E1 Music has made a brand new BLACK LABEL SOCIETY track, "Parade Of The Dead", available for streaming in the YouTube clip below. The song, which can now be purchased on iTunes, comes off the band's new album, "Order Of The Black", which will be released in North America on August 10 via E1 Music. The CD will be made available in Europe through Roadrunner Records and in Australia and New Zealand via Riot! Entertainment.

"Order Of The Black" will feature four different CD covers — one for each territory: North America, Europe, Australia and South America/Asia.

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's longtime drummer Craig Nunenmacher recently left the band and was replaced by veteran rock skinsman Will Hunt (EVANESCENCE, STATIC-X, DARK NEW DAY, TOMMY LEE, STUCK MOJO).

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY will headline the second stage at this year's installment of Ozzy Osbourne's travelling festival, Ozzfest. This marks the band's sixth appearance on the explosive hard rock package tour.

As previously reported, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY will headline the "Black Label Berzerkus" tour this fall. The two-month North American trek will feature CLUTCH, CHILDREN OF BODOM and 2CENTS, with the first two bands sharing the main support slot.

Florida extreme metallers WYKKED WYTCH have announced the addition of Illinois-based guitar player Nate Poulson to the group's ranks. According to the band, Nate's "fresh ideas, creativity, and viciousness promise to make the [upcoming WYKKED WYTCH] album the best yet."

In other news, WYKKED WYTCH has welcomed back grummer Steve Brubaker. He previously toured with WYKKED WYTCH and performed on the 2004 album "Nefret".

WYKKED WYTCH frontwoman Ipek last month launched her weekly radio show. The program airs every Thursday from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. EST at this location.

WYKKED WYTCH is putting the finishing touches on the songwriting process for the band's fifth album, tentatively titled "Prayers Of The Decapitated", for a late 2010/early 2011 release.

WYKKED WYTCH's fourth album, "Memories of a Dying Whore", was released through the band's own label Perish Music.

Wolfgang Spahr of Billboard.biz reports that German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS have signed an exclusive publishing deal with BMG Rights Management in Berlin.

This agreement includes the rights to the current album "Sting in the Tail" (Columbia/Sony) which has already gone gold in several countries.

BMG already has 100 songs by the SCORPIONS, including the band's biggest hit, "Wind of Change".

"We believe that by signing with BMG, we have found a reliable and international partner who will help us exploit our musical works worldwide," lawyer and SCORPIONS manager Peter F. Amend said in a statement.

Hartwig Masuch, CEO BMG Rights Management, added: "We are proud that we will be working closely with one of the most successful international rock bands and especially one which also has its roots in Germany."

On May 16, Ronnie James Dio passed away and the world of music mourned the loss of the greatest voice of heavy metal.

Dio was a truly iconic figure in music, whose work with ELF, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, DIO and most recently, HEAVEN & HELL defined a genre.

HEAVEN & HELL was set to be on the road in Europe this summer when news came through that despite the amazing progress he was making Ronnie wouldn't be well enough to tour and those shows were canceled. But now, remaining members Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice are set to play a one-off show to celebrate his life and work. According to Black-Sabbath.com, the band will be completed by Glenn Hughes (BLACK SABBATH, DEEP PURPLE, TRAPEZE) and Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN) who will both contribute vocals.

Hughes was a close friend of Ronnie's for many years and performed a musical tribute at Ronnie's funeral service in Los Angeles.

Although Norwegian Jorn Lande is best known as the vocalist for power metal band MASTERPLAN, he has also released many solo albums, including a tribute to Ronnie.

The concert promises to be a fitting celebration to a man that the metal scene owes so much.

"It's going to be a very emotional occasion," said Butler in a statement.

"Ronnie loved his fans like no one else I know — and they loved him. It will be a privilege doing a gig in honor of his memory, and to help towards his charity. Above all, I hope it encourages people to have regular check-ups for this disease. Early detection is vital, and greatly improves the chance of a cure.

"I know everyone has heard that a million times before, but seeing one of your best friends die, because we all think we're immune from this disease, really brings it home.

"Do it for yourself, your family, your friends. Ronnie would be proud of you."

Tony Iommi added: "Ronnie's passing has left a huge hole. We hadn't anywhere near finished what we set out to do as a band together. He was so looking forward to the European tour and we hope this appearance will go some way to fulfilling that."

