French power/death metal act KAIZEN has posted another song from its second album, "Sink", at its MySpace page. Check out the track "Swarm of Locusts" at this location.

"Sink" was recorded at Mynetaur Productions Studios in Stockport, U.K. with producer (and former KILL II THIS guitarist) Mark Mynett. The follow-up to 2003's "Clear the Path" contains 11 songs and was released last October via XIIIbis Records/Sony.

For more information, visit www.kaizen-utd.net.

On October 24, 2006, Restless Records will release "Butchering The Beatles" — featuring the biggest, the baddest, the heaviest all-star line-up ever assembled to honor what is arguably the greatest band ever — THE BEATLES.

All-in-all, over 50 internationally known recording artists bring their unique bone-crushing slant to these remarkable songs. Produced by Grammy award-winning producer/guitarist Bob Kulick and ace engineer Brett Chassen, "Butchering The Beatles" features 12 new, ass-kicking versions of THE BEATLES' chart-topping hits, including "Hey Jude", "I Feel Fine" and "Day Tripper", plus the more esoteric "Hey Bulldog", barked out by the legendary Alice Cooper and "Tomorrow Never Knows", uniquely interpreted by the iconic Billy Idol, alongside classic concept songs like "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" and "Magical Mystery Tour".

When asked by Guitar Player magazine what possessed him to go all metal on THE BEATLES, Bob Kulick stated that, "BEATLES songs are the Holy Grail. They're the best rock songs ever written. These new recordings are totally faithful, yet completely different. Billy Gibbons singing 'Revolution' or (MOTÖRHEAD frontman) Lemmy singing 'Back In The USSR' are not exactly Paul McCartney or John Lennon. And of course, the guitar solo sections were lengthened to accommodate all the artists' solo styles."

"Butchering The Beatles" track listing:

01. "Hey Bulldog"

• Alice Cooper - Vocals
  
• Steve Vai - Guitars
  
• Duff McKagen (VELVET REVOLVER / GUNS N' ROSES) - Bass
  
• Mikkey Dee (MOTÖRHEAD) - Drums
  

02. "Back In The USSR"

• Lemmy Kilmister (MOTÖRHEAD) - Vocals/Bass
  
• John5 (MARILYN MANSON / ROB ZOMBIE) - Guitars
  
• Eric Singer (KISS / ALICE COOPER) - Drums
  

03. "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"

• Geoff Tate (QUEENSRŸCHE) - Vocals
  
• Michael Wilton (QUEENSRŸCHE) - Guitar
  
• Craig Goldy (DIO) - Guitar
  
• Rudy Sarzo (DIO) - Bass
  
• Simon Wright (DIO) - Drums
  
• Scott Warren (DIO) - Keys
  

04. "Tomorrow Never Knows"

• Billy Idol - Vocals
  
• Steve Stevens (BILLY IDOL) - Guitars
  
• Blasko (OZZY OSBOURNE) - Bass
  
• Brian Tichy (BILLY IDOL) - Drums
  

05. "Magical Mystery Tour"

• Jeff Scott Soto (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN / SOUL SIRKUS) - Vocals
  
• Yngwie Malmsteen (RISING FORCE / ALCATRAZZ) - Lead Guitar
  
• Bob Kulick (MEAT LOAF / PAUL STANLEY BAND) - Rhythm Guitar
  
• Jeff Pilson (DOKKEN / FOREIGNER) - Bass
  
• Frankie Banali (W.A.S.P. / QUIET RIOT) - Drums
  

06. "Revolution"

• Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) - Vocals / Guitar
  
• Vivian Campbell (DEF LEPPARD) - Guitar
  
• Mike Porcaro (TOTO) - Bass
  
• Gregg Bisonnette (DAVID LEE ROTH / RINGO STARR BAND) - Drums
  
• Joseph Fazzio (SUPERJOINT RITUAL) - Drums
  

07. "Day Tripper"

• Jack Blades (NIGHT RANGER / DAMN YANKEES) - Vocals
  
• Tommy Shaw (STYX / DAMN YANKEES) - Vocals
  
• Doug Aldrich (WHITESNAKE / DIO) - Guitars
  
• Marco Mendoza (WHITESNAKE / THIN LIZZY) - Bass
  
• Virgil Donati (STEVE VAI / SOUL SIRKUS / PLANET X) - Drums
  

08. "I Feel Fine"

