"Visions", the new video from the British metalcore act BRING ME THE HORIZON, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Plastic Kid, the alter ego of Copenhagen-based avant-garde graphic designer and filmmaker Jakob Printzlau.

"Visions" comes off BRING ME THE HORIZON's third album, "There Is A Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is A Heaven, Let's Keep It A Secret", which sold 20,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 17 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD also entered the official chart in the U.K. at position No. 13.

Video footage of BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION — the Anglo-American rock supergroup featuring the talents of bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, TRAPEZE, BLACK SABBATH), blues rock guitarist/vocalist Joe Bonamassa, drummer Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN), and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER) — performing the song "Cold" on August 5, 2011 at the Blues Festival in Notodden, Norway can be seen below.

Guitarist Gary Holt of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS has slammed Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL for allegedly forcing his band to cut its set short by three songs at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival.

When asked by Toby Cook of The Quietus how Holt felt EXODUS' performance at Bloodstock — which was held August 12-14, 2011 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, United Kingdom — had gone, the guitarist replied, "Fuck HAMMERFALL, they can go suck a dick — they cost us, like, three songs! They can suck my balls!

"We had huge problems because HAMMERFALL's sound man rearranged the entire input list — and you just don't do that at festivals.

"I've nothing against them musically; I think they're a great band musically, but you're at a festival, you're not headlining you're actually playing under us — do your job right! They fucking made it difficult for everybody."

During the same interview, Holt also shed some light on what may have been his major motivation for agreeing to fill in for SLAYER's Jeff Hanneman for the recent "Big Four" Sonisphere shows.

"It was all about reconnecting with [current METALLICA and former EXODUS guitarist] Kirk [Hammett]," said Holt. "He was my best friend when we were in [EXODUS] together, and being able to spend time with him again and talk about the old days, that's what it was all about. It wasn't about playing with all the other bands; it was about reconnecting with a very good old friend. It was really, really nice."

Following the July reissues of Against The Modern World and In The Rain, as well as the August reissues of Lex Talionis and In A Garden Green, the first Friday of September will see the release of new editions of two further classics of SOL INVICTUS' back catalogue: In The Jaws Of The Serpent from 1989, and Trees In Winter, which was first released in 1990.

In The Jaws Of The Serpent is the recording of a live performance by Sol Invictus in Tokyo in 1988. This was originally released in 1989 as a mini LP and then combined with the first mini album, Against The Modern World, to form the CD, Sol Veritas Lux, a year later. Now, In The Jaws .. will be released as a stand-alone CD for the very first time, completed with a bonus DVD featuring a nearly 60-minute live performance by Sol Invictus in Hamburg on March 27th, 1993.

Featuring evergreens such as 'English Murder,' 'Media', and 'Looking For Europe', Trees In Winter has always been a highlight of every well-assorted Sol Invictus collection. The album hasn't been available since its original release back in 1990 and is now complemented by three bonus tracks from the 1991 vinyl-only singles, 'Looking For Europe' and 'See The Dove Fall / Somewhere In Europe'. The demo song 'See The Dove Fall' is included in a remixed version.

Like the previous Sol Invictus reissues, In The Jaws Of The Serpent and Trees In Winter will be released in portrait digipak format, feature new artworks as well as liner notes by Tony Wakeford, and will each be limited to 700 copies only.

Jacksonville's ALLELE, the modern hard rock group featuring former COLD guitarist Kelly Hayes has been rejoined by the band's original guitarist Lane Maverick in preparation for the group's sophomore album, Next To Parallel due September 27th via Goomba Music.

Allele (pronounced Uh-Leel) was formed in 2002 by vocalist Wally Wood and guitarist Lane Maverick.

Next To Parallel was produced by the band and mixed/mastered at Jacksonville's MyPlatinumSound by Paul Lapinski (RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS, ALICIA KEYS, EVERGREEN TERRACE, PUDDLE OF MUDD, MOLLY HATCHET and YELLOWCARD). The vocal tracks were engineered by TRAPT bassist Pete Charell at Dexter Dog Studios in Laguna, CA.

