KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and ANTHRAX kicked off "The Killthrax Tour" last night (Wednesday, March 29) at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, New Jersey.

Fan-filmed video footage of KILLSWITCH's performance can be seen below.

With KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and ANTHRAX rotating the closing slot over the course of the dates, the tour will criss-cross the continent, wrapping up in Boston on May 7. The intense and dynamic THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA is providing direct support on all dates.

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's latest album "Incarnate", was released in March 2016 via Roadrunner Records.

2016 saw KILLSWITCH ENGAGE appearing on a "Stars Wars"-themed Revolver cover, staging an unforgettable and intimate, five-club New York City takeover for album release week, and embarking on an impressive "Incarnate" world tour. The band also released a limited-edition seven-inch single as part of the spring version of Record Store Day in April 2016; it featured "Define Love", an unreleased track from the "Incarnate" sessions.

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE recently released the "Beyond The Flames: Home Video Part II" two-disc, Blu-ray and CD package. At the heart of this release is a 75-minute documentary that chronicles the return of singer Jesse Leach, after nearly a decade of being apart, to the band he helped form back in 1999. The piece also takes a close look at the KILLSWITCH ENGAGE early years that eventually led to Leach's initial departure. Produced and directed by KILLSWITCH ENGAGE storyteller Denise Korycki, this documentary picks up right where their 2005 "(Set This) World Ablaze" release left off, revealing the untold rest of the KILLSWITCH ENGAGE story.

Dark Sarah is a musical project by Finnish metal band Amberian Dawn’s former vocalist Heidi Parviainen. During the years with Amberian Dawn, she released four studio albums and did several European tours. After parting ways with Amberian Dawn in late 2012, she started to build up her solo career and formed Dark Sarah. JP Leppäluoto (Charon, Nothern Kings, Raskasta Joulua) has joined Dark Sarah's lineup for the third album. Leppäluoto was also featured in Dark Sarah’s previous album, The Puzzle, playing the character The Dragon.

Dark Sarah recently opened an Indiegogo campaign for their new music video which sees the story of Dark Sarah and The Dragon receiving a continuation. Check out details at Indiegogo.

Epic Death has done it again. They have taken their video catalog to the next level by doing a lyric video with a 360 degree twist. The track for the video is “Incantation Of Epic Death”, taken from their 2015 debut Witchcraft. 

Video notes:
-Video created by Thomas Degato of Grind House Media 
-Green screen footage by Justin Riddler
-Produced by Stephen Bogle

Texas-based metal unit Epic Death live up to their name in more ways than one: with an imposing musical pedigree and decades of combined experience in multiple bands across several genres, they weave a tapestry of sinister sonic atmospheres, bringing together the imagery, theatricality and brute force of classic black metal, thrash and technical death metal with eerie soundscapes, apocalyptic lyrics and haunting melodies, drawing influence from such iconic bands as Slayer, Dimmu Borgir, Death, Cradle Of Filth and Behemoth, while simultaneously exploring dark new horizons in extreme music.

Upcoming Chicago-based modern rockers, Frontline, will release their debut full-length album, Cold World, on June 2nd via Vanity Music Group's new imprint, Shock Records, distributed through AISA / RED / Sony Music. Produced by Mike Brezen, the album was recorded over a six month period at AMG Studios in Chicago.

Formed by singer/guitarist Jason Delismon in early 2016, Frontline came to life when Delismon hooked up with lead guitarist, Mike Nowak, bassist, Alex Loeber and keyboardist Diane Tragos when the three of them began writing together, which soon led to the concept of an actual band coming to life.

"It was just a writing thing at first," relates Delismon, "and soon things just started to click and it became obvious that we needed to see this thing through. Before long we began auditioning drummers and Jason Jaros entered the picture."

Soon after the recording of Cold World commenced, Nowak had to step down due to personal reasons, to be replaced by Steve Vuko. "After auditioning more than enough guitarists, it was obvious that Steve just had the chemistry needed to fill Mike's shoes," Jason recalls.

Delismon says of Cold World, "I'm confident it will break through and dominate the mainstream rock scene with its edgy and heartfelt lyrics. Fans won't be disappointed with the innovative originality we've put into this."

The band tapped former In This Moment drummer Tom Hane to design the album art for Cold World. Jason met Hane back in 2012 when the former was a drum tech for Eve To Adam on the Jagermeister Presents... tour, which In This Moment was also a part of.

"We were talking one day and the subject of photography and graphic design came up. He showed me some of his work and I told him we'd be interested in hiring him for the Frontline artwork when it came time. He wound up not only doing our album art but our photo shoot, as well," says Delismon.

Cold World tracklisting:

“Follow”
“Cold World”
“Beautiful”
“Calling”
“Changes”
“Angel”
“Don't Misunderstand”
“Falling For You”
“Cold World” (Reprise)

(Photo - Tom Hane)

Swedish doom metallers, Avatarium, are back with their third studio album and once again, singer Jennie-Ann Smith and her gentlemen cast a spell over you with a truly magical sound experience. Hurricanes And Halos will be available via Nuclear Blast on May 26th, and today, the band unveils a lyric video for the lead track, “Into The Fire / Into The Storm”, available for streaming below.

The album artwork was once again created by Erik Rovanpera, who already designed the cover art of the band's debut album, and shows a mystical creature inspired by the epic track “Medusa Child”.

"To be asked to do the artwork for the new Avatarium album was an honor," states artist Erik Rovanpera. "And without knowing the lyrics to the title song “Hurricanes And Halos” this is my interpretation of the title. Inspired by art nouveau, comic books and many other things in the current art movement this is my take on the good, the bad, the beauty and the beast. And using a broader color palette than usual and thereby pushing my own borders was great fun to do.”

Hurricanes And Halos tracklisting:

“Into The Fire / Into The Storm”
“The Starless Sleep”
“Road To Jerusalem”
“Medusa Child”
“The Sky At The Bottom Of The Sea”
“When Breath Turns To Air”
“A Kiss (From The End Of The World)”
“Hurricanes And Halos”

“Into The Fire / Into The Storm” lyric video:

Once again, Avatarium rely on beauty and darkness, heavy guitars and fragile sounds, unique female vocals and the mystic vintage blues sound from the 60s, while still staying on modern ground and trusting into the haunting soul of doom rock. Six out of the eight new tracks were forged by Candlemass wizard Leif Edling, but guitar master Marcus Jidell and singer Jennie-Ann Smith also contributed to the songwriting and formed a worthy successor to The Girl With The Raven Mask.

