CANNIBAL CORPSE, BEHEMOTH, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, MISERY INDEX, SUICIDAL ANGELS and a to-be-announced "special guest" will join forces the "Full Of Hate 2012" European tour.

The dates are as follows:

Feb. 09 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
Feb. 10 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle
Feb. 11 - Stuttgart, Germany - LKA Longhorn
Feb. 12 - Enschede, Netherlands - Atak
Feb. 13 - Paris, France - Bataclan
Feb. 14 - Saarbrücken, Germany - Garage
Feb. 15 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
Feb. 16 - Milan, Italy - Live Club
Feb. 17 - Wien, Austria - Arena
Feb. 18 - München, Germany - Backstage
Feb. 19 - Antwerpen, Belgium - Trix
Feb. 21 - Bologna, Italy - Estragon
Feb. 22 - Bratislava, Slovakia - Majestic Music Club
Feb. 23 - Prague, Czech Republic - KD Vltavska
Feb. 24 - Linz, Austria - Posthof
Feb. 25 - Geiselwind, Germany - Music Hall
Feb. 27 - Stockholm, Sweden - Münchenbryggeriet
Feb. 28 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Trädgårn
Feb. 29 - Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
Mar. 01 - Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
Mar. 02 - Leipzig, Germany - Hellraiser
Mar. 03 - Giessen, Germany - Hessenhalle
Mar. 04 - Tilburg, Netherlands - O13 (Neurotic Deathfest)

Irish rockers THE ANSWER will release their third studio album, "Revival", on October 3 2011 via Spinefarm Records. The initial run of the album will be a limited-edition deluxe format with 24-page booklet and band sleeve notes, plus an 11-track second disc containing previously unreleased studio, acoustic, demo and cover material.

"Revival" was produced by Chris "Frenchie" Smith and mixed by Chris Sheldon.

The track listing for the limited-edition deluxe version is as follows:

Disc 1:

01. Waste Your Tears
02. Use Me
03. Trouble
04. Nowhere Freeway
05. Tornado
06. Vida (I Want You)
07. Caught On The Riverbed
08. Destroy Me
09. New Day Rising
10. Can’t Remember, Can’t Forget
11. One More Revival
12. Lights Are Down

Disc 2:

01. Piece By Piece
02. Faith Gone Down
03. Nowhere Freeway (live acoustic)
04. Tailspin (demo)
05. Fire And Water (FREE cover)
06. What I Am (demo)
07. Caught On The Riverbed (live acoustic)
08. The Enemy (demo)
09. Show Me The World (demo)
10. One More Revival (live acoustic)
11. Lights Are Down (piano and vocals)

Finnish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have posted studio footage from their Imaginarium sessions at Angel Studios in Islington, London earlier this year (February 14th-20th) on YouTube below. According to a band diary update at the time:

"The recordings include three three-hour sessions with a 53-piece orchestra, most of the players being familiar faces from the Once and Dark Passion Play - sessions. Pip (Williams, the orchestral arranger) joined us at the hotel and we were all excited and ready for a week of long days and for witnessing some superb musicianship. The musicianship of these people never ceases to amaze me. They`ve never heard the songs before, they haven`t had any rehearsals, and still they nail all the songs, even those in the hardest imaginable key, after just one or two run-throughs."

Working titles include: 'Goat`s Liver', 'The Birdie Song', 'Teriyaki' and 'Haunted Mansion Ride'.

Nach längerer Schaffenspause ging es 2006 mit den SCHANDMAUL Mitgliedern Martin Duckstein, Thomas Lindner, Stefan Brunner und Matthias Richter, sowie Keyboarder Heiner Jaspers von der befreundeten Band REGICIDE mit dem Album ''Das 2weite Ich'' wieder los! Ein paar Jährchen später und mit einer ordentlichen Portion an Freude über das neu produzierte Album kommt der WETO-Zug in 2011 jetzt wieder richtig ins Rollen…

Wer vorab schon mal in das neue Album hören will, kann das HIER innerhalb eines Video Medleys oder auch Audio Pre-Listening tun!

Dazu hat die Band noch ein Video Interview aufgenommen, in dem ihr alles Wissenswerte zu ''Schattenspieler'' erfahren könnt… zu sehen HIER!

