EMI has announced the release of "From Fear To Eternity: The Best Of 1990-2010". A double-CD set spanning twenty years this follows the huge success of 2010's studio album "The Final Frontier" which hit the number one spot in 28 countries around the world. It also became the band's highest-charting album in the USA where IRON MAIDEN have just been awarded their first Grammy for "Best Metal Performance", for the song "El Dorado", taken from "The Final Frontier" album, and which is included in this selection.

IRON MAIDEN's current phenomenal global success has seen the band not only scale new-found heights aided by their unique method of touring, using a customized Boeing 757 — named Ed Force One by their fans — to transport band, crew and all their equipment round the world to many new places, but has meant their ever-expanding fanbase now encompasses a brand new generation of metal lovers. "From Fear To Eternity" is a chance for these new fans of the band to explore IRON MAIDEN's rich history, with the highlights of their last eight studio albums distilled into this handy collection, which follows 2009's compilation of their earlier work, the 1980-1990 "Somewhere Back In Time" album.

Perennial favourites to be found on this album include songs also featured in MAIDEN's current "The Final Frontier World Tour" set list; tracks such as "Fear Of The Dark", "The Wicker Man", "Blood Brothers" and "Dance Of Death" sit alongside recent classics "El Dorado" and the hauntingly evocative "When The Wild Wind Blows". It also include singles like "Holy Smoke" and "Be Quick Or Be Dead" together with more progressive thought-provoking album tracks like "Afraid To Shoot Strangers" and "For The Greater Good Of God". This new collection charts the musical development of Britain's most successful metal band as they have evolved their sound, producing longer, more complex songs, gaining huge critical acclaim in the process. Featuring many of the epics for which the band has become renowned, it is accordingly released as a double CD, but will retail for the price of a single album.

The full track listing for the CD is as follows:

Disc 1

01. The Wicker Man
02. Holy Smoke
03. El Dorado
04. Paschendale
05. Different World
06. Man On The Edge (live)
07. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
08. Blood Brothers
09. Rainmaker
10. Sign Of The Cross (live)
11. Brave New World
12. Fear Of The Dark (live)

Disc 2

01. Be Quick Or Be Dead
02. Tailgunner
03. No More Lies
04. Coming Home
05. The Clansman (live)
06. For The Greater Good Of God
07. These Colours Don't Run
08. Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter
09. Afraid To Shoot Strangers
10. Dance Of Death
11. When The Wild Wind Blows

Swedish industrial metal outfit PAIN, the solo project of musician and producer Peter Tägtgren, will release its seventh album, "You Only Live Twice", on June 3 via Nuclear Blast Records.

Commented Tägtgren: "[The title] has nothing to do with James Bond. I am sure i will hear this for the rest of my life! The title song is mainly about people struggling.

"Don't you wish you had another chance? Don't you wanna live twice? Like you're always jealous of other people. How good their life is or they won on lotto or anything. It's about jealousy in general towards other people that surrounds you. About not being satisfied with what you have. Trying to create this fantasy world that you can live twice kind of…"

Kaaos TV conducted an interview with Tägtgren on February 18 at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland. When asked how "You Only Live Twice" compares to the group's previous releases, Peter said, "It's definitely got more variety, and it's heavier and darker... I just wanted to pull it a little bit heavier. I don't know why. When you do things sometimes, you don't have a reason; it just feels like it. It's really hard to explain."

The follow-up to 2008's "Cynic Paradise", "You Only Live Twice" was recently described by NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon — who also happens to be the girlfriend of PAIN bassist Johan Husgafvel — as "more aggressive" and "faster" than the band's previous work, with "new elements they haven't used before." She also called the CD "darker" in terms of Peter's lyrical and vocal approach before adding, "One song is more like HYPOCRISY, so if you like that you'll have that one as a favorite."

She continued, "When I first heard the songs I thought it was quite different from the last album and it is. The more I listen to the songs the more I like them and I think it will be a great one! I can see them do their famous headspins live to this album, too."

"You Only Live Twice" tentative track listing:

01. Let Me Out
02. The Dark
03. The Great Pretender
04. You Only Live Twice
05. Dirty Woman
06. We Want More
07. Leave Me Alone
08. Feed The Monster
09. Sleeping With The Dead

The Music Farm, one of the world's largest Internet musical equipment retailers, will soon start selling the official Kerry King (SLAYER) bobblehead.

A short video presentation of the Kerry King bobblehead can be seen below.

