There is no denying: LED ZEPPELIN is one of the greatest rock bands of all time. How much would you give to go on tour with them, party with then, ride in their legendary tour jet, hang out with groupies and roadies, and experience countless live performances of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones?

Rock writer Stephen Davis got to live out every fan's dream in 1975 as he toured with the band. He took meticulous notes, interviewed the band members, and took amazing candid photos to commemorate the time to share this never-before-seen side of LED ZEPPELIN with the world… but then he lost it.

Fast forward 30 years and Stephen miraculously found the notebooks with everything from the tour… and he wants to share everything with you in his new book "LZ-'75: The Lost Chronicles of Led Zeppelin's 1975 American Tour" (on sale October 28; $22.50). The book contains:

* Lost interviews with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page
* Revelations about a rock star who moonlighted as a heroin dealer
* A show-by-show account of the 1975 tour including technical details and descriptions of how the stage (and backstage) really looked and felt
* Insider info on what really went on at the "Riot House"
* The identity of the lover in "What is and What Should Never Be" and "Black Country Woman"
* Vivid descriptions of the extravagant lifestyle that the band lead while on tour: penthouse suites, weekend trips and late night parties on The Starship

"LZ-'75" will have readers feeling like they're on the road and backstage with the band, night after night. Strap yourself in and get ready to ride on the ZEPPELIN once again.

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have officially started recording the follow-up to 2007's "Dark Passion Play". Drummer Jukka Nevalainen writes on the band's official web site, "After spending an intensive summer camp on Finnish countryside and putting a final touch to [a pre-production/demo recording of all the songs that will be featured on the CD], we started recording the drums for our next album. We gathered together [on Thursday, October 14] and set up the drums and all the recording devices. [Friday, October 15] was mostly spent just perfecting the sounds. Just like with our last album we got some back-up from Mr. Kai Hahto (SWALLOW THE SUN and WINTERSUN), who is known to be able to conjure godly sounds by tuning the drums. The legendary duet of Mikko Karmila and TeeCee Kinnunen are taking care of the engineering again. [Friday night] ended with a complete take of the first song, so the recording session has now officially started!"

Chris Holmes (guitar; ex-W.A.S.P.), Randy Piper (guitar; ANIMAL, ex-W.A.S.P.), Steve Unger (bass; ex-METAL CHURCH), Rich Lewis (vocals; ANIMAL) and Stet Howland (drums; ex-W.A.S.P.) have joined forces in a brand new band called WHERE ANGELS SUFFER (W.A.S.). The group's debut album, "Purgatory", is scheduled for release on October 31. Most of the recording sessions for the CD took place in Ft. Myers, Florida where the band comes together "to share ideas and tap the endless well of creativity their union has inspired," according to a press release.

"Purgatory" track listing:

01. Cardiac Arrest
02. Can't Stop
03. Don't Wanna Die
04. Crying Eagle
05. Unnatural High
06. Judgment Day
07. Zombie (CRANBERRIES cover)
08. Lust
09. Violent New Breed
10. Morning After
11. Eye of the Storm
12. Boom

According to The Sun, GUNS N' ROSES is facing a fine of more than $100,000 after breaking 11 p.m. concert curfews at the band's two concerts at the O2 arena in London this past week.

GUNS N' ROSES overran the curfew with both their shows (October 13 and October 14) by a total of three hours.

When LADY GAGA broke her 11 p.m. curfew at the same venue by 25 minutes last February, she was hit with a £10,000 fine — which comes out to £400 a minute.

By that calculation, GUNS N' ROSES could now be fined £72,000 (approximately $115,000).

An O2 spokesman confirmed to The Sun that the promoters would incur a cost for the late finishes.

German grindcore/death metal act MILKING THE GOATMACHINE will release its sophomore studio album, "Seven… A Dinner for One", on November 26 via the band's new label home, NoiseArt Records. The follow-up to 2009's "Back From The Goats…" is said to be a concept effort about "the wolf and the seven kids" and will contain the song "Like A Goatmachine", which is apparently a remake of the JAMES BROWN classic "Like A Sex Machine".

