According to TMZ, Kyle Pavone, vocalist for the Michigan metalcore act WE CAME AS ROMANS, was found lying on the floor unconscious in his bathroom just feet away from a used syringe before dying of an accidental overdose.

Kyle's girlfriend told cops he had gone into the bathroom at his home for a long time, and when she went to check on him, she found him unconscious. The police report, which we obtained, says the syringe was found on the counter of the bathroom sink. Police say the girlfriend also revealed Kyle had struggled in the past with heroin use.

TMZ also obtained audio of the girlfriend's 911 call in which she describes finding him unresponsive. She then gets instructions on performing CPR.

According to the police report, EMTs gave Kyle a shot of Narcan after finding a pulse. He was rushed to the hospital where he went into cardiac arrest, and was eventually pronounced dead.

A toxicology report is still pending.

TMZ originally reported that Kyle was transported to a Michigan hospital on August 19 and pronounced dead six days later, on August 25.

WE CAME AS ROMANS' fifth album, "Cold Like War", was released last October through SharpTone Records.

A week before his death, Pavone tweeted, "Will i be remembered or will i be lost in loving eyes," a lyric from the song "Promise Me" from "Cold Like War".

Pavone joined WE CAME AS ROMANS in 2008 as vocalist and keyboardist and appeared on all five of the band's albums. Their 2013 LP, "Tracing Back Roots", peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 chart.

WE CAME AS ROMANS was scheduled to embark on a U.S. tour in September as the support act for BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE.

Richard Bateman, bassist for Florida metal legends NASTY SAVAGE, died from a heart attack on Wednesday, September 5.

NASTY SAVAGE guitarist David Austin said that he was "absolutely devastated" by the passing of his longtime friend and bandmate. He added in a Facebook post: "[The] extraordinary bass playing that he did with NASTY SAVAGE, especially 'Penetration Point' [1989], I can't even put it into words.

"I hope the metal community will surround his family with open arms and give them the comfort that they need at this moment and time.

"I'm completely shocked.

"Love you, Richard.

"May he rest in peace, genuine loving person and extraordinary bass player, to say the least."

NASTY SAVAGE rose to popularity in the mid-1980s primarily due to lead vocalist "Nasty" Ronnie Galetti's over-the-top stage performances (in early shows Ronnie would smash television sets over his head). After landing a deal with Metal Blade Records, the band released three full-length albums and an EP between 1985 and 1989. NASTY SAVAGE split up a short time later and played some reunion shows in the late 1990s before officially reforming in late 2002.

NASTY SAVAGE's "comeback" album, "Psycho Psycho", was released in Europe in March 2004 through Metal Blade Records. The CD contained 12 songs in total, including a new version of the demo classic "Savage Desire".

It is with deep sadness to announce Richard Bateman has passed away today . We are all devastated. God Bless his family God Bless Richard Bateman. RIP BrotherPosted by Nasty Savage on Wednesday, September 5, 2018

My longtime friend Richard Bateman has passed away from a heart attack, absolutely devastated, extraordinary bass...Posted by David Austin on Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Ernie Ball's latest "String Theory" episode features MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist Mick Mars. In the clip below, Mars dives into his early inspirations, his creative process, and how he gets his signature tone with Ernie Ball strings. He also talks about his upcoming solo release, saying: "When I come out with my solo project, my first record will give me a key to that door I need to open. I'm definitely gonna lose some fans, because it doesn't sound like my old band. If it does well, then I know I can go another further, another further, another further, and keep reinventing. I wanna keep evolving, keep moving, keep that motivation going. When you stop learning, [you] might as well just put your guitar down."

Back in 2016, Mars released snippets of two solo songs, apparently called "Gimme Blood" and "Shake The Cage". The tracks, which were recorded at Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, also featured former MÖTLEY CRÜE singer John Corabi, who appeared on the band's 1994 self-titled album.

During a March 2014 appearance on Eddie Trunk's show "Trunk Nation" on SiriusXM's Hair Nation, Mars stated about his solo plans: "I can honestly say that I am going to release at least an EP. As far as a whole album right now, I won't release a whole album till I think every single one of my songs is an 'A' song. And I've got a shitload of songs, and they're all 'B' songs, 'C' songs… I'll give them to, like, baby bands coming up, TV commercials, movies, soundtracks, whatever the heck, but I will not put them on my record until I believe in my heart that they're 'A' songs, that when you hear them, you have to have all of them. You know what I mean? No fillers. If I hear a filler in there or anything I think is a filler? No. But then, who am I to judge? Then you release singles."

"String Theory" features a selection of Ernie Ball's most innovative and influential brand ambassadors as they talk about the sonic origins of their tone and playing styles. Other episodes have featured notable guitar players Butch Walker, Joe Bonamassa and Mike Herrera. Created and produced by Ernie Ball, the series is filmed in the home studios where artists can pick up their guitars and demonstrate skills and tricks they'e learned on their lifelong exploration of the guitar.

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH frontman Ivan Moody says that he has been sober for a little over half a year.

Moody opened up about his struggles with alcohol addiction during a brand new interview with the WEBN radio station.

Saying that it's been "seven months" since he stopped drinking, Moody admitted that he was "back and forth for a while; I'd do three months, then relapse." He added: "Recovery, you have to be commited; it's an honest program, and I wasn't being honest with myself at the time. I'm very, very proud of the progress I've made."

Moody went on to credit several of his friends and musical peers with helping him get through some of his darker moments. "Rob Halford [JUDAS PRIEST] is the person that I called a lot of the time when I was in recovery," he revealed. "I think he's been sober now for going on 40 years — maybe, I think, a little longer than that; I could be wrong. But Jamey Jasta [HATEBREED] — another one. Jamey's been sober now for 18 years; Jonathan Davis [KORN]; so on and so forth. So these were all people that I looked to when I was struggling, and I was very, very lucky and blessed to have them on my team."

Ivan said that there has been a significant improvement in his physical and mental health since he gave up the bottle. "I feel I took a nap for about four years and I woke up one day and I saw somebody else wearing my skin," he explained. "It was like Rip Van Winkle; it was really odd. I feel better than I felt in years, which is really… it's a plus."

Back in May, Moody told the Green Bay radio station Razor 94.7 that he nearly died due to an alcohol-related seizure and woke up surrounded by EMTs and his daughter holding him while crying. He also admitted that he went to rehab five times before the last time finally stuck.

Moody revealed that he was sober but massively hung over during his onstage meltdown in Europe last year, with the band sending him home after that and later welcoming him back on a "probationary" basis after both Phil Labonte from ALL THAT REMAINS and Tommy Vext from BAD WOLVES filled in on a couple of tours.

According to Ivan, his latest battles with alcohol abuse heavily inspired the lyrics on FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's most recent album, "And Justice For None". The follow-up to 2015's "Got Your Six" was originally delivered to Prospect Park in December 2016, but a legal battle with the record company delayed the LP's arrival.

Germany's Lord Of The Lost have released a video for "Black Halo", a track from their sixth studio album, Thornstar, out now via Napalm Records. Order Thornstar here, and watch the new video below.