The Ronnie James Dio "Stand Up And Shout" Cancer Fund program description:

* The fund is committed to the early detection and prevention of cancer through facilitating access to medical screening and medical educational programs.

* The fund supports programs designed to integrate medical knowledge into local communities such as cancer screening programs, education on nutrition in cancer prevention, exercise and overall wellness."

* The goal of the fund is to reduce the risk of developing life threatening cancers by offering access to preventative medical services."

* Furthering the commitment for patients to access to quality medical care related to cancer, the fund seeks to assist families burdened by the cost of caring for loved ones with cancer."

Tickets for High Voltage festival are priced £135 (for weekend tickets) and £75 (for day tickets). There is no booking fee for Classic Rock Presents High Voltage tickets. Other VIP packages available alongside standard tickets from www.highvoltagefestival.com or 24hr cc ticketline 0871 230 5582.

enmark's SATURNUS have issued the following update:

"Our former label Euphonious Records/VME will re-release the first three Saturnus releases internationally on July 26th. The releases have been sold out for a while, but will now be available again in new versions.

Paradise Belongs To You (2CD) comes in digipack with all of the legendary Roskilde Festival 1997 CD as a bonus CD. For The Loveless Lonely Nights (CD) comes in digipack with 2 bonus tracks. Martyre (CD) comes in digipack with 2 bonus tracks.

The re-releases are out in Denmark already, and are available at most record stores, as well as online. We will keep you posted on where to get it from international mailorders soon."

METALLICA's June 14, 2010 performance in front of 48,000 fans on the closing day of the Rock In Rio festival in Madrid, Spain was televised on Televisión Española (TVE) (literally, Spanish Television), the national state-owned public-service television broadcaster in Spain.

You can watch footage of the concert at this location. A few of the clips are available below.

METALLICA's setlist was as follows:

01. Creeping Death
02. For Whom The Bell Tolls
03. Through The Never
04. Disposable Heroes
05. Fade To Black
06. That Was Just Your Life
07. The End Of The Line
08. Sad But True
09. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
10. Cyanide
11. One
12. Master Of Puppets
13. Fight Fire With Fire
14. Nothing Else Matters
15. Enter Sandman
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16. Am I Evil?
17. Phantom Lord
18. Seek and Destroy

Danish modern metal combo RAUNCHY will release its new album, "A Discord Electric", through Lifeforce Records on September 20 in Denmark; October 8 in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland; October 11 in the rest of Europe; and on October 12 in the U.S.

With uncompromising old-school thrash rhythms and potent electro-sounds, combining the hymns of modernity and tradition, "A Discord Electric" is the perfect metal anthem to the young and hopeless raging in a metropolis or in a redneck town all over the world.

Produced once again by long time friend Jacob Hansen, "A Discord Electric", delivers the following 12 songs of pure ecstasy and genre-defining heavy metal music:

01. Dim the Lights and Run
02. Rumors of Worship
03. Blueprints For Lost Sounds
04. NGHT PRTY
05. Street Emperor
06. Shake Your Grave
07. Tiger Crown
08. Big Truth
09. The Great Depression
10. The Yeah Thing
11. Ire Vampire
12. Gunslingers and Tombstones

Commented vocalist Kasper Thomsen: "This is by far the most experimental, the most challenging, and the most interesting album we have come up with since the beginning of the band.

"My personal take on this endeavor is quite simple actually: This album will be on the hot list when it comes out! Every member of the band has had the freedom to take things to the limits, above and beyond, and believe me, boundaries are transparent this time around, we're going totally apeshit, and you're definitely in for some big surprises with some cool guest performances by our friends in DUNÉ on the song 'Big Truth', among other exciting things."

MANOWAR and Magic Circle Entertainment have decided to honor one of metal's greatest legends with "Magic - A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio", a new CD featuring Magic Circle Music artists and friends performing some of Dio's most inspired work.

"Magic - A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio" is especially poignant because Dio hails from the same fertile upstate New York soil as MANOWAR.

"Heavy metal has lost a great artist and a true gentleman," says MANOWAR bassist Joey DeMaio. "I had the privilege of being his friend and, along with other friends and admirers, we wish to honor him."

