The first live release by Tyketto, Live From Milan 2017, will be released on CD/ DVD, Blu-Ray, Vinyl, and MP3 (audio only) on October 13th. Check out an official live video for “Wings” below.

Danny Vaughn says: "It's been 25 years in the making. From the beginning our goal was to always put on the best live show we could possibly do. This, more than anything else, is what has kept the band alive in the hearts and minds of the fans. And the quotes that our fans have kindly provided for us in the cd booklet bear this out. We are a no frills, no gimmicks, warts and all, balls out rock and roll band. No more, no less. And our audience are family to us. They are just as responsible for how good this concert is as we are. Everybody brought their best game. All that's left to do is to sit back and enjoy!"

The lineup comprised of founding members vocalist Danny Vaughn and drummer Michael Clayton Arbeeny along with guitar wizard Chris Green, bassist Chris Childs (Thunder) and ex-Ten keyboardist Ged Rylands, Tyketto co-headlined “Day 1” of FRF IV and blew the roof off with their performance of the classic Don’t Come Easy album from back to front (yes, back to front, not front to back). Cameras were there to capture every riveting moment and now, with great pleasure, Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to release this special performance on CD/DVD and Blu-Ray!

Michael Arbeeny says: “If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth a thousand pictures. Tyketto - Live in Milan 2017 not only brings the songs of Don’t Come Easy to life, but also shows the passion and excitement the band takes onstage at every performance. Live In Milan is simply five brothers enjoying the hell out of what they do.... with a few thousand friends stopping by to join the party.”

Tracklisting:

CD:

“Introduction”
“Sail Away”
“Strip Me Down”
“Nothing But Love”
“Walk On Fire”
“Lay Your Body Down”
“Standing Alone”
“Seasons”
“Burning Down Inside”
“Wings”
“Forever Young”
“Rescue Me”
“Reach”

DVD/Blu-ray:

“Introduction”
“Sail Away”
“Strip Me Down”
“Nothing But Love”
“Walk On Fire”
“Lay Your Body Down”
“Standing Alone”
“Seasons”
“Burning Down Inside”
“Wings”
“Forever Young”
“Rescue Me”
“Dig In Deep”
“Reach”

“Wings” video:

Trailer:

German metallers, Mystic Prophecy, have found a replacement for guitarist Laki Ragazas, who has been forced to take a break from his career due to health reasons.

Says the band: “We are glad to announce the recruiting of Evan K, a very talented young shredder with whom we are excited to work with. He's not unknown to us, as our singer R.D. Liapakis was working with him on his latest solo release. This makes us looking forward to what he will contribute to the band's future live and also in the studio!"

Evan K introduces himself in the video below:

Mystic Prophecy’s live itinerary can be found at this location.

Steve Harris says that he would like to turn his English house into a boutique hotel for IRON MAIDEN fans.

The IRON MAIDEN bassist has been unsuccessfully trying to sell his eight-bedroom mansion in Essex for the past five years. He originally put the home on the market in 2012 for £6.75 million (approximately $8.71 million), but that price came down in 2013 by £0.9 million to £5.85 million (approximately $7.55 million) and in 2015 by another £0.9 million to £4.95 million (approximately $6.39 million).

After floating on the market for almost four years, the nine-acre property had its price reduced last year to an even lower guide price of £3.95 million (approximately $5.10 million).

"It was a little bit crazy to start with, because when I first put it [on sale], I wasn't really sure if I wanted to sell it," Harris told Swedish radio station Bandit Rock. "'Cause I was [moving] abroad, and I thought, 'Well, I don't know if I'm gonna really wanna stay abroad,' so I put it at a silly price, and I thought if somebody wants to pay silly money for it, then they're welcome to it. But then I brought the price down. It's actually a very reasonable price now."

Assuming that he can't sell the place at the current asking price, Harris has a possible back-up plan in mind. "In an ideal world, I'd like to turn it into a boutique hotel, and I think MAIDEN fans would go there," he said. "I mean, I had a small bar in Portugal — called Eddie's Bar — which is no longer open; it closed a few years ago. But people used to come from all over the world just to go to that little bar, and I think maybe they would go to the house. 'Cause we recorded some albums there, too, in the studio — 'Fear Of The Dark' we recorded there and a few others — and there's lots of memorabilia there and everything like that. So… I don't know. That would be a nice plan. A boutique hotel… It means I could still stay there as well, which would be great. It'd be an ideal world for me, really. Yeah, it'd be nice."

Harris, who made headlines in 2013 when more than $8,000 worth of goods and electronics was stolen from his Bahamas property, revealed that he has been living in the former British colony "for the last ten years. My youngest is still in school there," he said. "She's gonna have another four years of school, so we'll be living there for at least another four years till she finishes school anyway and see what happens after that. That was another reason as well — I had so many problems with my back, and I thought I'd go somewhere warmer and get better, and it's actually made a big difference."

Regarding his decision to move to the Bahamas, Harris said: "I got to fifty. I was running around on a football pitch. I was freezing my nuts off. It was wet, rainy, and I thought, 'You know what? I've had enough of this. I think I've done fifty years of my time in England with all this bad weather. I'm out of here.' So that was another reason as well, amongst a few other reasons. But I just thought, 'That's it, really.' But it did definitely help with my back and just about everything, really."

Harris continued: "I always wanted to live [in the Bahamas], really, 'cause we made albums in the early '80s at Compass Point studios — we made three albums there; we did 'Piece Of Mind', 'Powerslave' and 'Somewhere In Time' there. And then going back only a few years, we also did 'The Final Frontier' there as well… It was great to go back [there for the recording of 'The Final Frontier']. It was good for me, 'cause I was just living just down the road — my house was five minutes away from the studio, so every day was perfect for me. We've had a lot of good times there. Even from when I first went there in '83, I thought, 'One day I'd like to live here.' I really liked it. It made a big impression on me — the place and the people and everything. So I thought, 'One day I'll go there,' and I did."

MAIDEN's "The Book Of Souls" world tour kicked off in early 2016 and recently returned to North America.

"The Book Of Souls" was MAIDEN's first-ever double studio album and their most successful chart-wise to date, debuting at the No. 1 spot in over forty countries around the world and No. 4 in the U.S.A.

Today marks the tenth anniversary of the release of Nikki Sixx's drug-soaked New York Times best-selling memoir "The Heroin Diaries" and SiXX:A.M.'s "The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack". To commemorate more than a decade of sobriety and life lessons learned, Sixx and SIXX:A.M. revisit the seminal work; announcing tenth-anniversary editions of the book and album in multiple formats, including digital LP, CD, CD/DVD and special edition vinyl, and graphic novel. Fans can get a jump start today by pre-ordering these and more exclusively at PledgeMusic.