Tracklisting:

CD1
"On This Rock I Will Build My Church"
"Loreley"
"Black Halo"
"In Our Hands"
"Morgana"
"Haythor"
"Naxxar"
"Cut Me Out"
"The Mortarian"
"Under The Sun"
"In Darkness, In Light"
"Forevermore"
"Ruins"

CD2
"Abracadabra" (feat. Dero Goi)
"Voodoo Doll"
"The Art Of Love"
"Lily Of The Vale"
"Penta"
"Free Radicals"
"Live Pray Die Repeat"

"Black Halo" video:

"Haythor" lyric video:

"Morgana" video:

"On This Rock I Will Build My Church" video:

Lord Of The Lost tour dates are listed below. Buy tickets here.

October
4 - Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp
5 - Hannover, Germany - Musikzentrum
6 - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Theater
11 - Nuremberg, Germany - Hirsch
12 - Cologne, Germany - Essigfabrik
13 - Dresden, Germany - Alter Schlachthof
18 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
19 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
20 - Stuttgart, Germany - Im Wizemann
26 - Leipzig, Germany - Werk 2
27 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
31 - Barcelona, Spain - Salamandra 1

November
1 - Toulouse, France - Rex
2 - Nantes, France - Ferrailleur
3 - Paris, France - Boule Noire
21 - Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK - The Cluny
22 - Glasgow, UK - Ivory Blacks
23 - Manchester, UK - The Ruby Lounge
24 - London, UK - Electrowerkz
25 - Bristol, UK - The Fleece Bristol

This November 2nd the Robert Rodrigo Band will release its new album, Living For Louder, featuring ten songs filled with energy and passion, and including instrumental tracks showing of the incredible musicianship this band has always brought to the stage.

Robert Rodrigo Band is: Robert Rodrigo on the guitar, side by side with his longtime companions Miguel Manjon on bass, Pako Martinez on drums, and joined by exceptional guests such as Gotxi Ibarra (Hammond) and the great Johnny Gioeli (Hardline, Axell Rudi Pell) on vocals.

Tracklisting:

“Living For Louder”
“Southern Skies”
“Lifeline”
“Anita’s Boogie”
“Break It Out”
“Worn Out”
“Blue”
“Sweet Time”
“The Land Of The Seven Colours”
“High Dose Rate”

Prolific in output and undeniably fierce in execution, Eastern Sierra black/death metal quartet Valdur will release their new album Goat Of Iniquity on October 19th via Bloody Mountain Records. Check out the video for "Divine Halls Of Obscurity, Pt. 1" below.

The band released this statement concerning the forthcoming album: "Valdur - Goat Of Iniquity: another chain of songs containing deep extremities and primitive, suffocating atmospheres. This is not a continuation of our previous release; this album moves backwards in a far more violent structure and sound; like a death metal cassette from 1988. Goat Of Iniquity was recorded by us and us alone in the Bloody Mountain Bunker, with no triggers or other redundant studio shortcuts. Vicious underground metal recorded in a live setting. Not for trendy ears! For Valdur, Goat Of Iniquity is another step deeper into the obscure halls of integrity."

Goat Of Iniquity will be available in digipack format as well as digital download, along with a new t-shirt design exclusive to this release.

Tracklisting:

"Divine Halls Of Obscurity Pt. I"
"Goat Of Iniquity" / "Devouring The Whore Of Darkness"
"Divine Halls Of Obscurity Pt. II"
"Spiritual Exhaust (The Beyond)"
"Inhale The Floodgates Open"
"(Iniquitous)"

"Divine Halls Of Obscurity: Pt. 1" video:

Promo video:

Recorded at the Bloody Mountain bunker by Valdur, winter 2018
Mixed by Matthew at Canyon Lodge studio
Cover art by FarronLoathing
Mastered by Dan Klein at Iron Hand Audio in Chicago, IL

AFM Records has announced the signing of Brothers Of Metal, one of Scandinavia’s most promising new bands. Brothers Of Metal will release their debut album Prophecy Of Ragnarök in November. A lyric video for the album's title track is available below.

The 8-piece, hailing from Falun, Sweden consists of three vocalists (two male, one female), three guitar players, a bass player and a drummer. Their sound: A thunderous, catchy mixture of power metal, irresistible melodies, heavy riffs and some folkish elements; or as they used to call it - “True Heavy Metal”.

The band comments: “Wimps and posers beware, for true metal is here. Brothers and sisters you fear - for true warriors are everywhere. Be you tiny and frail or large as the giants, be you faint of heart or brave in soul. Be your spirits light and swift, or dark as the night, fear not, for together we will conquer all… together we fight - together we rise - we ride into battle and into the night!”

Lineup:

Ylva Eriksson - Voice of the Valkyries
Joakim Lindbäck Eriksson - Battle Cries
Dawid Grahn - Guitar
Pähr Nilsson - Guitar
Mikael Fehrm - Guitar
Emil Wärmedal - Bass
Mats Nilsson - Tongue of the Gods
Johan Johansson - Anvil and War Drums

(Photos - George Grigoriadis)

This summer, female-fronted melodic metal band Vintersea had the opportunity to embark on our first tour with The Anima Effect and The Devils of Loudun. Covering three states and over 2,000 miles, Vintersea traversed some of the United States' most beautiful locations during the Summer Prognosis 2018 tour. A new video for “The Gravity Of Fall” is streaming below.

Following the release of "The Gravity Of Fall", Vintersea will be providing direct live support to Australian melodic metal titans Ne Obliviscaris during the Portland, OR date of their upcoming U.S. Tour.

For information on Vintersea go to this location.

Swiss rockers Stoneman will release their new album Geil und Elektrisch on September 7th via Massacre Records. The band has released an official lyric video for the album track "Fremd", which can be found below. Order the album here.

The upcoming album might rub some upholders of moral standards the wrong way - just like before. The tour, that accompanies the album and includes dates in Germany only, kicks off on September 6th.

Geil und Elektrisch tracklisting:

"Dein General"
"Niemandsland"
"Fremd"
"Tiefschwarz"
"Tanzmusik"
"Geil und Elektrisch"
"Fass mich nicht an"
"Alles Gute"
"Für immer"
"Worte"
"Dein General" (Elektro Edit)
"Geil und Elektrisch" (Elektro Edit)

"Fremd" lyric video:

"Geil und Elektrisch" video:

"Dein General" video:

Unboxing / pre-listening video:

(Photo - Matteo Fabiani)

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The new band featuring three members of the classic DOKKEN lineup along with former LYNCH MOB and current WARRANT singer Robert Mason will tentatively release its debut album in April 2019 via Frontiers Music Srl.

The group, which is provisionally dubbed THE END (and was known in its formative stage as SUPER STROKE), recorded the disc with bassist Jeff Pilson at the production helm and Alessandro Del Vecchio, the in-house producer for Frontiers Music Srl, mixing.

Pilson, who has been a member of FOREIGNER since 2004, told That Just Happened about THE END's upcoming effort (see video below): "The record is actually done. It hasn't been mixed yet. That's gonna start soon. We actually have a wonderful guy by the name of Alessandro Del Vecchio that's gonna be mixing it, and he's really great. And he's over in Italy. But the record is done. I'm really excited about the music, and so is the label.

"We're gonna do our best to try and figure out a way to do some shows somehow somewhere, hopefully close to the release date," he continued. "That's a goal. It's never easy, because FOREIGNER tours so much. But that is a big goal. And we're very, very excited about it. The record just came out amazing. I mean, the singing and playing on it… wow!"