MANOWAR contributes a powerful rendition of the BLACK SABBATH song "Heaven And Hell". JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR and the MAGIC CIRCLE ALL STAR BAND (with Shmoulik Avigal and Joe Stump) contribute the classics "Catch The Rainbow" and "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" and Ronnie's cousin and former ELF guitarist David "Rock" Feinstein delivers a song inspired and written for Dio titled "Far Beyond". The album is rounded out by several tenacious, up-and-coming bands, such as female-fronted HOLYHELL, featuring the voice of Maria Breon (called by many "the female Dio") as well as METALFORCE, AWAKEN and CROSSWIND, all of whom embrace Dio's legacy in their own inspired interpretations of his songs on "Magic".

In tribute to Dio's legacy, famous fantasy painter and illustrator Ken Kelly, the man behind many of heavy metal's most classic album covers (including some by MANOWAR) has reworked his iconic RAINBOW "Rising" artwork for "Magic".

"Magic - A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio" is from the hearts of these musicians. It is not only their privilege, but also their duty, to honor Ronnie by singing his praises while singing his songs.

"Magic - A Tribute To Ronnie James Dio" will be released on Magic Circle Music's online store Kingdom of Steel on June 18, in Germany on July 16, in the U.S. and Canada on July 20 and further international territories in the forthcoming weeks. The album will also be available at the merchandise booth of all upcoming MANOWAR live appearances, starting at the Sonisphere festival in Sofia, Bulgaria on June 23.

"Magic - A Tribute To Ronnie James Dio" track listing:

01. MANOWAR - Heaven And Hell
02. HOLYHELL - Holy Diver (Live In Norway)
03. METALFORCE - The Last In Line
04. MAGIC CIRCLE ALL STAR BAND - Long Live Rock'n Roll
05. AWAKEN - I Speed At Night
06. CROSSWIND - A Light In The Black
07. DEAN CASCIONE - Never More
08. FEINSTEIN - Far Beyond
09. HARLET - Straight Through The Heart
10. JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR - Catch The Rainbow

Finnish melodic metallers GHOST MACHINERY have inked a worldwide deal with Germany's Limb Music. The band's second album, "Out For Blood", will be released in the fall. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Blood From Stone", "Lost In Time", "Sentenced To Life (In Paradise)" and "Name Remains In History".

GHOST MACHINERY last year recruited Taage Laiho (KILPI, ALTARIA) as the band's new vocalist.

Laiho sang on two ALTARIA albums — "Divinity" and "The Fallen Empire" — and he also took part in an extensive European tour with the band in 2006.

Formed in 2002 by Pete Ahonen (BURNING POINT), GHOST MACHINERY released its debut album, "Haunting Remains", in December 2004. Since then, the band has been very active behind the scenes and the guys in the group have been in and out from the studio recording the second GHOST MACHNERY CD, "Out for Blood". Taage was able to put his "mark" on the record with his great singing as well as his lyrics.

GHOST MACHINERY is:

Taage Laiho (KILPI, ALTARIA) - Vocals
Pete Ahonen (BURNING POINT, STARGAZERY) - Guitar
Mikko Myllylä (KING'S RUIN) - Guitar
Sami Nyman - Bass
Jussi Ontero (BURNING POINT, KING'S RUIN) - Drums, Keyboards

Billboard.biz has revealed that Zakk Wylde's BLACK LABEL SOCIETY will be hitting the road this fall with CHILDREN OF BODOM and CLUTCH as supprt on the Black Label Berzerkus tour

Tim Borror at the Agency Group comments: "This is my first run working with the Black Label Society team and, not that I didn't know it already, but once you get past scratching the surface you really see how vital this band is and what a huge icon Zakk is," says Borror, who expresses confidence in a lineup that boasts "big guitar player profile" in Wylde and COB's Alexi Laiho.

"This tour has more to offer than most, and I think we have a package that is going to wake people up to what BLS and the bands Zakk chose as support are capable of doing," Borror tells Billboard.biz. "This new BLS record is incredible, and with everything that is going on with this band right now, BLS will be at their height and rising at the end 2010 leading into 2011."

German Death metallers DISBELIEF are in search for a new guitarist. Requirements from the band read as follows:

"If the following profile fits to you do not hesitate to contact us via guitaristdisbelief@online.de:

- ambition should be '(semi-)professional musician'
- live- and studio-experienced
- creative
- focus and identification on Disbelief and our music

We are looking forward to your response!!!"

