"Witness The Addiction", a brand new song from California deathcore masters SUICIDE SILENCE, can be streamed below. The track, which features a guest appearance by KORN frontman Jonathan Davis, comes off the band's new album, "The Black Crown", due on July 12 via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded with heavyweight producer Steve Evetts (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, EVERY TIME I DIE, HATEBREED) and features guest appearances by KORN singer Jonathan Davis and SUFFOCATION frontman Frank Mullen.

"The Black Crown" track listing:

"Addicted", a brand new song from the seminal grindcore/extreme metal outfit BRUTAL TRUTH, can be streamed below (courtesy of AOL's Noisecreep). The track comes off the band's new full-length album, "End Time", which will be released on September 27 in North America via Relapse Records. The CD was recorded with Doug White at Watchmen Studios in Lockport, New York and was mixed by Jason P.C. at Goatsound Studios. Mastering duties were handled by Scott Hull at Visceral Sound.

Finnish doom/death metallers SHAPE OF DESPAIR have issued the following update:

"Just before this year, SHAPE OF DESPAIR and [ex-AMORPHIS/current AJATTARA singer] Pasi Koskinen parted ways. We got very few close persons in mind who could fit inside the band's chemistry and share the same passion for our music.

"Welcome our newest member, Henri Koivula.

"Henri is known from his other band THROES OF DAWN which released magnificent 'The Great Fleet Of Echoes' album last year."

Femme Metal Records has set a September 26 release date for its fourth compilation CD entitled "Melody And Malice".

All proceeds from sales will be donated to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), a United Kingdom charity campaigning and working in child protection.

"Melody And Malice" track listing:

Disc One

01. DEADLOCK - "Virus Jones"
02. EXOTERIK - "Revive"
03. REGARDLESS OF ME - "Until I Die"
04. KITTIE - "Cut Throat"
05. IN THIS MOMENT - "A Star Crossed Wasteland"
06. MONGREL - "Zombies Of War"
07. HAND - "Fate Sewn On"
08. DECADENCE - "Vulture"
09. UNSUN - "Whispers"
10. KATRA - "One Wish Away"
11. CRYSTAL VIPER - "Blood Of The Heroes"
12. WINTER STORM - "The Embrace"
13. THE AGONIST - "And Their Eulogies Sang Me To Sleep"
14. ALERION - "Turn Of Fate"
15. SARAH JEZEBEL DEVA - "The Corruption of Mercy"
16. JAGGEDY ANN - "Skin Of Your Teeth"

Disc Two

01. MAGICA - "Wait For Me"
02. WITCHBURN - "Bleed The Stone"
03. EDENBRIDGE - "Higher"
04. THE MARIANA HOLLOW - "Your Halo"
05. LUNA MORTIS - "Ash"
06. BENEATH THE STARES - "Guilty Bystander"
07. ACHILLA - "Mirrors"
08. AMBERIAN DAWN - "Talisman"
09. LACUNA COIL - "Spellbound"
10. TRIOSPHERE - "The Anger And The Silent Remorse"
11. SOLSIKK - "Relish In Nervous Delights"
12. NOCTIS NOTUS - "Scarlet Storm"
13. ARCH ENEMY - "I Will Live Again"
14. FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH - "Drifter"
15. EVIL'S DESIRE - "Touched By Insanity"
16. RISING DREAM - "Religion For The Weak"

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach will release his new solo album, "Kicking & Screaming", 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.

"Kicking & Screaming" track listing:

01. Kicking & Screaming
02. My Own Worst Enemy
03. TunnelVision (featuring John 5)
04. Dance On Your Grave
05. Caught In A Dream
06. As Long As I Got The Music
07. I'm Alive
08. Dirty Power
09. Live The Life
10. Dream Forever
11. One Good Reason
12. Lost In The Light
13. Wishin'

Bonus tracks:

14. Jumpin' Off The Wagon (on physical CD/DVD editions only)
15. Ain't There Yet (iTunes exclusive)

SLIPKNOT has announced a special real-time webcast of the band's Knebworth, United Kingdom performance via the group's website, Slipknot1.com, to take place during SLIPKNOT's headline set at 9 p.m. GMT on Sunday, July 10.

