CANNIBAL CORPSE guitarist Pat O'Brien is filling in for EXODUS' Gary Holt while Holt a few days away from the SLAYER European tour to play with his own band EXODUS at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile on April 10. Holt had been filling in for SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman since the tour kicked off February 26 in Australia.

Holt's last show with SLAYER was April 4 in Padova, Italy; O'Brien joined the band for the April 6 show in Croatia, and will finish the European dates with SLAYER that wrap up on April 14 in Holland.

Fan-filmed video footage of SLAYER's April 7, 2011 concert at Gasometer in Vienna, Austria — featuring Pat O'Brien on guitar — can be viewed below (courtesy of FotherMucker00).

Hanneman has amazed his doctors with his speedy recovery from an infection thought to have been caused by a spider bite. Following surgery on his right arm, he continues his physical therapy and has already been practicing with his guitar.

"Chinese Democracy", the 2008 album released by the current edition of GUNS N' ROSES after a 15-year wait, sold around 3,200 copies in the United States in the week ending Sunday, April 3 — nearly three times the units (1,200) it shifted the previous week. As a result, the CD has re-entered The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 198.

As previously reported, "Chinese Democracy" can now be purchased at BestBuy.com for $1.99.

Best Buy was the exclusive U.S. retailer for "Chinese Democracy", reportedly paying $14 million for 1.6 million copies. But the album was a major sales disappointment, moving just 619,000 copies despite the curiosity and hype surrounding its release.

The CD was officially certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 3, 2009 for shipments in the United States in excess of one million copies.

Aside from Billboard and Spinner interviews and answering a number of fan questions at a GUNS N' ROSES message board, singer Axl Rose has done no promotion of any kind for "Chinese Democracy".

"Chinese Democracy" came out 15 years after its predecessor, 1993's "The Spaghetti Incident". It took more than a decade to record, during which every original member of the band except Rose was replaced and four different producers were used.

Nevertheless, Rose hinted in a 2002 interview that the lengthy sessions for the record had left him with enough material for two follow-ups.

Legendary British power metal mercenaries TANK — featuring Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans on guitar alongside ex-RAINBOW/YNGWIE MALMSTEEN frontman Doogie White and ex-BRUCE DICKINSON bassist Chris Dale — have announced the addition of drummer Mark Cross (FIREWIND, HELLOWEEN, KINGDOM COME) to the group's ranks.

Commented TANK: "We are delighted to welcome Mark into the trenches and everyone connected with the band feels that his addition to our ranks will move the band into a new dimension."

Mark was born in London and has an English father and German mother. He started bashing the tubs at the age of nine and was brought up in three different countries, including Germany.

With FIREWIND, he released three studio albums, three singles, a double live CD and an in concert DVD between 2005 and 2010.

ASSAILANT, die Metal Band aus Umeå in Schweden (von Gitarrist Oscar Norberg ("dem kleinen Bruder" von Emil PERSUADER / SAVAGE CIRCUS) und Nils Norberg von NOCTURNAL RITES) haben sich von Ihrem Label Dockyard 1 getrennt. Die Band arbeitet zurzeit an Ihrem neuen Album und jetzt hat man die den neuen Songs "Never Die" auf MySpace zum probehören online gestellt. Wann genau das neue noch namenlose Album in den Handel kommt ist noch nicht bekannt.

British melodic death metallers THE SOULLESS (formerly IGNOMINIOUS INCARCERATION) have announced the addition of guitarist Kristen Dawson and drummer Dan Wilding (ABORTED, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED) to the group's fans.

THE SOULLESS on Dawson: "We auditioned guitarists for months, with not much luck for the perfect shredder. The band WHILE SHE SLEEPS are great friends of ours and recommended a guy from their area. They said he was perfect for the band and we trust their opinion so we gave him a shot. He sent us an audition video for the song 'Earthbound'. His was by far the best audition video so we invited him down to the studio while we were recording 'Isolated', the debut SOULLESS album. We wanted Kristen to hear the album to ensure it was the music he was interested in. He loved what we were doing and really wanted to be involved. He stayed with us over the duration of the studio time. This allowed us to test him out as we could get him to play along to the studio tracks as if recording, so we could hear every mistake. He nailed what we gave him, especially considering the short time he had to learn the songs. We spent two weeks with him and got on well so the decision was easy.

