Hamburg, Germany-based record label Remedy Records is putting together a W.A.S.P. tribute album, entitled "The Crimson Covers - A Tribute To W.A.S.P." The collection will most likely be released this winter as a limited-edition two-CD set for the price of a normal CD. The cover artwork (see below) was created by the acclaimed Romanian graphic artist Costin Chioreanu, who has previously worked with such bands as CENTINEX, DECREPIT SPECTRE, DEMONICAL, GRAVE and THUNDERSTORM.

"The Crimson Covers - A Tribute To W.A.S.P." will feature contributions from the following artists:

5TH SONIC BRIGADE (SE)
ABIGAIL (RO)
ADORNED BROOD (DE)
AGAMENDON (DE)
ALIENATION (DE)
BLACK DESTINY (DE)
BURNING POINT (FI)
COLD COLOURS (US)
CUSTARD (DE)
DEKADENT (SI)
FIRE (DE)
GODS OF HATE (DE)
GWYLLION (BE)
HAZY HAMLET (BR)
INGRIMM (DE)
KNEIPENTERRORISTEN (DE)
LONEWOLF (FR)
THE CHUCKIES (SE)
THE CLAYMORE (DE)
THE RUGGED (ES)
THORN (BR)
TORMENT (DE)
TRAGEDIAN (DE)
V8 WANKERS (DE)
VYKYNG (US)
WARHEAD (DE)

Agence France Presse reports that German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS are among 55 world celebrities who have joined in recording a song to draw attention to the global warming crisis, organizers said on Monday.

The song is part of a mass media campaign on the threats of climate change organized by the Geneva-based Global Humanitarian Forum, headed by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan.

The song entitled "Beds'r Burning", which was originally recorded by the Australian group MIDNIGHT OIL in the 1980s, can be downloaded from the Internet for free and will be presented to the public at a launch in Paris on October 1.

"The Altar Of Trust", the new video from the French metal band ANTHROPIA, can be viewed here. The song comes off the group's latest album, "The Chain Reaction", which was released in France in February through Adarca Records. The CD was recorded on the French riviera at Artmusic Studio, mixed by Francois Merle of MANIGANCE, and mastered by Tommy Hansen (HELLOWEEN, PRETTY MAIDS, JORN) at Jailhouse Studios in Denmark.

"The Chain Reaction" track listing:

01. Incarnation (Prologue)
02. A New Self
03. Whipping Soul
04. The Torn Off Wing Of The Butterfly
05. Take Me Home
06. The Night At The Opera
07. The Altar Of Trust
08. Those Days Are Always Rainy
09. Trinity (The New Consensus)
10. The Tree Of Life
11. Breeze In The Leaves (Epilogue)

ADAGIO keyboardist Kevin Codfert makes a guest appearance on "The Chain Reaction".

ANTHROPIA last year parted ways with Magna Carta Records, the label which released the band's 2006 effort, "The Ereyn Chronicles: Part 1 - The Journey of Beginnings".

Finnish gothic metallers TO/DIE/FOR entered the studio on August 6 to begin recording their sixth album, tentatively due in early 2010. Vocalist Jape Perätalo writes on the band's MySpace page, "At the moment there is guitars recorded for four songs. We decided to finish these 'four chosen ones' first because there's some deals we are handling right now, and the other side of the contract needs also something to listen soon.

"This is the first time when TO/DIE/FOR also signs a management contract. Hopefully it helps the band to concentrate only for making and playing music.

"Most of the guitars will be played by Krisse on the new album. He is not a band member. He is doing this as a session musician and he is Tonmi's [Lillman; TO/DIE/FOR drummer] friend from Helsinki.

"We still do not know who will be TO/DIE/FOR guitarist in future, but now we have 'one' who could be."

Songtitles set to appear on TO/DIE/FOR's forthcoming CD include "Angelica" and "End In Tears".

Currently unsigned, TO/DIE/FOR plans to release its next album through the band's own company. Peratalo explained, "We are not gonna look for any record label for releasing this album! All we need is find right labels which we could sign license deals with. Now it seems that licenses for Russian, Japan and Finland are already in our hands. And I am looking for new license deals all the time. So... things will happen mainly through our own company."