The webcasting of SLIPKNOT's historic Sunday night headline set live across the world from Knebworth will go out live on Slipknot1.com as well as SonisphereFestivals.com. Set to be an epic and emotional occasion, this highly anticipated show will mark the band’s first appearance in the U.K. in over two years and their first British performance without founding member Paul Gray, who tragically passed away last year.

The band said of the upcoming performance: "England has always been a special place for this band from the very beginning. We can't think of a better way to culminate our celebration of Paul's life than to share it with the 'maggots; at Knebworth and the millions more watching around the world. This is not to be missed."

Added festival producer Stuart Galbraith: "This is the first time Sonisphere festival has been transmitted live across the web and represents yet another major stride in its commitment to harnessing the power of the internet to engage with the rock audience at large across the planet. Given that this is going to be such an important event for SLIPKNOT fans the world over, we felt it only right to allow them all to share in what is set to be a historic experience, wherever they are."

The Sonisphere show on July 10 will be the last on this current tour for SLIPKNOT, which is performing for the first time without Gray. The band's future beyond this run of shows is unclear.

Reformed U.K. crossover metallers ONE MINUTE SILENCE will record and film a series of their classic tracks live in the studio for their first release in over seven years and are teaming up with Pledge Music to invite their fans to the recording. The CD, to be titled "Live In The Studio", and accompanying DVD documentary filmed by PINK PUNK visual collaborator David Betteridge, will be released November 18 and all fans who pre-order with Pledge Music will be entered into a draw for invitations to the recording.

A new video interview with ONE MINUTE SILENCE guitarist Massimo "Massy" Fiocco in which he talks about the upcoming live album can be seen below.

Explained vocalist Brian "Yap" Barry: "Initially, I wasn't sure if the energy and punch that we had would still be there, but when we got in the rehearsal room together, there was no denying it — in fact it's stronger than it ever was."

Added Massy: "Pledge Music has allowed our fans to put us back in the studio to make a live recording and it feels so right that it's the fans that are making this happen — then if this works for us, we'll be ready to do smash some live shows in 2012."

Stated bassist Glen Diani: "We wanted to make these recordings on our own terms, for us and for the fans with no other labels involved and we also wanted to invite some of the fans to the recording — so every purchase made on Pledge Music enters your email into a lottery and we'll pick 50 people randomly and ask them to join us in the studio for the recording."

The Danish folk metal band SVARTSOT are ready to release there third album, Maledictus Eris, describing musically 14th century Denmark ravished by the plague. The album will be released on the following dates:

July 27th - Spain, Finland, Sweden
July 29th - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy
August 1st - rest of Europe




Maledictus Eris tracklisting:
'Staden…'
'Gud Giv Det Varer Ved!'
'Dødedansen'
'Farsoten Kom'
'Holdt Ned Af En Tjørn'
'Den Forgængelige Tro'
'Om Jeg Lever Kveg'
'Kunsten At Dø'
'Den Nidske Gud'
'Spigrene'
'Og Landet Ligger Så Øde Hen'

SPV/Steamhammer has lined up six killer vinyl releases for October 11 in North America. They include AXEL RUDI PELL's classic albums "Mystica" and "Tales of the Crown"; MAGNUM's "Brand New Morning" and "Princess Alice & The Broken Arrow"; and FREEDOM CALL's "Eternity" and "Crystal Empire". All six albums will be released as double gatefold LPs with colored vinyl.

* AXEL RUDI PELL "Mystica" - Blue Vinyl
* AXEL RUDI PELL "Tales Of The Crown" - Orange Vinyl
* MAGNUM "Brand New Morning" - Blue Vinyl
* MAGNUM "Princess Alice And The Broken Arrow" - Yellow Vinyl
* FREEDOM CALL "Crystal Empire" - Red Vinyl
* FREEDOM CALL "Eternity" - Green Vinyl

Legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) recently wrote and performed a song for what his calls his "guilty pleasure," Disney Channel's original movie "Phineas And Ferb The Movie: Across The 2nd Dimension", which is scheduled to premiere on Friday, August 5 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel and Saturday, August 13 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney XD. Slash will also appear in the animated video to launch the movie, which he describes as "very rock and roll, even for a cartoon."