The new album was produced by Marcus Jidell himself, while David Castillo (Katatonia, Bloodbath, Opeth) recorded and mixed it in the famous Ghost Ward Studios and the mastering was done by Jens Bogren (Soilwork, Sepultura). Together they created an organic and warm sound that sets Hurricanes And Halos apart from the overbred, electronically optimized mass.

"Recording Hurricanes And Halos has truly been an emotional roller coaster for me and I do think that has contributed to a pure and vibrating energy on the album. I am deeply proud of what we have achieved together," states lead singer Jennie-Ann Smith.

Guitar wizard Marcus Jidell adds: "It feels like the two previous albums and the EPs lead us to this one, it's been a natural flow to where we are today, musical and emotional wise.”

In a mutual decision, Black Star Riders and drummer Jimmy DeGrasso have decided to part ways.

“The band wish him well in his future endeavours and thank him for the great albums, killer shows and good times together. The new drummer will be announced shortly,” says the band.

Black Star Riders guitarist Damon Johnson recently told the White Line Fever Podcast that DeGrasso’s involvement in the Ratt reunion would not have a negative impact on their band.

DeGrasso, 53, has performed with Stephen Pearcy, Warren Demartini, Juan Croucier and Carlos Cavazo in the past couple of months.

“Jimmy’s such a world class, amazing drummer that he’s going to sound great in any situation,” Damon Johnson told White Line Fever. “It’s a great opportunity for Jimmy and any time I talk to him about it, he just kind of laughs about the whole thing because it’s crazy that he would be at this point in his life and his phone would be ringing all the time from all types of people that want to have him come and play. So I’m happy for him and it’s got to be a lot of fun.”

Black Star Riders start their summer European tour in Dusseldorf, Germany on May 24th. Find the band’s live itinerary at this location.

Sweden’s Sabaton is currently touring the world in support of their latest studio record, The Last Stand, The band was recently honored with new plaques for their impressive album sales: The Last Stand achieved Gold in the band's homeland Sweden and in Poland. The previous studio album, Heroes, was Platinum-certified in Sweden. On March 4th, the band had already been honored with golden plaques for The Last Stand's sales in the Czech Republic at Tipsport Arena, Prague.

Bass player Pär Sundström commented: "This is a proof of two things, first that we are still able to make music that fans wanna listen to and second that we have fantastic fans who really care. Sure, the current tour is called The Last Tour, but as long as it is going like this we'll be going strong for a long time."

Sabaton will kick off the North American leg of The Last Tour headlining trek in April. The band will be joined by symphonic metal group Leaves’ Eyes and heavy power metal onslaught/labelmates Battle Beast.

Tickets and VIP packs are available now via Sabaton.net.

Tour dates:

April
20 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
21 - New York, NY - Playstation Theater
22 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium - New England Metal & Hardcore Festival
23 - Clifton Park, NY - Upstate Concert Hall
25 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda (Sold Out)
26 - Quebec City, QC - Imperial De Quebec
27 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
28 - Cleveland, OH - The Agora Ballroom
30 - Louisville, KY - Diamond Pub Concert Hall

May
1 - Chicago, IL - Concord Music Hall
2 - Minneapolis, MN - The Cabooze
3 - Winnipeg, MB - Park Theatre
5 - Edmonton, AB - Union Hall
6 - Calgary, AB - The Palace
7 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre
8 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon (Sold Out)
10 - San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom
11 - Anaheim, CA - City National Grove
12 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theater
14 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
16 - Dallas, TX - Trees
17 - San Antonio, TX - Alamo Music Hall
18 - Houston, TX - Scout Bar
20 - Tampa, FL - Orpheum
21 - Charlotte, NC - The Underground
22 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore

Amon Amarth has a long history with Metal Blade Records, that goes back to 1998 when they released their debut album, Once Sent From The Golden Hall. That album, along with 1999's The Avenger, were the first two Amon Amarth records that received the Metal Blade "Originals" treatment this past January.

On May 19th, the next two albums in the band's catalog - The Crusher (2001) and Versus The World (2002) - will also be reissued on vinyl as Metal Blade "Originals", featuring 400g heavy cardboard spine sleeves (inside out print), 60x60cm two-sided artwork posters and 250g inserts.

See below for an overview of all versions.

North American versions:

The Crusher "Originals Series" LP reissue
- 180g black vinyl
- clear vinyl (limited to 200 copies)
- yellow vinyl (limited to 200 copies)
- clay-brown-black-marbled vinyl (limited to 100 copies)

Versus The World "Originals Series" LP reissue
- 180g black vinyl
- clear vinyl (limited to 200 copies)
- orange vinyl (limited to 200 copies)
- orange-brown-black-marbled vinyl (limited to 100 copies)

European versions:

The Crusher "Originals Series" LP reissue
- 180g black vinyl
- orange-brown-marbled vinyl (limited to 500 copies)
- red-orange-marbled vinyl (limited to 300 copies - EMP-exclusive)
- "flame"-splattered vinyl (limited to 200 copies - Euro eBay-exclusive)

Versus The World "Originals Series" LP reissue
- 180g black vinyl
- orange-red-marbled vinyl (limited to 500 copies)
- deep-violet-black-marbled vinyl (limited to 300 copies - EMP-exclusive)
- "flame"-splattered vinyl (limited to 200 copies - Euro eBay-exclusive)

Metal Blade Records will re-issue all Amon Amarth albums chronologically in the near future. For fans planning to collect all of the releases, a limited, specially designed slipcase-box is available (exclusively at EMP) that fits the complete Amon Amarth back catalog. Get it while supplies last.

The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac will headline two of the most anticipated concert events this summer – The Classic West on July 15th - 16th at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, and The Classic East on July 29th - 30th at Citi Field in New York.

The Classic West will host the Eagles, Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers on Saturday July 15th and Fleetwood Mac, Journey and Earth, Wind & Fire on Sunday July 16th.

The Classic East will host the Eagles, Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers on Saturday July 29th and Fleetwood Mac, Journey and Earth, Wind & Fire on Sunday July 30th.

The Classic West and The Classic East will be the first time in history that these six esteemed artists have ever played together on the same stage in two of America’s greatest cities for rock & roll.