Sixx got sober sixteen years ago. A decade ago he shared this story with the world. And yet with the modern opioid crisis looming larger than ever; Sixx's journey to sobriety and the words and music it inspired remains poignantly relevant. Chronicling the year of decadence and depravity that almost cost Sixx his life during the recording and tour for MÖTLEY CRÜE's seminal 1987 album "Girls Girls Girls", the book not only became a worldwide bestseller but also spawned the band SIXX:A.M., and Sixx's nationally syndicated daily iHeart Media rock radio show "Sixx Sense With Nikki Sixx". Says Sixx: "Over the last ten years, I've met so many people who have thanked me for 'The Heroin Diaries' and say that it saved their lives. But the truth is, writing 'The Heroin Diaries' saved my life too.” Journey back again into this survivor's story in one of the most "harrowing" (Rolling Stone) and "heartbreaking" (The New York Times) memoirs of addiction ever published and the soundtrack it inspired. The once-shattered rock star shares raw and mesmerizing journal entries from the year he plunged to rock bottom — and his courageous decision to pick himself up and start living again. In never-before-seen photos and exclusive new chapters, Nikki reflects on his decade of sobriety in this expanded tenth- anniversary edition of the book. SIXX:A.M. also celebrates its tenth anniversary with the re-release of "The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack: 10th Anniversary Edition". Comprised of James Michael (vocalist, producer, songwriter), DJ Ashba (guitarist, songwriter) and Sixx (bassist, songwriter), the group initially came together to write, record, and co-produce "The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack", which sold over 300,000 copies, and includes the #1 hit single "Life Is Beautiful", which became radio's most played rock song of 2008. Over the past decade, SIXX:A.M. has become a full-fledged global rock powerhouse, releasing four additional albums, multiple Top 5 hits and playing the biggest festivals and arenas around the world. "The Heroin Diaries: Ten Year Anniversary Edition" by Nikki Sixx is out October 24 via Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster featuring a new cover, never-before-seen photos and exclusive brand new chapters. "The Heroin Diaries: 10th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack" by SIXX:A.M. will be released October 27 via Eleven Seven Music as a digital album, CD and CD/DVD. A limited-edition vinyl package will also come later this year. All music configurations feature new artwork, personal notes from the band and include three newly re-imagined tracks: "Life Is Beautiful 2017", "Accidents Can Happen 2017" and "Girl With Golden Eyes 2017". Also on pre-sale today is "The Heroin Diaries" graphic novel, a collaboration that Nikki Sixx and Heavy Metal recently announced at Comic-Con San Diego. The graphic novel presents "The Heroin Diaries" from a different angle and gives both insight and understanding to the deadly trap and temptation of addiction adapted by Rantz Hoseley, illustrated by Danijel Zezelj, and Keiron Dwyer, an with exclusive cover art by David Mack. In addition, Sixx will debut his first-ever photography exhibit in partnership with Leica Camera at the Leica Gallery Los Angeles beginning October 4 (announcement forthcoming). The collection features Sixx's most precious moments and interactions from the past decade, in images including homelessness and drug addiction amongst other topics which Sixx was all too familiar with before photography helped change his life post-sobriety.

Photo credit: Dustin Jack

Available in limited edition vinyl and CD formats on September 29th via Nettwerk Records, The Diamond Cuts Collectors Box Set from Airbourne includes the band's first three studio albums: Runnin Wild, No Guts, No Glory and Black Dog Barking, along with the brand new Diamond Cuts - The B-Sides collection featuring two previously unavailable tracks ("Money" and "Heavy Weight Lover") plus a bonus DVD of the brand new band documentary, It’s All For Rock N’ Roll - housed in a slipcase box featuring original Diamond Cuts artwork.

In live news, Airbourne will resume their Breakin' Outta Hell Tour on August 30th in Santiago, Chile; to view the complete routing, visit this location.

 

British female fronted symphonic metal band, Dead Of Night, is the newest addition to Pride & Joy Music’s roster.

Dead Of Night are a five-piece band with members from various parts of the UK. Formed in 2013 by composer Carl Eden as a vehicle for an album that he had in mind at the time, and with the release of The Dead Shall Rise in 2014 they began receiving much critical acclaim.

Following on from the success of this self-released debut album the band went on to re-record their first album under the title The Dead Shall Rise Again. This was accompanied by their first live performance at The Railway in Bolton, UK, which spurred them on to continue gigging across the UK.

Their latest release, titled In Search Of Ancient Magic, sees progression and the band reaching new heights in terms of what Dead Of Night are capable of.

The band have gigged throughout the UK enjoying festival slots at A Splendid Day Out (Morecambe's Victorian and Steampunk Festival 2016/2017), The Quinphonic Festival 4 (Birmingham's Female Fronted Metal Festival 2017), as well as gigs in Lancaster, Morecambe and Burnley for the 2017 Metal 2 The Masses - Battle Of The Bands competition. The band won the online Life You Choose Battle Of The Bands competition in 2016, proving that their dedicated fans are behind them all the way.

Dead Of Night is currently finishing off the songwriting for their new, yet untitled release, which should be ready for release in spring 2018.

Lineup:

Briony Featon - vocals
Carl Eden - keyboards & programming
Dan Roberts - guitar
Jason Peacock - bass
Rob Leech - drums

SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor sat down with Larry King for an all-new season-six episode of the Emmy-nominated series "Larry King Now". The singer discussed a potential new SLIPKNOT album, his desire to collaborate with Jay-Z and his friend Chester Bennington's suicide. Taylor also opened up about politics, including his views on President Donald Trump and a possible Kid Rock Senate bid.

Speaking about his relationship with LINKIN PARK frontman Chester Bennington, whose recent suicide shocked the music community, Taylor said that he didn't agree with to fans calling Chester "cowardly." "Unless you've walked in those shoes, you don't understand the pain, the weight of carrying that along, and there's no right way to deal with it," Corey said. "There's no universal fix-all. So you spend your whole life trying to find what works for you. I am just glad I got the time I had with him." Taylor added that Bennington was a "sweetheart of a guy," and that he sadly struggled with mental health issues.

Taylor also discussed his disdain for President Trump, a man he says is attempting to run "American Inc." instead of the government. "I'm not going to sit here and call him a Hitler like a lot of other people will," he said. "I think he is just a massive ego. He's a businessman who's gonna try and run America Inc., and that doesn't work — that's not what governments do, as far as I'm concerned. I may be naïve, but I grew up watching different programs and different things and different forms of deregulation, and it's never gone the right way for the middle class. So everybody who keeps telling me to give him a chance, I keep trying to give him a chance and he keeps shooting himself in the foot."