Fan-filmed video footage of GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Chris Pitman falling on stage during the band's June 8, 2010 performance in Moscow, Russia can be viewed below.

In addition to Pitman and sole original member Axl Rose (vocals), the current lineup of GUNS N' ROSES includes guitarists DJ Ashba, Ron Thal and Richard Fortus, bassist Tommy Stinson, keyboardist Dizzy Reed and drummer Frank Ferrer.

GUNS N' ROSES' latest album, "Chinese Democracy", was released in November 2008 as a Best Buy exclusive, 17 years after the last all-original GUNS sets, "Use Your Illusion I" and "II". The album was a commercial disappointment, selling less than one million copies in the U.S. (according to Nielsen SoundScan) despite the long wait.

Norwegian death metallers GOAT THE HEAD have inked a deal with Aftermath Music. The band's second full-length album, "Doppelgängers", will be released on September 13 on both CD and vinyl. The record was mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen (HALFORD, BEHEMOTH, KATAKLYSM, THE HAUNTED) at his Antfarm Studio in Århus , Denmark and it "boasts 10 furious tracks exerting about every color of the metal palette," acccording to a press release.

Commented the band: "Ah, yeah, it's great to be back in business! It is with great anticipation and spirit we engage into cooperation with Aftermath Music, a label whose enthusiasm is both infectious and inspiring! Top-notch times!"

"Doppelgängers" track listing:

01. Neolithic Rocket Science
02. Uncanny Valley Clan
03. This Tube Is The Gospel
04. Salt
05. Bestial Domestication
06. The Hunt Is On (Sexy Son)
07. Reveille
08. Stirring The Enigmatic Appetite
09. The Ubiquitous Cube
10. Primal Caveman Death Metal

You can hear the opening track, "Neolithic Rocket Science", in the YouTube clip below.

There will be no less than two release parties in support of "Doppelgängers" — at Blæst in Trondheim on September 10, and at Garage in Oslo on September 11.

GOAT THE HEAD's debut album, "Simian Supremacy", was released via Tabu Recordings in October 2007.

Musically ferocious, uncouth and coarse in appearance, the Trondheim-based GOAT THE HEAD prefers to keep things "simple and organic," an attitude that is mirrored in its live shows, peppered with nudity and primitive rituals.

Bassist Henkka Seppälä (a.k.a. Henkka T. Blacksmit) of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM has issued the following update:

"So yesterday we recorded some demos for the new stuff. Jaska's [Raatikainen] drums earlier, Alexi [Laiho, guitar/vocals] and me did our share yesterday. Roope [Latvala, guitar] will be doing today.

"It's exciting!

"Couple of more months and we will start recording for real.

"Can't really wait how the new shit sounds when it's actually all done.

"While recording we will hit the festivals, which is cool.

"We never left the studio like this, in the middle of recording process, so let's see how it affects, or if it affects at all."

"Skeletons In The Closet", the latest album from CHILDREN OF BODOM, entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 9.

"Skeletons In The Closet" was released on September 23, 2009 through Spinefarm. The follow-up to 2008's "Blooddrunk" is a selection of cover versions, some of them existing recordings, others specially laid down for this release.

CHILDREN OF BODOM has been recording covers since the early days of its career, some predictably heavy ("Silent Scream" by SLAYER, for example), others reflecting an altogether broader taste ("Talk Dirty To Me" by POISON).

CHILDREN OF BODOM recently completed a month-long North American headlining tour. The 20-city trek launched on September 18 at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island and wrapped on October 14 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Support on the tour came from THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER and SKELETONWITCH.

"Kick In The Teeth", the brand new single from Californian rockers PAPA ROACH, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The song comes off the band's upcoming album, "Time For Annihilation...On The Road and On The Record", which will feature a mix of live tracks and new studio cuts. PAPA ROACH frontman Jacoby Shaddix told The Pulse of Radio why the band decided to issue a live album now. "Everybody keeps going, 'Man, you guys, you know, you guys kill it live, you guys are a great live band,' and we were like, 'You know what, it's time for us to do a live record,'" he said. "And so we wrapped up 2009, we were doing dates with SHINEDOWN, and we started recording shows towards the end of that. We got nine live songs, and then we have five studio songs, and so it's kind of like the best of both worlds."