Tickets for both The Classic West and The Classic East can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com. Two Day Reserved Seat Ticket Packages, will go on sale for each city on Friday April 7th at 10 AM, local time. Special VIP packages will also be available, including premium tickets, pre-show VIP lounge, exclusive merchandise, parking and more.

American Express Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Monday, April 3rd at 10 AM through Thursday, April 6th at 10 PM.

For complete information, head to this location. Watch an event trailer below:

Italian death thrashers, Node, have announced their new session bassist, Gabriel Pignata, from Italian metallers Destrage.

Says the band: "We are so thrilled to announce that from our show in Prague on (April 8th) Destrage's bassist Gabriel Pignata will join us on all our live dates, filling the position, which for months has been empty. Of course, Destrage remains the priority for Gabriel, said this, on the dates he can not be present, we'll use the pre-recorded tracks. We thank Gabriel and Destrage for the invaluable help they are giving us with this great gesture of solidarity and friendship, at the moment the road become increasingly difficult for us! Fortunately, friends who give a hand to help are always many!! Brothers, Rock on!!!"

Remaining Cowards Empire Live 2017 tour dates:

April
8 - Hudební Klub EXIT-US - Prague, Czech Republic

May
6 - Rock Pub Centrale - Erba, Italy (supporting Extrema)
13 - Padiglione 14 - Collegno (Torino), Italy
26 - Wanted - Galliate, Italy

June
11 - Blood Gerenzano Festival - Gerenzano, Italy

July
1 - Eresia Metal Fest - Resia, Italy

More shows will be announced shortly.

(Photo - REM Photography)

Rhino has announced the release of deluxe editions of the Bad Company albums, Run With The Pack and Burnin’ Sky, on May 26th.

Both feature the remastered original album along with rare and unreleased recordings like this previously unissued version of "Young Blood" (Alternate Version 2) recorded in Grasse, France and engineered by Ron Nevison (Led Zeppelin, UFO, Hear) and "Morning Sun" (Take 3, Early Version) recorded by Chris Kimsey at Le Chateau Studios, Herouville, France, in the summer of 1976.

Download the tracks instantly when you pre-order their respective albums from iTunes (links below).

- Run With The Pack

- Burnin’ Sky

German grindcore goats, Milking The Goatmachine, will release their new album, Milking In Blasphemy, on March 31st via NoiseArt Records. Part 2 of a track-by-track series offering samples of the songs on the album has been released. Find Parts 1 and 2 below.

Tracklisting:

“Farm Of Northern Darkness”
“Nemesis Bettina”
“Straw Bale Apocalypse”
“Milking In Blasphemy”
“Add The Horn Of Winter”
“Freezing Hoof”
“Goats In A Throne Room”
“Where Fat Angels Cry”
“Milk Churn Funeral”
“GoatEborgian Hunger”
“Sliden Christi”
“Wolves Upon The Cross”
“Goat Mans Child”
“Endzitze”
“G.O.A.T.M.A.C.H.I.N.E
“In The Shedside Eclipsen”

Track-by-track Part 1:

Track-by-track Part 2:

“Nemesis Bettina” video:

“Farm Of Northern Darkness” lyric video:

Trailer #1:

Trailer #2:

Trailer #3:

Old school death metallers Memoriam, founded in January 2016 by Karl Willetts (Bolt Thrower) and Frank Healy (Benediction), unleashed their debut album, For The Fallen, on March 24th. Today, the band have revealed the sixth video trailer, in which they talk about the album artwork. Watch below:

For The Fallen contains eight tracks, including “War Rages On”, “Resistance” (both featured on The Hellfire Demos I) and “Surrounded (By Death)” (featured on The Hellfire Demos II). The album's artwork was created by Dan Seagrave.

For The Fallen tracklisting:

“Memoriam”
“War Rages On”
“Reduced To Zero”
“Corrupted System”
“Flatline”
“Surrounded (By Death)”
“Resistance”
“Last Words”

“Resistance”:

“Surrounded (By Death)” lyric video:

“Reduced To Zero”:

Memoriam was primarily developed to fill the void that was left following the tragic death of Martin ‘Kiddie’ Kearns, the drummer from Bolt Thrower, back in September 2015. Bolt Thrower subsequently placed all activity on hold for the foreseeable future which gave Karl Willetts an opportunity to develop a new project with friends that had expressed interest in forming a band for some time. Memoriam are an old school death metal band, maintaining the standards set by their previous bands, focusing on the themes of death, loss and war. Initially the band members got together to play covers of songs that had influenced them throughout their careers within the Death Metal scene, however it soon became apparent that the new songs that they created were of a superior standard.

Memoriam lineup:

Karl Willetts - Bolt Thrower (vocals)
Frank Healy - Benediction, Sacrilege (bass)
Andy Whale - ex-Bolt Thrower (drums)
Scott Fairfax - ex-Life Denied, Benediction (live) (guitars)

(Photos - Timm Sonnenschein / timmsonnenschein.com)

Legendary prog group, Spock's Beard, are back at work on the follow-up to 2015's The Oblivion Particle. The band has announced the return of original member Nick D'Virgilio on drums for the next album. D'Virgilio played with the group on the recent Cruise To The Edge in February following the departure of drummer Jimmy Keegan.

The band had this to say about the D'Virgilio's return: “Spock's Beard is super excited to announce that the amazing Nick D'Virgilio has agreed to play on our next album!

“Nick of course is well known to SB fans as our former drummer/lead singer/all around awesome dude as well as for working with artists such as Genesis, Mike Keneally, Peter Gabriel and Big Big Train among others. Nick was with us when we first started and we are over the moon to have him back with us for this album! We know you'll be as excited as we are to hear what we will be able to create with him back pounding the skins. We've been writing new material and plan to start recording in earnest in late May, so stay tuned!"

D'Virgilio was the group's original drummer from 1995 - 2010 and was the band's lead singer for four albums from 2003 - 2010 before leaving the band. Vocalist Ted Leonard and drummer Jimmy Keegan were brought into the band following his departure and recorded two albums with that lineup.

The band's 12th studio album, The Oblivion Particle, was released in August 2015 via InsideOutMusic, and was a successful follow-up to the band's 2013 release Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep, and charted all over the world.

More info on the upcoming album to come.

Anathema are premiering the first track from their forthcoming new studio album The Optimist entitled “Springfield”.