Taylor also weighed in on why he thinks Kid Rock has no place running for the U.S. Senate. "I've never met him. I've heard he's really, really cool, but I think the worst thing that people can do is assume that you can fill a role that you have no experience in," Corey said. "I mean, we're kind of seeing that with the President right now. So there you go."

Taylor talked cross-genre collaborations with Larry, revealing his desire to join forces with legendary rapper Jay-Z. "His mind is so massive, I think it would be really, really cool," Corey said.

This episode is now live on Ora.tv (episodes premiere daily 11 a.m. PST / 2 p.m. EST)

The surviving members of LINKIN PARK have released a statement thanking fans for their support and announcing plans for a tribute event for their late singer, Chester Bennington.

Bennington died by suicide on July 20. He was 41.

His private funeral service took place on July 29 near his home in Palos Verdes, California. It was attended by five hundred guests, including members of all three bands Bennington sang in: LINKIN PARK, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and DEAD BY SUNRISE.

Earlier today, LINKIN PARK posted the following message on the band's official Twitter account:

"Just wanted to say thank you to all our fans around the world for the tremendous outpouring of love, which has strengthened our spirit during this incredibly difficult time.

"The five of us are so grateful for all of your support as we heal and build the future of LINKIN PARK.

"We are working on a special public event in Los Angeles to honor Chester's memory, and look forward to sharing details with you soon.

"Peace and love."

Bennington had been open with the press and public about his struggles with drugs and alcohol, which landed him in rehab twice around 2006.

Investigators reportedly found no illegal drugs or prescription drugs while searching Bennington's home following his passing, although a partially consumed bottle of alcohol was found in the bedroom where the 41-year-old singer's body was discovered. It will not be clear until a toxicology report is released whether Bennington had any drugs or alcohol in his system at the time of his death.

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— LINKIN PARK (@linkinpark) August 22, 2017

DEAD CROSS, the Southern California outfit featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (ex-SLAYER, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, MISFITS) and singer Mike Patton (FAITH NO MORE), will play at El Rey theater in Los Angeles tonight (Tuesday, August 22). The show is a make-up date for last night's DEAD CROSS concert, which was canceled at the last minute after Patton was involved in a "minor accident."

According to DEAD CROSS's publicist, "Patton is okay. He is getting stitched up and is raring to go. He thought he could skateboard to the show last night but he suffered a bad wipeout on the way."

All tickets purchased for Monday's performance will be honored at the box office tonight.

Refunds are available at point of purchase.

In addition to Patton and Lombardo, DEAD CROSS features guitarist Mike Crain and bassist Justin Pearson.

DEAD CROSS is on the road supporting its self-titled debut album, which was released on August 4 via Ipecac Recordings.

Patton told Rolling Stone about the record: "It's funny. The few people that I've played the record for, I'm, like, 'Hey, what do you think of this thing I'm doing now? It's really funny, right?' And they're like, 'Funny? Jesus Christ, this is brutal.' I almost consider it like a vacation. It's fun. But different friends keep saying, 'Holy shit, this is not old school. This is something else. Patton, you've done something great here!' I'm like, 'Oh, okay. I did not know that.' So everyone's got a warped perception of what normal and weird is, I guess, is my point. None of them compete with me."

W.A.S.P. has recruited Brazilian drummer Aquiles Priester to sit behind the kit for the band's "Re-Idolized - The Crimson Idol 25th Anniversary World Tour", which is scheduled to kick off on September 25 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

For a list of upcoming W.A.S.P. shows, visit WASPnation.com.

Born in South Africa, Priester has collaborated with such bands and solo artists as ANGRA, HANGAR, MIDAS FATE, PRIMAL FEAR, Paul Di'Anno (ex-IRON MAIDEN), Tony MacAlpine and Vinnie Moore. He is also known for having participated in the widely talked-about DREAM THEATER drummer audition which took place after Mike Portnoy had left the band. It was after that event that DREAM THEATER guitarist John Petrucci recommended Priester to another great guitar virtuoso, Tony MacAlpine.

Priester has released three educational publications: the book "Inside My PsychoBook: 100 Double Bass Patterns" (2011) as well as two DVDs, titled "The Infallible Reason Of My Freak Drumming" (2010) and "Top 100 Drum Fills" (2013).

Drummer Mike Dupke left W.A.S.P. in 2015 after a nine-year stint with the band. He was initially replaced on the road by YNGWIE MALMSTEEN drummer Patrick Johansson and, later, by Randy Black (PRIMAL FEAR).

Napalm Records will release "Re-Idolized", the twenty-fifth-anniversary version of W.A.S.P.'s iconic hit album plus the original "The Crimson Idol" movie on DVD and Blu-ray.

"Re-Idolized" will be made available on Blu-ray, DVD, CD, and vinyl later this year.

British extreme metal legends NAPALM DEATH have entered Parlour Studios in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England to begin recording their new album for an early 2018 release. Helming the sessions once again is producer Russ Russell, who has previously worked with THE HAUNTED and DIMMU BORGIR, among others.

A few photos from the studio can be found at NapalmDeath.org.

In a recent interview with Metal Wani's Jake Patton, NAPALM DEATH vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway spoke about how the band's musical approach has evolved over the years as it has become more commercially successful.

"Our way of approaching things is always the same," he said. "Every time we make an album or such, the thought in our minds is not, 'How can we finally put our button on the secret to commercial success?' [Laughs] It doesn't roll that way with us. We simply try and make a combination of the best and most extreme that we feel we can at the time. Now, I think the one thing I would say is that in terms of making a good blend of the very traditional NAPALM stuff — the fast stuff — to the more skewed kind of NAPALM stuff, which is that, if you like, post-punk noise sort of very avantgarde stuff mixed in, I think we're starting to get better and better with that in terms of the mix; it's quite seamless now, in my opinion. And that side of things is what has seemed to make more and more people interested. Because I know a lot of bands' record sales are decreasing, but ours are going up."

Greenway also addressed the status of NAPALM DEATH guitarist Mitch Harris, who has been taking a leave of absence from the band since late 2014 to focus on his family life.

"Mitch is still a member of the band as such," Barney explained. "This is a situation that we're still working on now. As is quite obvious to people, Mitch hasn't been able to tour with us. I've gotta be honest — we don't know whether that situation is gonna change or not; we just don't. But we're not people to do anything drastic with that situation. We don't see things as irretrievable. So we are working on it right now. Mitch is still a member of the band. He most likely will record with us on the next album as things are; in fact, I think it's pretty dead set that he will. And that's it, really. There's nothing sinister behind it. It's a set of circumstances that have kind of worked out that way."