Austria's VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have issued the following update:

"Cris Tian finally joined our ranks as our new fix guitar player! Watch his great announcement video on our Youtube Channel now (see below)!! And we are proud to announce that Visions Of Atlantis will release new material on October 21st as an EP, called Maria Magdelena! More details to be revealed next week for the world to see! Stay tuned and spread the word now!!!!"

Die Geschmacksoffensive aus dem Hause Nuclear Blast geht in eine weitere beeindruckende Runde.

TEXAS IN JULY legen mit "One Reality" ein Album vor, das Euch garantiert eine ganze Weile im Kopf herumspuken wird.

Die frisch der Highschool entsprungenen Amis beherrschen von massiven Grooves, über die harte Beatdown-Schule und rasende Hardcore-Attacken bis hin zu großen Melodien eine immense Bandbreite.

Dabei gehen sie den üblichen Klischeefettnäpfchen souverän aus dem Weg.

Speziell die eingängigen Parts resultieren meist aus hypnotisch im Ohr kleben bleibenden Leadgitarrenexkursen. Die Vocals hingegen legen eine angenehme Kompromisslosigkeit an den Tag.

Breitwand-Metalcore mit immensem Punch, positiver Message und Langzeitwirkung!

"One Reality", das in den US bereits am 26. April 2011 via Equal Vision Records veröffentlicht wurde und hier.. von uns reviewt wurde, erscheint nun offiziell in Europa am 7. Oktober 2011 via Nuclear Blast Records.

Im Anschluss an den Europa Release werden TEXAS IN JULY auch gleich auf eine von stormbringer.at präsentierte Headliner Tour aufbrechen, hier die Daten:

THE ERA OF, the Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based progressive rock quartet featuring CRYPTOPSY frontman Matt McGachy, has completed work on its debut album, "Pelican Beach". Independently produced, the effort will be available for free download via the group's official web site, TheEraOf.com, in September.

Comprised of members of established bands — including CRYPTOPSY, A TEXAS FUNERAL and DOWNLINE — THE ERA OF has been described as a combination of 30 SECONDS TO MARS, A PERFECT CIRCLE and RUSH. Matt states, "We have blended epic build-ups, soaring choruses and uplifting rock outs into our own eclectic style. From a lyrical standpoint, our album explores the impact of an apocalyptic disaster through the eyes of different inhabitants of the city of Pelican Beach.

"Although music is the driving force behind our creative process, THE ERA OF has expanded upon our narrative concept by writing a compilation of short stories to be released alongside the album. These stories were conceived in fonction of the length of the songs to enhance the listener's experience."

Regarding how the launch of THE ERA OF affects his standing with CRYPTOPSY, McGachy states, "CRYPTOPSY fans need not worry: With the return of Jon Levasseur [guitar], we have been writing some of the most brutal material I have ever heard. Jon has been a pleasure to play with, and the connection between him and Flo [Mounier, drums] is undeniable. We are now hard at work preparing a new CRYPTOPSY album, to be released in 2012."

THE ERA OF will perform at the "Pelican Beach" CD-release party on September 9 at L'Alizé in Montreal.

German thrashers EXUMER are "in the final stages of mixing" their new album their first album in 24 years. The CD was recorded at a studio in Dortmund, Germany with producer Waldemar Sorychta (GRIP INC., ENEMY OF THE SUN, VOODOOCULT, THERION, TIAMAT, MOONSPELL) and will feature artwork by Baptiste Treton, a French-born artist who resides in Vietnam.

Commented EXUMER vocalist Mem V. Stein: "We basically took off from playing live for this entire year in order to concentrate solely on writing, recording and mixing this record.

"Waldemar was the most logical choice for us in regards to producing this very important album. We heard what he had done with the last SODOM album and we all agreed that he is capable of preserving the spirit of a 1980s thrash band but still make them sound relevant today. That is exactly what we envision for EXUMER. We became quite confident that we will achieve this objective after meeting Waldemar earlier this year and trust his intuition as a producer, songwriter and musician, as well as his ability to push EXUMER's envelope when it is necessary."