A bobblehead doll, also known as a bobbing head doll, nodder, or wobbler, is a type of collectible toy. Its head is often oversized compared to its body. Instead of a solid connection, its head is connected to the body by a spring in such a way that a light tap will cause the head to bobble, hence the name.

Central Florida-based metal band CATALEPSY will release its second album, "Bleed", on May 10 via Eulogy Recordings. The CD was produced by Matt Johnson (THE AUTUMN OFFERING) and contains the track "Goliath", which features guest vocals by Matt Bruso (BURY YOUR DEAD).

Formed in 2004, CATALEPSY has been a giant in the Florida music scene for years. Signed to Jamey Jasta from HATEBREED's label, Stillborn Records, in 2007, CATALEPSY recorded an EP and full-length album. The "Godless" EP was releaseed in October 2007 and sold out of all available copies quickly. "Iniquity", the group's crushing debut full-length, was then released in May 2008 and is in stores nationwide.

CATALEPSY has toured the U.S. with HATEBREED, EMMURE, AGNOSTIC FRONT, WAKING THE CADAVER, TOO PURE TO DIE, OCEANO, AFTER THE BURIAL, GOD FORBID and even NECRO.

CATALEPSY is:

Rick Norman - Vocals
Rob Walden - Guitar
Matt Sutton - Guitar
Sean Murphy - Bass
Ben Sutton - Drums

On May, 20, Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL will release their new album, "Infected", via Nuclear Blast Records. Laying down the foundation themselves in their own studio in Sweden, the band then traveled to Nashville, Tennessee to finish it up with acclaimed producer James Michael (MÖTLEY CRÜE, SCORPIONS, MEAT LOAF). He also mixed the album, giving it a decisive updated edge without losing any of the essence of the band's sound. "James helped us create something that was new and exciting while still in the line of our heritage", Oscar Dronjak, guitar player and founder of the band, explains.

"Never before have we sounded this fresh and up to date without losing the essence of what HAMMERFALL is all about: pure 'infected' heavy metal!" comments vocalist and frontman Joacim Cans.

"You will experience us like you've never done before! We've got a lot of fresh influences shining through in the music, but everything you love about HAMMERFALL will still be there," says Oscar. "This is HAMMERFALL in 2011, the legend has been reborn!"

On March 12, the album was introduced for the first time to an international group of press people in Gothenburg, Sweden,, where the album received a great response. Metal Hammer Spain calls it "the HAMMERFALL of the future," while British Powerplay magazine comments: "'Infected' will have the name HAMMERFALL spreading like a virus. Prepare for an epidemic!"

The album consists eleven songs, and the limited first edition will also include a bonus DVD with unreleased video material of five of the "Infected" tracks.

"Infected" track listing:

01. Patient Zero
02. Bang Your Head
03. One More Time
04. The Outlaw
05. Send Me A Sign
06. Dia De Los Muertos
07. I Refuse
08. 666 - The Enemy Within
09. Immortalized
10. Let's Get It On
11. Redemption

"One More Time" will be released as a digital-only single on April 6. A video will be shot by Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company, who was also responsible for the cover artwork of "Infected".

Due in June, the original Alice Cooper group box set comes in a commemorative 12-inch square "school desk" box and includes:

** Four CDs from the years 1964-1974:

- Disc 1: Demos, rarities, live, and advertisements
- Disc 2: Demos from "Muscle Of Love", a pre-production of songs from "School's Out",1973 Madison Square Garden live track, and advertisements.
- Disc 3: Spoken word
- Disc 4: Live show of the 1971 "Killer" tour in St. Louis

* DVD (single disc in Amaray case) with three never-before-seen features (over two hours)

64-page, full-color yearbook style book with hard front and back cover:

- Period pictures of all band members, many never before seen
- Book written by Lonn Friend, a well-known heavy metal journalist

Gatefold folder containing:

- Two tour programs
- Ticket stubs
- Set list
- Five prints

* Bootleg Vinyl: 1971 "Killer" live show in St. Louis
* Seven-inch vinyl: Songs "Wonder Whose Lovin' Her Now" and "Lay Down & Die, Goodbye" from The Nazz
* Immediate download of the "Elected" music video (AliceCooper.com exclusive) — available as a M4V or MOV download as soon as you complete the pre-order transaction.