"Perfect Weapon", the new video from theatrical dark rockers BLACK VEIL BRIDES, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Patrick Fogarty, who also helmed the band's video for "Knives and Pens" last year.

"Perfect Weapon" comes off BLACK VEIL BRIDES' debut album, "We Stitch These Wounds", which is scheduled for release on July 20 via Standby Records.

The cover art for "We Stitch These Wounds", a beautiful Victorian style painting of vocalist Andy Six stitching his infamous "wound," was created by renowned painter Richard Villa.

The band will hit the road in support of the record, headlining the Hot Topic Presents: The Sacred Ceremony Tour, along with VAMPIRES EVERYWHERE!, MODERN DAY ESCAPE and GET SCARED. The six-week trek is set to kick off in San Diego on July 2.

Delivering songs with lyrics of hope and strength, accompanied by passionate, hook-laden instrumentals, BLACK VEIL BRIDES took the rock world by the throat with its first single/video, "Knives and Pens", in the summer of 2009. The video has since been viewed more than 9.5 million times on YouTube..

With a thriving and dedicated following of fans (The Bridesmaids), and a highly trafficked MySpace profile (averaging over 10,000 plays a day), BLACK VEIL BRIDES stand out as L.A.'s lone breath of fresh air.

Das deutsche Urgestein des Gothic-Metals ist zurück ganz anders als gedacht. Wie wäre der Titel des 2005 erschienenen Doppelalbums "Ultimate Darkness" auch zu toppen gewesen? Schlicht und einfach gar nicht. Deutlich gereift und ohne dem Druck einer nach Neuerungen und kurzlebigen Modeerscheinungen lechzenden Musikindustrie nachzugeben führen DARKSEED den Hörer in die nächste Dekade Ihrer allumfassenden Dunkelheit.

Resultat dieser Entwicklung ist mit "Poison Awaits" die wohl bisher vielschichtigste Veröffentlichung von DARKSEED. Glänzend durch Aufbruch bekannter Genrestrukturen zeigen die Musiker zu was sich die dunkle Saat inzwischen entwickelt hat: Gefestigt, gestrafft und in sich ruhend zeigt sie dem gereiften Gothic eindrucksvoll den Weg von Ihren Wurzeln zur eigenen Interpretation von schwarzer Blüte. Stilistisch offener, sehnsüchtiger und mehrdimensionaler als gewohnt aber wie immer voll von Metaphern und Bildern zwischen trister Gegenwart und emotionaler Vision. "Poison Awaits" kommt am 27. Juli 2010 via Massacre Records in den Handel.

"Emptiness Unobstructed", the new video from Seattle metallers NEVERMORE, can be viewed below (courtesy of Bloody-Disgusting.com). The clip, which was filmed during the band's May 18, 2010 concert at the O2 Academy Islington in London, England, was directed by Nigel Crane, who helmed PARADISE LOST's "The Rise Of Denial" video last year for Century Media Records.

Commented NEVERMORE vocalist Warrel Dane: "Working with director Nigel Crane was a great experience.

"We spent a day walking around the white cliffs in Dover the day before the London show and we couldn't possibly be happier with the end result.

"The live part was shot at the O2 Academy Islington in London and we only performed the song twice that night so we had to make these takes count, so we went all out.

"It was pretty amazing that most of the audience knew all of the words even though we were a number of days away from the album's release.

"Thanks for checking this out and we hope you enjoy it."

DISTURBED's first single from its upcoming album "Asylum" was delivered to radio stations on Monday morning (June 14t). Titled "Another Way To Die", the track deals with some very timely subject matter, as frontman David Draiman told The Pulse of Radio. "Obviously it's referring to the global catastrophe that we know as global warming, and the effects that it continues to have on our planet, and our irresponsibility in doing what we do as a species, and our constant appetite, our constant consumption at all costs, you know, no matter what is destroyed, no matter what is laid to waste," he said. "And certainly what's happening in the Gulf now is, you know, horrific."

"Another Way To Die" goes on sale at iTunes on Tuesday (June 15).

"Asylum" will arrive in August and will follow up the group's 2008 release, "Indestructible", their fourth million-seller in a row and third No. 1 album.

DISTURBED will hit the road ahead of the album's release, and will be anchoring this summer's new Uproar Tour with AVENGED SEVENFOLD and STONE SOUR.