THE SOULLESS on Wilding: "Sam Bailey, who played drums for IGNOMINIOUS INCARCERATION, helped us out by recording the drums for the album, but was leaving the band to pursue other projects. So we needed a drummer. We asked a few friends to see if they could fill in whilst we searched for a permanent member. We knew Dan Wilding from friends TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED, and asked if he could fill in while not busy with other projects. He came to check the album out during the mixing process and liked the material so much that he asked to be a permanent member. The band was really happy with this as we knew Dan to be an amazing, really professional drummer who happened to be a super nice guy too. So, of course, we said yes and THE SOULLESS lineup was complete and ready to shred!"

Pennsylvania's WAR OF AGES has extended its deal with Facedown Records for another album. The band will enter the studio this fall to record the CD for an early 2012 release.

Known as an unstoppable touring machine, WAR OF AGES' summer will be packed with activity. They will soon be announcing U.S. summer tours to go along with their headlining European summer tour, which will include European festivals. They will also appear at Cornerstone and Sonshine destivals during Facedown Night.

Commented Facedown labelhead Jason Dunn: "I am beyond excited to continue our relationship with WAR OF AGES. I view them as a flagship band for Facedown and one of the hardest-working bands in metal today. From our start with them in 2005 on Strike First Records, these guys have proven themselves as individuals and as artists. Every album they write gets better than the previous and it’s an honor to be able to work with them on their upcoming fifth album and to have them headlining night 1 of Facedown Fest and Facedown Night at Cornerstone festival."

Added WAR OF AGES frontman Leroy Hamp: "We are honored and excited to continue our career with Facedown Records! In 2005 Facedown looked to the north western tip of Pennsylvania to find five passionate guys who loved to play music with a purpose. We promised to work hard and do so with honor and integrity, holding onto every value God has given us. With six years of album writing, touring, ups and downs, bumps and busies, Facedown stood behind us, pushing WAR OF AGES every step of the way. As we grow as men, every album gets better and better due to the strong foundation Facedown has built. We are blessed to not only call them our label, but family!"

CHROME DIVISION, the Norwegian five-piece featuring DIMMU BORGIR frontman Shagrath (a.k.a. Stian Thoresen) on guitar, will release its third album, "3rd Round Knockout", in Europe on May 6 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Marius Strand Studio in Oslo.

"3rd Round Knockout" track listing:

01. Bulldogs Unleashed
02. 7 G-Strings
03. Join The Ride
04. Unholy Roller
05. Zombies & Monsters
06. Fight (Rumble 'n' Roll)
07. The Magic Man
08. Long Distance Call Girl
09. Ghost Riders In The Sky (JOHNNY CASH cover)
10. Satisfy My Soul

The song "Bulldogs Unleashed" can be streamed on the band's Facebook page.

DEF LEPPARD are set to release a brand new live album, Mirrorball, this summer featuring a mix of live classics (recorded throughout The Sparkle Lounge Tour), three brand new studio songs and a bonus DVD that contains energetic live performances and intimate backstage footage captured on the road.

Mirrorball is Def Leppard's first ever live album and features rock classics such as 'Animal', 'Pour Some Sugar On Me', 'Photograph', 'Nine Lives' and 'Rock Of Ages. The album also brings together three brand new studio tracks - 'Undefeated', 'Kings Of The Wordld' and 'It's All About Believin'.

The full tracklisting is as follows:

Disc 1:
'Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)'
'Rocket'
'Animal'
'C'Mon C'Mon'
'Make Love Like A Man'
'Too Late For Love'
'Foolin'
'Nine Lives'
'Love Bites'
'Rock On'

Disc 2:
'Two Steps Behind'
'Bringin' On The Heartbreak'
'Switch 625'
'Hysteria'
'Armageddon It'
'Photograph'
'Pour Some Sugar On Me'
'Rock Of Ages'
'Let's Get Rocked'
'Action'
'Bad Actress'
'Undefeated' (new studio track)
'Kings Of The World' (new studio track)
'It's All About Believin' (new studio track)

Mirrorball will also be available online, marking the first time the band's music will officially be made available for digital purchase. Def Leppard will also be releasing their new community based website in May, which is being developed to be the ultimate Def Leppard fan experience and go-to destination for all things on the band.

Also set for release this summer is Leppard's first coffee table book titled, Def Leppard - The Definitive Visual History, with exclusive photos by legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin. The book will be released on June 1st.