EXUMER began negotiating with several labels to release the upcoming CD and will announce the album's title once a record deal has been secured.

Twenty years after its release, NIRVANA's "Nevermind" classic album will be performed live in its entirety — each song played by a different Seattle group — on September 20 at the Sky Church venue at the Experience Music Project. Performers include NIRVANA bassist Krist Novoselic, members of THE FASTBACKS, VAPORLAND, THE LONG WINTERS, VISQUEEN, CAMPFIRE OK, RAVENNA WOODS and VALIS.

The gig is a benefit for Seattle music industry figure Susie Tennant, who was recently diagnosed with cancer.

According to CDJapan.co.jp, the 30th-anniversary box set version of MÖTLEY CRÜE's classic first album, "Too Fast For Love", will be released in Japan on November 30. The set will contain a cardboard sleeve jacket (Leathür Records version) and will include with a T-shirt created by Japanese clothing brand Neighborhood and the band. It will come packaged in a LP-sized box.

Track listing:

01. Live Wire
02. Public Enemy #1
03. Take Me To The Top
04. Merry - Go - Round
05. Piece Of Your Action
06. Starry Eyes
07. Stick To Your Guns
08. Come On And Dance
09. Too Fast For Love
10. On With The Show
11. Stick To Your Gun (single mix)
12. Toast Of The Town
13. Tonight

GUN BARREL arbeiten mit Hochdruck an ihrem fünften Studioalbum und suchen sangesstarke Unterstützer.

Wer sich berufen fühlt sein Goldkehlchen nicht nur unter der Dusche, im Stadion oder bei einer Runde Singstar - "Schweinerock Edition" zum Einsatz zu bringen, sondern es auf einer CD zu verewigen, der wird bei der Fanaktion von GUN BARREL hellhörig werden.
Die Jungs arbeiten gerade an ihrem fünften Studioalbum und rufen nun ihre Fans dazu auf sich mit einem Exemplar des "Live At The Kubana" Albums zu Fotografieren. Unter allen Einsendungen suchen GUN BARREL die 10 coolsten Fotos heraus, die dann bei einem Chorus auf der neuen Platte mitwirken dürfen. Zusätzlich dürfen sich die Gewinner auf ein exklusives Prelistening und stimmbandregenerierendes Bier freuen. Interessierte schicken ihre "Live At The Kubana" Fotos an gunbarrel-promo@web.de.

At least three people were killed when stage equipment, towers, a tent and a tree collapsed earlier today after a wind and hail storm hit the Pukkelpop festival in Hasselt, Belgium. In addition, more than 70 people were injured and the festival was halted, with as many as 60,000 attendees having left the mud-filled grounds, according to the Associated Press.

Chokri Mahassine, the organizer of the festival, told reporters "we have for now put the festival on hold until we understand the situation completely."

DEFTONES, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, BRING ME THE HORIZON, SUICIDIAL TENDENCIES, APOCALYPTICA and WITHIN TEMPTATION are among the artists who were scheduled to perform at this year's edition of Pukkelpop, an annual festival which was launched in 1985.

Last weekend, a stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair and sent steel scaffolding into the crowd below, killing five people and injuring dozens more.

On July 17, CHEAP TRICK barely avoided being crushed when the stage at the Ottawa Bluesfest collapsed during a storm. A few were injured, but no one was killed.

According to The Associated Press, a Polish court has issued an innocent verdict in the case of BEHEMOTH frontman Adam Darski, who ripped up a Bible during a show and called it "a deceitful book."

"Nergal" was charged with insulting religious feelings when he destroyed a Bible in a 2007 concert in Gdynia.

He tore pages from a Bible and threw them to the audience, asking fans to burn them. He also called the church a "criminal sect" — strong language in this predominantly Catholic country.

Prosecutors charged him with offending religious feelings but the district court in Gdynia argued Thursday that audience members who testified in the case said they were not offended.

During testimony, Nergal confirmed that the incident took place with the Bible. He remarked, however, that the concert at which it occurred, was a closed event / ticket. He added that the band depends on the fact that their concerts do not infringe on "outsiders who do not understand the message and may mistakenly understand it."