Price: $260.00

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach recently entered a Los Angeles studio with his new, young, virtuosic guitarist Nick Sterling and producer Bob Marlette (BLACK SABBATH, SHINEDOWN, ATREYU, FILTER) to record Bach's next CD, tentatively due this summer via the Italian label Frontiers Records.

In a March 14 posting on his Facebook page, Bach writes, "Today we begin recording the bass guitar on the record! This record will be the first I have ever done as a three-piece [Bach on vocals, Nick Sterling on guitar and bass, and Bobby Jarzombek on drums]. Nick Sterling is a monster bass player and if anyone else played on the record, I would just say 'play it like Nick did,' so hey, why not let the man himself handle the low end?! Maybe the back cover will feature us three in kimonos ala RUSH '2112'. I can see it now, hahaha! Everything is sounding killer!"

War on Music Records has announced the upcoming LP reissue of "War And Pain", the classic debut album by Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD. Originally released in 1984, "War And Pain" was reissued by Metal Blade in 2004 as a three-CD box set, but has long remained out of print on vinyl. Due in May, the vinyl reissue has been carefully re-mastered from the original reels, and features the iconic album art of VOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Langevin in a full-color gatefold jacket. The pressing is limited to 1,000 copies.

Vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH told the Artisan News Service that the IRS may keep fans in the U.S. from seeing their favorite bands.

"The monetary problems everybody is going through [as part of the] worldwide recession has caught up with a lot of bands," he said. "There's a lot of bands turning away from America, in fact now, 'cause the IRS are trying to get a 30 percent tax off everybody. . . It's going to be lucky for people to see European bands from now on."

CRADLE OF FILTH's North American "Creatures From The Black Abyss" headlining tour kicked off in Houston on February 1. The 31-city trek featured support from NACHTMYSTIUM, TURISAS and DANIEL LIONEYE.

CRADLE OF FILTH's new album, "Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa", sold 5,800 copies in its first week of release to debut at position No. 99 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, "Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder", opened with a little over 11,000 copies back in November 2008 to debut at position No. 48 on The Billboard 200 chart. This was slightly less than the first-week tally registered by 2006's "Thornography", which shifted nearly 13,000 copies the first week out to enter The Billboard chart at No. 66, and "Nymphetamine", which premiered with almost 14,000 copies back in October 2004.

Westerville, Ohio's THE CRIMSON ARMADA has parted ways with guitarist Josh Jardim and drummer David Puckett and has replaced them with Brandon McMaster (formerly of SLEEPING WITH SIRENS) and Jordan Matz (formerly of LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES), respectively.

Commented the band: "Josh and David left the band earlier this year on mutual terms and with zero hard feelings. Both of them decided that a career in full-time touring was not for them and are pursuing other non-musical endeavors.

"Again, this is NO bad blood between us (some of us actually all still live together off tour). We are really excited to have Brandon and Jordan and to continue on the new direction for THE CRIMSON ARMADA.

"This change in lineup does not affect our style or ANY of our material at all.

"David and Josh's decision to leave the band was thought out as far back as early fall 2010 before the MISS MAY I tour. We wish them the best and are stoked to move on with the new and improved CRIMSON lineup."

"Conviction", the new album from THE CRIMSON ARMADA, is currently being recorded with producer Brian Hood (A PLEA FOR PURGING, HOPE FOR THE DYING) for a summer release via Artery Recordings, the joint venture between The Artery Foundation and Razor & Tie.

Die Polnischen Death Metaller BEHEMOTH haben die Details zu ihrem kommenden 2-CD-Set mit dem Titel "Abyssus Abyssum Invocat" enthüllt. Das neue Album besteht aus den beiden ausverkauften BEHEMOTH EPs "Conjuration" und "Slaves Shall Serve". Das Album kommt mit neuem Cover Artwork, sowie Bonus-Tracks auf jeder Scheibe am 18. April 2011 über Peaceville Records in den Handel.

CD Disc 1 - Conjuration:

01. Conjuration Of Sleep Daemons
02. Wish
03. Welcome To Hell
04. Christians To The Lions (Live)
05. Decade Of Therion (Live)
06. From The Pagan Vastlands (Live)
07. Antichristian Phenomenon (Live)
08. Lam (Live)
09. Satan’s Sword (I have become) (Live)
10. Chant For Eskaton 2000 (Live)

CD Disc 2 - Slaves Shall Serve:

01. Slaves Shall Serve
02. Entering The Pylon Of Light
03. Penetration
04. Until You Call On The Dark
05. Demigod (Live)
06. Slaves Shall Serve (Live)
07. Lam (Live)
08. As Above So Below (Live)

Die schwedischen Death Metal-Veteranen VOMITORY haben das Cover Artwork und die Track List ihres sehnlichst erwarteten achten Studioalbums "Opus Mortis VIII" veröffentlicht! Rikard Löfgren hat in seinen Leon Music Studios als Produzent, Engineer und Mischer fungiert und "Opus Mortis VIII" damit zum bislang bestklingenden VOMITORY-Album gemacht!