Daniel Cavanagh explains the song choice “Here we present the song 'Springfield', it’s actually the song that closed our unforgettable Wembley gig with Opeth and it seemed to be a track that just fell into place without much effort. It seemed to do itself. The song forms part of a narrative that runs through The Optimist album, it’s a narrative that begins where A Fine Day To Exit left off. The album is a journey. The songs are ambiguous. There is no right or wrong way to take them. Make of them what you will.”

In a brand new interview with Metal Assault, TESTAMENT vocalist Chuck Billy was asked what he is doing to prepare for the band's upcoming North American tour with SEPULTURA and PRONG. "I'm cutting back on my weed-smoking right now [laughs], so not as much weed," he said. "I'm running more on my bike every day. And I bought this training mask that athletes use to train for high elevation. You put on this mask and it feels like you're at five thousand feet above sea level, so it makes it hard to breathe. So I've been doing this new training exercise with the mask and it's really helping. I really am putting some time in training for this tour, because I don't want the band to have to cancel a show because of me."

Asked how hard it is for him to reject weed-smoking on tour in order to save his singing voice, Billy said: "It's hard because I like smoking weed, but right now I'm cutting back and probably by the time I start the tour, I won't be smoking at all. So, by the time I get on the road, it won't be so hard, you know. I'm probably addicted to smoking weed, I'm sure [laughs], so I'll go through my joneses now before I go on tour and get that out of the way."

TESTAMENT's tour with SEPULTURA and PRONG will kick off on April 6 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

TESTAMENT's latest album, "Brotherhood Of The Snake", was released last October via Nuclear Blast. The cover was once again created by renowned artist Eliran Kantor, who also handled the art for the TESTAMENT's last album, 2012's "Dark Roots Of Earth", and also worked with bands like HATEBREED, SOULFLY and KATAKLYSM in the past.

"Brotherhood Of The Snake" was recorded under the watchful eyes of producer Juan Urteaga (EXODUS, HEATHEN, MACHINE HEAD), guitarist Eric Peterson and singer Chuck Billy and was mixed and mastered by British metal producer Andy Sneap (ACCEPT, ARCH ENEMY, CRADLE OF FILTH, KREATOR, MACHINE HEAD, MEGADETH).

Metal Wani's editor in chief Owais "Vitek" Nabi recently conducted an interview with with DREAM THEATER mastermind John Petrucci. You can now listen to the chat below.

Asked if he has plans to ever release another solo album, Petrucci said: "Yeah, definitely. I did 'Suspended Animation' back in 2005, I believe. It's been so long since I've done one. And it's probably the number one question I get asked personally, whether I'm [gonna release another] solo album. And the answer is yes, it's just a matter of finding the time. I know that sounds like a lame excuse. I actually have the music written. I've actually played a few of the songs on the 'G3' tour I did a few years ago in South America with Joe Satriani and Steve Morse. It's a matter of me stepping away from the schedule of DREAM THEATER and getting into the studio and recording the songs. So it's definitely going to happen."

DREAM THEATER is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its milestone RIAA-gold-certified album "Images And Words" on a European tour, which kicked off on January 30 in Rome, Italy. Each performance sees the iconic progressive rock band delivering an unparalleled live set of "Images And Words" in its entirety along with fan favorites from their renowned catalogue.

DREAM THEATER recently completed the second leg of its extensive North American headline tour which found the group performing its widely acclaimed double concept album "The Astonishing" in immersive and interactive settings for a unique and unmatched live experience.

Arianna of Rock Rebel Magazine conducted an interview with bassist Henkka Seppälä (a.k.a. Henkka T. Blacksmith) of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM on March 22 in Italy. You can now watch the chat below.

Asked if there are any plans for CHILDREN OF BODOM to film and release a new concert DVD to follow 2006's "Chaos Ridden Years/Stockholm Knockout Live", Henkka said: "I would like to do… If I could choose, I would just do one good show and have it recorded with cameras really nicely and we have a live album — like kind of a traditional live DVD. But as I talked yesterday with our label guys, it doesn't really make sense, and they were suggesting maybe we should do something like record one show live and have it as a bonus material for the next album or something. So, yeah, we have to think about these options, but it would be to put out something live again. But I think it should be a full show so that there's all the varieties of our history in one show."

CHILDREN OF BODOM is performing most of its debut album, "Something Wild", on a European tour to celebrate the record's twentieth anniversary. The month-long trek, dubbed "20 Years Down & Dirty", kicked off on March 8 in Hanover, Germany and will conclude on April 4 in Stockholm, Sweden.

CHILDREN OF BODOM recently embarked on a 21-date North American tour with special guests iconic black metal artist ABBATH, California-based metal act EXMORTUS, and Canada's progressive metallers ONI. The trek commenced in Quebec on November 23 and concluded in Brooklyn on December 19.

"California", the comeback album from RIVERDOGS, the band featuring DEF LEPPARD and LAST IN LINE guitarist Vivian Campbell, will be released on July 7 via Frontiers Music Srl.

Featuring original members Campbell, Rob Lamothe (vocals, guitars) and Nick Brophy (bass, vocals), along with drummer Marc Danzeisen, the band's fifth album is RIVERDOGS' first new music since the eight-song mini album, "World Gone Mad", came out in October 2011. Campbell ended up joining RIVERDOGS after being tapped to produce their first demo. As an official member of the group, he would contribute to their eponymous debut album in 1990.

Though fans and critics gave the LP a warm reception, lack of support from their record label eventually led the band to go independent, with Campbell departing the lineup. Releasing another two albums in Europe, the group continued to pick up fans before eventually disbanding.

RIVERDOGS gathered in 2003 to record new material and play a few reunion shows. Those new songs were recorded as demos, but never completed.

In 2010, MelodicRock Records approached band manager Paul Liszewski about a possible release of these songs. The band liked the idea so much an agreement was reached and over the course of a few week-long get-togethers, the lineup of Rob Lamothe (vocals), Campbell, Nick Brophy (bass) and Danzeisen recorded final versions of the 2003 tracks as well as writing a couple of brand new songs. Added to the new "World Gone Mad" album was one live cut from the band's 2004 reunion shows, a cover of the BADFINGER classic "No Matter What".