TO/DIE/FOR's fifth album, "Wounds Wide Open", was released in Finland in October 2006. The follow-up to 2005's "IV" was recorded by Samu Oittinen at Fantom Studios and by Jari-Jukka Nippala at Sonic Image, and was mixed at Sweden's Abyss Studios by Peter Tägtgren (DIMMU BORGIR, CELTIC FROST).

"Download pain, it's time to plug my hate" DEXY CORP_ is the new rising IndustrialRock-hope from France. Intense brutality has ever been used by many bands as an accoustic stylistic device. But most of them used this to such an extent that it got more and more a banalized and boring phrase. DEXY CORP_ managed it to re-invent this brutality for themselves in order to raise the bar in the IndustrialRock genre. But they do not rest on their laurels - they go one step further. Uncompromising songs with a skillfully done songwriting and use of instrument do not just invite the listener - they wrest him from his world into a completely new and strange universe in which dreadful and menacing future visions merge with a cold and categorical rejection of today's society. Ultra heavy industrial guitars and vertiginous arrangements will not leave any time to rest and dwarf everything else before.

Whoever admires bands like Die Krupps, Ministry or KMFDM will love DEXY CORP_! But be careful: Use at own risk!

"Fragmentation'' will be released on Black Rain and available September 30th, 2009.

01. overlord
02. proselytes
03. a needle in each arm
04. anhédonie
05. beat me
06. faceless
07. dark bliss
08. lie is life
09. incandescent world
10. ghost connection
11. death plastic surgery
+ ghost track

Metal Blade Records has set an October 13 release date for the reissues of KING DIAMOND's "The Spider's Lullabye" and "The Graveyard" albums. Both LPs were remastered by KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque and each title includes bonus material that purchasers will be able to obtain digitally. Both "The Spider's Lullabye" and "The Graveyard" will include live "bootleg" versions (with video footage) of the following songs: "The Spider's Lullabye" from the album of the same name, and "Trick Or Treat" and "Up From The Grave" from "The Graveyard".

"Andy La Rocque re-mastered both records and you can really hear more details and sounds that I remember recording but didn't come through in the original mastering," said KING DIAMOND singer/namesake. "The records have much more bottom end this time around. There's even more details and clarity than the original version and you'll hear things you've never heard before in both releases. Andy did a great job re-mastering and improving these albums above and beyond my expectations. The artwork has also been completely redone for 'Spiders' and 'Graveyard' and is just amazing. I did not expect them to come out this good and am just completely thrilled with the result.

"We originally were going to include bonus footage on the albums as a CD-ROM, but the sound and video quality was going to suffer tremendously and that is just unacceptable. Instead, the bonus footage is going to be available for download to those who purchase the albums. The video downloads will be available in multiple formats so everyone can see them."

It has also been confirmed that two KING DIAMOND songs — "Welcome Home" and "Cremation" — will appear on the upcoming Brütal Legend videogame, scheduled for release in October.

Progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER have just released the "Wither" (cover) EP via online retailers.

The track listing for the effort is as follows:

01. Wither (Album Version) (5:25)
02. Wither (Piano Version) (5:07)
03. Wither (John Petrucci Vocal Demo) (5:24)
04. The Best of Times (Mike Portnoy Vocal Demo) (13:04)

Track 1 taken from the album "Black Clouds and Silver Linings"
Track 2-4 previously unreleased

DREAM THEATER's new album, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", sold 40,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 6 on The Billboard 200 chart.

DREAM THEATER's last CD, "Systematic Chaos", opened with 36,000 units in 2007 to enter The Billboard 200 chart at No. 19. 2005's "Octavarium" premiered with 27,000 copies to debut at No. 36.

In addition to the standard-version CD, DREAM THEATER's tenth studio album, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", was also made available on vinyl LP, as well as a three-disc, special-edition CD that includes the full album, a CD of instrumental mixes of the album and a CD of six cover songs.

Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY will release a new album, "The Root Of All Evil", on September 28 in Europe and October 6 in North America via Century Media Records. This special collection features re-recorded versions of songs from the band's first three LPs — "Black Earth" (1996), "Stigmata" (1998) and "Burning Bridges" (1999). Acclaimed British producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, TESTAMENT, EXODUS) mixed and mastered the CD, which was recorded at a few different locations in Sweden and produced by ARCH ENEMY with Daniel Erlandsson and Rickard Bengtsson handling the engineering.

The Japanese edition of "The Root Of All Evil", which will be made available on September 30, will feature five bonus tracks, including cover versions of "Wings Of Tomorrow" (EUROPE) and "Walk In The Shadows" (QUEENSRŸCHE).

The details for the album's limited-edition CD were recently revealed: Apart from a very special "mediabook" packaging, it features three additional live bonus tracks, alternate artwork, an extended booklet and an exclusive patch as additional gimmick!

Here is the track listing for the Japanese version of "The Root Of All Evil":

01. The Root Of All Evil (intro)
02. Beast Of Man
03. The Immortal
04. Diva Satanica
05. Demonic Science
06. Bury Me An Angel
07. Dead Inside
08. Dark Insanity
09. Pilgrim
10. Demoniality (instrumental)
11. Transmigration Macabre
12. Silverwing
13. Bridge Of Destiny

Bonus tracks:

14. Wings Of Tomorrow (EUROPE cover)
15. Walk In The Shadows (QUEENSRŸCHE cover)
16. Bury Me An Angel (live) *
17. The Immortal (live) *
18. Bridge Of Destiny (live) *

* also included on limited-edition "mediabook" CD version

In a bizarre show of appreciation, a fan attending HAIL!'s concert last night (Saturday, September 12) in Stockholm, Sweden bit the leg of the band's frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens (also of YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR; ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) while the group was on stage performing its headlining set. "It is true," Owens confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET. "He was singing and got so excited, he grabbed my leg and bit it. Then I kicked him and hit him in the head. Hahahaha! He was a big fan, though, so I didn't let them kick him out and it was fine... Funny... The other fans did grab him. I thought he was gonna get killed... Hahahah! But it was all good."

HAIL! is the new all-star project featuring Owens, guitarist Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA), bassist David Ellefson (F5, MEGADETH) and drummer Roy Mayorga (STONE SOUR, SOULFLY).

SLAYER's "World Painted Blood", the band's highly-anticipated new album set for a November 3 release (American Recordings), will initially ship with four special collector's edition CD covers. Each of the four covers will display one-fourth of a provocative continental map illustrated with human skulls and bones; when placed together, the four images form a complete and grisly map of the world. (See images below.)

All four of the initial CD packages will include a special blood-red, see-through top panel with the map displayed beneath it.

The "World Painted Blood Deluxe Edition" will have its own special layout of the map cover art and will be in a double-digipak housed in a blood-red, see-through plastic sleeve. The "Deluxe Edition" will include the "World Painted Blood" CD, the "Playing With Dolls" DVD, a 20-minute animated graphic novel featuring music from the album (including part of a new non-album song), and an expanded booklet.

"World Painted Blood" track listing:

01. World Painted Blood
02. Unit 731
03. Snuff
04. Beauty Through Order
05. Hate Worldwide
06. Public Display Of Dismemberment
07. Human Strain
08. Americon
09. Psychopathy Red
10. Playing With Dolls
11. Not Of This God

Audio samples of all the tracks that appear on "Babylon" (cover), the new album from U.S. rockers W.A.S.P., are available at Amazon.co.uk. Due on October 12 through Global Music (via Demolition Records), the CD is themed around biblical visions of "The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse," and is described in a press release as "a metal masterpiece that will make fans both old and new craving for more."

The track listing for the album is as follows:

01. Crazy
02. Live To Die Another Day
03. Babylon's Burning
04. Burn
05. Into The Fire
06. Thunder Red
07. Seas Of Fire
08. Godless Run
09. Promised Land

W.A.S.P. will be touring extensively throughout Europe this autumn/winter in support of the new CD.