• John Bush (ANTHRAX) - Vocals
  
• Stephen Carpenter (DEFTONES) - Guitar
  
• Mike Inez (OZZY OSBOURNE / ALICE IN CHAINS) - Bass
  
• John Tempesta (THE CULT / TESTAMENT) - Drums
  

09. "Taxman"

• Doug Pinnick (KING'S X) - Vocals
  
• Steve Lukather (TOTO) - Guitar
  
• Tony Levin (JOHN LENNON / PETER GABRIEL) - Bass
  
• Steve Ferrone (ERIC CLAPTON / TOM PETTY) - Drums
  

10. "I Saw Her Standing There"

• John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE) - Vocals
  
• Phil Campbell (MOTÖRHEAD) - Guitar
  
• C.C. Deville (POISON) - Guitar
  
• Chris Chaney (JANE'S ADDICTION) - Bass
  
• Kenny Aronoff (SMASHING PUMPKINS / JON BON JOVI) - Drums
  

11. "Hey Jude"

• Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST / ICED EARTH) - Vocals
  
• George Lynch (DOKKEN / LYNCH MOB) - Guitar
  
• Bob Kulick (MEAT LOAF / PAUL STANLEY BAND) - Rhythm Guitar
  
• Tim Bogert (VANILLA FUDGE / BECK / BOGERT & APPICE) - Bass
  
• Chris Slade (AC/DC) - drums
  

12. "Drive My Car"

• Kip Winger (WINGER) - Vocals
  
• Bruce Kulick (KISS / GRAND FUNK) - Guitar
  
• Tony Franklin (THE FIRM / WHITESNAKE) - Bass
  
• Aynsley Dunbar (WHITESNAKE / JOURNEY) - Drums
  

Reunited Swedish hard rockers EUROPE have posted the following message on their official web site:

"All of us in the band have just met up in Berlin to meet with our record company. We have just listened to our new CD together after the final mastering has been done. We can't believe it, we did it! A new album is ready for you. It will be released the 27th of October in Scandinavia and Europe. America and Asia will follow shortly.

"It's been an intense and creative time for us in the band. We spent around 60 days of this summer rehearsing, recording and mixing the songs. At one point we had four studios on the go at the same time. One for John's [Norum] guitar overdubs, one for Joey [Tempest] and Mic [Michaeli] doing vocals and keyboards, one studio where we did some programming (loops etc.) and finally one studio where Stefan Glaumann mixed the songs. We even slept in the studio and worked in shifts to get it done in time.

"It has turned out to be (we think) one of the best EUROPE albums so far. It has a very contemporary sound but there are some classic EUROPE trademarks in there. We have pushed the limits again, we have taken some chances. We had a lot of fun doing it with a lot of hard work.

"The name of the CD will be 'Secret Society'. We will put samples of a few songs on our website very soon. And soon you will be able see the 'official biography' for 'Secret Society' before anyone else, right here on our site. At the same time we are starting to plan our next tour. It looks like we are touring Scandinavia this autumn and the rest of Europe in the beginning of 2007. After that we are planning to play festivals in Europe, tour Asia, U.S. and the U.K.

"As soon as our artwork is ready, which is being done by the legendary Storm Thorgerson, we will put up a brand new look for our website with a lot of new stuff.

"Looking forward to seeing you on tour. Hope you enjoy our new CD. We are very proud of it."

SKID ROW has set "Revolutions per Minute" as the title of its new album, tentatively due on October 31 through SPV Records. The follow-up to 2003's "ThickSkin" was recorded at WireWorld studio in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Michael Wagener, who previously worked with the band on their two most commercially successful albums to date, "Skid Row" (1989) and "Slave to the Grind" (1991). Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Disease", "Strength", "Another Dick In The System", "White Trash", "Shut Up Baby, I Love You" and "You Lie" (which is described in a press release as "country rock").