Campbell told "Hard Rockology" last fall about how he ended up becoming involved with RIVERDOGS again: "Frontiers, the label that LAST IN LINE are on, they called me and asked if I would be interested in doing another record with RIVERDOGS, but only under the condition that it was a rock-influenced record, very much in the vein of the original RIVERDOGS debut album from 1990, or 1991, whatever year it was. So I talked to the other guys and everyone signed off on it. So we got together in installments. We started, I think, back in March or April of [2016]. And you talk about working on a limited budget and time frame. Rob lives up in Hamilton, Ontario; Nick lives in Nashville; Marc and I are still in L.A. But Rob and Nick would have to fly in… We literally had Monday through Friday [to work on the album]. So Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, we jammed and we wrote six songs. And Thursday and Friday, we went into the studio and demoed them. And then a month or two later, we did the same thing. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, we wrote six songs; on Thursday and Friday, we went in and demoed [them]. In July, we rented a big drum room in L.A. and Marc went in and re-did all the drum tracks. In September, during a break in the DEF LEPPARD tour, I went in the studio in Hollywood for, I think we had three days, and I did all the guitar tracks, all the rhythms, all the guitar solos… And I've gotta tell you, it sounds great, actually. It's a guitar-intensive record; there's a lot of guitar on that record. Ironically, there's probably even more guitar on that record than there is on the LAST IN LINE album."

Campbell also spoke about the circumstances that led to RIVERDOGS' debut album not getting the kind of attention that many people think it deserved upon its release in 1990. He said: "The RIVERDOGS was one of those lost gems. We kind of fell through the cracks of record-company policy. I remember the week that our record was released — the original RIVERDOGS album — we were playing The Roxy in L.A. and the new head of the record label, and English guy who had just come into L.A. the week before, and he took us out to dinner right before our debut show for the album. And he basically said, 'You know, I don't hear it. I don't feel this record. I'd like you to go in and make another one.' And our hearts just sank, 'cause we had invested over a year, probably about a year and a half, into writing and recording that record, just to have this guy come in and say, 'Ehhh, I don't hear it.' So, needless to say, it got buried — it just fell of a cliff. And ironically, it goes on to… It won an Edison Award of 'Rock Album Of The Year' over in Europe, and got great reviews and critical acclaim and sold about thirteen copies. [Laughs] It's just one of those things. C'est la vie."

Late MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister's long-awaited solo album could finally arrive before the end of 2017.

According to Metal Talk, Jim Voxx of the German band SKEW SISKIN revealed that he was putting the finishing touches on the disc, which has been in the works for a number of years.

"I still don't know when it will be released because this is in the hands of the MOTÖRHEAD management, and it took a while," Voxx said. "Lemmy had so many things left, there are so many other recordings, and they all had to sort out how to proceed and there is no real time rush to release this album, so I can imagine it will be towards the end of this year."

Lemmy had collaborated with SKEW SISKIN on several occasions, including on two songs which were slated to appear on his debut solo album. Those two tracks — reportedly titled "Stand Upon The Mountain" and "Don't Matter To Me" — were being produced by Voxx at SKEW SISKIN's Monongo studios in Berlin.

Voxx added the project started in 2003, but Lemmy "didn't have a real idea what would be on it, so he came to me and asked me if I would work with him."

"He wanted to take his time," Voxx explained. "It was the total opposite of working with MOTÖRHEAD because he had to do it in his free time between the MOTÖRHEAD work. I gave him the possibility always to come here and work in the studio whenever he needed, and step-by-step we got the songs together. We have 10 songs, and we thought it would have been released a long time ago, but when Lemmy got ill, we stopped working on it, but the recordings were all done."

Lemmy revealed in a 2013 interview that he was thinking about calling his debut solo album "False Teeth For The Deaf". He said: "It's all just great rock and roll, that's the only way to describe it. Some of it is bluesy and some isn't. It's not MOTÖRHEAD, but obviously there are elements in common."

Lemmy's solo album is expected to include two songs that were recorded with the REVEREND HORTON HEAT (described by Lemmy as "some good psycho-metal-billy"), two with THE DAMNED (including a cover of THE DAMNED's "Neat Neat Neat"), a track with Dave Grohl (FOO FIGHTERS, NIRVANA) and a cut with Joan Jett.

Kilmister said in 2013 that he was planning to lay down a song with SKUNK ANANSIE vocalist Skin for his solo album, but it's not clear if those recording sessions ever took place.

At least a couple of the tracks Voxx produced for Lemmy's solo album feature a full horn section, a saxophone player and a blues piano player.

Lemmy, who celebrated his 70th birthday on December 24, 2015, learned two days later that he was afflicted with an aggressive form of cancer. He died two days later, on December 28, 2015, at his home in Los Angeles.

The MOTÖRHEAD frontman had dealt with several health issues over the past few years, including heart trouble, forcing him to cut back on his famous smoking and Jack Daniels habits.

The band canceled a number of shows two years ago, although they did manage to complete one final European tour on December 11, 2015.




Exciting things in the works.

Posted by Official Motörhead on Wednesday, March 29, 2017

There are countless reasons why Rob Halford is known worldwide as "The Metal God." But at the top of the list would be his pioneering singing style, songwriting talents, and a fashion sense that has inspired countless heavy metal artists over the years.

And in addition to co-creating JUDAS PRIEST's outstanding body of work, he has also issued music outside of the beloved legendary Birmingham band — which is precisely what the new 14-CD boxset, "The Complete Albums Collection", showcases.

Included are four albums by the ferociously thrash-inspired FIGHT, as well as the lone album by the industrial-inspired 2WO (which featured future ROB ZOMBIE and MARILYN MANSON guitarist John 5, and saw NINE INCH NAILS' Trent Reznor serve as executive producer), plus seven titles from the solo band HALFORD, which saw the Metal God gloriously return to pure, unadulterated metal.

Due on May 19 via Legacy Recordings, "The Complete Albums Collection" features the following:

FIGHT

* K5: The War Of Words Demos (recorded 1992, released 2007) * War Of Words (1993) * Mutations (1994) * A Small Deadly Space (1995)

2WO

* Voyeurs (1998)

HALFORD

* Resurrection (2000) * Live Insurrection (2 CDs, 2001) * Crucible (2002) * Live In Anaheim (2 CDs; recorded 2003, released 2010) * Halford III: Winter Songs (2009) * Halford IV: Made Of Metal (2010) * Live At Saitama Super Arena (2011)

With the arrival of "The Complete Albums Collection", metal fans will now have the definitive collection of Rob Halford's stellar work outside of the mighty JUDAS PRIEST, all in one set.

