BODY OF SCARS, the Phoenix, Arizona-based band featuring JAG PANZER drummer Rikard Stjernquist and former 40 GRIT vocalist/guitarist James Santiago, have posted three new songs — "Smoke and Mirrors", "Bitch" and "First Degree" — on the group's MySpace page. The tracks will be included on BODY OF SCARS' sophomore album, "BOS-DOS", which is tentatively due in September. According to lead guitarist Randy Davis, the CD "will have 16 songs and is around 68 minutes long. The new disc is about 90% done and is starting to sound pretty good to us but the rest of the world could have a different opinion for sure. We're having fun and that is all that matters."

"BOS-DOS" track listing:

01. Incoming
02. 1st Degree
03. City Square
04. All Or Nothing
05. Miracle Of Life
06. Three Piece Suit
07. Bitch
08. Smoke And Mirrors
09. Show You The Way
10. Left Perfectly
11. Hazard
12. Severed
13. Until We Meet Again
14. Snap Count
15. Less Than Content
16. At what Cost

Formed in August 2006, BODY OF SCARS' current lineup is completed bassist Brian Shoemake.

C.J. Snare and Bill Leverty of FIREHOUSE have been added to the list of guest musicians appearing on Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE's ninth studio album and fifth "all-star" project, "Light It Up" (formerly "The Cigar Chronicles").

The track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. Light It Up
02. The Other Thief
03. Blink
04. Do What You Believe
05. Man vs. Mother Nature
06. Treading On Serpents
07. Uncle Sam
08. Every Reason To Believe
09. Wrestling With God
10. Best Time You Never Had
11. Beautiful Decision
12. Drunk Dead Gorgeous
13. Greed
14. For Better Or Worse

"Light It Up" guest musicians (among others):

Chris Holmes (W.A.S.P.)
Dale Thompson (BRIDE)
Eddie Ojeda (TWISTED SISTER)
Harry Hess (HAREM SCAREM)
Jeff Pilson (DOKKEN, FOREIGNER)
Jerry Dixon (WARRANT)
Kelly Keeling (BATON ROUGE)
Keri Kelli (ALICE COOPER)
Les Carlsen (BLOODGOOD)
Lynn Louise Lowery (VIXEN)
Marq Torien (BULLETBOYS)
Oz Fox (STRYPER, BLOODGOOD)
Pete Lesperance (HAREM SCAREM)
Phil Lewis (L.A. GUNS)
Robert Mason (WARRANT, LYNCH MOB)
Sheldon Tarsha (ADLER'S APPETITE)
Ted Poley (DANGER DANGER)
Troy Thompson (BRIDE)
Vic Rivera (CRUNCH)
C.J. Snare (FIREHOUSE)
Bill Leverty (FIREHOUSE)

Commented LIBERTY N' JUSTICE leader Justin Murr: "With 'Light It Up', we wanted everything bigger and louder! The album features big guitars, big hooks, big vocals, and the thing that makes a LIBERTY N' JUSTICE project... big names! This is the most commercial sounding record we have ever released and I promise this record rocks!!"

The project is being produced by Vic Rivera, Steve Brown of TRIXTER, Mike Layne and Stephen Chesney.

"Light It Up" is scheduled for a fall release via Retroactive Records.

LIMP BIZKIT's DJ Lethal (a.k.a. Leor Dimant) has responded to MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn's assertion that MH was going to "crush" LB when the two bands shared the stage earlier today (Sunday, August 2) at the Sonisphere festival at the legendary Knebworth Park, United Kingdom.

MACHINE HEAD, who announced on July 7 that they were pulling out of the U.K. Sonisphere because the event's promoter "placed, unbeknownst to us, LIMP BIZKIT in our third slot on the festival," returned to the bill as the top-secret "special guests." They performed right before LIMP BIZKIT, hitting the stage at around 2:45 p.m.

Writing on MACHINE HEAD's official message board the day before the band's appearance at the festival, Flynn said, "We're going to fucking CRUSH LIMP BIZKIT!!!!"

Flynn addressed MACHINE HEAD's reason for returning to the Sonisphere bill during the band's performance at the event. He said, "After the promoters of Sonisphere begged us to come back onto this thing last week, the only even consideration that we made it for is for all of you fucking fans, man! It wasn't for Sonisphere, it wasn't for LIMP BIZKIT — it was for the fucking lunatics of this fucking country that have treated us so fucking good, man. It is an honor to play for you, guys. It is a privilege to play for you, guys. We are so fucking lucky to have a fan base like you, man."

Shortly after LIMP BIZKIT concluded its performance at Sonisphere, DJ Lethal posted the following message on his Facebook profile:

"Just finished playing at Sonisphere festival in London with NIN and METALLICA... As for (MACHINE HEAD), hahaha, the only thing crushed was your egos. lol... Suck it!!!!"