"Phineas And Ferb The Movie: Across The 2nd Dimension" features Disney Channel's dynamic animated duo, Phineas Flynn and his stepbrother Ferb Fletcher, as they go on their biggest adventure yet. When the boys discover that their pet platypus Perry is in fact a secret agent who battles the forces of evil daily, they join him on a grand adventure that blasts them to another dimension where a truly evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz has taken over an alternate Tri-state Area. This larger than life, action-packed adventure will have the entire family laughing out loud!

"Phineas And Ferb The Movie: Across The 2nd Dimension" was co-created and executive produced by Emmy Award winner Dan Povenmire (director for TV's "Family Guy"; director/writer for "SpongeBob SquarePants") and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (writer/director for TV's "Rocko's Modern Life"; artist for "The Simpsons" and "King Of The Hill").

"Phineas And Ferb The Movie: Across The 2nd Dimension" will be released as a two-disc DVD set on August 23.

Legendary Philadelphia death metal battalion GOREAPHOBIA has forces with Dark Descent Records for the release of the band's long-anticipated new full-length album, "Apocalyptic Necromancy". Due on August 9, the follow-up to 2009's "Mortal Repulsion" was recorded, mixed and mastered by drummer Jim Roe and features new guitarist VJS (KULT OV AZAZEL, CRIMSON MOON, DEMONCY).

Commented Dark Descent label head Matt Calvert: "When the opportunity presented itself to release the new GOREAPHOBIA album, the choice was easy. Those who are familiar with the underground know that GOREAPHOBIA has a longstanding reputation of producing some of the filthiest death metal around. I'm more than excited to be a part of this new chapter of the band. After speaking to each member personally, it became very apparent that GOREAPHOBIA and Dark Descent Records are a perfect fit and I look forward to helping spread their message to not only long-time fans, but new ones as well."

Added guitarist Alex Bouks: "Myself and the rest of GOREAPHOBIA are very excited and pleased to be working with Matt and the rest of amazing team at Dark Descent. The label is off to great things. This is a very fresh and positive start for us to be releasing our new record with what I believe to be the next great metal label around today."

"Apocalyptic Necromancy" features 12 tracks of sonic decay with artwork by Linsey Wasiuta.

The track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. Apocalyptic Necromancy
02. Xurroth Rreeth N'Vez Helm (City of Rot and Decay)
03. The Attractor
04. Void Of The Larva Queen
05. Shroud of The Hyena (Inall Ninuttix)
06. Footpaths In The Vortex of Doom
07. Darkstar Dementia
08. Igigi Reactor
09. Totem Of The Vulture (Sirrix Noxhuun)
10. Sigil On Death's Hand
11. White Wind Spectre
12. Rust Worms And The Noxious Fevers They Bring

The CD version of WHITESNAKE's "Live At Donington 1991", available worldwide on Frontiers Records, entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 32, with excellent Top 100 entries in the U.K., Italy and Sweden in its first week of release. The DVD edition entered the Music Videos chart in the U.S. at No. 11 and in Italy at No. 14.

"Live At Donington 1991" is now also available in Europe as a limited-edition 3LP vinyl edition with the following track listing:

LP1:

Side A:

01. Slip Of The Tongue
02. Slide It In
03. Judgement Day

Side B:

01. Slow An Easy
02. Kitten's Got Claws

LP2:

Side A:

01. Adagio For Strato
02. Flying Dutchman Boogie
03. Is This Love
04. Cheap An' Nasty

Side B:

01. Crying In The Rain (feat. Tommy Aldridge drum solo)
02. Fool For Your Loving

LP3:

Side A:

01. For The Love Of God
02. The Audience Is Listening
03. Here I Go Again; Bad Boys

Side B:

01. Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City
02. Still Of The Night

Philadelphia-based metal band SINGLE BULLET THEORY has inked a two-album deal with Chicago's Goomba Music. The group's new CD, "IV", contains 10 fresh tracks featuring new members John Ruszin III (guitar), Jeff Kalber (bass) and Acacio Carvalho (drums). All drum tracks for the effort were recorded at Clay Creek Studio in Newark, Delaware with engineer Nick Rotundo. The remainder of the album is being recorded at Ruszin's studio in Wenonoh, New Jersey.

