A brand new EVANESCENCE song, "Made Of Stone", is available for streaming at Evanescence.com. The complete lyrics to the track can also be found at the same location.

"Made Of Stone" comes off EVANESCENCE's self-titled third major label album, which is due on October 11 via Wind-Up Records.

"Evanescence" track listing:

01. What You Want
02. Made Of Stone
03. The Change
04. My Heart Is Broken
05. The Other Side
06. Erase This
07. Lost In Paradise
08. Sick
09. End of the Dream
10. Oceans
11. Never Go Back
12. Swimming Home
13. New Way to Bleed
14. Say You Will
15. Disappear
16. Secret Door

Rising British metallers IMPALED EXISTENCE have set November 21 as the release date for their debut EP, "These Lifeless Plains". The five-track EP was recorded at Endless Studios in Birmingham and offers listeners a finely tuned combination of brutality and melody as well as taking on broad lyrical views ranging from humanity and our place within it to personal life struggles. The artwork was created by Darkgrove Designs (APOCALYPTICA, MANOWAR, TURISAS) and can be seen below.

Having shared the stage with the likes of EXODUS, SUICIDE SILENCE, EVILE, DECAPITATED, BORN OF OSIRIS, ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY and destroying "The New Blood Stage" at this year's Bloodstock festival, IMPALED EXISTENCE has earned its stripes and is fast becoming one of the U.K.'s most promising underground metal acts.

Commenting IMPALED EXISTENCE frontman Danny Hughes: "'These Lifeless Plains' has been a long time in the making and we couldn't be more proud of what we've created, we can't wait to get out there and start touring this EP and spread the IMEX brand of death metal all over the UK!"

"These Lifeless Plains" track listing:

01. Between Sensation & Reality
02. Fictions Within The Mind
03. If Error Were True
04. Through Stinging Eyes
05. Worthy Of Remains

NWOBHM legends CLOVEN HOOF have recruited Mark Gould as their new drummer. The band states, "Contractual obligations have previously prevented Mark from being able to take on the prestigious role, but now he is delighted to be part of the band at last. He is a powerhouse drummer and a human metronome. The rest of the band describe him as a cross between John Bonham and Phil Collins, the perfect man for the role! Mark is currently in the studio working on the new song 'I'm Your Nemesis' and looking forward to the video being shot on 27th September."

UMORAL, the "highly nihilistic" Norwegian black metal band featuring current and former members of MAYHEM, NIDINGR, FLEURETY, DØDHEIMSGARD and GORGOROTH, has commenced work on its debut album, entitled "Der Hvor Sola Aldri Skinner".

An UMORAL full-length release has been planned for several years, following the band's highly successful seven-inch EP, which came out in 2007 on Vendlus Records.

The recording has been delayed for a long time due to the busy schedule of UMORAL's former drummer Hellhammer.

For the "Der Hvor Sola Aldri Skinner" sessions, UMORAL has recruited a new drummer, Anti-Christian (TSJUDER, GRIMFIST, THE CUMSHOTS).

UMORAL's lineup is completed by guitarist Teloch and vocalist Zweizz.

ENGEL — the Gothenburg, Sweden-based quintet featuring guitarists Marcus Sunesson (THE CROWN) and Niclas Engelin (PASSENGER, ex-GARDENIAN, IN FLAMES), vocalist Mangan Klavborn, drummer Jimmy Olausson (ex-MARIONETTE) and bassist Steve Drennan (AMON AMARTH, LOCUS) — played two shows with
ENGELrecently recorded two songs with Hellmans Drengar. One of the tracks, "In Darkness", will be released as a single.

The band's second album, "Threnody", was released in Europe on November 8, 2010 and in the U.S. on January 11, 2011 via Season Of Mist. The CD was issued in Japan on April 20, 2010 via Avex.

ENGEL recorded "Threnody" at PUK studio in Gjerlev, Denmark with producer Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, HIMSA, SICK OF IT ALL).

The band was previously signed to SPV Records which issued ENGEL's debut album, "Absolute Design", in 2007.

ENGEL last year parted ways with drummer Daniel "Mojjo" Moilanen and replaced him with Olausson.