According to LimpBizkit.org, DJ Lethal commented further on the MACHINE HEAD situation while responding to a couple of fans on Facebook. He wrote, "I am a fan [of MACHINE HEAD] too; they just got pissy about some promoter stuff then got personal... I even wore a MH shirt on stage . . . They still played after crying about the whole thing. We would have gladly played before them; no big deal. But whaa whaa whaaaaaa…"

In a recent Twitter update, LIMP BIZKIT frontman Fred Durst claimed that he was "shocked" when he first heard that MACHINE HEAD was pulling out of the U.K. Sonisphere because of a dispute over LIMP BIZKIT's slot at the festival. However, he was quick to add, "[I] love MACHINE HEAD [and] always will."

FIVE STAR PRISON CELL and EYEFEAR have been added to the list of artists who will perform at this year's Australian Metal Awards, set to take place November 7 at the Forum in Sydney.

The complete list of scheduled performers is as follows:

A SECRET DEATH
BANE OF ISILDUR
CHAOS DIVINE
DEATH AUDIO
EYEFEAR
FIVE STAR PRISON CELL
KILLRAZER
OUROBOROS
SADISTIK EXEKUTION

Doors will open at 5:00 p.m. and the opening segment will be "nothing that you expect from an awards show," according to a press release.

All winners of the awards will be announced at the event by a special guest host (soon to be announced).

Tickets are available through Moshtix.

The Association for Australian Heavy Metal (AAHM) and the Australian Metal Awards (AMA) were formed to give heavy metal in Australia the support and backing it has lacked since it began to flourish during the 1980s.

AAHM and AMA is governed and operated by dedicated individuals who are passionate about this genre of music and have been heavily involved in the organizing and running of events for both Australian and international heavy metal acts for a number of years.

AAHM and AMA's objectives are to:

* Provide support and backing to all Australian heavy metal bands/artists
* Actively promote Australian heavy metal nationally
* Reward and recognize the bands that have made a significant contribution to the heavy metal genre of Australian music

For more information, visit www.australianmetal.com.au.

Bunch TV conducted an interview with Los Angeles thrashers WARBRINGER when the band played the Rock Am Bach festival, which was held July 10-11, 2009 at the Zeltpalast in Merzig, Germany. The clip — which includes performance footage — can be viewed below.

"Waking Into Nightmares", the sophomore album from WARBRINGER, sold around 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No. 14 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

"Waking Into Nightmares" was released on May 19 via Century Media Records. The CD was mixed by Zack Ohren (SUFFOCATION, ALL SHALL PERISH) and the cover artwork was created by esteemed artist Dan Seagrave (MORBID ANGEL, ENTOMBED).

WARBRINGER's new album was recorded at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California with axeman/producer Gary Holt (EXODUS).

"Severed Reality", the new video from WARBRINGER, was filmed on February 22 at The Rave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by Dave Brodsky (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, SUICIDE SILENCE) during WARBRINGER's tour with DARKANE and SOILWORK.

Commented vocalist John Kevill: "The video for 'Severed Reality' got done in the middle of a tour, and it was done mostly live at the venue we were playing at that night in Milwaukee. We did a couple shots on the stage before anyone showed up, and then just shot the whole show for the video. As it turns out, the show was fucking insane, we couldn't even fit all the stage divers in the video! David Brodsky went to put the whole thing together and it came out great; I think it is the strongest video we have had so far."

WARBRINGER recently completed a North American tour with KREATOR, EXODUS, BELPHEGOR and EPICUREAN.



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SYSTEM DIVIDE, the brand new extreme modern metal band featuring members of ABORTED, DISTORTED, MALIGNANCY and ANTENORA, has posted another new song, "The Apex Doctrine", on its MySpace page. The track comes off the group's recently completed EP, entitled "The Collapse". The effort was produced and engineered by guitarist Cole Martinez and was mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen (ABORTED, MERCENARY, RAUNCHY, HATESPHERE, VOLBEAT).

SYSTEM DIVIDE will film a video for "The Apex Doctrine" later this month in New York with director Kevin Custer (HATEBREED, TESTAMENT, DYING FETUS, SUFFOCATION).

According to a press release, SYSTEM DIVIDE "unites a myriad of sounds, going from STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, SOILWORK, LACUNA COIL, DIMMU BORGIR, CHIMAIRA to even MORBID ANGEL. Prepare for the unexpected!"