Next To Parallel tracklisting:
'Let It Go'
'Closure'
'What I Get'
'Dead and Cold'
'Drone'
'Something Cured'
'Feed the Wolves'
'Hurt'
'Chains of Alice'
'Answers'
'Stay Down'
'Next to Parallel'
'To Arms'

NWOBHM legends CLOVEN HOOF check in with the following release news:

"After overwhelming pre-order sales we can announce that the Dominator re-release will be available on September 1st. The free patch for the first 50 lucky fans was snapped up within hours. As a result of this, so fans will not be disappointed, the new Dominator patch will be available from September 1st on the official website. It will cost £5 excluding postage and packing."

Dominator tracklisting:

'Rising Up'
'Nova Battlestar'
'Reach For The Sky'
'Warrior Of The Wasteland'
'The Invaders'
'The Fugitive'
'Dominator'
'Road Of Eagles'

The album will also be available on vinyl as a special collectors edition in the near future. Updates to follow.

Revolver magazine conducted an interview with METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX for a special issue devoted to the "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal.

When asked to name his favorite ANTHRAX song, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich said, "There's so many. I don't know, the cover they did of 'Antisocial' [off 1988's 'State Of Euphoria'] by [French rock band] TRUST is obviously great. 'Got The Time', [off 1990's 'Persistence Of Time'] which is a cover originally by [English new-wave artist] JOE JACKSON was awesome. 'Only', which they did on the first record with [vocalist] John Bush [1993's 'Sound Of White Noise'] was great. There's tons of them, so I don't even know where to start. Fuck. I was up in the mountains the other day, skiing somewhere, and PUBLIC ENEMY came and played, so I went down and saw them. They played 'Bring the Noise', [which PUBLIC ENEMY re-recorded with ANTHRAX in 1991] which was cool to hear."

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen was presented with a gold plaque at the Summer Breeze festival in Dinkelsbühl, Germany for sales in excess of 120,000 copies in Germany alone of her debut solo album, "My Winter Storm", making her the first Finnish solo artist ever to achieve such a goal. She joins a selected group of Finnish artists who have also been awarded gold albums in Germany: HIM, APOCALYPTICA, THE RASMUS, SUNRISE AVENUE and NIGHTWISH.

Tarja is the only Finnish artist ever to achieve a gold record in Germany as both a solo artist and as a member of a band (NIGHTWISH).

BLOOD MORTIZED - the Swedish death metallers featuring former AMON AMARTH guitarist Anders Hansson and CRYPT OF KERBEROS drummer Mattias Borgh – have issued the following update:

"Someone has ripped the 'Rekviem' track from the cassette version of the Bestial EP, click on the link below and listen to it and pre-order the god damn EP NOW! It will be out in a few weeks on Chaos Records on CD and VINYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYL!"

A previous update from the band states: "We are really pleased to be able to reveal the name of our new bass player! Drum roll and here he is... Mattias Söderlund joins Blood Mortized! He will punish his bass on our upcoming album. He is mainly known for A: being a really nice guy, B: playing bass with legendary Swedish punk band CHARTA 77. It will be great to finally get to record proper bass lines and work on a crushing bass sound on the upcoming album The Key To A Black Heart. We are very happy to have him onboard and we welcome him to the band with a masssive TRAKTOR BAS and a bloody CHEERS!"

The release date of RUSH DVD and Blu-ray titled "Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland" has been pushed back to November 8 from the previously announced October 25 (via Zoe Records). The disc will contain footage of RUSH's April 15 concert at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio filmed by the award-winning documentary makers Banger Productions from Toronto in Canada, who have received international critical acclaim for their previous movies "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey", "Global Metal" and the RUSH documentary called "Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage".