SKID ROW 2006 lineup:

Johnny Solinger - Lead Vocals
Rachel Bolan - Bass, Backing Vocals, Percussion
Scotti Hill - Guitar, Backing Vocals, Lap Steel
Snake Sabo - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Dave Gara (GARGANTUA, ex-BETTY BLOWTORCH) - Drums, Backing Vocals

Progressive metal act SYMPHONY X is continuing work on its follow-up to 2002's "The Odyssey", entitled "Paradise Lost", tentatively due before the end of the year. The following message has been posted on the group's official web site:

"It would appear that one of the early drafts of the [new] CD cover has been leaked to at least one website; the band hasn't had a chance to okay any final artwork, so what you see floating around out there is NOT the final CD cover art.

"Jason [Rullo, drums] is done recording his parts, and the rhythm tracks and other guitar parts should be done by next week. The band's aiming to have the music ready for mixing by mid-September; Michael James Romeo [guitar] says that things are moving right along."

SYMPHONY X expects to return to the road shortly after the release of the new album.

SYMPHONY X was recently forced to cancel a couple of European festival appearances after bassist Michael LePond was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease (an inflammatory bowel disorder). He has since underegone surgery and has been released from the hospital.

SYMPHONY X was one of the second-stage bands at last summer's Gigantour, a six-week festival trek co-headlined by MEGADETH and DREAM THEATER. "Rarities and Demos", the first fan club CD from the SYMPHONY X fan club, Church of the Machine, was shipped out in July 2005 to fan club members. The CD included demo material, rare unreleased material, and guitarist Michael James Romeo's interpretation of the "Star Wars" theme, done with over 15 guitar tracks.

RUFFIANS, the reunited power metal band that at one time featured in its ranks late VICIOUS RUMORS frontman Carl Albert, will release its new album, "Desert of Tears", on October 20 via Metal Heaven Records. The CD was recorded at Trident/Imperial Studios in Northern California.

"Desert of Tears" track listing:

01. I Believe
02. Running Blind
03. Day of the Champion
04. Desert of Tears
05. I Will Fly
06. Darkest of Light
07. It Ain't Over
08. Live by the Sword
09. Soldier's Fate
10. Chosen One
11. Freedom

A limited-edition version of the CD will include the bonus cut "Risen".

RUFFIANS is:

Rich Wilde - Vocals
Craig Behrhorst - Guitar
Chris Atchison - Guitar
Luke Bowman - Drums
Tommy Sisco - Bass

RUFFIANS debuted at the famed San Francisco rock venue the Mabuhay Gardens in December '83. The band played many shows throughout their career, securing support slots for bands such as UFO, ALICE COOPER, DOKKEN, QUEENSRŸCHE, SAXON, Y&T and SLAYER.

In January 1985, RUFFIANS entered Studio D in Sausalito, California to lay down tracks for their debut album. Released in May on Victory Records in the North America, SPV/Steamhammer Records in Europe and FEMS Records in Japan, the album was quickly picked up by over 200 college radio stations in the United States as well as charting in Europe and Japan. The album received great reviews from the international and domestic press, and the band's fan base grew much larger. Original singer Carl Albert (R.I.P.) quit the band in 1985 and was replaced by vocalist Rich Wilde. In 1987 the band went back into the studio this time with Rich on vocals and the result was a new four-track release featuring "Do or Die", "Unchained", "Through Your Eyes", and "Only The Strong Survive". These tracks appeared on various compilations and were well received by the heavy metal press.

In early 1989, the band split up, but the fans and supporters remained to this day. A RUFFIANS reunion became a reality when the band was invited to play Germany's Bang Your Head Festival in June of 2004.

Birmingham, U.K. grindcore/noisecore crossover act CHEMICAL VOMIT has announced that it has parted ways with bassist Aaron Thrasher and second vocalist Morbid James and will be continueing with just a three-piece lineup of:

Jason Vomit (INFANT BILE, CORPSE ABORTION, COSMIC COCK) - Vocals
Steven Pork (CORPSE ABORTION, COSMIC COCK) – Guitar, Vocals
Spike Kane (ex-COSMIC COCK) - Drums

CHEMICAL VOMIT's debut album, tentatively titled "Worst Album Title In History", will feature a guest appearance from BAL-SAGOTH keyboard player Jonny Maulding. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "MySpace Is Your Best Friend", "Hulk Hogan Is Gay", "We are an Anal Cunt Ripoff Band" and "Everyone Who 'First Posts' On Blabbermouth Is Gay". The album will also feature a cover of G.G ALLIN's "Suck My Ass It Smells". More information can be found at this location.