Harris took an indefinite break in the fall of 2014 to tend to a family situation and Wikipedia initially wrongly scrubbed him from the band roster. He has since been temporarily replaced by John Cooke (CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR).

NAPALM DEATH's last album, "Apex Predator - Easy Meat", was released in January 2015 via Century Media Records.

Photo courtesy of NAPALM DEATH's Facebook page

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will release its eighth full-length album, "Nightbringers", on October 6 via Metal Blade Records.

The official music video for the disc's title track can be viewed below.

Rather than meticulously plan things out or stick rigidly to any kind of template, when it comes to writing, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER prefer to let things happen organically. In the hands of guitarist Brian Eschbach — who co-founded the band with frontman Trevor Strnad in 2001 — and new recruit Brandon Ellis (ARSIS, ex-CANNABIS CORPSE), "Nightbringers" is rich with dynamic riffs that are at once fresh and classic THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, resulting in a collection that shifts through many moods and effortlessly incorporates various elements of extreme metal. While Strnad explores a variety of themes and ideas with his lyrics, they are united by the album's title, which embraces a tenet that has been central to THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER's output since the very beginning.

"Death metal and nighttime are synonymous to me," Strnad explains. "We are the rulers of the darkened hours that the Christian good fears. A lot of archaic ideas that are still upheld — such as marriage and monogamy — came from Christianity, whether people want to acknowledge it or not, and to me, death metal has always been bucking that. It's 'being-the-villain music', because we're the enemy of Christianity, the enemy of all that is good and traditional. Death metal is for free thinkers, it's for showing people the path to inner strength and operating on your own will, instead of being told what to do and living in fear, and songs like the title track and 'Kings Of The Nightworld' are about leading a legion of awakened minds into battle."

"Nightbringers" track listing:

01. Widowmaker02. Of God And Serpent, Of Spectre And Snake03. Matriarch04. Nightbringers05. Jars06. Kings Of The Nightworld07. Catacomb Hecatomb08. As Good As Dead09. The Lonely Deceased

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER is currently co-headlining "The Summer Slaughter Tour" with DYING FETUS, OCEANO, ORIGIN, SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL, RINGS OF SATURN, BETRAYING THE MARTYRS and LORNA SHORE as support. This USA trek sees THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER performing "Nocturnal" in its entirety, for the album's tenth anniversary.

The official D.J. Sing-directed video for "Radical Eyes", a new song from PROPHETS OF RAGE, the supergroup featuring members of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, PUBLIC ENEMY and CYPRESS HILL, can be seen below. The track is taken from PROPHETS OF RAGE's self-titled debut album, which will be released on September 15 via Fantasy Records. The disc was recorded with legendary producer Brendan O'Brien who has done notable work with RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and AUDIOSLAVE.

"The Western world has created biased structures and stereotypes. Opposing viewpoints and movements are seen as radical rather than diversity," says Chuck D. about the song. "'Radical Eyes' is the lens everything is viewed through, any life movement in opposition is considered radicalized."

PROPHETS OF RAGE came together during 2016's tumultuous election to combat the coming storm, wherever it may lead. Following last summer's inaugural tour, the group knew it could evolve from protest performance art with a tactical mission, to a stand-alone entity with creative ideas all its own. Holed up with longtime RAGE collaborator, producer Brendan O'Brien, the band fused the diverse styles, sonic firepower and hard-hitting social consciousness of their previous work, into an inventive and compelling new musical statement, completing the album's twelve tracks in just over a month of recording.

At its core, PROPHETS OF RAGE functions not only on a love of music, but a deep belief in its power as a tool, and a weapon. Woven into the band's DNA are influences as varied as THE CLASH, KRS-One and Johnny Cash, as well as the undeniable ideals and aesthetics of its predecessors: PUBLIC ENEMY's frenzied, racing textures, RAGE's jaw-melting riffs, CYPRESS HILL's manically playful party energy.

"The music is the passport to the world," Chuck D. says, describing the unique bond the group shares. "It's not always a given to have members who want to go where few have gone."

"Prophets Of Rage" track listing:

01. Radical Eyes02. Unfuck The World03. Legalize Me04. Living On The 11005. The Counteroffensive06. Hail To The Chief07. Take Me Higher08. Strength In Numbers09. Fired A Shot10. Who Owns Who11. Hands Up12. Smashit

Morello told Billboard that the members of PROPHETS OF RAGE have set a very high bar for the material that they want to release. "The goal is a simple one: The music has to be devastating," he explained. "In all these interviews, we talk a lot about the politics, but the cornerstone is that the music has to be devastating and we have to not just be competitive with our legacies, but in [2017], it has to be something that goes beyond that and is very authentic, unapologetic and contemporary."

PROPHETS OF RAGE made their live debut in May 2016 in Los Angeles.

During an August 21 appearance on the "Trunk Nation" show on SiriusXM channel Volume (106), ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell spoke about the progress of the writing and recording sessions for the band's long-awaited follow-up to 2013's "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" album. He said: "We're in the process of cobbling together some tunes, and hopefully in the very near future we'll have something out for you guys.'

Asked about a possible "target date" for the release of the next ALICE IN CHAINS disc, Cantrell said: "I don't know. We'll see. When we're ready, we'll let you know. [Laughs] But we are in the process of working on stuff, yeah."

Pressed about whether ALICE IN CHAINS has actually begun recording the new album or if the songs are still being written, Cantrell replied: "I'm not gonna say." He laughed before adding: "I will say we've got a few things brewing, so it probably won't be too much longer."

Asked if there are any ALICE IN CHAINS tour dates in the works, Cantrell said: "That's probably part of the whole package. But, again, one step at a time. We can't go out and do that until we make a great record, in our opinion, and then hopefully a few other people like it too."

ALICE IN CHAINS bassist Mike Inez revealed in June that the band was scheduled to enter Studio X in Seattle later that month to begin recording its new album. Helming the sessions once again is Nick Raskulinecz, who produced the band's last two studio efforts, 2009's "Black Gives Way To Blue" and the aforementioned "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here".

Studio X, which was originally owned by Ann and Nancy Wilson of the band HEART under the name Bad Animals, was the studio where ALICE IN CHAINS recorded its 1995 self-titled album.

"The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" was the band's second disc with singer William Duvall, who joined in 2006 following the death of Layne Staley.

"The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" sold 62,000 copies in its first week of release. It followed up 2009's "Black Gives Way To Blue".

The first two singles from "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here", "Hollow" and "Stone", both hit No. 1 on the rock radio airplay charts, while the album itself debuted on the Billboard album chart at No. 2.

BMG will reissue the solo catalogue on vinyl from IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson on October 27.