For the last 26 years, NEUROSIS have tapped into the elusive wellspring where resonance and dissonance collude, circling emotional poles where nothing is withheld, where the psyche screams for answers to Earth's ancient mysteries

Following the recent reissues of some of NEUROSIS' most seminal groundbreaking earlier albums — "Souls At Zero" and "Enemy Of The Sun" — Neurot Recordings are now prepared to unveil the details on the next installment of this reissue series, with a new pressing of the band's infamous "Sovereign" EP. Originally unveiled in 2000, the "Sovereign" EP was the first NEUROSIS release issued through the band's own then newly-founded Neurot Recordings, with the vinyl pressing handled by Hydra Head. In chronological terms, "Sovereign" served as a millennial segue between two of the band's two revered full-lengths of that era; 1999's "Times Of Grace" and 2001's "A Sun That Never Sets".

The EP, though shorter than a NEUROSIS full-length opus, is a psychotropic experience of the highest order. And to top that off, this Neurot Recordings CD reissue also includes a previously unreleased fifth track, with the inescapably feedback-tormented hymn "Misgiven" closing out the reissue, added as a special bonus to this repressing of the recordings. The reissue comes bound in an O-Card/jewel case setup like the other recent NEUROSIS reissues, with artwork completely redesigned and updated by Aaron Turner.

"Sovereign" reissue track listing:

01. Prayer
02. An Offering
03. Flood
04. Sovereign
05. Misgiven [newly released track]

The reissue of "Sovereign" will be made available in North America on September 12.

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian, who is sitting out nearly a dozen shows on the band's current tour in order to spend time with his family following the birth of his first child (his temporary replacement is SEPULTURA's Andreas Kisser), rejoined the group exclusively for last night's "Big Four" concert at Arena Fiera Rho in Milan, Italy, claiming halfway through ANTHRAX's set that he loves Italy too much to miss out on the opportunity to play the country again.

Fan-filmed video footage of ANTHRAX — featuring the triple axe attack of Ian, Kisser and Rob Caggiano — performing during last night's "Big Four" concert can be viewed below.

Kisser made his live debut with ANTHRAX on Saturday, July 2 at Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany as part of a "Big Four" show with METALLICA, SLAYER and MEGADETH.

The first shows that Scott will play with ANTHRAX after his "paternity leave" will be the July 23 Heavy T.O. festival in Toronto, Ontario and July 24 Heavy MTL festival in Montreal, Quebec (both in Canada).

Ian and Pearl Aday, welcomed a son on June 19 at 10:19 a.m. Revel Young Ian, who came into the world three weeks early, weighed in at six pounds, nine ounces.

Ian previously stated that the choice to sit out the upcoming ANTHRAX shows "was a deeply personal one" but added that "becoming a father is the biggest, best thing that's ever happened to me and it made the decision relatively easy. My priority is with my wife and the birth of our first child."

Regarding how Kisser came to fill the temporary guitarist slot, Ian said, "We chose Andreas because we feel he can do the gig better than anyone. He has the fire, the attitude, and the crushing right hand to do the gig. I've played with Andreas at the Roadrunner 25th-anniversary show, and I've gotten up and played with SEPULTURA and we are kindred spirits. We both play every show like we're going to jail the next day, like it's the last show we'll ever play. He has what it takes and he has the experience and history to fucking bring it and make these ANTHRAX shows something special. I can't wait to see and hear it for myself!!"