Founded in summer 2008, SYSTEM DIVIDE features in its ranks vocalists Sven de Caluwé (ABORTED) and Miri Milman (ex-DISTORTED) along with longtime friends Cole Martinez (ex-YEARS OF FIRE, ANTENORA), Andrew Lenthe (ANTENORA), and Mike Heller (MALIGNANCY). SYSTEM DIVIDE set out to revolutionize the conventions of the over-saturated melodic death metal genre, proving that extreme metal can have more depth than blast beats, while female vocals do not have to conform to the precepts of the "goth" genre. In mixing many styles, "The Collapse" breaks all the rules of extreme metal and is a landmark release for the young band.

As opposed to interjecting simple, predictable clean choruses into contrived song structures, SYSTEM DIVIDE unites serene female vocals and extreme vocals driven by lyrical themes that confront and seek to break everyday themes of disillusionment, societal materialism, and individual apathy. Musically, the band delivers myriad styles of riffing and grooves, while augmenting the entrancing soundscapes with hard-hitting drums and intricate bass lines. These elements together define the unique, spell binding, hypnotic sound of SYSTEM DIVIDE.

In order to achieve this complex calculus of sounds on "The Collapse", Cole Martinez handled tracking duties at Conquistador Recordings. Artwork for "The Collapse" was completed by Colin Marks (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, ABORTED, NEVERMORE).

Fan-filmed video footage of ALICE IN CHAINS performing the new song "Check My Brain" for the first time ever last night (Saturday, August 1) at Marlay Park in Dublin, Ireland can be viewed below.

The band's setlist was as follows:

01. Rain When I Die
02. Angry Chair
03. Man In The Box
04. Them Bones
05. Dam That River
06. A Looking In View
07. We Die Young
08. Would?
09. Check My Brain
10. Rooster

"Check My Brain" is the first single from the new ALICE IN CHAINS album, "Black Gives Way To Blue", which arrives on September 29.

ALICE IN CHAINS has tapped U2 and WHITE STRIPES video director Alex Courtes to shoot a clip for "Check My Brain".

Fans and members of the press heard "Black Gives Way To Blue" in its entirety at a private listening party in Los Angeles on July 14, followed by a three-song acoustic set by the band in which it debuted two songs from the album live — the title track and "Your Decision".

Although it's been posted online and is not an official single, the recently released ALICE IN CHAINS song "A Looking In View" has already begun climbing the rock radio charts as the first new music released by the group in 14 years. Guitarist Jerry Cantrell told The Pulse of Radio what the track was about. "The song is kind of generally about how easy it is to remain in a bad groove (laughs), you know, remain in a bad rut," he said. "The most difficult and at the same time easy thing is just to step out of it, you know what I mean? It's like being in a cell that you're locked in, with a door that's not locked. That could be anything, you know. It could be any sort of behavioral or thought process that keeps you there and basically keeps you from growing."

The group's tour starts on September 4 in Washington D.C.



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Greece's MetalPaths recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Joseph Duplantier of French progressive metallers GOJIRA. The chat is now available is video and text format at this location.

GOJIRA have announced a series of headline dates on "off" days from their upcoming tour with METALLICA and LAMB OF GOD, which goes from September 14 to October 18. Support on these shows will come from ZOROASTER and BURST.

Regarding GOJIRA's upcoming tour with METALLICA, Joseph Duplantier recently stated, "METALLICA has invited us to open for them on the first part of their North American tour this fall. Fifteen shows around U.S. and Canada with LAMB OF GOD as main support. METALLICA has been our main influence since we started playing music, and we can say that this announcement is a dream come true."

Universal Music Publishing has released a 135-page tablature book for GOJIRA's latest album, "The Way Of All Flesh", which can be ordered from the band's new webshop.

Since making its American debut alongside CHILDREN OF BODOM and AMON AMARTH in late 2006 in support of their landmark album "From Mars To Sirius", GOJIRA has become one of metal's most acclaimed and admired acts. The group has also toured with such heavyweights as LAMB OF GOD, BEHEMOTH, MACHINE HEAD, TRIVIUM and JOB FOR A COWBOY, and more recently, IN FLAMES and labelmates ALL THAT REMAINS.

Gino Alache of RockumRadio.com conducted an interview with Kenny Powell, founding guitarist of the American heavy metal band OMEN, on July 29, 2009 in Lima, Peru. Watch the chat in two parts below.

OMEN entered the studio earlier this year to begin recording its new album, entitled "Hammer Damage". The CD will feature all-new songs performed by the group's new lineup and will mark a return to OMEN's roots.

OMEN last year released a live album, "Into the Arena: 20 Years Live", which contained previously unreleased recordings of the band's original lineup.

OMEN drummer Danny White, along with the group's singer George Call, is also in the power metal band ASKA, which appeared at this year's Keep It True XII festival on April 24-25 at the Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany.