GODHEAD's new single, "Trapped In Your Lies", has been made available for free download at the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the group's new album, "The Shadow Line", due on August 29 in the U.S. and September 4 in the rest of the world through new label Cement Shoes Records. The band recently parted ways with drummer James O'Connor due to "personal reasons" and have since replaced him with former LOSER skinsman Glendon Crain. Watch the group's video for "Trapped In Your Lies" at this location. Another song off "The Shadow Line", entitled "Once Before", can also be heard on the band's MySpace page.

As previously reported, GODHEAD will team up with ILL NINO and RA for a five-week U.S. tour beginning in late September. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon.

Brazil's Marquee Records has just re-released the third album from legendary Canadian thrashers SACRIFICE, entitled "Soldiers of Misfortune". It comes as a double CD in a limited-edition hand-numbered slipcase and contains a massive booklet with liner notes by Laurent Ramadier, live pictures and personal comments by Joe Rico (guitar), Rob Urbinati (guitar, vocals), Scott Watts (bass) and Gus Pynn (drums). The reissue features 32 songs in total (including one full concert), all remastered from the originals by Sidney Sohn (NASTY SAVAGE, IRON ANGEL). The complete track listing is as follows:

Disc 1:

"Soldiers of Misfortune"

01. As The World Burns
02. Soldiers of Misfortune
03. In Defiance
04. Existence Within Eternity
05. Pawn of Prophecy
06. Lost Through Time
07. A Storm In The Silence
08. Truth (After The Rain)

"1989 Demo"

09. As The World Burns
10. Existence Within Eternity
11. Pawn of Prophecy
12. Lost Through Time
13. A Storm In The Silence

1992 Outtakes

14. Re-animation

Live at Diamond Club in Toronto, Canada (April 26, 1989) - Part I

15. The Entity
16. As The World Burns
17. Existence Within Eternity

Disc 2:

Live at Entex in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (September 12, 1990)

01. In Defiance
02. Homicidal Breath
03. Soldiers of Misfortune
04. As The World Burns
05. Forever Enslaved
06. The Entity
07. Pawn of Prophecy
08. Flames of Armageddon
09. Existence Within Eternity
10. Afterlife
11. Lost Through Time
12. Re-animation
13. Truth
14. Necronomicon

Live at Diamond Club in Toronto, Canada (April 26, 1989) - Part II

15. Pawn of Prophecy
16. Lost Through Time
17. A Storm In The Silence
18. Re-animation

For more information, visit www.marquee.com.br.

Swedish metallers SATARIEL have completed work on their new mini-CD, entitled "Chifra", for a late summer release in Europe and Asia via Pulverised Records. A U.S. release for the effort has yet to be announced. The CD was mixed by was mixed by Daniel Bergstrand (IN FLAMES, MESSHUGGAH, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD) and Magnus Alakangas at Dug-Out Studios in Uppsala, Sweden and features artwork and layout by Pär Johansson. Lyrically, the CD is said to be "a sort of ending of the concept which was the basis" for SATARIEL's third album, "Hydra", according to a statement from the band. The mini-CD will also contain a video for the song "Hogtied Angel".

"Chifra" track listing:

01. Hogtied Angel
02. Slithering
03. Chifra
04. Flies Halo
05. Hogtied Angel (video)

Check out audio samples at www.myspace.com/satariel.

SATARIEL is still signed to Cold/Regain Records for its next full-length album, which will most likely be recorded sometime in late summer/early autumn.

"Hydra" recently received its long-awaited U.S. release via Candlelight Records.

SATARIEL released their sophomore CD, "Phobos & Deimos", in 2002 through the now-defunct Dutch label Hammerheart Records.

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT are currently offering a new "bootleg" in DVD format for sale in the "Merch" section of the group's official web site. "Testament - Live in Istanbul, Turkey" (view cover here) was filmed earlier this year by Walter Morgan of Deadly Embrace Productions and features the following track listing:

01. The Preacher
02. The New Order
03. The Haunting
04. Electric Crown
05. Sins Of Omission
06. Burnt Offerings
07. Souls Of Black
08. Into The Pit
09. The Legacy
10. Practice What You Preach
11. Trial By Fire
12. Over The Wall
13. Alone In The Dark
14. Disciples Of The Watch
15. Raging Waters

The video is available for $18.00 in the U.S. or $23 overseas (+ $5.00 shipping & handling in U.S., $8.00 shipping & handling overseas).