Swedish female-fronted heavy rockers SISTER SIN will release their cover version of the MOTÖRHEAD classic "Rock 'N' Roll" as a single on September 13. The track features guest vocals from the German metal queen Doro Pesch and will be made available on all digital platforms worldwide via Victory Records. It was produced by Chris Snyder at Standstraight Studios and was mastered at Abbey Road Studios in London, England.

SISTER SIN will head out as main support on the upcoming U.D.O. European tour starting on September 21 in Poland.

According to TMZ.com, a note saying "I am Jani Lane" was found in the former WARRANT singer's pocket on the day he died. However, Jani, who had no official ID on him when his body was discovered at a Los Angeles motel on August 11, isn't believed to have written the note himself.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ.com that the note contained a phone number for a person close to Jani, and police contacted that person after Jani's body was discovered.

Investigators have confirmed to TMZ.com that the note was written by one of Jani's friends who had placed a similar note on Jani in the past.

According to the site, members of Jani's family are furious over the fact that the person who wrote the note didn't help Lane seek treatment for the singer's substance-abuse problem instead of simply tucking a piece of paper into Jani's pants.

It's unclear if the same person who wrote the note also checked Jani into the Comfort Inn since it appears the room where Jani was discovered was not purchased by Jani himself.

An autopsy performed on Lane proved inconclusive pending the results of toxicology tests, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter says it may take several weeks to finalize the cause of death.

Lane, born John Kennedy Oswald, was separated from his third wife, the former Kimberly Nash, at the time of his death. He is survived by a brother, Eric; three sisters, Marcine Williams, Michelle Robinson and Victoria Oswald; a daughter from his first marriage, Taylar Lane; a daughter from his second marriage, Madison Lane; and two stepdaughters, Ryan and Brittany.

RAVEN LORD have added Jamie Mallender to their ranks. Jamie is known for his work with the TONY MARTIN BAND (ex-BLACK SABBATH) and will be handling the bass guitar duties, completing the Raven Lord's line up.

Discussing the latest addition to the ranks of Raven Lord vocalist Csaba Zvekan (KILLING MACHINE, SARDONYX, EMERGENCY) said: "The search is finally over and I'm proud to have Jamie in the band. We clicked right away and were on same page and I knew on the spot that this was our bass player. He is a very skilled player and what a great stage presence he has. We welcome Jamie Mallender to Raven Lord."

On joining Raven Lord bassist Jamie Mallender had to say: "I'm thrilled to be part of this band. It's very rare that any new metal music really excites me, you know - I've been around a while and I've heard it all before - but the recordings Raven Lord sent me really captivated me. I just thought, "I have to be part of this!" Everything from the standard of the songwriting, to the calibre of the musicians involved is rather mindblowing. I've been listening to the recordings none stop and I haven't been this excited about laying down some bass for quite some time. I'm currently working on my parts and will be busy recording them by the time this statement is released. I'm looking forward to a very exciting future with this band. The world needs music like this!"

Preliminary work on a new Raven Lord album has already begun, with various songs at different stages of completion. Two new demo songs 'End of World' and 'Saints & Sinners' can be heard below. The band are in the process of securing a new record deal with a view to a release towards the end of this year. Details of live dates, including a tour in two continents with some high profile shows for the summer 2012, are expected to be announced soon.

Raven Lord's line-up is now as follows:

Csaba Zvekan (KILLING MACHINE, SARDONYX, EMERGENCY) - lead vocals
Stefan Lindholm (VINDICTIV) - lead guitars, backing vocals
Alessandro Del Vecchio (EDEN'S CURSE, EDGE OF FOREVER) - keyboards, backing vocals
Tobias Flensburg - drums, backing vocals
Julian Barrett (TARJA TURUNEN, BARILARI, LORIHEN) - lean and rhythm guitar
Jamie Mallender (TONY MARTIN BAND) - bass

Swedish death metal band MALFEITOR has released the following update:

“Right now, all ten tracks for the upcoming full length are going through an extreme drum-treatment by doctor J.Björkenfjäll! Total badass drumming that will make this album crush!