W.A.S.P. last year completed the European and North American legs of "The Crimson Idol Tour", which kicked off on October 26, 2007 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The band performed the 1992 album in its entirety while never-before-seen video footage was being shown throughout the show. After a short break the group returned for another a 30-minute set of W.A.S.P. classics.

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen has has recorded three songs for a Finnish Christmas album, produced by Olli Ahvenlahti. According to Turunen, this is "a charity project for missionary workers in Finland and it is going to be released in the beginning of November in Finland."

In other news, Tarja has been busy writing new songs for her new solo album with Johnny Andrews. She says, "We wrote a song few months ago when I was in L.A. and now we did it again in Finland."

She continues, "The biggest difference with 'My Winter Storm' [Tarja's first solo album] probably is that at that time, we recorded all the songs that I was happy with. And we had no leftovers! Everything went into the album, one way of another. But now, the feeling is a bit different. Having so much material to choose from is making things difficult… Is a new and nice challenge. Is quite hard to leave songs out of the album as all the songs have a special meaning to me."

Turunen has announced the lineup of her band for the "Final Storm Tour 2009", which is scheduled to kick off on September 19 at the Elf Fantasy Fair in Arcen, Netherlands. It is as follows:

* Tarja Turunen - Voice
* Mike Terrana (MASTERPLAN, SAVAGE CIRCUS, RAGE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) - Drums
* Christian Kretschmar (SCHILLER) - Keyboards
* Oliver Holzwarth (BLIND GUARDIAN, SIEGES EVEN) - Bass
* Alex Scholpp (FARMER BOYS) - Guitar
* Max Lilja (HEVEIN, APOCALYPTICA) - Cello

Guitarist Christofer Malmström of Swedish thrashers DARKANE has issued the following update:

"DARKANE has had some time off during the summer while Peter Wildoer [drums] has been busy touring with PESTILENCE. We played the Roskilde festival in Denmark and the Brutal Assault festival in the Czech Republic this summer, and they both felt very successful.

"Next up is the Underground thrash festival in Oslo, Norway on October 10th. We are also working on a very cool tour pretty far away from where we live, but it will be official when its 100% confirmed.

"During the summer Peter, Klas [Ideberg, guitar] and I have come with ideas and riffs for the next album, and Jens [Broman, vocals] has written some lyrics. We have now started to gather together and put our ideas into actual songs. We are very eager to start recording the next album, and I think we have come up with some very cool stuff so far."

SAVAGE CIRCUS, the multinational project featuring Jens Karlsson (vocals; PERSUADER), Emil Norberg (lead guitar; PERSUADER), Piet Sielck (guitar, bass, backing vocals; IRON SAVIOR) and Mike Terrana (drums; AXEL RUDI PELL, RAGE, YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN, MASTERPLAN), will release its long-awaited second album, "Of Doom And Death", on October 23 via Dockyard 1 Records. According to a press release, the follow-up to 2005's "Dreamland Manor" "shows all trademarks of [its predecessor]. Progressive and powerful songwriting combined with elaborate arrangements, tons of melodies and harmonies, raging guitars rounded up with the trademark vocals towering on the music. From speed monsters such as the title track, 'Of Doom And Death', to the majestic 'Ballad Of Susan', SAVAGE CIRCUS created an album with all the varieties one would expect and beyond.

"Of Doom And Death" (cover) track listing:

01. Of Doom And Death
02. The Ordeal
03. Devil's Spawn
04. Chasing The Rainbow
05. Empire
06. Ballad Of Susan
07. Legend Of Leto II
08. From The Ashes
09. Dreamland

A pre-production/demo version of the song "The Ordeal" is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.

SAVAGE CIRCUS' current lineup:

Jens Carlsson (lead vocals)
Emil Norberg (guitar)
Piet Sielck (guitar, backing vocals)
Yenz Leonhardt (bass guitar, backing vocals)
Mike Terrana (drums, percussion)

Fangoria.com recently conducted an interview with Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, SEPULTURA). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

Fangoria.com: There was talk that SOULFLY was getting ready to do a new record, how's that coming along?