The previously unreleased NIRVANA concert film "Live At The Paramount" will be televised on Friday, September 23 at 11:00 p.m. ET on VH1, with the hour-long show being simulcast on VH1 Classic and Palladia. The broadcast will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the release of NIRVANA's landmark 1991 album, "Nevermind". The concert, shot at the Paramount Theater in Seattle on Halloween in 1991, features performances of several songs from "Nevermind", plus non-album cuts "Sliver" and "Aneurysm" along with a cover of THE VASELINES' "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For a Sunbeam".

"Nirvana: Live At The Paramount" will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 27, the same day as the 20th anniversary reissue of "Nevermind".

Evermore Darkly…", the new mini-album from British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH, will be released in North America on October 18 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to last year's triumphant "Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa" album will arrive as a CD/DVD package including new tracks and rarities, with a lengthy on-the-road documentary and ten songs filmed live at this year's Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium, as well as the video for the song "Lilith Immaculate". Artwork comes courtesy of Natalie Shau, whom also worked on "Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa".

A mini-site for the release can be accessed at this location. It contains audio samples from the new mini-album, the band's latest music video, "Lilith Immaculate", album info, downloads and more.

"Worship The Animal - 1994 The Lost Recordings", featuring the original NILE lineup of Karl Sanders, Chief Spires and Pete Hammoura, will be released as a collector's-edition digipak on October 11 via Goomba Music. These previously unreleased recordings pre-date NILE's groundbreaking debut album, "Amongst The Catacombs of Nephren-Ka".

With four critically acclaimed albums, a few EPs and several world tours under their belt, NILE has raised the bar for extreme metal bands musically, lyrically and conceptually. Their withering live performances are nothing short of legendary.

Formed in 1993 by Karl Sanders (guitar/vocals), Chief Spires (bass/vocals), and Pete Hammoura (drums), NILE wasted little time combining their interest in Egyptian history, culture and lore with the ferocity of modern death metal. Using a symphonic approach to songwriting and arrangement, NILE unleashed an uncompromising attack that fused unique, technical death metal with organic Middle Eastern tones. Their unique lyrical approach was inspired by Sanders' interpretation of ancient Egyptian inscriptions, temple carvings, papyri, hieroglyphics and tomb paintings depicting ancient battles, rituals and religious ceremonies. Each following year brought a new recording, which marked a large step forward in their musical evolution.

Recorded in 1994, "Worship The Animal" set the tone for what would become one of extreme metal's most popular bands.

"Worship The Animal" track listing:

01. La Chant Du Cygre
02. Worship The Animal
03. Nepenthe
04. Surrounded By Fright
05. Mecca

Wastehead", a brand new song from Finnish metallers PROFANE OMEN, can be streamed at the band's official web site (in the player on the left side). The track comes off the group's third album, "Destroy!", which is scheduled for release on September 28 via Spinefarm Records. The CD was produced by Ville Sorvali (MOONSORROW) and Mikko Herranen (RUST) and was recorded in part at Petrax studios in Hollola, Finland. The effort was mastered at Chartmakers in Helsinki.

In the midst of the "No More Mr. Nice Guy" world tour, Alice Cooper treated fans to a special performance last night (Thursday, September 15) at the legendary Whisky a Go-Go. Cooper took the stage of the legendary rock venue on the Sunset Strip for the first time since Alice Cooper the band performed there live in 1969 with LED ZEPPELIN.

Cooper was joined by Steve Hunter, one of rock's great guitarists; Tommy Henriksen, who co-wrote much of the new release; bassist Chuck Garric; drummer Glen Sobel; and eminent guitar prodigy Orianthi, making her debut with the band. The audience heard some old-school hits in addition to songs from Cooper's new album "Welcome 2 My Nightmare", the long-awaited sequel to his 1975 classic "Welcome to My Nightmare", which was released on September 13. Also making special guest appearances during the set were former THE DOORS guitarist Robbie Krieger and pop singer Ke$ha.