The mighty "beard" has recorded his evil throat on a bunch of the tracks! There might be some vocal collaboration on this album so stay tuned for more details!

Also, Moberg are almost finished with the sound engineering for the devastating guitars. They will have a little more bite than the ones on the demo, but the total sound will still be unpolished old school for sure!

Somewhere during the recording process we will post a studio-video-teaser of a new track, so stay evil and tuned!

Make sure to get our demo-tape, split CD with Birch Mountain and old school t-shirt!”

Chaos Records recently announced the signing of Malfeitor. The band will release the vinyl LP version of their new full-length album, entitled Dum Morior Orior, during the first quarter of 2012.

"I'll Bite Your Face Off", the new video from Alice Cooper, can be seen below. The song comes off the legendary rocker's hugely anticipated new album, "Welcome 2 My Nightmare", which will be released on September 13 via Universal Music Enterprises. Recorded with longtime collaborator Bob Ezrin, who produced the original multi-platinum "Welcome To My Nightmare" album in 1975, the LP picks up right where they left off, with Alice trapped in his own warped mind.

STATIC-X frontman Wayne Static will release with his first solo album, "Pighammer", on October 4 via Dirthouse Records.

According to a press release, "Pighammer" "has a disarming raw quality of heavy driving guitar riffs and lyrics that will take hold of your bowels and into the mind of Static's dark past and warped mind. This is blatant, as the first single, 'Assassins Of Youth', was inspired by Wayne Static's last days of drugs and partying.

"I wrote this song while living in a hotel room, listening to PINK FLOYD, drinking Crown and doing whippits," explains Static. "I started the song in that condition but never finished it until years later after dumping off the drugs. Now the song has a whole new meaning from when I started it."

"Assassins Of Youth" is an old-school term for drugs. The first verse is about doing drugs, the chorus is going dry and the second chorus is about getting off and no longer being slave to the drugs.

You can now stream "Assassins Of Youth" at SoundCloud.com. It is also available in the YouTube clip below.

An Electronic Press Kit (EPK) for "Kicking & Screaming", the new album from former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach, can be seen below. Due on September 27 via Frontiers Records, the CD was produced by Bob Marlette (BLACK SABBATH, SHINEDOWN, ATREYU, FILTER) and features young virtuosic guitarist Nick Sterling and drum pro Bobby Jarzombek (HALFORD, RIOT, ICED EARTH). The follow-up to 2007's "Angel Down" was mastered at Precision Mastering in Los Angeles with Tom Baker. A digital single containing the album's title track will precede the full-length effort on August 23.

Organizers have just announced that German hard rock legends the SCORPIONS will be playing their last German open-air show at the Wacken Open Air 2012, set to take place August 2nd - 4th in Wacken, Germany.

Confirmed acts for Wacken 2012 include: AMON AMARTH, CRADLE OF FILTH, ENDSTILLE, FORBIDDEN, GAMMA RAY, HAMMERFALL, MINISTRY, AXEL RUDI PELL, SCORPIONS, SIX FEET UNDER, U.D.O. (Birthday Party).

Die US Amerikanischen Avantgarde Black Metaller von NACHTMYSTIUM arbeiten neben ihrer neuen CD auch noch an einer Split-Vinyl mit der Französischen Black Metal Formation GLORIOR BELLI. Der Split wird im späteren Verlauf des Jahres via dem Label Diabolus Templum Sanus in die Plattenläden dieser Welt gebracht.

Hier noch ein Kommentar der Band:

"Nachtmystium are pleased to announce that we're going to be working on not only our new full-length album in the coming months, but also some additional tracks that will appear on a split 12" vinyl-only release between Nachtmystium and our long time French black'n'roll brothers Glorior Belli! This LP will feature completely exclusive tracks from each band and will be released on Chicago-based label Diabolus Templum Sanus!