VOMITORY Schlagzeuger Tobias Gustafsson sieht das genauso: "Opus Mortis VIII" "is our eighth album (no shit!) - our eighth Opus of Death. And I dare to say that this is one of the strongest albums we've done, and it most certainly has the most powerful production we've ever had on any album, hands down. For the third time, we worked with Rikard Löfgren in his Leon Music Studios. We raised the bar quite a few notches in the studio - both production-wise and performance-wise, and we couldn't be happier with the result. We are not breaking new death metal ground with this album - that was never Vomitorys mission - but "Opus Mortis VIII" offers diversity and dynamics that you haven't quite heard from Vomitory before. Still, this is a very intense and aggressive album in the true Vomitory tradition - all the essential signature details are there. Once you hear the opening track, "Regorge In The Morgue", you will need no further proof of that!"

"Opus Mortis VIII" erscheint in Europa am 23./26. April 2011 auf Metal Blade Records. Die limitierte Erstauflage kommt als Digipak mit vier exklusiven Bonustracks. Bei diesen vier Stücken handelt es sich um Neuaufnahmen von Songs der ersten beiden VOMITORY-Scheiben! Der neue Song "Regorge In The Morgue" wurde jetzt HIER auf der neuen "Opus Mortis VIII" Landing Page zum probehören online gestellt.

Tracklist "Opus Mortis VIII":

01. Regorge In The Morgue
02. Bloodstained
03. They Will Burn
04. The Dead Awaken
05. Hate In A Time Of War
06. Torturous Ingenious
07. Forever Damned
08. Shrouded In Darkness
09. Combat Psychosis
10. Requiem For The Fallen

Bonus Tracks:
11. Nervegasclouds 2011
12. Raped In Their Own Blood 2011
13. Redemption 2011
14. The Voyage 2011

Darüber hinaus werden VOMITORY im März eine kurze Tour durch Finnland absolvieren.

VOMITORY
'Carnage Over Finland'
+ Torture Killer
+ Atretic Intestine
23/03/11 – FI – Turku – Klubi
24/03/11 – FI – Tampere – Yo-talo
25/03/11 – FI – Helsinki – Club Prkl
26/03/11 – FI – Jyväskylä - Rentukka

"Hisingen Blues", the new video from the Gothenburg, Sweden-based psychedelic doom rock band GRAVEYARD, can be viewed below. The song is the title track of the group's second full-length album, which will be released in Europe on March 25 and in North America on April 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced, recorded, and mixed in 100 percent analog by Don Alsterberg (JOSÉ GONZALES, JUNIP, SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES, THE INTERNATIONAL NOISE CONSPIRACY) at Don Pierre Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden.

"Hisingen Blues" track listing:

01. Ain't Fit To Live Here
02. No Good, Mr. Holden
03. Hisingen Blues
04. Uncomfortably Numb
05. Buying Truth (Tack Och Förlåt)
06. Longing
07. Ungrateful Are The Dead
08. RSS
09. The Siren

EUMERIA ist eine Internationale Metal Band die 2009 von Bobby Williamson (formerly of Outworld and Thought Chamber), Jonny Tatum (Vocals), Reece Fullwood (Guitars) und Drummer Kevin Bartlett gegründet wurde. 2011 wird arbeitsreiches Jahr für die Band die Ihr Debut Album "Rebel Mind" Anfang des Jahres via BW Records veröffentlichen wird. Das neue Albums wird derzeit von Jacob Hansen produziert und jetzt der neue Song "Delusions" HIER bei den Kollegen von bravewords.com zum probehören online gestellt.

Die Kandier PROTEST THE HERO waren mit Produzent Julius "Juice" Butty in den Jukasa Studios und den Silo Recording Studios und haben jetzt die arbeiten an ihrem neuen Album mit dem Titel "Scurrilous" beendet. Das neue Album kommt in den USA am 22. März 2011 via Vagrant Recordsin den Handel. Nach dem ersten neue Song "C’est La Vie" wurde jetzt das neue Album HIER zum probehören online gestellt.