Joining Pilson in THE END are his onetime DOKKEN bandmates George Lynch (guitar) and Mick Brown (drums).

Lynch told Idaho's 94.9 & 104.5 The Rock radio station about THE END: "I do a lot of records where they're just sort of seat-of-the-pants, which is nothing wrong with that, like KXM and ULTRAPHONIX, [which are] written real quick — we just get in a room and bang it out and just go with our first instincts, and we don't really labor over it. THE END record is really the opposite of that.

"Jeff and I spent a lot of time crafting the songs, as we did in the DOKKEN days," he continued. "I think there's quite a bit of '70s art rock going on in some of these songs, which is pretty cool. It's got the usual groove, heavy rock thing, melodic rock thing, it's got all that — but it's also got that '70s, ELO, ELTON JOHN [vibe] — just really interesting, intelligent, classic changes. It's a very satisfying record to listen to — it's pretty deep, and I think people will really dig it. It doesn't sound like DOKKEN; it doesn't sound like LP [LYNCH/PILSON]; it doesn't sound like LYNCH MOB. It has elements of all that, obviously. I think it's a natural evolution of the LP record that closely it resembles in my mind. It's me and Jeff sitting at his studio working it out, so what you're going to get is really that, with Robert Mason on top of it.

"God, that guy — what a monster," George added, referring to Mason. "Robert's been doing LYNCH MOB shows this year with us — not all of them, but I'd forgotten how powerful he is. Unbelievable singer."

Earlier this year, Mason told the "Talking Metal" podcast that working with Lynch, Pilson and Brown has "given all of us a renewed sense of what it was like to be creating together and maybe even playing together. Jeff and I get along great," he said. "Jeff produced 'Louder Harder Faster', the new WARRANT record. He and I have always been kind of friendly but didn't really know each other until that project, and we got on so well in the studio and elsewhere that it was a real easy tie-in for those three guys to call me up and say, 'Hey, man, we wanna do this record. We don't know what we're gonna call it, but it'll have the DNA of our bands, and it'll be us, but we want it to sound a little different. What do you think?' I was all over it."

Asked if the new project is musically similar to DOKKEN, Robert said: "I don't think it sounds like DOKKEN with me stapled on to it. I honestly didn't want… And it's no disrespect to anything, because I love what they did, and I was a fan — I still am. That wasn't something that I wanted to do. And thankfully, when Jeff and George started playing me demos and their early ideas, it doesn't sound like that. And Mick Brown [told me the other day], 'I'm so stoked about this. The cool thing is it sounds like us, but it doesn't sound like us.' It's Mick's way of saying that, I think, the DNA is there and you hear the influences and you hear who it is and what it is, maybe. We're just making music and having fun, but we are having fun being creative with each other again. And I pray that that translates into the final product and that people will just embrace that."

Industrial metal visionary AUTHOR & PUNISHER will deliver his sixth full-length recording and Relapse debut, "Beastland", on October 5. The album's second single, "Night Terror", can now be streamed below.

AUTHOR & PUNISHER creator/sole artist Tristan Shone commented: "I built new machines for this album to make more aggressive and dynamic music. These devices are compact and powerful, made from robotic components, intended for high-energy repetition.

"I, as do many others, feel rage against the Beasts of our era: those who horde, who poison, or who discriminate. We need aggressive music to make an aggressive statement. 'Beastland' is an introspection of who we are as a human race.

"At a time when we have the tools, the intellect, and the history to remind us how to treat each other and the earth, we go far out of our way to feast on the less fortunate and vulnerable, disregarding the atrocities and lessons of the past."


Drawing inspiration from his career as a mechanical engineer, Shone forged a relationship with design, sound, and fabrication that ultimately yielded his hand-built "Drone Machines" which mapped the journey away from traditional instrumentation towards custom-made "precision machinery." A robotic experimentation in industrial metal, noise, doom and drone, AUTHOR & PUNISHER recalls NINE INCH NAILS channeling GODFLESH, traversing through dark, uncompromising, and often disturbing soundscapes with occasional detours into rich melodies and splinters of light. Armed with newly built "Drone Machines" and a new label, "Beastland" is AUTHOR & PUNISHER's career-defining statement and a powerful listening experience that further blurs the line between man and machine.


"Beastland" was recorded at K Street in San Diego, California and engineered by Tristan Shone and John Cota (DEATH EYES). Additional recording was done in Las Cruces, New Mexico with Jason Begin (VYTEAR). The album was co-produced with Braden Diotte (FAUST, EXO//ENDO, NEUROSIS), mixed by Kurt Ballou at GodCity and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege.


AUTHOR & PUNISHER will return to Europe in October after the release of "Beastland", including for select concerts with GODFLESH, CONAN and more. Also, he recently announced the first leg of fall U.S. tour dates. Finally, AUTHOR & PUNISHER will perform at Cold Waves festival throughout September in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.


"Beastland" track listing:

01. Pharmacide

02. Nihil Strength

03. Ode to Bedlam

04. The Speaker is Systematically Blown

05. Nazarene

06. Apparition

07. Night Terror

08. Beastland

Photo credit: Auge Arredondo

According to TMZ, GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash is officially single after reaching a divorce settlement with his wife of 17 years, Perla Ferrar.

As per the settlement — obtained by TMZ — Slash will pay Perla $6.6 million as well as $100,000 per month in spousal support and $39,000 per month in child support.

Slash will keep all his guitars and any musical compositions he owns, with future proceeds belonging to the rocker. He will also get a 2011 Ford F-150 and the Beverly Hills house. Perla will get the house in Los Angeles, a 2014 Range Rover, a 2015 Mercedes AMG and a 2015 Mercedes GL 450.

Perla will get primary physical custody of sons London and Cash, and each child will get .09% of Slash's income for the next 20 years.

According to the gossip site, the GUNS N' ROSES guitarist, born Saul Hudson, and Ferrar showed up in a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday to hammer out the details of the divorce, which was initially filed in 2014.

The couple reportedly did not sign a prenuptial agreement when they married in 2001, meaning that Ferrar would be entitled to half of Slash's income from 2001 to 2014.

She would not, however, be entitled to any of Slash's share of the reported half a billion dollars and counting that the current GUNS N' ROSES reunion tour has raked in.

Back in 2016, Slash claimed that he and Perla were never properly married because Perla's one-month marriage to Carlos Marty in 1993 didn't actually end as divorce documents weren't properly filed. The mistake was uncovered when Slash and Perla applied for dual citizenship for their son Cash.

Perla claimed the couple then hired a real lawyer in 2009 and a judge finalized her divorce from Carlos, making it retroactive to 1994.

GUNS N' ROSES' "Not In This Lifetime" trek, which reunited Slash, Axl Rose and Duff McKagan, launched in 2016, and recently made its way through Europe.

METALLICA offered a musical nod to Prince while stopping in Minneapolis, Minnesota last night (Tuesday, September 4) during its current North American tour.

As they've done in every city of the trek, bassist Robert Trujillo and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett played a stripped-down tribute to a local music act, and for yesterday's concert, they chose "When Doves Cry", which appeared on Prince's 1984 album "Purple Rain".