HALFORD's last studio album, "Halford IV: Made Of Metal", came out in 2010. Seven of the album's 14 tracks were entirely written by Halford, the first time he had taken the musical reins on a project since the 1993 FIGHT album "War Of Words".

"As a musician, you can't control these things when they happen to you," Halford explained to MTV at the time of the album's release. "The ideas just take over your body and it can be pretty scary. You've got to get them down quickly. It feels like there's a spark you have to grab, like lightning in a bottle, and if you don't get it down, there's a chance it's going to escape. So, for two weeks, these things kept flooding through my brain. And then suddenly, they stopped and that's when I got together with [guitarist] Roy [Z], [guitarist] Metal Mike Chlasciak, [bassist] Mike Davis, and [drummer] Bobby Jarzombek and came up with the other songs."

POISON singer Bret Michaels has released the first photo of the band's original lineup as it begins rehearsing for its upcoming tour. He wrote in the accompanying caption: "Rocking hard, feeling great. Haven't killed each other yet, this tour is happening. #music #poison #tour #springbreak #party"

POISON will perform all its greatest hits as they headline select dates for the first time in over a decade. This spring will see all four original members — Michaels, Bobby Dall, Rikki Rockett and C.C. DeVille — join together to play these limited headline dates in the U.S. and Canada.

The dates will coincide with POISON's co-headlining tour with DEF LEPPARD and special guest TESLA throughout the spring and summer. The first POISON headline date will be Raleigh, North Carolina on April 28, followed by Charlotte, North Carolina on April 29. Huntington, West Virginia (May 7), Albany, New York (May 9), Rapid City, South Dakota (May 26), and Grand Forks, ND (May 27) have all been added as stand-alone headline dates with several more in the works.

Although they have co-headlined in the past with DEF LEPPARD, MÖTLEY CRÜE and KISS, to name a few, these will be POISON's first headline dates in select markets in over ten years.

Stated Michaels: "I'm really looking forward to the POISON tour. It's going to be incredible playing all the hits and putting on a hell of a high-energy rock show for the three generations of awesome fans."

POISON's tour with DEF LEPPARD will kick off on April 8 in Manchester, New Hampshire and will wrap on June 25 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

POISON and DEF LEPPARD first hit the road together back in 2009, and then again three years later.

POISON appeared at the 2013 Indy 500 Miller Lite Carb Day, but has otherwise been mostly playing private shows, including one in January 2015.

The band hasn't done any major touring since taking part in the 2012 "Rock Of Ages" trek with DEF LEPPARD and LITA FORD.

Rockett was recently declared cancer free after undergoing an experimental treatment. He was diagnosed with oral cancer back in 2015.

Japanese trance metal act Blood Stain Child, who have been plagued in recent years by line-up changes, have returned with a new single/ video entitled "Tri Odyssey" for their new album Project Tri Odyssey, due out on April 3rd. The album was produced by Jacob Hansen and features new vocalist Saika, along with new bassist Yakky. They replace Kiki - who joined in 2012 replacing Sophia (Season Of Ghosts) - and founding bassist/vocalist Ryo repsectively.

In May 2016, Blood Stain Child surfaced with their new line-up, releasing the single "Nexus", also available below.

 

 

Prosthetic Records has announced the signing of technical death metal band, Exist. Formed in the late ‘00s by guitarist/vocalist Max Phelps, who has cut his teeth as a touring member of Cynic and Defeated Sanity as well as is the frontman to Death To All (the touring tribute to Chuck Shuldiner), the band self-released their debut EP, In Mirrors EP, in 2010 which was shortly followed by their debut full-length, Sunlight, in 2013. 

Exist began recording new material in 2016 and sent it to Prosthetic Records, who immediately got on board. Comments Phelps:

"We are thrilled to have found a home with the Prosthetic team. The label has always held such a diverse roster from instrumental-prog to the more extreme side of the spectrum and has helped push some of the most influential, forward-thinking bands in the genre. We feel this is a place where we can truly be uninhibited in creating our own honest language, regardless of how off center it may be."

Exist will release their debut Prosthetic effort this summer, just in time for the band to hit the road with Canadian progressive metal masters, Gorguts and the aforementioned Defeated Sanity, with Phelps providing vocals for them as well. When asked how it will be like pulling double duty, Phelps simply stated “Two bands, one club.”

Supergroup CHICKENFOOT released "Best + Live", the band's first-ever best-of collection, on March 10. CHICKENFOOT features legendary guitarist Joe Satriani, former VAN HALEN singer Sammy Hagar, ex-VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith.

In addition to "Divine Termination", CHICKENFOOT's first new tune in five years, "Best + Live" includes over 90 minutes of live music for the first time released on CD. Also featured on the set is CHICKENFOOT's cover version of the DEEP PURPLE classic "Highway Star".

A video clip of CHICKENFOOT performing "Highway Star" at the historic Fillmore in San Francisco during the band's debut run of shows in small clubs in May 2009 can be seen below.

In May 2016, CHICKENFOOT reunited for two highly-anticipated one-time shows at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, and played their first complete set in more than six years, along with a special unveiling of the new tune "Divine Termination". Satriani describes the track as "bone-crunching, hell-raising rock, dripping with attitude and vibe. Just the way CHICKENFOOT likes it!" Both the extra CD "Live" and the bonus tracks on the best of feature a 13-song strong setlist, including almost every song from CHICKENFOOT's debut album as well as Hagar's old MONTROSE classic "Bad Motor Scooter", THE WHO's "My Generation" and Satriani's interpretation of "The Star-Spangled Banner" — all recorded live in Phoenix 2009 and available for the first time on CD (previously only available as video on the DVD/Blu-ray "Get Your Buzz On"). "Best + Live" track listing:

CD1 – Best Of

01. Divine Termination (brand new song)02. Soap On A Rope03. Sexy Little Thing04. Oh Yeah05. Get It Up06. Future In The Past07. Big Foot08. Different Devil09. Lighten Up10. Dubai Blues11. Something Going Wrong Bonus Live Tracks:

12. Highway Star13. Bad Motor Scooter14. My Generation CD2 - Live

01. Avenida Revolution02. Sexy Little Thing03. Soap On A Rope04. My Kinda Girl05. Down The Drain06. Bitten By The Wolf07. Oh Yeah08. Learning To Fall09. Get It Up10. Turnin' Left11. Future In The Past

CHICKENFOOT has not made a new CD in five years but returned to the studio to record "Divine Termination".