"Scurrilous" Track List:

01. C’est La Vie
02. Hair-Trigger
03. Tandem
04. Moonlight
05. Tapestry
06. Dunsel
07. The Reign of Unending Terror
08. Termites
09. Tongue-Splitter
10. Sex Tapes

Am 11. März 2011 haben die Legendären NEW YORK DOLLS Ihr neues Album mit dem Titel "Dancing Backward in High Heels" in Europa via Global Music veröffentlicht. In den USA kommt das Album am 15. März 2011 via 429 Records in den Handel. Jetzt wurde das neue Album HIER zum komplett zum probehören online gestellt.

"Dancing Backward in High Heels" Track List:

01. Fool For You Baby
02. Streetcake
03. I'm So Fabulous
04. Talk to Me Baby
05. Kids Like You
06. Round and Round She Goes
07. You Don't Have to Cry
08. I Sold My Heart to The Junkman
09. Baby Tell Me What I'm On
10. Funky But Chic
11. End of the Summer

British heavy metal legends SAXON will release their new album, "Call To Arms", on May 23 via Militia Guard Music, UDR and EMI. The follow-up to 2009's "Into The Labyrinth" (SPV/Steamhammer) features a guest appearance by legendary keyboardist Don Airey (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW).

The track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. Hammer Of The Gods
02. Back In '79
03 Surviving Against The Odds
04. Mists Of Avalon
05. Call To Arms
06. Chasing The Bullet
07. Afterburner
08. When Doomsday Comes (Hybrid Theory)
09. No Rest For The Wicked
10. Ballad Of The Working Man
11. Call To Arms (orchestral version)

EDEN`S CURSE haben für ihr kommendes Album "Trinity" gleich zwei Coverversionen eingespielt: "Rock´N´Roll Children" (DIO) und "Unchain The Night" (DOKKEN), von denen Letzterer nur auf der japanischen Auflage von "Trinity" zu finden sein wird. Dafür enthält die Europa-Pressung mit "We Climb" einen exklusiven Song. In den Handel kommt via am 18. März 2011 via AFM Records! Jetzt wurde hier der neue Song "Saints Of Tomorrow" zum probehören online gestellt.

Die amerikanische Black Metal Band WINTERUS hat beim Label Lifeforce Records einen Vertrag für Ihr Debut Album "In Carbon Mysticism" unterschrieben. WINTERUS wurde im Dezember 2009 in Michigan in den USA gegründet und wird im Dezember 2010 mit den Aufnahmen zu In Carbon Mysticism beginnen. Sänger Christopher Erich wird das Album in einem Studio in Michigan produzieren und Ken Sorceron (Abigail Williams & Aborted) wird das Mastering übernehmen. "In Carbon Mysticism" kommt am 13. Mai bei uns in den Handel.

RELEASE DATES:
26. April 2011 (North America)
13. Mai 2011 (D/ AT/ CH)
16. Mai 2011 (UK, Benelux, F, GR, NO, PT, REST OF EUROPE)
18. Mai 2011 (SE, FI, HU)

01. Lone Wolves 3:49
02. Reborn 3:54
03. No Rest 3:17
04. Harmonious 3:18
05. Moonlust 3:25
06. Eternal Ghost 4:24
07. Christ Reign (recorded live) 5:03
08. Dusk Unveils (recorded live) 3:37
09. Through The Mist (recorded live) 3:25

Die Aufnahmen zum neuen Album "Chuckles And Mr. Squeezy" mit Dan The Automator sind abgeschlossen und in den Handel kommt das neue Album am 29. April 2011 via SUPERBALL MUSIC! Jetzt wurde auch das "Chuckles And Mr. Squeezy" Cover artwork enthüllt. Insgesamt wird "Chuckles And Mr. Squeezy" elf neue Songs enthalten und etwa 40 Minuten lang sein, die Frontmann Gavin Hayes wie folgt beschreibt: "Es fühlt sich anders an und teilweise auch als wären wir eine ganz neue Band. Mein Ziel war es aber auch mit der Band und Dan etwas zu erschaffen, was wir vorher noch nie getan haben."

Die erste Single "The Thought Of Losing You" kommt bereits am 15. April 2011 in den Handel. Jetzt wurde der neue Song "The Thought Of Losing You" hier zum probehören online gestellt.