Cavalera: Little by little. Right now we're just getting some of the ideas together with some of the songs I composed while on tour over the past two years. We've got bits and pieces, lot's of riffs and things, but we'll begin seriously working on it at the beginning of November when we get off the road. We'll get right into the studio and start recording.

Fangoria.com: Will you be testing out some of the new ideas on the tour?

Cavalera: We might. It all depends on how much time we get for sound check during the first couple of shows. If we get enough time we can probably bash one out.

Fangoria.com: You're jumping right into this tour after coming out of a string of CAVALERA CONSPIRACY shows, and everyone is wondering if we'll see a second album come out of that project.

Cavalera: I don't have any plans right now, but maybe later on. I did some shows with that and they were awesome. We did some shows in Europe and Japan with really great crowd reaction. They were really into the album and they know it a lot more now. The way the CAVALERA operates is that we do some shows here and there — not often but for special occasions. We like to keep it like that, and it's cool to get together with Igor for awhile and then get right back to SOULFLY.

Fangoria.com: On the upcoming SOULFLY tour, you're bringing out some bands like PRONG for example. Did you have a hand in choosing who you'd be bringing out this time?

Cavalera: We had those bands come up in a list of bands we wanted to tour with, and I've always loved PRONG from back in the 90's and CATTLE DECAPITATION is one of the newer bands I've really been liking so they both accepted and I think we're going to have a lot of fun! I'm really looking forward to playing with them.

Fangoria.com: Back to music, you said that you'd be jumping back into the studio right after the tour. How long does it normally take you to track a new record, and when can we expect to hear some new SOULFLY?

Cavalera: Recording will be November and December, so it should be the beginning of next year. That's about how long it'll take to get the mixing, mastering, and artwork done. We're recording in California this time, and it will be mixed in England. Once all the parts are in place we'll set a release date. It's still a little bit of time.

Fangoria.com: Is the same lineup from the last album in place with Bobby, Marc, and Joe?

Cavalera: It's the same lineup. I actually didn't plan on it, but I've become really comfortable with those guys. Marc [Rizzo, guitar] gets better on each album, and there's a really good friendship within the band. It wasn't planned, but we're all friends now so it's the same lineup since 2005.

Former MAJESTY guitarist Björn Daigger (also known for his work with CIVILIZATION ONE and R:I:P) has joined the German rock/metal band GLOOMBALL. The group, which recently signed a deal with Sony Publishing, is currently working on new material.

GLOOMBALL's most recent last lineup included former MYSTIC CIRCLE bassist/vocalist Graf von Beelzebub.

Audio samples are available on the band's MySpace page.

MAJESTY split up in 2008. The group's third and final album, entitled "Hellforces", was released in February 2006 via Massacre Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Reign in Glory" was produced by Stefan Kaufmann (former ACCEPT drummer, current U.D.O. guitarist).

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN have now officially confirmed that they have parted ways with guitarist Glen Alvelais and have replaced him with Steve Smyth (TESTAMENT, NEVERMORE).

Commented the group in a statement: "Throughout the years, FORBIDDEN has had many great players contributing to the music. In 2008 we came together for the first time in 12 years for a short reunion tour that included Russ Anderson on vocals, Craig Locicero and Glen Alvalais on guitar, Matt Camacho on bass, Mark Hernandez and the great Gene Hoglan on drums. Even [original FORBIDDEN drummer] Paul Bostaph [formerly of SLAYER and EXODUS; now in TESTAMENT] sat in for three shows. Of course, we will never forget all of the amazing work that [former FORBIDDEN members] Tim Calvert [guitar] and Steve Jacobs [drums] brought to the table even though they could not be a part of this reunion. Everyone was equally invaluable through out the history of FORBIDDEN, though the core of the band on every record has always been Russ, Matt and Craig.

"After the shows were completed in 2008, four of us were motivated and inspired enough to start working together closely and create music once again. A conscious decision was made to continue moving forward and write a new FORBIDDEN album, our first in 13 years! After many conversations and soul-searching we decided on the following lineup to accomplish this...