2011 will see Def Leppard headline Download Festival for the second time in three years. The band will also play Arena shows in both Dublin and Belfast with legendary special guests ALICE COOPER and THIN LIZZY. Full details below:

June
7 - The Odyssey Arena, Belfast, N. Ireland
8 - The O2, Dublin, Eire
10 - Download Festival, UK

With more than 65 million albums sold worldwide and two prestigious Diamond Awards (Def Leppard are one of only five rock bands to have two consecutive 10 million plus selling albums in the US - the others are THE BEATLES, LED ZEPPELIN, PINK FLOYD and VAN HALEN) to their credit.

Def Leppard's Mirrorball will be released through Bludgeon Riffola/Mailboat Records in the following territories on the following dates:

Germany / Switzerland / Austria - June 3
UK / Europe - June 6
North America - coming this summer, exact date tba

Drumxound.de has uploaded video footage of drummer Mike Terrana's (TARJA TURUNEN, MASTERPLAN, AXEL RUDI PELL, SAVAGE CIRCUS, RAGE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) appearance at the GEWA soundroom at the Musikmesse Frankfurt 2011 fair, which is being held April 6-9, 2011 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. You can now watch the six clips below.

Terrana attempted to set a new "Guinness world record" by playing with four bands — K2 (feat. former EUROPE guitarist Kee Marcelo), AXEL RUDI PELL, TARJA and the Mike Terrana solo drum show — in a row in one day on July 15, 2010 at the Masters Of Rock festival in Vizovice, Czech Republic.

With their new album, "Heiðindómr ok Mótgangr", already out in Norway, and with a worldwide release date set for May 23, Norwegian Viking metallers HELHEIM will stream the entire set of their release party concert live. Far from being an ordinary performance, the show will be much longer than usual, and will involve the use of two drum kits, concert drums, timpani and French horn players, as well as state of the art VJing and the best sound and light technicians available in Norway. With several superb guest artists also due to make an appearance, the whole event promises to be something very special. The concert will take place on Saturday, April 9 at the Kvarteret in Bergen, and can be watched at this location. Streaming will commence at 22.00 Central European Time and the concert itself will start at 22.30.

Los Angeles-based progressive death metal titans THE FACELESS have announced the addition of bassist Evan Brewer (ANIMOSITY, REFLUX) to the group's ranks.

Brewer, who was called "the sickest bass player in the game" by his new bandmates, is reportedly working on a solo album, to be released through Sumerian Records.

Video footage of some of Brewer's solo material can be viewed below.

THE FACELESS recently re-signed with Sumerian Records. The band entered guitarist's Michael Keene's studio in March to begin recording its third album for a summer release. Keene described the band's forthcoming CD as "the most musical and progressive record we've made." He added, "Since recording 'Planetary Duality', the goals of THE FACELESS have changed a bit. You can still expect a fast, technical and blistering record, but I personally am less focused on a musical aesthetic and more on musicality and making an expressive, unique, moody and expansive record. Speed picking, flying double bass and skin melting guitar solos are certainly still in order. However, you can also expect more clean vocals with big harmonies, some unique instrumentation, dark moody passages, interesting keyboards, synth guitars, vocoder and sequenced segments. It's going to be the most focused and depressive FACELESS record to date."

According to Greg Prato of UGO.com, producer/singer/guitarist Greg Hampton (ALICE COOPER, BOOTSY COLLINS, LITA FORD), ex-MONSTER MAGNET guitarist Ed Mundell and current GOV'T MULE bassist Jorgen Carlsson have joined forces in a new band called 9 CHAMBERS. Vinny Appice (HEAVEN & HELL, DIO, BLACK SABBATH) has played drums on the recordings up to now, and there will be an array of different renowned drummers playing on the record.

Regarding the band's sound, Hampton stated, "Ed said our record collections are very similar. We're both from a certain era that's real honest music. There's like, CAPTAIN BEYOND — not a lot of guys dig that. And we were on an Armageddon kick for a while. A lot of Paul Kossoff and FREE stuff. But there's a lot of stuff with weird tunings that we've been goofing around with, like some of the stuff that Jimmy Page did, and implementing them into the intent of what we're unconsciously moving towards."

9 CHAMBERS has currently signed on with management, and is negotiating a record label deal. An official web site was also been launched featuring audio samples of four tunes.