Dickinson's six solo albums span from 1990 to 2005 and have been cut from the original masters for reissue on heavyweight, black 180-gram vinyl in artworked sleeves. Two of the titles — "The Chemical Wedding" and "Tyranny Of Souls" — are being made available for the first time ever on vinyl. The four previously available — "Tattooed Millionaire", "Balls To Picasso", "Skunkworks" and "Accident Of Birth" — have been long out of print, with the latter two titles now expanded to double LPs for optimum sound.

As a special bonus to fans, all six albums will also be available in a limited-edition "Soloworks" box, a must have for any collector.

From the stripped-down hard rock of Bruce's debut solo album, "Tattooed Millionaire" (1990) and its heavier successor "Balls To Picasso" (1994), through the cutting-edge alt-rock of "Skunkworks" (1996) and the heavy metal celebration of "Accident Of Birth" (1997) to the modern metal with a traditional heart of "The Chemical Wedding" (1998) and final solo foray, "Tyranny Of Souls" (2005), these six albums are an essential part of Bruce's story outside of MAIDEN and, more importantly, some of the most vital and absorbing metal albums of the last three decades. Revisit them now at maximum volume.

Pre-order exclusively from brucedickinsonsoloworks.com now. All fans who purchase the complete "Soloworks" box will receive a double-sided 24" x 36" Bruce Dickinson poster.

SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan — now going by his full name: William Patrick Corgan — will release his second solo album, "Ogilala", on October 13 via BMG. The disc, produced by Rick Rubin and recorded at Shangri La studios in Malibu, presents Corgan's distinctive vocals and melodies across a sparse, but rich palette of acoustic guitar, piano, and strings.

"For as long as I can remember the delineation point between songs I wrote for myself and songs I'd pen for whatever band was something I couldn't explain. And it remains so, for they all feel quite personal to me, no matter their time or era. The lone difference on songs for 'Ogilala' is that they seemed to want little in the way of adornment," said Corgan. "Having written the songs for voice and guitar, I put myself in Rick's hands to take the music wherever he'd like. Normally I would have done more, and tinkered more on production, but rather Rick put the onus on me to deliver at a molecular level via live takes. The rest was simply a reaction."

Corgan also released the album's striking first track, "Aeronaut", which is available in all DSPs. Fans who pre-order "Ogilala" will receive an immediate download of "Aeronaut". "Ogilala" will be available digitally as well as physically on CD and 180-gram gatefold vinyl. A limited-edition opaque blue vinyl will be available directly from Corgan's webstore and a limited edition pink vinyl will be available at select indie retailers. "Ogilala" track listing:

01. Zowie02. Processional03. The Spaniards04. Aeronaut05. The Long Goodbye06. Half-Life Of An Autodidact07. Amarinthe08. Antietam09. Mandaryne10. Shiloh11. Archer

This fall, Corgan will embark on a solo acoustic North American tour that kicks off on October 14 in Brooklyn, New York and wraps up on November 11 in Los Angeles, California with a three-night stint at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. These intimate performances will see Corgan perform songs from "Ogilala", as well as a second set which will span works from his earliest days through his years as the frontman of THE SMASHING PUMPKINS and beyond. Tickets for the tour are on sale this Friday, August 25 at 10:00 a.m. local time.

William Patrick Corgan North American tour dates:

Oct. 14 - Brooklyn, NY. Murmrr TheatreOct. 15 - Brooklyn, NY. Murmrr TheatreOct. 18 - Wilmington, DE. Grand Opera HouseOct. 20 - Toronto, ON. Queen Elizabeth TheatreOct. 24 - Chicago, IL. Athenaeum TheatreOct. 25 - Chicago, IL. Athenaeum TheatreOct. 27 - Nashville, TN. CMA TheaterOct. 29 - Boulder, CO. Boulder TheaterNov. 01 - San Francisco, CA. Herbst TheatreNov. 02 - San Francisco, CA. Herbst TheatreNov. 09 - Los Angeles, CA. Masonic Lodge @ Hollywood Forever CemeteryNov. 10 - Los Angeles, CA. Masonic Lodge @ Hollywood Forever CemeteryNov. 11 - Los Angeles, CA. Masonic Lodge @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Photo credit: Alpha Pan

Original DIO drummer Vinny Appice says that he is unsure what to think of the hologram of Ronnie James Dio, which made its debut at last year's Wacken Open Air festival in Germany. Created by Eyellusion, the surprise appearance of the heavy metal icon during DIO DISCIPLES' set closed out the massive metal event which was attended by more than seventy-five thousand fans.

Eyellusion recently announced initial dates for "Dio Returns: The World Tour", featuring the Ronnie James Dio hologram reunited with the late rock star's former bandmates from the DIO band. The tour will make more than eighty stops around the globe, kicking off in Helsinki, Finland on November 30.

Asked by EonMusic for his opinion on the Dio hologram, Appice said: "I saw it [the tour announcement] the other day, and I went, 'How's that?!' It says 'DIO is back!'. I'm not in the band, Viv's [original DIO guitarist Vivian Campbell] not in the band, Ronnie is not here… I don't know. I haven't seen the first one, and I don't know. It depends. It's not really my thing. If the fans like it, love it, I'm for it. If they think it's a terrible thing, then it might be a little over the top."

Campbell told EonMusic earlier in the month that he was "not going to pass judgment" on the Dio hologram. He said: "The way I look at it is, if that goes on tour, that will raise awareness of DIO and the catalog, and by virtue of that, we will benefit because we're associated in some way, and they will benefit from what we're doing, so it's a very reciprocal kind of thing, and it's all good. Like I say, I haven't seen it, so I'm not going to pass judgment on it."

Campbell, along with Appice and bassist Jimmy Bain, was part of the original DIO lineup, which reunited in 2012 alongside singer Andrew Freeman to form LAST IN LINE.

When LAST IN LINE formed, the intent was to celebrate Ronnie James Dio's early work by reuniting the members of the original DIO lineup. After playing shows that featured a setlist composed exclusively of material from the first three DIO albums, the band decided to move forward and create new music in a similar vein.

The "Dio Returns" tour will also make stops throughout Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Paraguay, United Kingdom, Venezuela and other countries, with dates to be announced. The tour is expected to come to the United States in spring 2018 and play festivals globally during the summer. The Ronnie James Dio hologram will perform for the majority of the show, treating fans to an alternating set list that will feature songs such as "Holy Diver", "Rainbow In The Dark", "We Rock", "King Of Rock And Roll", BLACK SABBATH's "Neon Knights" and "Heaven And Hell" and RAINBOW's "Man On The Silver Mountain" and more. The "Dio Returns" tour will feature Dio's actual live vocals, backed by a live band consisting of former DIO and current DIO DISCIPLES members Simon Wright (drums), Craig Goldy (guitar) and Scott Warren (keyboards) alongside bassist Bjorn Englen (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN). Veteran metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) will also perform, with singer Oni Logan (LYNCH MOB) also joining on select dates.