Hammett and Trujillo have a solo spot every night during METALLICA's current live show in which they get to play whatever they want. They previously played snippets of songs from OASIS, BLACK SABBATH, CELTIC FROST and UFO.

METALLICA's performance at the 19,000-capacity Target Center basketball arena marked the band's first appearance in Minneapolis since playing to thrice as many fans two years ago for one of the opening-weekend concerts at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Touring in support of its latest album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct", that arrived in November 2016, METALLICA launched the world tour in Latin America a month before the disc's release. In early 2017, prior to the North American stadium tour, the band made festival appearances and headlined concerts at venues in Asia, Europe and Latin America.

Although METALLICA played U.S. stadiums last summer, the band was mostly indoors for the first leg of its European tour last fall.

Metal icons Soulfly are set to release their devastating new album Ritual on October 19th via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Today, the band has released the third of several album trailers. Watch guitarist/vocalist Max Cavalera discuss the album title, below.

Pre-order Soulfly's eleventh studio album in various physical and digital formats here.

Comments Max Cavalera: “I am really stoked to be working again with two of my favourite artists, Eliran Kantor and Marcelo Vasco! The Ritual artwork is very mystic and captures the vibe of the album perfectly. For this one, we really tried to retain the groove of early Soulfly as well as my love for the heavy, fast stuff I’m into: like death and black metal and some hardcore. Working with Josh Wilbur for Soulfly this time around has been amazing. He’s a huge fan and added a lot to the record. I would fight for the fast songs and he would always push me to add more groove. I think in the end we created a really cool mix of songs that covers a lot of ground in my career. Let the Ritual begin!”

Producer Josh Wilbur adds: Before I had ever recorded a record, in my formidable years, Max released the holy trinity that was (at least to me) Chaos A.D., Roots, and Soulfly 1. I wanted to make a record that captured what I loved about those when I was growing up! Those records inspired me and introduced me to heavy metal. Fast forward to now and I was given the opportunity to make the record I wanted as an fan! So I set up some mics, recorded some riffs, we banged on some galvanized metal, roto toms, djembes, and anything else we could get, then I told Max to 'BRING DA SHIT'!"

Ritual was produced, recorded and mixed by Josh Wilbur (Lamb Of God, Gojira). Cover artwork was painted by artist Eliran Kantor (Testament, Iced Earth). Additional booklet art was handled by Marcelo Vasco Arts (Slayer, Kreator), who also handled the package design. The album features multiple guests including Randy Blythe (Lamb Of God) and Ross Dolan (Immolation).

Ritual tracklisting:

"Ritual"
"Dead Behind The Eyes" (feat. Randy Blythe)
"The Summoning"
"Evil Empowered"
"Under Rapture" (feat. Ross Dolan)
"Demonized"
"Blood On The Street"
"Bite The Bullet"
"Feedback!"
"Soulfly XI"

"Ritual" 360° video:

"Evil Empowered":

Trailer #1:

Trailer #2:

Trailer #3:

(Photo - Charlene Tupper)

In honour of the 20th anniversary re-release of Into The Electric Castle, Ayreon present this lyric video for the newly mixed version of "Across the Rainbow Bridge".

Says Arjen Lucassen: "It’s created once again by the amazing Wayne Joyner, I think it really captures the right mood. Hope you enjoy it too, despite that weird Hippie-dude." :-)

The 20th anniversary re-release of Into The Electric Castle is available for pre-order here.

Tracklisting:

Disc 1:

"Welcome To The New Dimension"
"Isis And Osiris"
"Amazing Flight"
"Time Beyond Time"
"The Decision Tree (We're Alive)"
"Tunnel Of Light"
"Across The Rainbow Bridge"

Disc 2:

"The Garden Of Emotions"
"Valley Of The Queens"
"The Castle Hall"
"Tower Of Hope"
"Cosmic Fusion"
"The Mirror Maze"
"Evil Devolution"
"The Two Gates"
"Forever Of The Stars"
"Another Time, Another Space"

On September 7, Swan Song/Atlantic Records will release LED ZEPPELIN's historic concert film and soundtrack recorded on July 27, 28 and 29, 1973 at New York City's Madison Square Garden, "The Song Remains The Same". The super-deluxe version is the first time that both the expanded soundtrack and film are available in the same package. It also recreates the intricate embossing of the set's original issue.

In celebration, a one-hour nationally syndicated radio show featuring interviews with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham, taking you behind the scenes of those monumental concerts and the new release, can be heard below.

LED ZEPPELIN was at the peak of its powers on July 27-29 1973 when the band's performances at New York's Madison Square Garden were recorded for the concert film "The Song Remains The Same". The soundtrack to the film, produced by Jimmy Page, was originally released on Swan Song in 1976.

The band continues revisiting their live canon with a new edition of the soundtrack to "The Song Remains The Same" that features newly remastered audio. This release follows the recent reissue of their live album "How The West Was Won", and rounds out the deluxe reissue series of their classic albums that began in 2014, building to the band's 50th-anniversary celebration slated to commence later this year. Coincidentally, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant played their first live show together, under the moniker THE NEW YARDBIRDS at the time, on September 7, 1968.


"The Song Remains The Same" will be released in multiple formats from Atlantic/Swan Song, including the full album's debut in hi-res 5.1 surround sound on Blu-ray. The Super Deluxe Boxed Set will be the most exquisite and elaborate release in the reissue series, recreating the intricate embossing of the set's original issue and will also mark the first time the full-length film and soundtrack have been available in the same package. On the four-LP set, Page made a change to the track sequence, allowing the epic, 29-minute version of "Dazed And Confused" to be featuring in its entirety on one side of vinyl for the first time.

* CD - Remastered audio on two CDs, plus 24-page booklet.

* Vinyl - Remastered audio on four 180-gram vinyl LPs, plus 28-page booklet

* Blu-ray - 96kHz/24 bit 5.1 (DTS-HD Master Audio Surround) and stereo mixes (PCM Stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo). Video performances of four songs not in the original film: "Celebration Day", "Over The Hills And Far Away", "Misty Mountain Hop" and "The Ocean". (All with 5.1 audio)

* Streaming & Digital Download - Remastered audio.

* Super Deluxe Boxed Set.

- Remastered audio on two CDs and four 180-gram vinyl LPs.

- Two-DVD set of the "The Song Remains The Same" featuring the full theatrical version of the film plus bonus content including four performance outtakes that were not part of the original film: "Celebration Day", "Over The Hills And Far Away", "Misty Mountain Hop" and "The Ocean".

- DVD of the entire album in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and PCM Stereo, plus photo gallery.

- High-def download card of all stereo audio content at 96kHz/24 bit.

- A 28-page book featuring band photos and stills from the film and an essay by Cameron Crowe.

- A replica of the Japanese program from 1977, previously available only when the film first toured cinemas in that country.

- High-quality print of the original album cover, the first 30,000 of which will be individually numbered.

"The Song Remains The Same" is the soundtrack to the legendary concert film of the same name, which was released in 1976. The performances in the film were recorded July 27-29, 1973 at Madison Square Garden during the band's tour for its then-current studio album "Houses Of The Holy". The two-CD and four-LP collections are packed with electrifying live versions of ZEP classics like "Rock And Roll", "Stairway To Heaven", "No Quarter", "Moby Dick", "Dazed And Confused" and "Celebration Day".