Former DIO members Rudy Sarzo (bass), Simon Wright (drums), Craig Goldy (guitar) and Scott Warren (keyboards) will join forces with singers Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) and Toby Jepson (LITTLE ANGELS, GUN) to play a number of shows in Europe under the name DIO DISCIPLES.

Because of Sarzo's commitment to BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, James Lomenzo (MEGADETH, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, WHITE LION) will join the band for the European dates until Rudy becomes available.

2010 marked the 20th anniversary of U.K. doom metal legends MY DYING BRIDE. To commemorate two decades of doom and gloom from the elite British act, the band embarked upon a special project to re-work familiar melodies and themes from its extensive catalogue into long, flowing symphonic compositions, incorporating new vocals and passages from vocalist, Aaron Stainthorpe. These arrangements have been brought to life in co-operation with keyboard maestro Johnny Maudling (of BAL-SAGOTH fame), as well as a clutch of talented classical musicians, and shared vocals courtesy of professional opera singer Lucie Roche. The collection — titled "Evinta" — will be released on May 31 via Peaceville Records as a two-disc set and deluxe three-disc edition with 64-page book inspired by MY DYING BRIDE's illustrious recordings of the past two decades.

"Evinta" track listing:

Disc 1

01. In Your Dark Pavilion
02. You Are Not The One Who Loves Me
03. Of Lilies Bent With Tears
04. The Distance, Busy With Shadows
05. Of Sorry Eyes In March

Disc 2

01. Vanité Triomphante
02. That Dress And Summer Skin
03. And Then You Go
04. A Hand Of Awful Rewards

Commented the band: "'Evinta'. A project almost 15 years in the making. An idea that has sat smoldering and never really had a reason to burn alive until now. Nine albums worth of darkness recreated anew to mark 20 years of MY DYING BRIDE. Music arranged to the soundscapes of sorrows past. Finally the 20th anniversary allows us to release this music in a form it has been desperately, woefully waiting for. Enjoy the darkness."

MY DYING BRIDE has been the leading light of doom metal since the debut album, "As the Flower Withers", was released on Peaceville Records back in 1992. Influenced by acts such as CELTIC FROST and CANDLEMASS, the band's heavy atmospherics have carved a huge worldwide following over the years, as it remains a pinnacle of the genre.

MY DYING BRIDE's "Albion In Ruin" tour dates:

May 18 - The Electric Ballroom - London, England ?
May 19 - Manchester Academy - Manchester, England ?
May 20 - Wulfren Hall – Wolverhampton, England ?
May 21 - Button Factory – Dublin, Ireland ?
May 22 - The Spring & Airbrake – Belfast, N. Ireland?

California deathcore masters SUICIDE SILENCE have set "The Black Crown" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in July via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded with heavyweight producer Steve Evetts (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, EVERY TIME I DIE, HATEBREED) and will feature the following songtitles, among others: "Human Violence", "Cancerous Skies" and "Fuck Everything".

A short clip of SUICIDE SILENCE guitarist Mark Heylmun talking about the band's new album on the Metal Injection Livecast can be streamed below.

The entire 30-minute interview can be heard on the most recent edition of the Livecast, which can be streamed using the audio player below.




On June 29, 2010, SUICIDE SILENCE reissued the "No Time To Bleed" album in the U.S. as a special "body bag" edition featuring a bonus DVD containing never-before-seen live performance footage.

"No Time To Bleed" sold 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 32 on The Billboard 200 chart. The effort was made available on June 30, 2009 in a number of different versions.

"No Time To Bleed" was recorded with acclaimed producer Machine (LAMB OF GOD).

Reunited late '80s Connecticut thrashers (now based in New York City) INDESTRUCTIBLE NOISE COMMAND (I.N.C.) and Revolver magazine have unveiled an exclusive new track, "Fist Of Fascista", at RevolverMag.com. The debut is part of RevolverMag.com's monthly "Revolver Bootleg Series" which features new, rare and exclusive music. "Fist Of Fascista" comes off the band's upcoming full-length CD, "Heaven Sent… Hellbound", which is due on May 24. The album was produced by Fredrik Nordström (AT THE GATES, IN FLAMES, OPETH), and features artwork by Sam Shearon (IRON MAIDEN, ROB ZOMBIE, FEAR FACTORY).

"This track blends two of our favorite pastimes, the love of old-school metal and grinding angels in a blender," states guitarist Erik Barath. "After so many years of being away, it's an honor to get some love from such a respected metal magazine. I hope you guys enjoy our RevolverMag.com debut!"