"We would like to proudly announce that the lineup for this album and all of our upcoming shows are Russ Anderson, Craig Locicero, Steve Smyth, Matt Camacho, and Mark Hernandez. That being said, the reunion is now over and the future of FORBIDDEN has begun. Mark and Steve are officially members of FORBIDDEN!

"We are extremely excited about Steve Smyth joining us for our newest chapter! Steve has been jamming and writing with us already and is a perfect complement to the new material. The chemistry between the five of us has been a real inspiration, Steve is just the fresh blood we needed to carry out such an endeavor. Yes, the new material will be what you would want and expect with more then a few surprises. It will absolutely be FORBIDDEN.... evil and twisted!!! Not far down the road, new music will do our talking."

Steve Smyth (pictured below) said of his addition to the FORBIDDEN lineup: "I am very happy to have been invited to join FORBIDDEN! Having been a longtime fan of the band, it's great to have been presented the opportunity to perform with them, like at the Thrash of the Titans show in 2001. I look forward to touring in the near future with Craig, Matt, Russ and Mark, and also to have a hand in the creation of a new album with such a talented and creative bunch of individuals. Let's tear it up!"

FORBIDDEN's new drummer, Mark Hernandez, has previously played with HEATHEN, DEFIANCE, RE:IGNITION, VIO-LENCE, TORQUE, TECHNOCRACY and SOCIAL UNREST.

The band's last studio LP, "Green", was released in 1997 on the G.U.N. label.

Professionally filmed video footage of FORBIDDEN's June 28, 2008 performance at the Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium can be viewed here.

The awakening of Xentrifuge began in 2005 eventually bringing the well recieved debut album "Light extinguished" on NoiTekk Records in 2007.

Now, 2 years in the making, Xentrifuge is reborn and unleashes the followup to "Light extinguished" with their latest arsenal of audio weaponry known as "Converting infinity". Xentrifuge has built "Converting infinity" with high energy, raw emotion, and pure rage resulting in a innovative form of Dark Power EBM. Combining harsh synths, crushing noise, tormenting vocals with brutal beats all set in a cold dark atmosphere, "Converting infinity'' delivers to the dance floor and the moshpit alike. From the opening track "Dormant" the listener is given the sense that mankind is lost and fallen. This topic along with self annihilation, curse of religion and many other dark realities are echoed throughout the album till the final track "Immune". Xentrifuge's "Converting Infinity" is made of relentless Harsh Industrial built to please all fans of Hard edge electronic music. Xentrifuge continues to wage war against an already dying future.

Released on Noitekk and available September 30th, 2009.
01. Dormant
02. Into descent
03. Pathogen
04. Strain
05. Black horizon
06. Error seven
07. Watch you burn
08. Penance
09. Converting infinity
10. Immune

The video for "Check My Brain", the first official single from ALICE IN CHAINS much-anticipated new album, "Black Gives Way To Blue", can be viewed here. (Note: The video stream may not be available to some non-U.S. residents.) The clip, which was helmed by U2 and WHITE STRIPES video director Alex Courtes, will be shown today (MOnday, September 14) on MTV2 at 6 a.m., and air again at 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 3 a.m., 4 a.m., and 5 a.m.

The premiere starts on MTVu at 6 a.m. and continues throughout the day.

The video has homepage placement on MTV2.com, MTVu.com and MTVmusic.com as well.

Regarding "Black Gives Way To Blue", new ALICE IN CHAINS singer William DuVall told The Flint Journal, "I think you can expect a really dense, really heavy but really ethereal and cathartic sonic experience.

"We took our time with this record. There was certainly no shortage of thoughts and feelings to address with everything that's gone down. It's a snapshot of our journey from early 2006 to this point right now. It's the story of our coming together. It's also the story of a band that is both celebrating its legacy but also opening the door to the future, and mourning the loss of a friend, one of the great singers of all time, Layne Staley. But it really is a testament to for every door that closes, there's another one that opens, if you chose to open it. They lost somebody but they also gained somebody."