"Seven… A Dinner for One" track listing:

01. Seven
02. Beware Of The Wolf
03. Crunchy & Tasty
04. In Woods Of Unsuspected
05. Here Comes Uncle Wolf
06. The Black Paw
07. Ding Dong
08. Clockbox
09. The Wolf Is Dead
10. Down The Brook
11. Like A Goatmachine
12. Milk Me Up Before I Go Go
13. Cemetary Goats
14. Last Caress
15. Black Horn Sun
16. Goat On The Water

Check out a trailer for the album below.

Kristianstad, Sweden-based heavy rockers WASTELAND SKILLS have announced the addition of drummer Stefan Westerberg (CARNAL FORGE, STEEL ATTACK, WORLD BELOW, ASPERITY, 8 FOOT SATIVA) to the group's ranks. The band is currently rehearsing for upcoming shows.

WASTELAND SKILLS recently completed completed work on a six-song EP, "Beyond the Barrier". The effort wil be made available via iTunes, Spotify and other outlets in the coming days.

WASTELAND SKILLS is:

Andreas Ohlsson - Vocals
Andreas Pettersson - Guitar, Backing vocals
Fredrik Rosdahl - Bass
Fredrik Svensson - Guitar
Stefan Westerberg - Drums

On November 29, ten years after the recordings of the band's debut album, "Saviour", ANTIMATTER will release "Alternative Matter", a retrospective of another kind. This is not a standard best-of album, but a compilation of exclusively unreleased recordings and alternative versions from the archives of the band, compiled by ANTIMATTER mastermind Mick Moss with care and passion. "Alternative Matter" features demo and acoustic versions of well-known ANTIMATTER songs, live recordings, remixes, and also new recordings which have been conceived especially for this compilation. And in their entirety all these songs tell a yet unknown ANTIMATTER story.

U.D.O., the German metal band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, has issued the following update:

"The release of the new [U.D.O.] album, 'Rev-Raptor', which was initially planned for January 14, 2011 [via AFM Records] was unfortunately postponed to March 18, 2011! The reason therefor is the sadly reappearance of Stefan's [Kaufmann, guitar] strong back suffering which forced him to quit playing drums in ACCEPT back in the days. This setback hit Stefan in the middle of the recording session for the new album and forced everybody to make a longer pause now. Stefan is under medical treatment at a specialist and we all hope that he will recover soon. The show on November 6, 2010 in Augsburg where U.D.O. will be headliner in front of 9,000 expected fans at the Masters of Rock Antenne festival in the Schwabenhalle is not compromised."

As spreviously reported, 17 new songs were written for "Rev-Raptor", with 11 of them set to appear on the final product.

Norwegian vocalist Jorn Lande, who sings for power metallers MASTERPLAN and recently released a tribute album to Ronnie James Dio, has issued the following update:

"The last few months have been filled with work and new impressions, and I'm slowly getting back on track with future plans .

"The HEAVEN & HELL - Ronnie James Dio tribute concert, in Victoria Park London, was a sad experience as well as a great thing to do, and I will forever be honored and grateful for being a part of it.

"I wish to thank Tony [Iommi, guitar], Geezer [Butler, bass], Vinny [Appice, drums], Scott [Warren, keyboards], Glenn [Hughes, vocals] and everyone involved for making me feel so welcome and included. I also wish to thank all the people that were there to see the show, who embraced it for what it was, a sole tribute to the man and legend Ronnie James Dio.

"Life goes on and the wheel is turning. The next step for me this year will be to go through the Jorn live material, recorded at Sweden Rock Festival earlier this summer. We are aiming for a full-lenght live CD and DVD release in 2011, but we still have to check the footage from the show thoroughly, to find out if everything is intact and quality-wise usable for a full-length DVD production. We will know soon, and let you all know."

"There Is A Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is A Heaven, Let's Keep It A Secret", the third album from Sheffield, U.K. metallers BRING ME THE HORIZON, sold 20,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 17 on The Billboard 200 chart. As previously reported, the CD entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 13.

"Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards", the 14th studio album from Joe Satriani, sold 10,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 45 on The Billboard 200 chart. This marks the highest opening chart position ever for the Grammy-nominated guitarist.