"The Song Remains The Same" soundtrack


CD And Digital Track Listing

01. Rock And Roll

02. Celebration Day

03. Black Dog

04. Over The Hills And Far Away

05. Misty Mountain Hop

06. Since I've Been Loving You

07. No Quarter

08. The Song Remains The Same

09. The Rain Song

10. The Ocean

11. Dazed And Confused

12. Stairway To Heaven

13. Moby Dick

14. Heartbreaker

15. Whole Lotta Love


LP Track Listing

LP One

01. Rock And Roll

02. Celebration Day

03. Black Dog

04. Over The Hills And Far Away

05. Misty Mountain Hop

06. Since I've Been Loving You

07. The Ocean


LP Two

01. The Song Remains The Same

02. The Rain Song

03. No Quarter

LP Three

01. Dazed And Confused

02. Moby Dick


LP Four

01. Stairway To Heaven

02. Heartbreaker

03. Whole Lotta Love

Ozzy Osbourne has announced a partnership with online fundraising platform Omaze offering one lucky fan a once-in-a-lifetime experience of being in his entourage for the day, complete with the never-before-offered opportunity to watch his Las Vegas show from the side of the stage. The campaign will support Love Hope Strength as they work to save lives one concert at a time.


A $10 donation through Omaze.com/Ozzy will enter fans the chance to win and support the lifesaving work of Love Hope Strength. The grand prize for one randomly selected winner and their guest includes:


* Flights to Vegas to see Ozzy's show "No More Tours 2" on October 13, 2018, and accommodations in a 4-star hotel.

* Meet Ozzy, be on his personal guest list and be a part of his entourage for the day.

* Attend soundcheck and the pre-show party

* The option to watch the entire set from the side stage-a never before offered opportunity!

* A $500 gambling chip to use in Las Vegas.


Fans can enter for their chance to win this unforgettable experience at Omaze.com/Ozzy through September 30, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. (PT).

Ozzy kicked off the main North American leg of "No More Tours 2" on August 30 at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Despite the fact that "No More Tours 2" is being billed as his farewell tour, Ozzy insists that he is not calling it quits. "I'm not retiring," the 69-year-old singer told Rolling Stone in an interview. "It's 'No More Tours', so I'm just not doing world tours anymore. I'm still going to be doing gigs, but I'm not going on tour for six months at a time anymore. I'd like to spend some time at home."

Osbourne, who spent the last few years touring with BLACK SABBATH before the legendary heavy metal act retired from the road, said that he wanted to "slow it down a little" and be there for his family. "I enjoy being a grandfather. I don't want to go through another generation of Osbournes without seeing them grow up."

"No More Tours 2" is a reference to Ozzy's 1992 "No More Tours" trek, which marked the first time the singer announced the end of his days as a touring artist. The tour name was a pun based on the title of his then-most recent solo album, "No More Tears". Ozzy returned to action three years later and has been on the road ever since.

Last year, Ozzy reunited with guitarist Zakk Wylde, who played on studio albums such as "No Rest For The Wicked", "No More Tears" and "Ozzmosis" and who has toured on and off with Ozzy for nearly 30 years.

Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley makes a guest appearance on "Beauty In The Backseat", the new album from singer-songriter and authord Ken Sharp. The disc sheds the dark, musical blood on the tracks vibe of Ken's previous release, "New Mourning", and draws deep from his Philly roots, delivering a fresh blast of infectious soul-pop and power pop. Produced by Fernando Perdomo (TODD RUNDGREN, JAKOB DYLAN, BECK) and Sharp, the record showcases mighty musical contributions from Frehley (guitar solo on "Rock Show") and another Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame legend John Oates ("Philly Kind of Night") along with UTOPIA's Kasim Sulton ("Mona Lisa Smile").

The 16-track album traverses a wide musical terrain and a myriad of lyrical themes. "Rock Show" delivers the intoxicating joy of getting your band on the concert stage; "Pull The Strings" is a quirky story of an adult in his mid-40s who can’t survive without his ventriloquist dummy by his side ("Pull The Strings"), the death of David Bowie is explored on "The Day That David Bowie Died"; "Sinking" chronicles the transformative power of loss while "Listen To Me" is a plea for unity in a world torn apart by social and political tumult and divisiveness.

"Being a Philly boy with my ear permanently glued to the radio dial, the sound of Philadelphia etched its indelible mark on my musical DNA," says Sharp. "Being able to work in the studio with John Oates, someone whose music was the soundtrack of my youth, was a supersonic blessing of brotherly love! Another full-circle moment for me, being a huge fan of KISS since I was a kid, I was thrilled that Ace Frehley laid down a solo on the opening track, titled, appropriately enough, 'Rock Show'."

"Beauty In The Backseat" is Sharp's fifth album. He is a seasoned live performer who’s recently landed high profile gigs opening for John Waite, David Cassidy and THE BABYS and headlined The Troubadour in Hollywood, California.

"Beauty In The Backseat" track listing:

01. Rock Show

02. Mona Lisa Smile

03. Lemons To Lemonade

04. No One Seems To Stay Together Anymore

05. Closer

06. 24 Hours A Day

07. Pull The Strings

08. The Day That David Bowie Died

09. The Hardest Part

10. Jetfighter

11. Ring On Your Finger

12. Listen To Me

13. Sinking

14. I Wanna Be David Cassidy

15. Philly Kind Of Night

16. Miracle

Finnish rockers THE 69 EYES have entered the studio to begin recording their twelfth album. The follow-up to 2016's "Universal Monsters" is expected to arrive in early 2019.

THE 69 EYES singer Jyrki 69 confirmed in a tweet that the band is once again working with longtime producer Johnny Lee Michaels, adding: "Last week @jussi69official recorded his legendary vampire beats down and now we are recording the rest."

Speaking to TotalRock Radio at this year's Sweden Rock Festival, Jyrki 69 stated that the next THE 69 EYES album would likely arrive in the early spring of 2019. Asked where he gets the inspiration for his lyrics, Jyrki said: "I trust in the first impression. When I hear the demo song, I should have the idea of some words or some picture in my mind immediately; I trust in that and use that first impression. If I have to toss and turn the song, I sort of give it back to our guitarist, who writes most of the songs, like, 'Oh, this wasn't good enough.' It's kind of a cruel way to do it, but it has ended up to work by this far. And then, I can't explain where the idea, or where the main lyrics sometimes come from. They're definitely not kind of, like, I plan to do something; they come from the music and they come [from] what happens around me and around the world. For instance, this time is very chaotic, negative, kind of doomsday kind of life right now, so it's very inspirational as well — unfortunately, but fortunately."

THE 69 EYES' eleventh album, "Universal Monsters", was released in April 2016 via Nuclear Blast.

Just in case you are wondering what’s going, here’s a status update: The 69 Eyes have started recording our 12th album with producer Johnny Lee Michaels. Last week @jussi69official recorded his legendary vampire beats down and now we are recording the rest. More updates soon! J69 pic.twitter.com/VtVeNACiTS— The 69 Eyes Official (@69eyesofficial) September 4, 2018

Following the first leg of a massive World Tour in North America during April and May, it is now time kick off the next leg and bring The Shadow Theory overseas. Kamelot is returning to Europe for their biggest headliner tour to date. Special guests on the tour include Leaves' Eyes, Visions Of Atlantis, Dynazty (Sweden), Circus Maximus (Oslo) vocalist Lauren Hart (Once Human) and more.