The first in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "BCCIV", the -awaited fourth album from BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, can be seen below. The disc will be released on September 22 via Mascot Records. This is BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION's first studio album since 2013's "Afterglow".

BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION is the Anglo-American rock group comprising vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, TRAPEZE), drummer Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN, FOREIGNER), Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, ALICE COOPER, BILLY IDOL) and blues-rock guitarist/vocalist Joe Bonamassa.

Just like its three predecessors, "BCCIV" was overseen by Kevin Shirley, whose catalogue of hit records for LED ZEPPELIN, IRON MAIDEN, AEROSMITH, JOURNEY and THE BLACK CROWES has made him one of the hottest producers that rock music has to offer. Shirley, who originally had the idea of putting Hughes and Bonamassa in a band after seeing them jamming together onstage in Los Angeles back in November 2009, is the group's unofficial "fifth member."

"BCCIV" track listing:

01. Collide (4:07)02. Over My Head (4:06)03. The Last Song For My Resting Place (7:57)04. Sway (5:24)05. The Cove (7:11)06. The Crow (6:00)07. Wanderlust (8:18)08. Love Remains (4:53)09. Awake (4:42)10. When The Morning Comes (7:56)11. With You I Go (bonus track on vinyl edition only)

Speaking to myRockworld about some of the lyrical themes covered on "BCCIV", Hughes said: "All the songs were written with a topic — what kind of song we're gonna write musically, what kind of song am I gonna write lyrics about? This album is about walking through the fear, having faith, hope, the killing of dolphins, which I'm against, of course. Look for a big video on [that song, 'The Cove'] — a big video. 'Wanderlust', a song that was written about my travels and always returning home, always safe… to get back home to a safe place. 'The Crow', a very intense rock track written about the bird that watches over the band; it's really a great song about the Black Country. I wrote a song for my father when he passed away, called 'Love Remains'. The chorus was very, very sensitive, and it sounds like a song written for someone that had just passed. So it's a very personal song for me."

As for the track "The Last Song For My Resting Place", Hughes said: "[BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION guitarist] Joe [Bonamassa said to] me, 'Hey, I've got this idea about writing a song about the head violin player… or the leader of the orchestra on the Titanic, and I said, 'That's a really good idea.' So he wrote a lyric about the violin player — a great Joe song that needed to be, as always… I mean, I love Joe, I love Joe's voice and I love Joe's work — I really do love him. And I thought it was a great opportunity to show how versatile Joe is on this particular song. So I'm really happy for Joe."

Elsewhere, the basic idea for "Over My Head" came to Hughes in the middle of the night. "[My wife] hears me singing, [singing] 'Over my head.' And she said, 'Honey, what's that?' I said, 'I don't know, but I have to go and record it,'" Glenn recalled. "And I left the bedroom and I went, [singing], 'Over my head,' and I just wrote a song around that chorus, that very melodic chorus. And I came back to bed, and the idea was recorded. And that's the way I took it to Joe and we finished it together."

BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION's inception took place when Hughes and Bonamassa fused their styles on stage in Los Angeles in November 2009 for an explosive performance at Guitar Center's King Of The Blues event. With the help and guidance of Shirley, they further added to their rock lineage by recruiting Bonham and Sherinian.

BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION has announced two exclusive concerts in Europe during January 2018 to support of "BCCIV". The band will play Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Tuesday, January 2 and London Hammersmith Apollo on Thursday, January 4. These will be the only two concerts the band will play in Europe.

I PREVAIL has released a new video for "Lifelines", the title track from the band's debut LP. The clip was shot in Detroit at the Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program, an organization which uses boxing to help at-risk youth with educational tutoring and discipline. Singer Brian Burkheiser told The Pulse Of Radio how the song itself sums up the themes of the album. "It's just those defining moments in your life where the path goes one way and you can't look back, and for better or for worse you're a different person coming out of whatever experience that is," he said. "I think it's just kind of us expressing those emotions through that song on everything that's happened to us. But we try to do it in a relatable way where people who are going through different things, whether it's a divorce or a loss of a loved one or whatever it is, you know, you can hone in on that emotion with that song."

Burkheiser said about the video: "We set out to create something that embodied what 'Lifelines' as a song and as an album really meant to us. It centers around the harsh reality that life doesn't care about what you have planned. The biggest moments, whether ones of amazing opportunity or painful loss, are coming no matter what. How you choose to respond makes you who you are."

I PREVAIL recently announced a massive fall headlining tour. The pro wrestling-themed "Rage On The Stage" trek will begin on September 20 in Oklahoma City and may end up hitting as many as fifty different cities before grinding to a halt on December 2 in Des Moines, Iowa. Support on the road trip will come from WE CAME AS ROMANS, THE WORD ALIVE and ESCAPE THE FATE.

Since the Detroit rockers formed in 2013, I PREVAIL has become impossible to ignore over the past year. Last week's announcement of "Rage On The Stage" follows their massive run on this summer's Vans Warped Tour, during which the band played the Journey's Left Foot Main Stage. Propelled by the rise of their power ballad single "Alone", which has invaded the Top 5 of the Top Rock Songs chart, "Lifelines" has been able to move over a hundred and seventy thousand units since its release last October, continuing to remain in the Top 20 of the iTunes Rock Albums chart.

I PREVAIL is Brian Burkheiser (clean vocals), Eric Vanlerberghe (harsh vocals), Steve Menoian (lead guitar) and Dylan Bowman (rhythm guitar).

Photo credit: Jeff Forney

Ozzy Osbourne performed Monday afternoon during a solar eclipse at a festival in Illinois.

The BLACK SABBATH singer headlined Carterville's Moonstock festival, and he played his classic song "Bark At The Moon" at the height of the eclipse at 1:20 p.m. local time.

According to The Southern Illinoisan, Ozzy walked on stage at Walker's Bluff as the first diamond ring of the eclipse appeared, and began to sing the song as the shadow of the moon swept across the crowd.

"I don't think I've ever been in this part of the world before," Osbourne told his fans. "I love you all. Thank you for coming to see me."

Nearly twelve thousand people reportedly turned up to see the eclipse and Osbourne at Walker's Bluff.

Cynde Bunch, owner of Walker's Bluff, told The Southern Illinoisan one-fourth of the tickets sales were from outside the U.S.

"In the campground, we have thirty campers from different states and twelve camp sites rented by people from outside the country," Bunch said.