For more information, click here.

Swedish metallers DREAM EVIL have set "United" as the title of their new album, due in October via Century Media Records. The exact release dates by territory are as follows:

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux: October 13, 2006.
U.K., France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, rest of Europe: October 16, 2006.
Finland, Sweden, Hungary: October 18, 2006.
Italy: Friday, October 20, 2006
USA: Tuesday, October 31, 2006

DREAM EVIL parted ways with drummer Snowy Shaw (KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) in February and replaced him with Pat Power (a.k.a. Patrik Jerksten). The group's current lineup is as follows:

Niklas Isfeldt - Vocals
Fredrik Nordström - Guitar
Peter Stålfors - Bass
Mark Black - Guitar
Pat Power - Drums

DREAM EVIL's latest CD, "The Book of Heavy Metal", was released in 2004 through Century Media Records.

SENTIMENT, the Finnish band featuring former SILENT VOICES vocalist Michael Henneken, is putting the finishing touches on its debut album. Two heavy metal heavyweights — Jens Johansson (STRATOVARIUS) and Roope Latvala (CHILDREN OF BODOM) — will be making guest appearances on the CD. Audio samples will soon be downloadable from the band's official web site.

SENTIMENT was founded in 1998 by Jami and Tony Huovinen. The group first aproached the music with a progressive angle, but after couple of demos and numerous bandmember changes, it took on its current form with a style that is being described as "melodic metal, [but] with a twist of hard rock and crunchier riffs."

Jami Huovinen - Drums
Tony Huovinen - Guitar
Michael Henneken - Vocals
Wille Terämä - Bass

SENTIMENT issued a promotional CD, entitled "Breaking the Chains", in 2004.

JAG PANZER guitarist Mark Briody has issued the following update regarding the band's long-awaited live CD/DVD release:

"Things are progressing VERY well in preparing for the live album. Lots of help from Century Media and an A+ concert promoter I'll name when the details are finalized. I will say this: No one has EVER seen a JAG PANZER show like this one. Every show we've done in the past years has been done with shoestring budgets and minimal gear (whatever we could check on a plane). This will be a full-on headlining show — all your favorite PANZER tunes, special merch, tons of gear and other surprises."

In other news, JAG PANZER releases will figure prominently in Century Media's yearly "10-Year Reissues" series. Since 2007 is the 10-year anniversary of "The Fourth Judgement", look for a "very cool new version" of that album next year. Plans include a new cover, remaster, inclusion of the original demo tracks, liner notes and photos.

JAG PANZER's last studio album, "Casting the Stones", was released in October 2004 via Century Media. Said to be "a more aggressive version" of 2001's "Mechanized Warfare", the CD was recorded in part at Tampa's Morrisound Studios with producer Jim Morris. Download the song "Battered & Bruised" at this location.

German power metallers HELLOWEEN recently shot a video for the track "Light the Universe" in Burg Veldenstein, Germany. The clip features a guest appearance by BLACKMORE'S NIGHT singer Candice Night.

HELLOWEEN announced over the weekend that it was cancelled its previously scheduled North American tour due to "unforeseen logistical and organizational problems. . . Despite good advance ticket sales (where pre-sales already where available), North American organizers of the tour could not guarantee an economical and adequate routing of the tour. Therefore a consequent cancellation two months before tour start seemed the band management to be the fairest for fans and promoters at this point."

HELLOWEEN's latest album, "Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy", is available now on SPV Records. The lineup on the record includes singer Andi Deris, guitarists Michael Weikath and Sascha Gerstner, bassist Markus Großkopf and drummer Dani Löble (ex-RAWHEAD REXX).

German melodic black/death metallers SUIDAKRA have finalized the track listing for their new album, "Caledonia", due on November 17 via Armageddon Music.