"I wrote the lyrics while on an airplane to Cabo," Hagar told Rolling Stone about the song. "It's a dark tune, but it's fucking cool. It's a really raw production and a giant step for the 'FOOT."

Satriani told The Oakland Press that he is not holding his breath for a new album from CHICKENFOOT. "It'll always be upsetting to me, the fact [the band] is under-realized," Satriani said. "That befuddles me still. However, the other guys do have plenty of things to do, and I suppose maybe I get it. But when I think about it from an artistic point of view, it just seems ridiculous that we didn't do more. It just seems completely wrong."

CHICKENFOOT reissued its gold-selling 2009 self-titled debut as a double-disc set. The new version features bonus live tracks recorded on the group's tour behind its sophomore studio effort, "III".

CHICKENFOOT's most recent touring lineup included legendary drummer/musician Kenny Aronoff, who was filling in for Smith while Chad was on the road with RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS.

"III" sold 42,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 9 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's self-titled debut opened with 49,000 units back in June 2009 to debut at No. 6.

"Woe To The Vanquished", the fifth album from Los Angeles-based thrash metallers WARBRINGER, can be streamed in its entirety using the widget below. Due on March 31 via Napalm, the disc was produced and mixed by Mike Plottnikoff (FEAR FACTORY, IN FLAMES), mastered by Howie Weinberg (SLAYER, PANTERA), with cover art by Andreas Marschall (SODOM, BLIND GUARDIAN, OBITUARY).

"Woe To The Vanquished" track listing:

01. Silhouettes02. Woe To The Vanquished03. Remain Violent04. Shellfire05. Descending Blade06. Spectral Asylum07. Divinity Of Flesh08. When The Guns Fell Silent

Bonus 7" single track listing:

01. Evil Dead (DEATH cover featuring Chris Monroy of SKELETAL REMAINS) 02. Arc Lite (CORONER cover featuring Jadran "Conan" Gonzalez of EXMORTUS)

"Woe To The Vanquished" will be made available as:

* Regular jewel-case edition * 1LP gatefold edition (black and other colored editions)* Super deluxe wooden box warchest edition (CD, exclusive 2 track 7” single, flag, band logo dog tags) only available via the Napalm Records webstores in the U.S. and Europe — strictly limited to 500 copies!

WARBRINGER singer John Kevill, who is studying to be a history professor, explained the "Woe To The Vanquished" title: "The title 'Woe To The Vanquished' comes from early Roman history — before they were the huge empire they became. In 390 BC, a host of Gauls led by a warlord called Brennus attacked Rome, and captured all the city except the Capitoline Hill. From this hill, the defeated Romans made a bargain, they would pay 1,000 pounds of gold for the Gallic army to leave the city with no further bloodshed. The Romans bring the gold before Brennus, who uses his own scales to measure it. On the Gaul's scales, the Roman's thousand pounds of gold measured to be less, which led the Romans to complain that the scale was rigged (it probably was). Responding to this, Brennus speaks 'Vae Victis' (Woe To The Vanquished) and throws his sword on the counterweight. Because the Romans lost, they have to pay the rigged sum of gold as well as the weight of the sword, to add insult to injury. The irony here is that vowing this type of humiliation would never happen again, Rome went on to become an ancient war machine conquering and subjugating most of the old world. On the record, 'Woe To The Vanquished' is spoken in an ironic, mocking tone — the defeated are trampled and time marches on, uncaring, and forgets they ever existed."

He added: "One of the great things about heavy metal as a genre is you can express tougher subject material than 'I met a (boy/girl) and it was (happy/sad).' I looked for the most monolithic evil I could find to write about with this destructive, intense music... and I did not have to look any further than reality. Forget Satan, that's a children's story. Real evil is in the hearts of men."

GHOST lead singer and founder Tobias Forge — who performs as Papa Emeritus — lost his balance while singing the song "Mummy Dust" during the band's concert Tuesday night (March 28) at O2 Academy Leeds in Leeds, causing him to fall feet first into the space between the barrier and the stage. The incident was captured on video by a fan and was posted on YouTube for everyone to see.

The new lineup of GHOST gave its first live performance on Friday night (March 24) as the Swedish-based band kicked off its 2017 "Popestar" European tour in Norwich, England. As previously reported, rumors have circulated for several months that Forge fired the entire previous lineup at the end of GHOST's fall 2016 North American tour.

Since the musicians wear masks and are only identified as Nameless Ghouls, personnel changes in the group over its eight-year existence have gone unannounced.

Earlier this month, however, Swedish guitarist Martin Persner released a video message in which he claimed to have played in GHOST for seven years under the name Omega. He also revealed that he exited the band last July, although he did not disclose the reasons for his departure.

Forge writes almost all of the group's music and does most of the act's interviews disguised as a Nameless Ghoul.

GHOST will begin recording its fourth full-length album in August, after the band returns home from a North American tour with IRON MAIDEN.

Latin metallers ILL NIÑO are preparing to commence work on their next studio album.

The New Jersey-based group, which is currently celebrating the 15th anniversary of their debut LP, "Revolution Revolución", with a European tour, hasn't released a full-length record since 2014's "Till Death, La Familia".

Asked by "Mike James Rock Show" if ILL NIÑO has any plans to start composing material for the next disc in the near future, singer Cristian Machado said: "Oh, definitely. I know we're all excited to begin the writing process. We haven't yet — we have some ideas throwing around, things like that, but we haven't started gelling ideas together."

Regarding whether ILL NIÑO writes any music on the road, Machado said: "We've tried it. We've done some writing on tour buses, but it never works out. You can of need to be in a room and playing loud, or in a studio, in the proper environment, experimenting and things like that. I suppose it depends what kind of music. If you just wanna write a simple song, I suppose you can do it on your tour bus, and I guess creativity can spark at any moment; you just write a song. But on the road you get into this mental state of going to bed really late, and by the time you wake up, the sun is almost gone and then you're looking for a bathroom and then you just wanna get the things in the venue, and then you've gotta do soundcheck. And by the time you do soundcheck, you just want an hour to clear your head. It's not even the right atmosphere, if you ask me. But some people can do it. I don't know… The guys in my band I don't think can write on the road."