Ozzy is joined on the current run of dates by guitarist Zakk Wylde, who was the SABBATH frontman's regular axeman from 1988 to 2007, although they've often performed together since then. Osbourne's touring lineup also includes Rob "Blasko" Nicholson on bass, Tommy Clufetos on drums and Adam Wakeman on keyboards.

Wylde originally joined Osbourne's band three decades ago and backed the legendary frontman from 1987 to 1995, then again in 1998, from 2001 to 2004 and also from 2006 to 2009. His guitar playing can be heard on Osbourne's studio albums "No Rest For The Wicked", "No More Tears", "Ozzmosis", "Down To Earth", "Under Cover" and "Black Rain". The first album with Wylde went double platinum and "No More Tears" remains Ozzy's most successful album, going four times platinum in the United States with four Top 10 songs on the U.S. Billboard chart. Wylde also appeared with Ozzy on three live albums.

German metallers, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, will release their new album, Der Rote Reiter, on August 25th via Nuclear Blast Records. A new teaser video for the album can be found below.

Der Rote Reiter was produced by the band and co-producers Alexander Dietz (Heaven Shall Burn) and Eike Freese (Deep Purple, Kai Hansen) at Chameleon Recording & Chemical Burn Studios.

Tracklisting:

“Wir Sind Zurück”
“Der Rote Reiter”
“Auf Und Nieder”
“Folgt Uns”
“Hört Mich An”
“The Great Experience Of Ecstasy”
“Franz Weiss”
“Die Freiheit Ist Eine Pflicht”
“Herz In Flammen”
“Brüder Auf Leben Und Tod”
“Ich Bin Weg”
“Ich Nehm Dir Deine Welt”
“Ich Werd Bleiben”

Album teaser:

“Der Rote Reiter” video:

Trailer:

As Vancouver, British Columbia-based progressive / tech death metal outfit ​Neck Of The Woods prepares for the September 15th release of their debut album, The Passenger, through Basick Records, an official video for the song "You'll Always Look The Same To Me" can be enjoyed now.

A vibrant and aggressive video that fits with the track's dynamic attack, the video for "You'll Always Look The Same To Me" was directed and edited by Christopher Lennox-Aasen. Offers Neck Of The Woods on the song's lyrical direction, which is displayed in the video, "The struggle does not become you, it only makes you stronger."

Tracklisting:

“Bottom Feeder”
“Nailbiter”
“White Coats”
“Open Water”
“You’ll Always Look The Same To Me”
“Face Of The Villain”
“Drift”
“Foothills”
“Before | Rest”

“Bottom Feeder”:

Neck Of The Woods has announced a run of Canadian tour dates surrounding the release of The Passenger; confirmed shows are listed below. 

September
10 - Broken City - Calgary, AB
11 - Vangelis - Saskatoon, SK
13 - Neighbours Corner Pub - Drumheller, AB
14 - Cloud 9 Live - Regina, SK
15 - Industry House - Edmonton, AB
16 - Record City - Vernon, BC
22 - Pub340 - Vancouver, BC

 

The latest single from Sheffield-based, punk-fuelled metal outfit, While She Sleeps, has been revealed as the incendiary "Steal The Sun" and a new music video, directed by Ryan Chang, has been released. The track is taken from the new album, You Are We.

The clip incorporates a dark narrative alongside live footage and was filmed across Thailand, China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong on the band's recent tour of Asia. Watch below.

2017 has seen While She Sleeps make it their mission to bring the truly heartfelt and socially conscious music of You Are We to far-flung corners of the world, as well as across their home country. Shows have included the recent Asian dates and tours in Australia, Europe and the UK with a tour supporting Trivium and Arch Enemy in North America still to come.

Tour dates:

October
27 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues
28 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
29 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
31 - Baltimore, MD - Soundstage

November
1 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero Theater
3 - New York, NY - Playstation Theater
4 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
5 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis
7 - Toronto, ON - The Danforth Music Hall
8 - Detroit, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
10 - Sioux City, IA - Anthem At Hard Rock
11 - Kansas City, MO - The Truman
12 - Chicago, IL - Concord Music Hall
14 - Minneapolis, MN - Skyway Theater
15 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
17 - Denver, CO - Summit Music Hall
18 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
20 - Calgary, AB - The Palace Theatre
21 - Edmonton, AB - Union Hall
23 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theater
24 - Seattle, WA - Showbox Sodo
25 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
27 - Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades
28 - San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom
29 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern

December
1 - Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theater
2 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
4 - Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey Live

DEAD CROSS was forced to cancel its concert earlier tonight (Monday, August 21) at El Rey in Los Angeles, California after singer Mike Patton (also of FAITH NO MORE) was reportedly involved in an accident on his way to the venue.

After opening act SECRET CHIEFS 3 completed its set, about a half hour passed before guitarist Mike Crain and drummer Dave Lombardo (formerly of SLAYER) came out on stage to address the crowd.

"There's been an accident," Crain said (see video below). "Mike was in an accident. It's not grave, but he's unable to be here tonight. He's hurt. So I'm sorry. We apologize. We're gonna reschedule. And tickets will be refunded at points of purchase."

"On behalf of the band, we're really sorry," added Lombardo. He went on to say that he, Crain and the fourth member of this hardcore supergroup — bassist Justin Pearson — would be traveling to where Patton was located to be with the injured vocalist.

DEAD CROSS was on the road supporting its self-titled debut album, which was released on August 4 via Ipecac Recordings.

Another short preview clip entitled “A Voice For The Fans“, from Slipknot’s upcoming Day Of The Gusano documentary, can be seen below:

Slipknot. A genuine sonic phenomenon, a nine-piece force of nature and one of heavy music's most important, recognizable, uncompromising and creatively ingenious bands. Yet to their millions of fans across the world, affectionately known as 'maggots', Slipknot aren't just a group, they're also a counterculture and a way of life. Those fans play an important role in a new documentary brought to you by MusicScreen, entitled Day Of The Gusano. The 90-minute documentary is to be premiered in more than a thousand screens across the world as a 'one night only' cinematic spectacle on September 6th.

Directed by Slipknot's own M.Shawn Crahan, aka 'Clown', Day Of The Gusano documents the Iowa band's first ever visit to the country in December 2015 and features exclusive interviews with Slipknot's members talking about the importance of their fanbase and the band's long awaited first ever show in Mexico City. Confirmed cities and ticketing for the screenings will be announced in July. Sign up to receive dates and details at this location.

Talking about the movie, Clown tells us, "Slipknot still has dreams for itself. Finally playing Mexico was one of them. It's been a surreal life of rock and roll for Slipknot and the fact that the dreams still go on for us is simply incredible. Thank you."