Just in time for the upcoming tour, the band has released a brand new music video for the track "MindFall Remedy". The live footage is taken from Kamelot's North American tour and just offers a glimpse of what you can expect when the band takes the stage.

"The North American Tour was our biggest ever and we had to chronicle it in some way, the fans were so amazing. We decided to shoot this video and mix in scenes from the tour. We cannot wait to return to the US and Canada for the next run!," states Thomas Youngblood.

The meaning of the song and title "MindFall Remedy" sparks some debate, but singer Tommy Kaverik sums it up beautifully: "In this material world, full of vanity and beautifying filters, it is easy to turn to those things when looking for validation and comfort. We have come to expect external gratification to lift us up, solve our insecurities and give us a meaningful existence. With this song we want to encourage people to look inside themselves for answers. Only then can we fully learn to respect and love ourselves and grow as people. There is a way to unlock your inhibitions, and only you possess the key..."

Tour dates:

September
12 - Köln, Germany - Live Music Hall     
14 - Tilburg, Netherlands - Poppodium 013
15 - Paris, France - Elysée Montmartre
16 - Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos-Saal
18 - Berlin, Germany - Astra Kulturhaus
20 - Göteborg, Sweden - Pustervik
21 - Malmö, Sweden - Kulturbolaget
22 - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene    
23 - Stockholm, Sweden - Fryshuset Klubben
25 - Helsinki, Finland - Nosturi    
26 - Tampere, Finland - Tullikamarin Pakkahuone
28 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
29 - München, Germany - Backstage
30 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Konzertfabrik Z7

October
2 - Mannheim, Germany - MS Connexion Complex
4 - Toulouse, France - Le Metronum
5 - Madrid, Spain - La Riviera
6 - Barcelona, Sopain - Razzmatazz 2
7 - Lyon, France - CCO Villeurbanne
9 - Budapest, Hungary - Barba Negra Music Club
10 - Praha, Czech Republic - Palác Akropolis
12 - London, UK - KOKO
13 - Brugge, Belgium - Het Entrepot

November
28 - Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya O-East
29 - Osaka, Japan - Club Quattro

December
3 - Brisbane, Australia - The Triffid
4 - Melbourne, Australia - Max Watts
6 - Canberra, Australia - The Basement
7 - Sydney, Australia - Manning Bar

March
23 - Pwllheli, UK - Hammerfest

GREAT WHITE has released a performance video of its cover version of Ian Hunter's "Once Bitten, Twice Shy", featuring the band's latest addition, singer Mitch Malloy. The clip was filmed on August 18 at the Kentucky State Fair at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

GREAT WHITE guitarist Mark Kendall told KBACK Radio that the band wanted to make "a proper video and record a show with something other than a cellphone to kind of introduce Mitch. And our [booking] agent will use it for this and that, and we'll just throw it out there free — it's nothing we're gonna really put together to sell or anything; we just want people to see it properly and hear how it sounds at the show," he said. "Because when you hear a cellphone [recording], the guy [filming] might be over by the bass player's side and it might distort a little bit. So it really isn't a great representation, although we welcome the cellphones — I don't care if everybody holds 'em up and records us — but it's not really a great representation of what happened that night."

In early July, GREAT WHITE announced that it was parting ways with vocalist Terry Ilous and was replacing him with Malloy.

"[Mitch] is an incredible singer, artist, songwriter and engineer," Kendall said. "We're beyond excited to stretch our musical muscles with a fresh, new take on GREAT WHITE's catalog of hits."

Added Malloy: "I have to represent this music honorably. I respect what has come before me, and have to remind fans of where they were when they first heard these songs. I also have to be myself at the same time. When I first heard my own voice with GREAT WHITE's music, I knew something special was going on."

Keyboardist/guitarist Michael Lardie praised Malloy for his musical chops and reputation.

"We had an immediate rapport with Mitch," Lardie said. "I'm positive the fans will embrace Mitch and continue to support GREAT WHITE. This music is bigger than any one person."

Ilous, formerly of '80s L.A. hard rockers XYZ, joined GREAT WHITE in 2010 after stepping in for touring vocalist Jani Lane (WARRANT).

The Ilous-led GREAT WHITE released two albums, 2012's "Elation" and last year's "Full Circle", before Terry was shown the door.

This version of GREAT WHITE is not to be confused with JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE, which features original GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell alongside Robby Lochner (FIGHT) on guitar, Dan McNay on bass, Tony Montana on guitar and Dicki Fliszar on drums.

IMONOLITH, the new Canadian metal band featuring members of THREAT SIGNAL, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT and STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, has released an audio snippet of its latest demo track, titled "Dig".

Says the group: "It's a song about shit talkers and the importance of ignoring them. The message of the lyrics are to do what you think is best for you, do what you love with your life and leave the negative people behind. What they think is none of your business anyways."

IMONOLITH was launched following Devin Townsend's announcement that he has put the DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT on indefinite hiatus while he works on other projects.

Joining drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen and guitarist Brian "Beav" Waddell (who played bass in DTP) are bassist Byron Stroud, second guitarist Jed Simon and vocalist Jon Howard.

Regarding how IMONOLITH was chosen as the moniker for the new band, Van Poederooyen said: "Jed Simon had a list of over 50 band names he thought of over the years. He sent them to all of us in the band. The word 'Monolith' was one of the band names. It caught my attention and I started playing with the word. At first, I thought of various names with words in front of, or after the word Monolith, then I thought of 'I Monolith.' But it didn't sound right, so I added the letter 'i' to the front of the word 'Monolith' and voilà… IMONOLITH was born. A brand new word used for a band name. The guys dug it when I brought it up to them. It sounds heavy and is easy to say. So we're sticking with it! It still somewhat carries the meaning of Monolith, which is a monumental, black stone of significance. Sounds metal enough for us!"

IMONOLITH (the first "i" is pronounced like the "i" in the word "impossible") is:

* Jon Howard (THREAT SIGNAL) - Vocals

* Jed Simon (VIMIC, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, SCAR THE MARTYR) - Guitar

* Brian "Beav" Waddell (DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT) - Guitar

* Byron Stroud (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD) - Bass

* Ryan Van Poederooyen (DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT) - Drums

Photo credit: LIM SANG Photography

Former JOURNEY vocalist Steve Perry has released the official music video for his latest solo single, "No More Cryin'". The song is taken from "Traces", his first solo album in more than two decades, which will be released on October 5 via Fantasy Records (a division of Concord Records/UMG). Co-written by Perry and Dan Wilson (SEMISONIC, ADELE), the track is a soulful reflection on isolation and love.

Perry states: "'No More Cryin'' is a love song, but not in the way you would think. It starts in one place, and builds and lands somewhere entirely different. It's got many overtones, and can be applied to so many different kinds of relationships, including my own relationship with past isolation."

"Traces" marks Perry's first solo album since 1994's "For The Love Of Strange Medicine", which was certified gold in the U.S. for sales in excess of half a million copies.