The official web site for METALLICA's collaboration with legendary singer and former VELVET UNDERGROUND frontman Lou Reed has been launched at www.loureedmetallica.com.

METALLICA and Reed reportedly tapped Dutch photographer, music video and film director Anton Corbijn to take a picture for the cover of their upcoming collaborative album. According to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Corbijn and Reed were seen hanging around with METALLICA inn early July in Gothenburg, Sweden where the band performed as part of the "Big Four" concert at Ullevi stadium. METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo were also spotted a couple of days later at Lou Reed's concert at Grand Rex in Paris, France.

After years of hard work, the Metal Bible has finally been released in both English and German.

The Metal Bible was made available in time for the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany, where more than 12,000 copies were distributed.

Over 60,000 copies of the Metal Bible's Swedish version have been made available since its first edition was published in 2005. It was also printed in Dutch.

According to a press release, the Metal Bible "is a cool special Bible edition that besides (New Testament) also features plenty of metalheads that share their life stories and talk about what God and the Bible means to them. The cover, all layout, fonts, pictures, etc., of the extra 128 pages are also done in true metal style, making it the ultimate Bible for any metal fan, showing that the Bible is a cool book also for people into metal music."

Featured musicians:

* Nicko McBrain (IRON MAIDEN)
* Dave Ellefson (MEGADETH)
* Peter Baltes (ACCEPT)
* Brian Welch (KORN)
* Tommy Aldridge (WHITESNAKE)
* Michael Sweet (STRYPER)
* Ted Kirkpatrick (TOURNIQUET)
* Rob Rock
* Matthew Smith (THEOCRACY)
* Steve Rowe (MORTIFICATION)
* Simon "Pilgrim" Rosen (CRIMSON MOONLIGHT)

Previews of the Metal Bible:

* English
* German

LIZZY BORDEN's 21-year-old guitarist Dario Lorina, who has previously played with late WARRANT singer Jani Lane, has released the following statement:

"I would first like to thank all of you for your kind words and support with the passing of my friend and confidant, Jani.

"He influenced my life in so many ways. He gave me a chance. He gave me confidence. He made my dream come true. From my 16th year of life, my high school graduation, through my 18th birthday, all of which was spent on stage with him, he was a prominent part of my life and years of growing up. He gave me memories I will never forget. He gave me guidance and advice.

"Jani, you will be greatly missed and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

"As he would sign... 'Tomorrow is a gift.'

"With love, D."

Video footage of Lorina performing with Lane can be seen below.

At age 16, Lorina was recognized for his passion and what some may call exceptional talent, and began touring with Lane. During that time Dario strongly created a reputation and name for himself as a player and gained the respect of many, thus giving him the opportunity to play with various notable artists.

Dario has been touring consistently throughout the USA and Europe since 2006.

An autopsy performed Friday 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 seven or eight weeks to finalize the cause of death.

Investigators found a half-empty bottle of vodka and prescription medication in the hotel room where Lane was discovered dead on Thursday (August 11), according to TMZ.com.

A public memorial with performances by fellow metal rock bands including GREAT WHITE and L.A. GUNS will be held in Hollywood on August 24 at a venue to be announced later, the singer's manager and longtime friend Obi Steinman said.

A new three-minute teaser for "Well Now You're Here There's No Way Back - The Quiet Riot Story" can be seen below.

The synopsis for the film, which will be released through the festival circuit in 2012: "Our story follows Frankie Banali, a world-renowned drummer you probably remember from the '80s band QUIET RIOT. As a single soccer dad in the suburbs, his long hair and tattoos frighten the neighbors, but to other drummers he's a hero. His career took a major sideswipe when his singer Kevin Dubrow died in 2007. At a crossroads in his life, he must forge ahead and make a new life for himself and his daughter.

"This film takes a trip back through time to the decade of debauchery and decadence. Real home videos shot backstage, on the tour bus, in the recording studio, and in hotel rooms with one of the '80s top platinum-selling bands and most notorious bad boys. Never-before-seen footage from the milestones in Frankie's long career in music and his personal life now. Funny and deeply personal and poignant exploration of Frankie's longtime friendship with his bandmate Kevin Dubrow. The loss of his close friend and his career as he knew it, and his life after Kevin. Follow his journey at his current moment of truth. As he goes through the ups and downs of having to fill the void left by his singer and friend Kevin Dubrow and continue on with QUIET RIOT."