Guitarist Jim Root continues, "We had such a great time at Knotfest Mexico... Not only with all the friends and bands that were there, but with the fans and the crowd we had to document it with. Now we get to share it with the world."

Day Of The Gusano also chronicles the rabid devotion of the Mexican maggots and sees the band hearing personal, emotive stories from some of their fans, all interspersed with footage from Slipknot's incendiary live show at the inaugural Knotfest Mexico. The film features a full surround soundtrack, so you'll not only hear the show, but you'll 'feel' it as if you were actually there.

October is coming! A new era will begin on the 27th of October, as symphonic metal masters Serenity are ready to release a brand new full-length album. Before the announcement of the album the band encouraged fans to guess the title of their upcoming effort via their socials. So were you able to guess it right? Here it is: Lionheart.

The band states: "Hear us roar! After we spread Da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus all over the world, which you made one of our most successful records ever, we will now feed your yearnings with another historical masterpiece: Lionheart!! Strong, powerful symphonic powermetal hymns mixed with emotions from the depth of our souls - follow us into this new era and show us your Lionheart!!!"

Lionheart was mixed and mastered by Jan Vacik at Dreamsound Studios. Gyula Havancsák at Hjules Design and Illustrations created the fantastic album artwork.

With a full grasp of stunning emotions and superior dramatic compositions these Austrian musicians are world class, already winners of the prestigious Amadeus Austrian Music Award 2017. Their energy and joy of playing those fantastic power symphonic metal-hymns can't be tamed. Heroic and heartfelt - it's almost impossible to not be carried away. Glorious melodies and the angelic voice of Georg Neuhauser join heavenly guitars and tremendous hooks. This is pure symphonic joy.

Lionheart tracklisting:

“Deus Lo Vult”
“United”
“Lionheart”
“Hero”
“Rising High”
“Heaven”
“King's Landing”
“Eternal Victory”
“Stand And Fight”
“The Fortress (Of Blood And Sand)”
“Empire”
“My Fantasy”
“The Final Crusade”

Lionheart will be available in the following formats:

- 1 CD 4 pages Digipack
- 2 LP Gatefold Black Vinyl
- 2 LP Gatefold Gold Vinyl (NPR Mailorder exclusive)
- Deluxe Box (KDS incl. Digipack CD, Bonus CD, Flag, signed autograph card)
- Digital Album Download

Pre-order here.

Tour dates:

October (with Delain)
26 - Paris, France - Alhambra
27 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
28 - Bochum, Germany - Zeche
29 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
31 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli

November (with Delain)
1 - London, England - KOKO

Serenity lineup:

Georg Neuhauser - Vocals
Fabio D'Amore - Bass, Vocals
Andreas Schipflinger - Drums, Vocals
Chris Hermsdörfer - Guitars, Vocals

Nuclear Blast Entertainment has announced the worldwide signing of  seminal psychedelic rock trio, Earthless. The band - Isaiah Mitchell (vocals/guitar), Mike Eginton (bass) and Mario Rubalcaba (drums) - recently finished recording their new album with Dave Catching (Eagles Of Death Metal) at Rancho de la Luna in Joshua Tree, CA, and took a moment to offer a few words about their upcoming album and new partnership.

"Earthless is beyond stoked to join a label that has kept its independence and vision so strong for 30 years," commented drummer Mario Rubalcaba  "It's crazy to think that I've bought Nuclear Blast releases since I was still in my teens. We are psyched to put out yet another extension of ideas, sounds and the long-going chemistry that this band has forged over the years. There are some new inspired paths musically and vocally on this next album and we are very excited to see it released on Nuclear Blast."

"The vibe out at Rancho is one that gels very naturally for Earthless and lends itself to get creative very comfortably," continues Rubalcaba. "You have nothing else out there to do except absorb the heat, stare at the stars and get in the zone! Dave and I first started talking about doing this project together a few years ago now and it was great to finally make it happen."

Adds guitarist Isaiah Mitchell: "Dave was a great person to be around while making this record. Very cool dude. And the studio itself is like a candy store: you want to try everything because there's so much great gear."

Earthless will release their fourth full-length studio album in early 2018. More details to be announced shortly. Until then, don't miss the band on their upcoming headlining run this fall. Tickets go on sale everywhere this Wednesday, August 23rd, at 10 AM, local time.

Tour dates:

October
18 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echoplex
20 - Portland, OR - Tonic
21 - Seattle, WA  - Sunset
22 - Bellingham, WA - The Shakedown
24 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
25 - Reno, NV - Jub Jub's
26 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
27 - Felton, CA - Don Quixote's
28 - Sacramento, CA - Holy Diver
29 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room

(Photo credit: Ed Dominick)

Denmark-based progressive melodic metallers, Anubis Gate, will released their seventh album, Covered In Black, via Nightmare Records on September 1st. A video for “The Combat” can be found below.

Says the band: “With six highly acclaimed albums, what can be said about a seventh album? It would be easy to say the following: It is our most mature album. Or how about this: We built on everything that came before it and added new twists and turns. Or this is our most accessible album perhaps. But that wouldn't be quite true. In fact it might even be quite untrue. Except for the part about building on past experiences, since everybody does that.

“What would have been mature was to make an album resembling our previous album, Horizons, going with the beautiful feel-good vibe of that album (though its topics were not all that feel-good). Instead, the writing of this album simply did not go in that direction. While Covered In Black is a highly melodic affair, it is also challenging in a way none of our previous albums are. Dealing with, and dedicated to, people in dark places, this albums has a darker and more complex edge to it. Allowing ourselves to dig deeper into our collective pool of musical experiences and knowledge, the inspirations come from far across the spectrum. Ranging from classical chamber music, seventies prog and extending to thrash, with very eastern influences popping up, this is an album that is best heard as one piece, even if the individual tracks can stand on their own. Since we've come this far we also allowed ourselves that freedom.

“Is it a concept album? No. But it is a theme album. About people in dark places. From psychopaths, assassins to the more modern topics of being at the receiving end of what is bad about social media. Topics of lifelong failure and revenge are touched upon. The ten-song-long album has two suites, both consisting of three songs. One has the songs spread here and there on the album, while the other is connected as one long piece if you wish to listen to it that way. Wonderfully old-fashioned and just the way we like it. And it is, we feel, simply the best album we've ever done.”

The album was produced by Kim Olesen and Jacob Hansen.

Tracklisting:

“Psychotopia”
“The New Delhi Assassination”
“The Combat”
“Too Much Time”
“A Journey To Nowhere”
“Black”
“Blacker”
“Blackest”
“Operation Cairo”
“From Afar”

“The Combat” video: