month I'll be doing four shows in New York and one in Gothenburg, Sweden."

In other news, Patino will perform with the KING DIAMOND tribute band THEM at the following shows:

May 13 - The Crazy Donkey, Farmingdale NY (supporting FASTER PUSSYCAT)
May 14 - Dingbatz, Clifton, NJ
May 19 - The Gramercy Theater, New York, NY
May 20 - The Chance Theater, Poughkeepsie, NY

Patino made his live debut with PRETTY MAIDS on May 8, 2010 in Aalborg, Denmark.

PRETTY MAIDS' latest album, "Pandemonium", was released on June 8, 2010 in the U.S. via Frontiers Records.

The second in a series of trailers for "You Only Live Twice", the seventh album from PAIN, the Swedish industrial metal outfit led by musician and producer Peter Tägtgren, can be viewed below. The CD will be released on June 3 via Nuclear Blast Records.

"You Only Live Twice" final track listing:

01. Let Me Out
02. Feed The Demons
03. The Great Pretender
04. You Only Live Twice
05. Dirty Woman
06. We Want More
07. Leave Me Alone
08. Monster
09. Season Of The Reaper

Multinational heavy metallers POWERWOLF have finished recording their as-yet-untitled fourth album. This time the pack invaded none less than five studios and two churches to get their latest metal hymns in shape!

In total, more than 70 people participated in the genesis of the follow-up to 2009's "Bible Of The Beast". Guitarist Matthew Greywolf comments: "Halelujah, it's done! After countless days of struggle, we have finally finished the work on the upcoming album. Still hard to believe the recording-crusade has come to an end — but holding the result in hands we feel more than proud and satisfied. We can promise you a goddamn great piece of wolfish metal insanity!"

The new POWERWOLF CD will be released in July — right in time for the band's live celebrations at Germany's Summer Breeze and Slovenia's Metalcamp festivals.

BLOOD MORTIZED — the Swedish death metal band featuring former AMON AMARTH guitarist Anders "Hansson" Biazzi (who played on AMON AMARTH's first two albums, 1996's "Sorrow Throughout The Nine Worlds" and 1998's "Once Sent From The Golden Hall") and CRYPT OF KERBEROS drummer Mattias Borgh — has inked a deal with Chaos Records for the release of the group's "Bestial" EP. The effort was recorded, mixed, mastered and produced by drummer Mattias Borgh at Underworld Recording in Sweden. The four-song EP features artwork by Thomas Kynst and Daniel Devilish and is slated for a June/July 2011 release on both CD and vinyl format.

Commented Borgh: "We are very pleased to work with Chaos Records on this release. They are the perfect label for this EP and we can't wait for the underground monsters around the globe to able to get their filthy hands on the equally filthy 'Bestial' EP!"

"Bestial" EP track listing:

01. Bestial
02. Of Dust and Doom
03. Shadows of the Quarter Sun
04. Rekviem

Seattle progressive rockers QUEENSRŸCHE will release their twelfth studio album, "Dedicated To Chaos", on June 28 in North America via Loud & Proud Records, a Roadrunner Records imprint focusing on established artists. The band is currently planning a tour in support of the new opus, which was recorded in the group's hometown and produced by Kelly Gray.

Check out the CD cover artwork below.

When asked about the overall musical direction of the material on "Dedicated To Chaos", Tate recently told Paul Anthony of U.K.'s Rock Radio, "It's kind of like an 'Empire' record set 25 years in the future. [Laughs] It's a very listenable record, I think. I think people will find it interesting to listen to on headphones, especially. There's a lot going on with it. And there's definitely an emphasis on the rhythm section. Eddie [Jackson, bass] and Scott [Rockenfield, drums] have written a lot of the songs on this particular record, so it really showcases what they do, which is something very special."

He added, "This record is definitely a boundary-pusher in a lot of respects, I think. It's always difficult to describe music; it's better to experience it. So I'll let people hear it and make up their own minds."

In a 2010 interview with Attention Deficit Delirium, QUEENSRŸCHE drummer Scott Rockenfield revealed that the band's upcoming CD is taking the quintet in some new directions.

"I add a lot of film score elements or sound effects [into my drum work], especially on the new thing we’re working on right now," Rockenfield said. "Geoff and I have really spent a lot of time together redesigning the QUEENSRŸCHE thing, which you're going to love. It's huge rock but with a great dance vibe to it, real modern dance. It's kind of like 'Rage' ['For Order'] through a time tunnel, bringing it into the now. There are a lot of electronic elements to it. It's a big rock thing that is going to have a lot of color to it — it's good and really intense."

Regarding whether the new QUEENSRŸCHE album is a conceptual effort, Tate said, "In a sense, it is. It's a very contemporary record.

He continued, "'Empire' was a record of the time. Rock music was really the music of the times in 1990. Unfortunately, rock music isn't the music of the times anymore — it's very underground.

"What we're doing with this record is we're taking the 'Empire' song structure, in a sense, where it's very strong songs, very melodic, but we kind of restructured the rhythm section, and Scott's done an amazing job on restructuring that — him and Eddie [Jackson, bass] have just really gone to town, and they've made it very contemporary-sounding.

"These days, in comparison to the old days, people used to sit in their houses and listen to music right in the front room on their stereo system. People don't do that anymore. They plug in and they're mobile and they're moving and they're doing stuff and the music, they're listening to it as they're doing stuff. This music has that feel. It's very contemporary in the sense that it's very rhythmatic. The rhythm structure kind of reflects the way modern life is — we're all busy, we're all doing stuff. And Scott being the incredible drummer that he is, the various time signatures, the feel of the record, it's now — it's very, very now."

Finnish metal/hard rock outfit AMORAL has completed work on its fifth studio album. "Beneath" was recorded at Sound Supreme studios in Hämeenlinna, Finland, and was produced by Janne Saksa and guitarist Ben Varon. The CD will be released in late 2011, with the first single out by the beginning of summer.

"I'd describe the album as 'three steps forward, one step back,'" says Varon. "There are several nods to our past in form of long songs, intricate riffs and growling vocals. But the main focus is still on the strong melodies, big choruses and catchy riffs, just as was on our last album, 'Show Your Colors'."

"Beneath" marks the recording debut of AMORAL's new guitarist Masi Hukari. Hukari — who joined the group late in the songwriting process — immediately wrote two songs together with Varon, both which ended up on the album. Another first is that, from now on, AMORAL has two lead guitar players.

"Masi is such a talent, it would have been a crime to make him 'just' the rhythm guitarist," Ben explains. "It's been killer to be able to do lead trade-off for the first time in the band's history, for example. Masi is responsible for many of the guitar highlights of the album."

The band documented the recording of "Beneath" in their studio blog, which was updated daily during the session. You can check out the blog at this location.

AMORAL will end its months-long break from playing live by doing a one-off show at On The Rocks in Helsinki on June 3. The idea is to break in the new guitarist, as well as try out several brand new songs onstage for the first time.

PAUL McCARTNEY has hooked up his son JAMES with THE CURE in a dream collaboration for the lad.

That's got to make up for all those years of Macca saying "cool" and "man" in front of his son's mates.

The BEATLES legend is making a new album featuring covers of his own solo material and WINGS tracks.

Paul has been asking famous mates to contribute to the record, but is also keen to have the next generation of musical McCartneys on board.

A source said: "James was over the moon at playing with The Cure. He's always been a big fan. They all went into a studio in Sussex and hung out together.

"Over the years, ROBERT SMITH and Macca's paths have crossed countless times and he is chuffed having The Cure pay tribute to him."

Other artists contributing to the covers album include KISS and BILLY JOEL.