Cooper's setlist was as follows:

01. The Train Kept A-Rollin'
02. Under My Wheels
03. No More Mr. Nice Guy
04. Is It My Body
05. Brown Sugar
06. I'll Bite Your Face Off
07. Muscle Of Love
08. Cold Ethyl
09. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (THE ANIMALS cover)
10. Billion Dollar Babies
11. Break On Through (THE DOORS cover, feat. Robbie Krieger)
12. Back Door Man (THE DOORS cover, feat. Robbie Krieger)
13. Poison
14. I'm Eighteen
15. School's Out (feat. Ke$ha)
16. Elected

"Heart And Soul", the new video from FULLFORCE — the new Swedish melodic metal outfit featuring Mike Andersson (CLOUDSCAPE, SILENT MEMORIAL, PLANET ALLIANCE) on vocals, Stefan Elmgren (HAMMERFALL) on guitar, Anders Johansson (HAMMERFALL, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) on drums, Carl-Johan Grimmark (NARNIA) on guitar, and Tommy Larsson (HEED) on bass — can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Rainer Holmgren (PAIN OF SALVATION). The track comes off the band's debut album, "One", which was released on June 20 in Germany, June 23 in the rest of Europe and July 26 in USA/Canada via SPV/Steamhammer.

MEGADETH frontman Dave Mustaine risked permanent injury while performing at the "Big Four" concert yesterday (Wednesday, September 14) at Yankee Stadium in New York City with METALLICA, ANTHRAX and SLAYER. "I was in a hospital [Tuesday] morning, so I'm going home to get [neck] surgery right after this," he told Rolling Stone magazine before the show (see video below). "It's pretty bad. If I move wrong tonight, I could be paralyzed."

He added, "We called yesterday and said I couldn't make [the gig]. And then I thought about it and I thought, 'You know what? I trust God and I know He's got me in His hands. I know that He hasn't brought me this far through all this diversity and done all this reconciliation with all the [other] bands [the bill] and us all getting along this well to have the finale show [of the 'Big Four' tour] here in the States stopped. And I just thought, either God's everything or it's nothing, and I believe in Him, so that's why I'm here."

Regarding the nature of his injury, Mustaine said, "It's [caused by] years of headbanging — just doing this [moving head up and down] over the years. I have what's called stenosis — three herniated discs and bone spurs everywhere. It's just a lot of wear and tear over my body over the years touring."

He continued, "We've had to push our Dubai date back to December and we may end up having to push our South American tour back, too, because they say the healing time is somewhere around two months. And even I [undergo the neck surgery] in the next three days, I'm not gonna be able to be fully recovered within that two-month period unless I work my butt off. I mean, I know I how I am — I got my hand back after I got injured the first time. The funny thing is it's the same hand and almost the same thing. It's just that it happened once before, went away and now it's back. So I'm gonna try and figure out how I'm gonna play tonight. But I've got the will power and I've got the determination and I've got my God and I'll be fine."

MEGADETH's new single, "Public Enemy No. 1", has just been released digitally via iTunes. The song comes off the band's new album, "TH1RT3EN", which is scheduled for release on November 1 via Roadrunner Records. The CD was recorded at Mustaine's Vic's Garage studio in San Marcos, C

AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton has issued a new video message giving an update on the recording sessions for the band's new studio album.

Says Tom: "We're finished with the basic tracks, we've cut 13 basics and we're gonna sit with that for the moment. The bass parts are done, subject to some adjustments in the future. Drum tracks are all done, and we're starting to do guitar overdubs, it's fun, I enjoy going down to the studio and hanging out with the other guys while Joe and Brad do their work."

US black metallers ABIGAIL WILLIAMS will begin recording their third full-length album today, Thursday, September 15th.

The process begins in the band’s new home of Southern California as the band enter Keene Machine Studios with THE FACELESS’ Michael Keene and band frontman Ken Sorceron engineering. Former Abigail Williams and THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER drummer Zach Gibson will be playing on the album, as previous bandmate Ken Bedene focuses on THE ABORTED.

“We are very excited to announce the start of drum tracking for our third full-length. Drummer Zach Gibson will be behind the kit on this record, which is exciting for us because we have not recorded with him since the Legend EP,” states Sorceron.

Having recently returned from a short ten date regional tour tightening up their new five-piece line-up, the band’s ranks and sound continue to evolve and this third effort is no different.

“Expect some interesting twists and turns once again with this album as we plan to double track some of the drums and some of the compositions are quite lengthy, one even reaching the 15-minute plus range. This will prove to be our most epic material to date,” teases Sorceron as to the direction of the new material. “We plan to video our progress and upload video blogs as we go.”