Perry told "Scott Shannon In The Morning" about his decision to step away from music for more than two decades: "The band was really, really fortunate to be successful, and at some point, I got a little bit toasty, a little burned out, and coupled with a serious touring schedule, and, like I said, being crispy, and back in the day, we all had a little bit of what we might call 'extra party behaviors,' maybe — and when you put the 'party behaviors' together with a little bit burned out, I was toast.

"It was an unpopular decision I came up with at the time, which was just to stop," he continued. "And I told the band, and they were not happy about it. But the biggest thing I was really concerned with was the fans. Because I knew it was gonna be a painful decision for me to walk away, but sometimes you just have to take care of yourself, even if it hurts to do so — you have to do that."

Asked if he planned on being gone for so long, Perry replied: "I did not plan to be gone so long. But once I stopped, there was something great about just stopping. I went back to my hometown and hung out with friends. I rode my motorcycle on these country roads on the outskirts of Fresno, where I was born and raised, and I've gotta tell you — there was something cathartic about just stopping."

Perry reiterated a previous comment he made about wanting "to be a person again" after his exit from JOURNEY. "I think that's pretty accurate," he said. "I just wanted to step out of the limelight. Being successful in a band like that, it was like… I know it sounds a little bit self-serving, but it really was kind of like circling the earth — you're kind of up there, you've gotta come down, you've gotta land, you've gotta touch down, you've gotta go back to your hometown and just be you, not the guy that was on the stage every night.

"But I must tell you — did I miss it? It was terrible!" he admitted. "It was a detox in its own way, you know? Because the adoration of the fans every night and the applause and being able to live the dream…. 'Cause I came from a small town, and it was a dream to get in the music business to start with, but to be able to be successful like JOURNEY was, it was a dream come true, so walking was tough."

"Traces" track listing:

01. No Erasin' (4:07)

Writers: Steve Perry, David Spreng


02. We're Still Here (4:06)

Writers: Steve Perry, Brian West


03. Most Of All (4:23)

Writers: Steve Perry, Randy Goodrem


04. No More Cryin' (4:29)

Writers: Dan Wilson, Steve Perry


05. In The Rain (4:06)

Writers: Steve Perry, David Spreng


06. Sun Shines Gray (3:57)

Writers: Steve Perry, John 5, Thom Flowers


07. You Belong To Me (4:07)

Writers: Steve Perry, Barry Eastmond


08. Easy To Love (4:03)

Writers: Steve Perry, Thom Flowers


09. I Need You (2:59)

Writers: Steve Perry, George Harrison


10. We Fly (3:56)

Writers: Steve Perry, Jeff Babko

Deluxe edition bonus tracks:

11. October In New York (deluxe edition only)

12. Angel Eyes (deluxe edition only)

13. Call On Me (deluxe edition only)

14. Could We Be Somethin' Again (deluxe edition only)

15. Blue Jays Fly (deluxe edition only)

Perry's final full concert with JOURNEY took place in early 1987. He later rejoined his bandmates for a brief performance in 1991 to honor late concert promoter Bill Graham. He also appeared with JOURNEY when they received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in 2005.

The singer was inducted, alongside his old band, at the 2017 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony in Brooklyn, New York.

Professionally filmed video footage of SEPULTURA's entire September 1 concert at ReeveLand Music Festival in Markneukirchen, Germany can be seen below.

SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser confirmed to TotalRock Radio that the band has commenced the songwriting process for the follow-up to 2017's "Machine Messiah" album. "Already, me, Eloy [Casagrande, drums], Derrick [Green, vocals] and Paulo [Xisto Pinto Jr., bass], we have a few ideas, so we have where to start from — a few songs in demo version," he said at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. "And we still have to develop [them] and stuff. We don't still have a kind of a direction or a theme or something, but it's getting there. We still like to enjoy a lot the road, and we don't write that much on the road as a band. Yeah, it's going, but it's still early."

Kisser also talked about SEPULTURA's relationship with Nuclear Blast Records, with whom the band has been for nearly a decade. "It's amazing, man," he said. "They are a metal label, and there are people that are on the scene since the beginning, the early days. It's a label that never sold out. Many other labels sold out to bigger companies and bigger labels, you change personnel, you think more on the business side. I think Nuclear Blast has a perfect balance between believing in music — in metal and hardcore and punk — and having the business able to sustain everything… And you see how many artists now are with the label, which is great. It's a great place to be. We have total freedom and support to do our stuff and to work with the producers we want and the artists for the cover — everything. They're very supportive, and they believe in the band, which is everything we need. It's great."

"Machine Messiah" was released in January 2017. The disc was recorded at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden with Swedish producer Jens Bogren. The CD's cover artwork was created by Filipino artist Camille Della Rosa.

SEPULTURA's official documentary, "Sepultura Endurance", will tentatively be released on DVD and Blu-ray in late 2018 or early 2019.

Slash has revealed to Japan's "Rock City" that his upcoming fourth solo album, "Living The Dream", is the first record he has made using the digital audio workstation Pro Tools after recording all his previous LPs to analog tape.

The "Living The Dream" sessions, which commenced in late March, saw Slash and his SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS bandmates Myles Kennedy (vocals), Brent Fitz (drums), Todd Kerns (bass and vocals) and Frank Sidoris (guitar and vocals) reunite with producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette, who also helmed 2014's "World On Fire". But while the producer stayed the same, the studio this time changed, with Slash opting to move operations to his newly active recording facility, Snakepit Studios.

"We didn't do drums [at Snakepit] because it just doesn't have a high enough ceiling for [that], but for everything else, it's great," Slash told "Rock City". "I mean, it's only a 16-track board in there, and we did this entire record on that. We mixed over at Elvis's place in Florida, but other than that, it's totally functional, and it sounds really good."

"It's just too expensive making analog records for me, out of pocket, because in this day and age of making records, the chances of you seeing a return on a record that cost you a hundred thousand dollars or more to make, it just isn't really cost effective," Slash explained. "So we did it on Pro Tools and we just bounced everything into 40-some-odd tracks."

Slash went on to say that he "very concerned" at first about making a Pro Tools album, but his mind was put at ease by Elvis's assurance that everything would turn out to his satisfaction. "Elvis is pretty much a genius, so he is somebody that appreciates analog recording as well," Slash said. "He's one of the best guys at taking a digital recording and making it sound warm enough. All things considered, when I listen to this record we just did, it doesn't strike me right off the bat as a digital record. So that's really all you are striving to do — just make something that sounds warm and doesn't have that digital click to it. So I think we've managed to pull it off."

"Living The Dream" will be released on September 21 via Slash's own label Snakepit Records, in partnership with Roadrunner Records.

The group's North American headlining tour begins September 13 in Los Angeles, visiting 20 major cities including New York, Denver, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington D.C., Chicago, Austin, Houston, and more before ending October 14 in Sacramento.

Grammy Award-winning MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson was inducted into the Iowa Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame over the weekend, in a ceremony Sunday in Okoboji, Iowa, presented by the Iowa Rock 'N' Roll Music Association.

David, a native of nearby Jackson, Minnesota, spent his formative years, pre-MEGADETH, performing on the club circuit in Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota. Ellefson was inducted in the "individual artist" category, for his achievements both as a recording artist and performer, and as a producer, writer, and entrepreneur, including his work with EMP Label Group, Ellefson Coffee Co., ETA (Ellefson Touring Agency) and the recently relaunched Combat Records.