Without a doubt, THE heavy metal success story of the early '80s was none other than QUIET RIOT. After years of struggling in Los Angeles clubs (despite legendary guitarist Randy Rhoads being in their ranks throughout the '70s), the classic QUIET RIOT lineup of Kevin Dubrow (vocals), Frankie Banali (drums), Rudy Sarzo (bass), and Carlos Cavazo (guitar) hit mega-success with their first-ever U.S. release in 1983, the classic "Metal Health". Spawning two hit singles that have gone on to become synonymous with heavy metal — "Cum On Feel the Noize" and "Metal Health" — the "Metal Health" album went on to become the first-ever metal U.S. debut to hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard album chart, and resulted in a solid year of sold-out shows and non-stop MTV video airplay.

Despite this being an absolute standout era of the band's career, very little substantial video documentation has surfaced. That is...until now.

The video footage — directly from Banali's archives — will include the aforementioned performance in 1980 through some of the last shows QR played, including footage of their Rocklahoma performance in 2007. Additional video footage captures QR in many phases, including a 1982 performance of DUBROW (a short-lived name QUIET RIOT went by in the early '80s), with Dubrow, Banali, bassist Chuck Wright (Sarzo was playing in Ozzy Osbourne's band at the time), and Cavazo's first video performance with the band, his second total. Also included will be live performances, backstage footage, sound checks, studio sessions, and interviews — most of which has never been seen.

As Banali says, "The moment my friend Kevin Dubrow died, my life and career went from sixty to zero with his final breath." But now, Dubrow and QUIET RIOT will receive a much-deserved video retrospective, that will leave no stone unturned. Get ready to bang your head and feel the noize once more!"

EVANESCENCE played its first concert in almost two years last night (Wednesday, August 17) at War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The group performed four new songs from its upcoming self-titled third album, including first single "What You Want", which opened the show.

The band's setlist was as follows:

01. What You Want (new song)
02. Going Under
03. Weight Of The World
04. The Only One
05. The Change (new song)
06. Lithium
07. Your Star
08. Whisper
09. Oceans (new song)
10. Call Me When You're Sober
11. Imaginary
12. Bring Me To Life
13. All That I'm Living For
14. Good Enough
15. My Immortal
16. The Other Side (new song)

For technical reasons, the release date of "Single Cuts" — the new box set containing JUDAS PRIEST's complete U.K. CBS/Columbia singles — has been pushed back to October 10 from the previously announced August 25. The band states, "We really appreciate your support, and so to say thanks for your patience, we've added a free magnet set of JUDAS PRIEST album covers (worth £15) to all box sets that are pre-ordered on [JudasPriest.com]. All pre-orders will now ship on or before October 10th."

Eight years after the release of Blot, legendary Viking metal act EINHERJER will release their comeback album, Norrøn, on September 9th (Europe) / 13th (rest of the World) via Indie Recordings. The album was recorded at Studio Borealis and is produced by Einherjer's Frode Glesnes. Matt Hyde (SLAYER, MONSTER MAGNET) mixed the album. It combines the best qualities from all of Einherjer’s previous albums.

Nørrøn tracklisting:

'Norrøn Kraft'
'Naglfar'
'Alu Alu Laukar'
'Varden Brenne'
'Malmting'
'Balladen Om Bifrost'

Norrøn will be released on following formats:

Norway & Europe - Digipak CD, LP
North America - Jewelcase CD, LP

Note: The LP is strictly limited to 500 worldwide.

A very limited T-shirt/CD bundle will be available exclusively for Europe and North America.

Death metallers ARCHAIOS have announced they will be releasing their first full-length album entitled The Distant via Dark Canvas Records, this autumn.

The album was recorded and produced by the band in their hometown Santo Domingo and mixed and mastered in Illinois, US by Kanky Lora (CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, STRAIGHT LINE STITCH, MARK RIZZO BAND). The cover artwork was designed by Brazilian artist Carlos Fides.