Machado, who immigrated to America from Venezuela more than thirty years ago at age 11, told NorthJersey.com about the impact of ILL NIÑO's debut album: "I think having the title in both English and Spanish captured the spiritual and musical essence of the band. We wanted to find our own niche and bring parts of South America to our music. We were trying to put ourselves into the music however we could. We sounded different out of creative curiosity."

A rehearsal video of the song "Act Of Valor" from CORE 10, the band featuring original KORN drummer David Silveria, can be seen below. He is joined in the new group by Duncan Nisbet on vocals, Sean Lenhoff on vocals, Chris Dorame on bass, Joe Taback on guitar and Ronnie King on keyboards.

Says CORE 10: "[This clip] was recorded in one take and mixed down and the live video was edited from a few different cameras/angles. THIS RECORDING was RAW! We have yet to record anything professionally but we wanted to show you guys what we are up to!!

"'Act Of Valor' is inspired by, and dedicated to, the men and women who make up the United States Armed Forces, heroes who protect us and sometimes make the ultimate sacrifice in order to preserve our freedom to speak, to be, to live."

Asked by BackStage360 why CORE 10 opted to have two singers instead of one, Lenhoff said: "Well, it's trying to create your own sound, something original. Duncan had CORE 10 going for a little bit before I got involved. I left the previous band I was in, and he was, like, 'Sean, do you wanna come in and try this? Let's see how it works. Let's try and do a metal/punk rock fusion thing with two singers.' He's very much a high-end, I'm very much a lower-end power singer. And it just ended up blending really well, and it's done nothing but grow from that point."

According to Lenhoff, CORE 10's sound has been described as a fusion of metal, rock and punk. "From doing different styles like that, we've been able to open up for KMFDM, FEAR FACTORY, MISFITS… And that's pretty much some of the heaviest — in FEAR FACTORY — metal you can get, and KMFDM is completely electronica and you know what the MISFITS are," he explained. "And it's gone over really well. So we never wanted to pigeonhole ourselves into one genre. It's so hard to make a living as a band and a musician now, you just take your influencces and you just run with it. Why not create something for everybody but having continuity still in what you're doing?"

Although Lenhoff is perfectly aware CORE 10 is not for everybody, he believes that the band's music will have a lasting impact on those that give it a chance.

"One thing I've heard that I loved was music is supposed to be disruptive," he said. "It disrupts your being — emotionally, physically — it makes you wanna move, it makes you wanna cry. And that's what's highly important. That's kind of where we're at with it. It's gotta affect you.

"If people don't have an opinion about you, whether they hate you [or] love you, then you're dead in the water," he continued. "So they have to love or hate what you do, and as long as you get a reaction, that's all that matters."

Asked how he first got involved with CORE 10, Silveria said: "I've known Sean for about… probably fifteen, twenty years from downtown Huntington Beach days. And he kept sending me MP3s of songs, and the more I listened to it, it was kind of, like, you either love it or hate it. I was kind of conflicted when I first heard it. And I would show it to my wife and said, 'What do you think about this?' 'Cause I didn't really understand it at first. And the more I listened to it, the more I liked it. Now they come over and play, and I come out and my wife is all giddy and excited going, 'I love that song. It's one of the best songs you guys have ever done.' And now I'm just in love with the music. So I'm all in now."

CORE 10 will make its live debut on April 1 at Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa, California.

Silveria, who left KORN in late 2006, sued his former bandmates in February 2015, claiming that his exit from the group was merely a hiatus and that he was rebuffed when he tried to return to the band in 2013. Silveria said he still had ownership interest in KORN and was asking a judge to force the band to reveal how much money they've made since he left so that he can get his rightful share. Silveria was said to be especially upset over the fact that KORN welcomed back guitarist Brian "Head" Welch four years ago but wouldn't do the same for him. Welch left the group in 2005 and continued as a solo artist before rejoining in 2013.

KORN singer Jonathan Davis told The Pulse Of Radio that he believed Silveria had lost his passion for playing music, saying, "The first two albums, I think, he really enjoyed playing drums and then after that he just lost his love for playing drums. It happens."

Silveria told fans in 2013 that KORN was not the same since he left, saying, "Until they have the real 'funky drummer' it's just not gonna groove the way it could. I've made it clear that I would come back and restore the groove."

Brazil-based animator Val Andrade has returned with another new Iron Maiden cartoon clip, based this time on "When The Wild Wind Blows" from the 2010 album, The Final Frontier. Check it out below along with other examples of Andrade's work.

 

 

 

Parlophone Records will follow 2014’s reissue of the first eight Iron Maiden albums, which spanned the 1980s, with twelve brand new pressings of albums from the period 1990 - 2015 in heavyweight 180g black vinyl.

Unlike the 1980’s reissues which were cut from the original analogue master tapes, the audio on these releases has been cut from the high resolution remasters of 2015 when the Maiden catalogue was digitally upgraded. They will be packaged in identical artwork to the initial vinyl releases.

The records will be released chronologically across a three month period:

May 19th: Collector's Box / No Prayer For The Dying / Fear Of The Dark / The X Factor / Virtual XI

June 23rd: Brave New World / Rock In Rio (Live) / Dance Of Death / A Matter Of Life And Death

July 21st: Death On The Road (Live) / Flight 666 (Live) / The Final Frontier / En Vivo! (Live)

As a bonus, the first two albums (No Prayer For The Dying / Fear Of The Dark) will also be made available in an exclusive Collector’s Box sized to house all 12 albums with additional space for fans to insert the latest Maiden studio album The Book Of Souls, which was released on triple black vinyl in 2015. The Collector’s Box will be a strictly limited edition and available while stocks last.

These high quality, black vinyls comprised of eight studio albums together with a specially selected choice of four live recordings from this period, completes the Iron Maiden album reissues series and offers Maiden fans the opportunity to own the band’s entire studio album legacy on vinyl simultaneously for the very first time.

Iron Maiden’s The Book Of Souls Tour resumes with a series of arena shows opening in Sportpalais, Antwerp, Belgium on April 22nd and continuing into Germany, UK and Ireland, finishing with two sold-out shows at London’s 02 arena on May 27th & 28th.

The band then flies to the US for an extensive series of arena and amphitheatre shows including dates in Canada, ending with two nights in Brooklyn, New York on July 21st & 22nd. This is the final leg of 'he Book Of Souls Tour.

Most shows are already sold-out. Go to ironmaiden.com/tours for dates availability.