The follow-up to 2005's "Command to Charge" was recorded by Martin Buchwalter at Gernhart Records studio in Siegburg, Germany and features artwork by Kris Verwimp. The album photography was handled by Axel Jusseit, who previously worked with the group on 2003's "Signs for the Fallen". The mastering was done by Michael Schwabe at Monoposto Mastering (SUBWAY TO SALLY, DIE TOTEN HOSEN) in Düsseldorf, Germany.

According to the band, "'Caledonia' adopts the lyrical concept of ancient Scottish history, which explains song titles such as 'Highland Hills', 'Forth-Clyde' and 'The IXth Legion'."

"Caledonia" track listing:

01. Highland Hills (8:01)
02. A Blackened Shield (5:15)
03. The Ember Deid (Part II) (3:15)
04. Evoke the Demon (5:27)
05. Forth-Clyde (5:31)
06. Ramble (instrumental) (2:57)
07. Dawning Tempest (5:13)
08. The Distant Call (3:34)
09. On Torrid Sand (3:52)
10. The IXth Legion (5:44)
11. Farewell (1:14)

German prog-metal sensation TOMORROW'S EVE will release its third album, "Mirror of Creation 2 - Genesis II", in September via Lion Music. The long-awaited follow-up to 2003's "Mirror of Creation" will contain musical and lyrical ties to its predecessor, and "a few questions that were left open by 'Mirror of Creation' will be answered," the band writes in a press release. Audio samples are available on the band's MySpace page.

WARMASTER, the Dutch old-school death metal band featuring André van der Ree (DARK REMAINS, ex-ETERNAL SOLSTICE, MOURNING) and Rik van Gageldonk (VUIST, DARK REMAINS), has announced the addition of guitarist Merijn Schenkels (MENTATION) to the goup's lineup. He will be replacing Rudi de Pont, who left WARMASTER due to "lack of time."

WARMASTER will return to the studio soon to add guitar solos to some of the songs that will be included on the band's upcoming debut CD.

Merijn's first show with WARMASTER will take place on August 25 at Baroeg in Rotterdam.

For more information, click here.

Long-running German death metallers RESURRECTED will release their fifth album, "Endless Sea of Loss", on October 13 via Morbid Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Blood Spilled" was recorded at Soundlodge Studio in Germany and was mastered at Megawimp Mastering Studio in Berlin.

"Endless Sea of Loss" track listing:

01. Intro
02. Hidden by Disguise
03. Seducer of Mankind
04. Bloodmarked
05. Until You Kill Yourself
06. Smouldering Human Compost
07. ...and She Loves It Anal
08. An Obseding End
09. End of a Decade
10. Outro

RESURRECTED's fourth album, "Blood Spilled" was recorded at Excess studios in Rotterdam, Holland with producer Hans Pieters.

DOWNLORD's Dave Ingram (ex-BENEDICTION, BOLT THROWER) has secured permission from The Church Of Satan to use lyrical excerpts from "Hymn of the Satanic Empire" in the new DOWNLORD song "Wake Up & Smell the Species". The hymn was written by Anton Lavey in 1988 and was included on the "Satanic Mass" album.

The proposed track listing of DOWNLORD's debut album, "Random Dictionary of the Damned", due out late November via Open Grave Records, is as follows (subject to change):

01. Nailing You In
02. Psyclotron
03. Loathe. Scorn. Detest.
04. Full Scale Hatred
05. Xsv (Excessive) Payback
06. Hate Brace
07. Old World Chaos
08. Underdrive
09. Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead
10. Smoke & Mirrors
11. Groin of God +++Amen & Out+++
12. Random Damnation
13. For It Was Written
14. Wake Up & Smell the Species
15. Sleep Forever

DOWNLORD's "Grind Trials" EP was released this past Tuesday worldwide via Open Grave Records. The EP is limited to 666 individually numbered copies, with over 100 signed copies randomly inserted. The EP is available only via Open Grave Records web site for the appropriate price of $6.66, including shipping worldwide.

DOWNLORD is the Denmark-based death metal band featuring Ingram on vocals, Donovan Spenceley (ex-SACRIFICIAL, EXCESSIVE PAYBACK) on guitar, Rene Falther (ex-EXCESSIVE PAYBACK, INIQUITY) on guitar, Thomas Fagerlind (ex-INIQUITY, DAEMON) on bass, and Rasmus Schmidt on drums.