"I'm very excited to see INDESTRUCTIBLE NOISE COMMAND kicking ass and taking names," adds bassist Sam Roon. "Each track on the new album gets more brutal than the last and there are few places that can handle the onslaught. I'm glad to see Revolver magazine supporting heavy music and giving the fans this track premiere on the site. This is just a taste of what's to come."

For their 10th birthday Riverside have prepared a special release which will be available during the forthcoming tour. The EP entitled "Memories In My Head" contains 33 minutes of fresh music. The songs have the following titles:

1. Goodbye Sweet Innocence
2. Living In The Past
3. Forgotten Land

Mariusz Duda: This new material, concerning (for obvious reasons) the themes of the passing time, will be a pleasant surprise for those who have missed the specific kind of melodies and space known from the bands early releases. We have consciously gone back to our beginnings to create a certain kind of a circle. This mini-album will contain three longer compositions most resembling those from our first two albums. The result is a quite interesting, spacious, film-soundtrackish, nostalgic, and most of all rock mixture, summing up our career's first decade quite well. "Memories In My Head" is an album which appears out of nowhere, without much promotion; we hope, though, that its content can defend itself and that it will evoke a lot of positive emotions. It does that to us, and we will prove it soon, playing those songs live at our upcoming gigs.

The concerts at which it will be possible to buy this minialbum and hear the new songs live will begin on 5th of May in Prague (CZ) and finish on 29th of May in Warsaw (PL). Tides From Nebula, a band from Poland, will support Riverside at the 12 European concerts, and the Pineapple Thief from Great Britain and Paatos from Sweden will do the same at the 6 Polish gigs.

A STORM OF LIGHT's new album, "As The Valley of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade", will be released on May 17 via Profound Lore Records. The CD was co-produced by Graham Joel Hamilton (who lends keyboards to the record as well) and features several guests that are sure to have the metal world talking. SOUNDGARDEN guitarist Kim Thayil appears on two tracks, as does Jarboe (SWANS). There are also appearances from Carla Kihlstedt (SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM), Kris Force (AMBER ASYLUM), Matthias Bossi (SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM, SKELETON KEY) and longtime collaborator Nerissa Campbell.

"As the Valley of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade" track listing:

01. Missing (feat. Kim Thayil and Nerissa Campbell)
02. Collapse (feat. Jarboe)
03. Black Wolves (feat. Kim Thayil and Nerissa Campbell)
04. Destroyer (feat. Carla Kihlstedt)
05. Wretched Valley
06. Silver
07. Leave No Wounds
08. Death's Head (feat. Jarboe)
09. Wasteland (feat. Kris Force, Matthias Bossi and Nerissa Campbell)

The song "Missing", featuring Kim Thayil, can be streamed at Stereogum.com.

Dutch extreme metallers THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT have parted ways with their guitarist of the last nine years, Martijn Moes, and have replaced him with session/touring axeman Ivo Hilgenkamp.

"Aslimu!!! - All Slain Those Who Brought Down Our Highly Respected Symbols To The Lower Status Of The Barren Earth", a brand new song from THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT, can be streamed using the player below.

Commented guitarist/vocalist Michiel Dekker: "The lyrical theme of this track is mainly based on Lawrence Wright's book 'The Looming Tower'. Besides that I was inspired by the Dua-e-Sanam-e-Quraish curse and the events around the Muslim Brotherhood.

"This is a rare track which we recorded to let the people know what we are doing.

"Writing a THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT song costs a lot of time, because of all the lyrical research and musical fine-tuning. There is a huge change that the final album track will be totally different from this one, but that is how we work.

"The lyrics of this song were written during the summer/autumn of 2010 and vocals were recorded in the X-mass holiday of the same year. To our surprise, the subject became extremely relevant because of the turmoil in the Middle East region. Everybody who watched the speech of the Libyan Bedouin tent revolutionary on Al-Jazeera will understand that we MUST write a track about Muammar Gaddafi."

Dutch brutal death metallers SUPREME PAIN, who feature in their ranks members of SINISTER, CONSOLATION, PUTREFIED and FONDLECORPSE, have inked a deal with Massacre Records. The band's third album, "Divine Incarnation" was recorded at Soundlodge Studios in Leer, Germany with producer Jörg Uken and is scheduled for release on May 27. According to the group, the album will contain "nine blasting death metal tracks with an evil and twisted atmosphere."