"Growing up in Jackson, which is right on the border with Iowa, I spent as much time in Iowa, as I did in Minnesota," Ellefson says. "My mom was from Iowa, and really, so much of my life growing up was here. The Iowa circuit is where I really cut my teeth as a musician, before moving to L.A. and joining MEGADETH, and it's such an amazing honor to be recognized with the Iowa Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame Class of 2018. After the Grammy win for 'Dystopia', it was really a cherry on top, to be recognized by my peers, and the great people back home, and to get to come back and participate in this amazing weekend."

The induction came with a permanent Ellefson exhibit on display in the Iowa Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame Museum, in Arnold's Park, Iowa, featuring one of Ellefson's personal Jackson Kelly Bird signature basses, which kicked off the weekend with Ellefson performing an intimate "Basstory" masterclass on Saturday morning, and, with partner Thom Hazaert, judging the finals of the statewide Iowa Rocks Battle Of The Bands competition.

The induction weekend closed out with an all-star jam Sunday night, with Ellefson participating along with the rest of the 2018 inductees.

Earlier this month, Ellefson was honored at the Independent Entertainment Summit (IES) in Los Angeles, where he was presented (by former MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland) the "Trailblazer Of The Year" award (along with Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman), for "starting his successful indie label EMP, reactivating Combat (which originally released MEGADETH's 'Killing Is My Business'), starting his management company, indie booking agency and coffee company, in addition to touring the world and headlining festivals and arenas with the mighty MEGADETH!"

Photos below: Melody Myers

METALLICA kicked off the 2018/2019 U.S. leg of the "WorldWired" arena tour this past Sunday night (September 2) at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin. It marked the band's first visit to Madison since 2004 and first-ever appearance in the Kohl Center.

Professionally filmed video footage of the "Cyanide" performance from the Madison concert can be seen below.

METALLICA's setlist was as follows:

01. Hardwired

02. Atlas, Rise!

03. Seek & Destroy

04. Cyanide

05. Fade To Black

06. Now That We're Dead

07. Confusion

08. For Whom The Bell Tolls

09. Halo On Fire

10. Last Caress (MISFITS cover)

11. Fuel

12. Moth Into Flame

13. Sad But True

14. One

15. Master Of Puppets

Encore:

16. Spit Out The Bone

17. Nothing Else Matters

18. Enter Sandman

METALLICA recently landed on Pollstar's Global Concert Pulse chart with concert grosses of more than $2 million per market appearance on the band's European tour.

The San Francisco-based metal giants averaged 20,451 tickets per market, at an average ticket price of $104.

The 19 market reports included a two-night stand at Stuttgart, Germany's Hanns Martin Schleyer Halle, which grossed $3.3 million. Both shows were sold out, with an attendance of 14,695 per concert.

Touring in support of its latest album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct", that arrived in November 2016, METALLICA launched the world tour in Latin America a month before the disc's release. In early 2017, prior to the North American stadium tour, the band made festival appearances and headlined concerts at venues in Asia, Europe and Latin America.

Although METALLICA played U.S. stadiums last summer, the band was mostly indoors for the first leg of its European tour last fall.

METALLICA's European tour included the first drone swarm for a major touring act. It consisted of 120 autonomous micro drones that emerge from the main-stage prop lifts during the song "Moth Into Flames" and swarm into several formations over the band's heads, according to Pollstar.

The 2017 dates on the "WorldWired" tour, which included stadium shows across the U.S., grossed $110.3 million in North America and $152.8 million worldwide.

ALL THAT REMAINS singer Phil Labonte has confirmed to "Jon's Untitled Podcast" that the band's new album is "done." As for the musical direction of the follow-up to last year's "Madness", Phil said (hear audio below): "I don't wanna start talking about what the new record sounds like yet. 'Cause we haven't talked about the new record publicly at all, really.

"There will be a new record soon," he continued. "It'll definitely be out next year. It'll be available early part of next year. I'm not sure when the release date's gonna be. But I don't wanna get into [the sound of the album], just because I don't wanna spoil the surprise."

"Madness" was released in April 2017 via Razor & Tie in the U.S. and Eleven Seven Music in Europe. The disc was recorded at West Valley Studios in Woodland Hills, California with producer Howard Benson, who has previously worked with such acts as MOTÖRHEAD, PAPA ROACH, THREE DAYS GRACE, FLYLEAF, P.O.D.mand HALESTORM.

At the time of the album's release, Labonte dismissed "sellout" accusations due to the more radio-friendly sound of the first single and title track, "Madness". He told Ryan Daniels of of Rock 105.5, Carolina's Pure Rock radio station: "If you're doing something — making music — and specifically catering to an audience that you have catered to or that has found something to attach to, is it a sellout to try and change and do something different? Or is it a sellout to be, like, 'Okay, this is the safe play where I know I can make my money?' It's, like, I know I that I can cater to this narrow group of people, and if we don't stray, these people will keep buying our records, these people will keep coming to our shows. Is it a sellout to be, like, 'I'm gonna try something different?'"

He continued: "People have been saying 'sellout' about us since 2006, since we put out 'The Fall Of Ideals'. We started doing clean choruses, and people were, like, 'Oh, sellout!' And it's, like, gimme a fucking break. We've always tried to push [the envelope] and change."

Krist Novoselic has responded to critics who slammed his appearance with fellow NIRVANA surviving members over the weekend.

When Novoselic's band GIANTS IN THE TREES opened for the FOO FIGHTERS — which also includes former NIRVANA touring member Pat Smear — at Seattle's Safeco Field on Saturday night, September 1, no one expected to see a mini NIRVANA reunion. Dave Grohl invited Novoselic on stage during the FOO FIGHTERS set and the duo performed NIRVANA's cover of THE VASELINES' "Molly Lips".

Grohl told the crowd: "This is an old song. We haven't done this song together in a long time."

After some fans seemingly objected to Novoselic's performance with the FOO FIGHTERS, Krist took to his Twitter account to playfully counter the online criticism. "We tried to get a hold of [Kurt] for this gig — as many times as we tried to contact Kurt, we couldn't get through" he wrote. "The phone just kept ringing & ringing. Kurt does not have email. In fact I have never emailed him in my life and I have been online since 1993."

Novoselic last performed with FOO FIGHTERS in 2017 in Eugene, Oregon. For that onstage reunion, they played FOO FIGHTERS' classic song "Big Me".

FOO FIGHTERS previously performed "Molly Lips" in Scotland, the home of THE VASELINES, in September 2015.

Fans may get treated to another reunion at Cal Jam 2018 on October 16 in San Bernardino, California. GIANTS IN THE TREES and FOO FIGHTERS are both on the festival bill.

NIRVANA's "Molly Lips" cover was included on the band's 1992 album "Incesticide".

We tried to get a hold of him for this gig—as many times as we tried to contact Kurt, we couldn't get through. The phone just kept ringing & ringing. Kurt does not have email. In fact I have never emailed him in my life and I have been online since 1993. https://t.co/HTpvvhxzr1— Krist Novoselić (@KristNovoselic) September 4, 2018