San Francisco Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD have set "The Blackening" as the title of their sixth studio album, tentatively due in early 2007 via Roadrunner Records.

The group will enter Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, CA on Monday, August 21 to begin tracking the effort, with vocalist/guitarist Robert Flynn returning to the producer's chair, and Mark Keaton once again handling engineering duties. Longtime MACHINE HEAD collaborator Colin Richardson (CANNIBAL CORPSE, TRIVIUM, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE) will also be returning to mix the record alongside Flynn this October in London. Tentative songtitles for "The Blackening" include "Clenching the Fists of Dissent", "Aesthetics of Hate", "Halo", "The Beautiful Mourning", "Now I Lay Thee Down", "Slanderous Love", "Wolves" and "A Farewell to Arms". The band has also tapped longtime MACHINE HEAD artist Paul Brown (MARILYN MANSON) to begin working on album art in the coming weeks.

"Words can't really describe how excited we are to get into the studio and record this record," exclaims drummer Dave McClain. "The shows that we just played on the Sounds of the Underground tour were as amazing as we'd hoped they'd be, the raw energy and excitement level of our fans right now is just incredible. We're fired up!"

Guitarist Phil Demmel adds, "We’re still smoothing out some rough edges but what we have, we’re extremely proud of. I'm not one to go off on 'heavier than blah-blah-blah!!!!' and 'crushes your-these-and-those!!!!' but I will say that fans of what we call 'just fuckin' metal' will be digging this new material."

The cover artwork for the new MY DYING BRIDE album, "A Line of Deathless Kings", has been posted online at this location. Due later in the year via Peaceville/Snapper, the follow-up to 2004's "Songs of Darkness, Words of Light" was recorded at Academy Studios and was mixed at Chapel Studios.

"A Line of Deathless Kings" track listing:

01. To Remain Tombless (6:06)
02. L'Amour Detruit (9:08)
03. I Cannot Be Loved (7:04)
04. And I Walk With Them (6:37)
05. Thy Raven Wings (5:22)
06. Love's Intolerable Pain (6:14)
07. One of Beauty's Daughters (5:40)
08. Deeper Down (6:28)
09. The Blood, The Wine, The Roses (8:21)

MY DYING BRIDE's second DVD, "Sinamorata", was released in August 2005 via Peaceville. The disc included a video for the track "The Blue Lotus" (directed and conceived by David Palzer), live footage (12 songs) shot on November 2, 2003 in Antwerpen, Belgium, as well as backstage extras, the "Prize of Beauty" promotional clip, two videos made by MY DYING BRIDE fans ("Hope the Destroyer" and "My Wine In Silence") and a photo gallery featuring fan-created artwork inspired by the band's music.

CANNIBAL CORPSE's video for the song "Death Walking Terror" has been posted online at Yahoo! Music. The track comes off "Kill", the band's 10th studio LP, which came out late March. The album debuted at No. 170 on The Billboard 200 chart, selling more than 6,000 copies in its first week. It was the second time in the band's career that one of its albums breached the mostly pop-friendly list; in 1996, "Vile" opened at No. 151, with more than 6,100 copies sold.

Regarding the band's song choice for the new video, CANNIBAL CORPSE bassist Alex Webster previously told MTV.com, "Every one of our songs has some kind of violent or dark imagery in it, but we have to look for songs that are a little less graphic. We only have a couple of songs on each record where the lyrics aren't more or less R-rated for violence. We have to carefully choose what songs we do videos for, because otherwise it won't make it passed the censors. The song 'Murder Worship', I think all of us would have liked to have done a video for that. But there's no way, with the decapitated heads and all."

Florida-based death metallers OBITUARY are currently rehearsing for their upcoming DVD shoot, which is scheduled to take place August 24 at the Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland. They will also perform at the the Up From The Ground festival, which is set to take place August 25-26 in Gemünden, Germany. Check out pictures from the band's recent rehearsal sessions at this location.

OBITUARY are continuing to promote their latest CD, "Frozen in Time", which was released in July 2005 via Roadrunner Records. The group's first collection of new songs since 1997's "Back from the Dead" was self-produced by the band, with Mark Prator and Scott Burns engineering, and was mastered by Tom Morris at Morrisound.