"Worship Music", the long-awaited new album from ANTHRAX, is due in the U.S. on September 13 via Megaforce Records (one day earlier in Europe through Nuclear Blast Records). The band's first studio release in eight years marks the return of vocalist Joey Belladonna, whose last studio work with the group was 1990's "Persistence Of Time".

AEROSMITH entered the studio on Tuesday, July 5 with producer Jack Douglas to begin recording its long-awaited 14th studio album. "One word bout 1st day n studio 'Inspiring.'" drummer Joey Kramer tweeted yesterday. He added, "No words can describe how inspired I'm feeling in the studio right now. It's a beautiful thing." He also tweeted a photo of himself in a recording studio with Douglas (see below).

In a videotaped message that was released via AEROSMITH's official web site, bassist Tom Hamilton stated about re-teaming with Douglas, "For those of you who don't know who Jack is, he's the guy who we worked with, producing our best albums of the '70s — 'Get Your Wings', 'Toys In The Attic' and 'Rocks'. And it's really gonna be cool, because there's no one that knows more about the soul of this band and the creative part of this band [than] Jack. We worked with him on [2004's covers CD] 'Honkin' On Bobo', but that wasn't all original material — most of that was not original material. This time it's gonna be all-new AEROSMITH songs."

He continued, "When people say, 'What was it like to work with Jack back then?' all I can say is we just laughed the whole time; there was always laughter going on, and fun, but at the same time really digging deep to get performances that were even better than we thought we could do."

Australian thrash metallers TRUTH CORRODED have signed a European/Japanese deal with Ultimhate Records for the release of their latest album, "Worship The Bled". The CD will made available on September 16 and will be followed by a European tour in early 2012.

Commenting on the deal, TRUTH CORRODED bass guitarist Greg Shaw states: "The band is extremely pleased to be a part of the label. Ultimhate Records have a great and diverse range of bands, and we feel our sound has found the perfect label to represent us in Europe and Japan. Furthermore, like our Australian label (Truth Inc Records), it is run by musicians who know the industry from going into battle for their own music.

"After years of hard work to get where we are, it is great to be working with a label that has a shared experience and work ethic. The label has been very supportive and plans for touring in support of the album in Europe were put into place immediately. For us this is an aim we have long fought for, and we look forward to taking our music to Europe and building our profile further."

Vocalist Fernando Ribeiro of Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL has issued the following update:

"The new album proceeds and we will do a second pre-production with Benny Ricther in late July and Mike [Miguel Gaspar] will record drums for these songs, most likely in Germany. The rest of the album will be tracked by us and Tue Madsen during the month of August. Once the music is done, we will be able to give a better insight into this new concept and way of making things. Until then we count the days until we are able to match our big words with one of the most exciting collection of songs we ever worked in as composers."

Brazilian female-fronted metallers SHADOWSIDE will release their third album, "Inner Monster Out", later this month via SHP Records. The CD was produced, mixed and mastered at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden by Fredrik Nordström, who has previously worked with AT THE GATES, IN FLAMES, DARK TRANQUILLITY, ARCH ENEMY, SOILWORK and BRING ME THE HORIZON, among others. It features guest vocals from Björn "Speed" Strid (SOILWORK), Mikael Stanne (DARK TRANQUILLITY), and Niklas Isfeldt (DREAM EVIL).

"Black Star", the new video from Sweden's THE QUILL, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's new album, "Full Circle", which was released on June 24 in Europe and will be made available on July 26 in North America via Metalville Records. According to a press release, the CD "is packed with heavy rock firmly rooted in the Seventies but vibrant and updated rather than retro. Yes, there's a new twist to the sound. Less is more, if you will. The songs are sharp, direct and catchy, built around big riffs, big grooves and big hooks. Just check out 'Sleeping With Your Enemy' and try to get that chorus out of your head. Surrender to the up-tempo outburst of energy that is 'Medicine'. And physically feel how 'Bring It On' simply rocks like a motherfucker. Very much classic rock and yet contemporary in the FOO FIGHTERS / QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE vein. Needless to say, THE QUILL is a band reborn."