"Divine Incarnation" track listing:

01. Dawn Of A New Era
02. The Dark Army
03. Damned Creation
04. Treasonous Disease
05. Trapped In Heresy
06. Spiritual Sickness
07. Divine Incarnation
08. Putrefied Beauty
09. The Fallen Kingdom
10. Towards Hell

The song "The Dark Army" is available for streaming at this location.

SUPREME PAIN last fall parted ways with drummer Toep Duin and have replaced him with Paul Beltman (SINISTER, FONDLECORPSE, INFINITED HATE, WEAPONS TO HUNT, JUDGEMENT DAY).

Slipknot are coming to Russia! Two new headline dates have been confirmed for in between some of our festival dates. The first show will be June 29th in Moscow at Olimpisky and the second will be on the 30th at Ice Palace in St. Peteresburg. Tickets for both shows will be available starting tomorrow at Kassir.ru. See you this summer maggots!

June 29th - Moscow, Russia - Olimpisky
June 30th - St Petersburg, Russia - Ice Palace

A 150-minute fan-produced video documentary to celebrate the 30th anniversary of METALLICA can be viewed in ten parts below. The documentary, which uses previously released footage, was created by ZonaMetallica and MilanicaChannel and features Italian subtitles.

According to The Pulse Of Radio, it was 25 years ago last month that METALLICA released its epic third studio album, "Master Of Puppets". The disc was released on March 3, 1986 and was produced by Flemming Rasmussen, who also produced 1984's "Ride The Lightning" and 1988's "...And Justice For All" for the band. In an interview with Phoenix New Times, Rasmussen was asked if he knew the album was special while he was working on it. He replied, "Oh yes. Right from the demos, we pretty much knew this was gonna be a killer album. I think we all felt that this was gonna be the best METALLICA album yet, as we had a bunch of really strong songs. Even the instrumentals were awesome."

"Master Of Puppets" was the last album to feature bassist Cliff Burton, who died in a tour bus crash in September 1986 and was replaced by Jason Newsted. Rasmussen said about Burton, "He was surely one of a kind, and even though Jason is a great bass player, it was impossible to fill out Cliff's shoes."

Many fans consider "Master Of Puppets" METALLICA's greatest album, which the band itself acknowledged when it played the record in its entirety on a summer 2006 tour of Europe. The Pulse Of Radio asked frontman James Hetfield if the band would ever like to play another album in its entirety in concert. "It's pretty important that the fan be involved in that, you know," he said. "It was more of a fan's asking for that than us wanting to do it. You know, that was a pretty important album in our career, so pretty historic for a lot of people and that made sense. But as far as, you know -- I'd love to play any and every one of them, but you know, it does really come down to the fans really holding that dear to their heart or not."

"Master Of Puppets" was METALLICA's first gold album, for sales of more than half a million copies. Many songs from the disc, including "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", "Battery", "Leper Messiah" and the title track are still part of the band's live set to this day.

Mit den Jahren werden TYR erfreulicher Weise immer besser. Daran besteht kein Zweifel, wenn man die neuen großartigen Viking Metal-Hymnen genießt. Traditionell und catchy! Das neue Album "The Lay of Thrym" kommt als Standard CD und Limitierte Erstauflage im Digipak inkl. 2 Bonustracks: "I" (Black Sabbath Cover), "Stargazer" (Dio Cover) am 27. Mai 2011 via Napalm Records in den Handel.

"The Lay of Thrym" Track List:

01. Flames of the Free
02. Shadow of the Swastika
03. Take Your Tyrant
04. Evening Star
05. Hall of Freedom
06. Fields of the Fallen
07. Konning Hans
08. Ellindur Bondi a Jadri
09. Nine Words of Lore
10. The Lay of Thrym
11. I (Black Sabbath Cover – Bonus Track)
12. Stargazer (Rainbow Cover – Bonus Track)

Steven Wilson post on Facebook:

Amazon have now listed the 3 disc edition of Caravan's In the Land of Grey and Pink, so I guess it's now official - this is out in June on Universal. I don't know the exact track listing, but I did a new stereo mix and a 5.1 mix, plus mixed a whole slew of out-takes and alternate versions from the master tapes. By the way, this is not the "very famous 70's progressive album" I referred to in my earlier post (I wouldn't describe Caravan as very famous, though I personally love them).