Norwegian metallers TOMORROW'S OUTLOOK have recorded a song with former HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske. Entitled "The Ethereal Dream", it is said to be "not a heavy track, but there are some rocking parts with high vocals." Two different versions of this song will appear on the band's debut, "34613" — the original, which features the talents of Mike Gorham, while the "Kiske version" will be added as a bonus track.

TOMORROW'S OUTLOOK's album, which has no release date yet, will also feature a LIZZY BORDEN cover with Graham Bonnet (MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, ALCATRAZZ, RAINBOW) on vocals. This song will also appear on "Baptized In Blood: A True Metal Tribute To Lizzy Borden", which will be released soon via Metallic Arch Angel Records.

"Baptized In Blood" track listing":

01. DEADLY BLESSING (USA) - "Notorious"
02. CYPHER SEER (USA) - "Hell Is For Heroes"
03. SILENCE (USA) - "Ultra Violence"
04. LIGEIA (GER) - "Eyes Of A Stranger"
05. SOLEMNITY (GER) - "There Will Be Blood Tonight"
06. TOMORROW'S OUTLOOK (NOR) - "Red Rum"
07. STRONGHOLD (USA) - "Visions"
08. FAITH FACTOR (USA) - "American Metal"
09. OCTOBER 31 (USA) - "Give Em The Axe"
10. EMISSARY (USA) - "No Time To Lose"
11. TIMELORD (USA) - "Rod Of Iron"
12. HOUNDS OF HELL (USA) - "Me Against The World"

Swiss metallers SYBREED have posted two new songs — "Doomsday Party" and "I Am Ultraviolence" — on their MySpace page. Both cuts come off the band's third album, "The Pulse of Awakening", which will be released via Listenable Records on the following dates:

Nov. 16 - Switzerland, France, Benelux, UK
Nov. 20 - Germany
Nov. 23 - Rest of Europe

The U.S. release is planned for January/February 2010.

The CD was mixed and mastered by Rhys Fulber (FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY, FEAR FACTORY, PARADISE LOST), and it is said to sound "immense." The vocals and the drums for the follow-up to 2007's "Antares" were laid down at the SDF studios in Lausanne, while the guitar and bass were tracked at the Drone studio in Geneva. The cover artwork (see below) was handled by Seth from SEPTICFLESH.

According to the band, "The Pulse Of Awakening" will feature such songs as "Nomenklatura", which is being described as "a groovy, technical and hypnotic piece of industrial metal"; "Electronegative", which is "equally technical but with an intense 'right-in-ya-face,' down-to-up-tempo pace"; and "Doomsday Party", which "sounds like the illegitimate progeny of EBM beats, synth-pop melodies and metal riffing."

"The Pulse Of Awakening" track listing:

01. Nomenklatura
02. A.E.O.N.
03. Doomsday Party
04. Human Black Box
05. KillJoy
06. I Am Ultraviolence
07. Electronegative
08. In The Cold Light
09. Lucifer Effect
10. Love Like Blood
11. Meridian A.D.
12. From Zero To Nothing

Finnish metallers SAATTUE have posted a new song, "Vapahtaja", on their MySpace page. The video for the track, which was directed by Matti Salminen, can be viewed below.

"Vapahtaja" features special guest appearances by Alexi Laiho (CHILDREN OF BODOM) on guitar solo, Pasi Koskinen (AJATTARA) on backing vocals and Aapo Romu (VANGUARD) on cello. The song comes off SAATTUE's sophomore album, "Vuoroveri", which is scheduled for release on October 21 via Spikefarm Records. The CD will include "eight works of heavy, dark and multi-dimensional saatto metal," according to a press release.

"Vuoroveri" was recorded at D-Studio in Klaukkala, Finland with producer Jarno Hänninen and was mastered at Finnvox Studio by Mika Jussila.

"Vuoroveri" track listing:

01. Vapahtaja (Saviour)
02. Luopio (Apostate)
03. Evoluution Kruunu (The Crown Of Evolution)
04. Itsensä Herra (His Own Master)
05. Synnistä Syntynyt (Born Out Of Sin)
06. Taakka (A Burden)
07. Verenperimä (Heritage Of Blood)
08. Häpeän Linnut (Birds Of Shame)