Former NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis will enter the studio on August 23 to begin recording his second solo album. Dirk Verbeuren of SOILWORK will play drums on the follow-up to 2008's "Zero Order Phase", which will feature three or four tracks with vocals. Christine Rhoades, who previously collaborated with NEVERMORE on the "Dreaming Neon Black" CD, will sing on selected tracks. Special guest guitarists will be announced in a future update. The entire recording process will be videotaped. Shortly after wrapping up in the studio, Jeff will embark on a three-week tour of special Schecter guitar clinics in China, scheduled for October.

The "Big Four" bands of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX — played the third show of their European tour earlier tonight (Wednesday, July 6) at Arena Fiera Rho in Milan, Italy.

The highly anticipated onstage performance of the "Big Four" bands at the same time happened near the end of METALLICA's set, between "Enter Sandman" and "Damage Inc.". Members of ANTHRAX, SLAYER and MEGADETH joined METALLICA on stage for a cover of MISFITS' "Die, Die My Darling" before METALLICA ended the night with "Creeping Death".

According to Musica Metal, ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian, who is sitting out nearly a dozen shows on the band's current tour in order to spend time with his family following the birth of his first child (his temporary replacement is SEPULTURA's Andreas Kisser), rejoined the group exclusively for the Italian date, claiming halfway through ANTHRAX's set that he loves Italy too much to miss out on the opportunity to play the country again. Ian also took part in the "Big Four" jam session, as did SLAYER's Dave Lombardo, who missed the Gothenburg "Big Four" jam on July 3 because he was getting tattoo work done on his arm. SLAYER guitarists Kerry King and Gary Holt (filling in for Jeff Hanneman) each had a beer on stage during the "Die, Die My Darling" performance, but didn't participate in the jam.

METALLICA's setlist was as follows:

01. Hit the Lights
02. Master Of Puppets
03. The Shortest Straw
04. Seek & Destroy
05. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
06. Ride The Lightning
07. Through The Never
08. All Nightmare Long
09. Sad But True
10. The Call Of Ktulu
11. One
12. For Whom The Bell Tolls
13. Blackened
14. Fade To Black
15. Enter Sandman

Encore:

16. Die, Die My Darling (w/ SLAYER, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX)
17. Damage, Inc.
18. Creeping Death

Maryland-based experimental, progressive metal six-piece PERIPHERY has released the following statement:

"We have some sad news to share. [Guitarist] Alex Bois and PERIPHERY have decided to part ways. This is truly a sad day for PERIPHERY, because Alex has been with us since the beginning, and he is like a brother to us. We're going to do everything we can to make the most out of this unfortunate situation, and soldier on like we always have in the past when faced with setbacks. In regards to all of our upcoming shows and tours, worry not! We will have special guest artists filling in for Alex, so our touring plans will not be changing whatsoever. Throughout all of this, we really appreciate your support and understanding."

Our Italian friends of GRAVEWORM will enter the "Dreamsound Studio" in Munich at the beginning of July to record the successor of "Diabolical Figures" (2009).
Eleven tracks will be taped up, which are described as a "combination of GRAVEWORM's typical elements" by frontman Stefan Fiori. "The music got straighter and displays a perfect blend of our past four albums for me."
Hardness meets melody - once again an individual mixture of Gothic Metal and Melodic Death Metal, the two main pillars of the South Tyrolean's sound.
The album will be entitled "Fragments Of Death" and will be released on the 14th of October via Nuclear Blast. The title is explained by the vocalist in the following way:
" "Fragments Of Death" stands for the ten musical pieces of a puzzle on the CD. The lyrics deal with different modes of death. There will be one song about the current incidents in Japan, for example."

Bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling has left German progressive death metallers OBSCURA. In a statement released to BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Jeroen explained, "Due to repetitive conflicting schedules with job related obligations I have decided to depart OBSCURA. Beside the limited availability that kept me away from touring during the last months, I feel like taking new directions in my musical development.

"Looking back, the cooperation with OBSCURA has been positive and successful. However, it's time to move on and find new challenges and opportunities for my musical career.

"I would like to thank all the fans who supported us and wish OBSCURA all the best with their future work."