"Axioma Ethica Odini", the eleventh studio album from progressive/psychedelic Norwegian black metallers ENSLAVED, sold around 1,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 16 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.

"Static Impulse", the new solo album from DREAM THEATER singer James LaBrie, sold around 1,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 14 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.

"Halford IV - Made Of Metal", the new album from HALFORD — the band led by JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford — sold around 3,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 160 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.

OPETH's "In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall" DVD sold 3,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 2 on Billboard's Top Music Videos chart.

"In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall" has registered the following Top Music Videos and Music DVD chart positions so far:

USA: #2
Germany: #2
Canada: #3
UK: #3
Netherlands: #6

"A Public Disservice Announcement", the brand new album from MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee's METHODS OF MAYHEM project, sold 2,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 153 on The Billboard 200 chart.

SLIPKNOT's "(sic)nesses" DVD sold 9,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 1 on Billboard's Top Music Videos chart. The disc features footage of the band's headlining appearance at the annual Download festival in the U.K., where they performed in front of 80,000 of their rabid fans.

A new video interview with bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee of the Canadian rock trio RUSH conducted by Brazil's TV UOL can be viewed below. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow.

On the next RUSH studio album:

Geddy: "The new album is still in production. We've recorded two songs so far, one of them called 'Caravan' and the other one called 'Brought Up To Believe' ['BU2B']. That's the beginning two songs of a whole kind of a concept album called 'Clockwork Angels'. We have about four other songs... five songs written, but not recorded yet. And we still have a couple of more songs that we want to write and then put the whole thing together. So I don't think the album will be ready for about a year."

On whether there will be a new DVD/CD documenting the current tour:

Geddy: "We record every night. We don't film every night but we have lots of cameras around. So invariably by the time this [tour] is finished we'll put together some sort of live representation of it. But what form that will take I'm not sure yet."

On the recent award-winning film "Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage":

Geddy: "It's a weird experience to watch that for me. First of all, I don't like to watch myself talking about myself; it's strange [and] not normal. But I was very complimented to hear the nice things that the other musicians had to say. And I was very relieved that the people that made the film had a good sense of humor, and that the sense of humor that we have in the band came through in that film. So that made me happy. And so although it's not my favorite thing to do — to watch a movie about us — I'm glad that so many people seem to enjoy it."

On November 16, Eagle Rock will unveil HEAVEN & HELL "Neon Nights". This DVD and CD release captures the historic four-man army performing at the Wacken Open Air festival on July 30, 2009. [MSRP $14.98 for DVD, $13.98 for CD, Pre-book Order Date: October 22]

On this hot summer night, vocalist Ronnie James Dio, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Vinny Appice commanded the stage, transcending the mere concept of a heavy metal concert. The strength and veracity of Dio's delivery, which has inspired three generations of metal vocalists, wrapped itself around each and every audience member. Butler's declarative bass lines, Iommi's legendary riffing, and Appice's unrelenting fills provide the forceful heartbeat behind anthems "Mob Rules", "Die Young", "Neon Knights", and namesake tune "Heaven And Hell".

The DVD also boasts 30th anniversary interviews with all four band members as a bonus feature. Personal one-on-ones are conducted with Ronnie, Tony, Geezer, and Vinny as they reflect on the making of their "Heaven And Hell" album. Additionally, the "Neon Nights" DVD has newly recorded personal tributes from Iommi, Appice, and Butler in memory of Dio.

"Neon Nights" track listing:

DVD:

01. E5150
02. The Mob Rules
03. Children Of The Sea
04. I
05. Bible Black
06. Time Machine
07. Fear
08. Falling Off The Edge of the World
09. Follow The Tears
10. Die Young
11. Heaven And Hell
12. Country Girl
13. Neon Knights

CD:

01. The Mob Rules
02. Children Of The Sea
03. I
04. Bible Black
05. Time Machine
06. Fear
07. Falling Off The Edge Of The World
08. Follow The Tears
09. Die Young
10. Heaven And Hell
11. Neon Knights