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Vocalist Aziza A. Poggi has announced that she is "taking a break" from her singing duties in the Grand Rapids, Michigan progressive metal band DENDURA in order to "rejuvenate and evolve into other musical projects." She comments in a statement, "DENDURA has been at a standstill with our album on Killzone Records produced by Neil Kernon (NEVERMORE, QUEENSRŸCHE, DOKKEN). Due to the economy, Killzone, like many other record labels, simply doesn't have the funds to complete our album; therefore, we are not able finish the album within a reasonable time. We all have the determination to complete this album, but realistically it may be up to a few years. In the meantime, we are working more on a self-produced album.

"Since realizing the Neil Kernon album will take longer than any of us anticipated, I have decided that I need to focus on other singing opportunities and projects. With that said, I am taking a break from DENDURA for a while. I am not quitting the band, but I have to keep on a path that is healthy and positive for me. For the benefit of all involved, I need to take a step away and rejuvenate and evolve into other musical projects..

"This fall I will be performing my last show or two with DENDURA before I go on break and will be recording our self-produced album, as well. I have told the band that if they decided to still perform during my hiatus, they have my blessing hiring a session singer as long as I had a hand in the selection process.

"On a positive note, I have joined the Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus and will be performing four shows with them this year including the music to 'The Lord of the Rings', and have also started a Middle Eastern fusion band with AL-ASDEKA members (in essence, I joined AL-ASDEKA). In addition, I am a classical singer vocal student in college. I also be doing some recording work for other bands and projects.

"I hope you all understand and will continue to support DENDURA and the projects I am involved in. We will keep you posted on our album's release, show information, and other news as it comes in."

DENDURA previously put out a self-released album, "New Life", and contributed a song to the award-winning film "Broken".

For more information, visit www.myspace.com/denduraband.

Norwegian extreme metallers PANTHEON I have unveiled the video for "Serpent Christ" (see below), a track taken from the band's newly released album, "Worlds I Create". The clip, which shows PANTHEON I performing amidst scenes of bondage and torture, was directed by Espen Krukhaug, who also worked on the band's previous video, "Where Angels Burn", and features Finland's Peik Mattheiszen in the role of torturer. Reprising their role of victims in the video are models Maria Olsen and Helga Bårdsdatter Kristiansen, who were recently seen in the band's promo photos — the uncensored versions of which can only be found on the band's web site due to their explicit nature.

PANTHEON I's third full-length album, "Worlds I Create" was released at the end of July on Candlelight Records, and includes a guest appearance on the track "Ascending" from KATATONIA frontman Jonas Renkse.

PANTHEON I is currently preparing for a short tour of its home country and is looking into the possibility of touring Eastern Europe. The band is also planning to hit the road in November on a European tour along with SKITLIV, the new band from former MAYHEM frontman MANIAC, and DEN SAAKALDTE. Tour dates will be announced as soon as they are confirmed.

Pictured below is the artwork for the KISS/M&M's chocolate candy ad campaign that is currently running in major magazines (image courtesy of KissOnline.com).

The limited-edition KISS M&M's will be released in October.

The Silver Tongue's Shawn Evans conducted an interview with bassist Jason "Jay" James of Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE on July 24, 2009 at the Atlanta, Georgia stop of this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. The chat is now available for streaming and/or download at this location.

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE recently entered a Malibu, California studio with producer Don Gilmore (LINKIN PARK, LACUNA COIL) to begin recording its third album for an early 2010 release.

Regarding lyrical themes for the new material, guitarist/vocalist Matt Tuck previously told U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine, "There's one song that's about not being able to have what you want. Being in the band, it doesn't happen much. When it comes to girls, you can have the pick of the bunch, but you always want what you can't have, y'know… but it's this one chick, man… so it's a song about obsession."

The upcoming CD will be the follow-up to "Scream Aim Fire", which has sold 318,000 copies in the United States since its January 2008 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The Welwyn & Hatfield Times reports that a teenager is fighting for his life in hospital after a freak accident at the Sonisphere festival in Knebworth, United Kingdom.

The 15-year-old boy was thrown from a fairground ride in the grounds of Knebworth House, where the festival is taking place. He was strapped into the £3-a-go spinning wheel when he came loose and was launched into the air, according to Mirror.co.uk. He plunged into a row of portable toilets 30 yards away before slumping to the ground.

Paramedics raced to the scene shortly before 2:30 p.m. yesterday (Saturday, August 1).

Ambulance service spokesman Gary Sanderson, who was at the concert, said: "The young man sustained potentially life-threatening injuries and our paramedics at the venue worked rapidly to treat and stabilize him. Following this, he was rushed to an awaiting trauma team at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage."

The Silver Tongue's CoolKeith conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy of Florida metallers TRIVIUM on July 24, 2009 at the Atlanta, Georgia stop of this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. The chat is now available for streaming and/or download at this location.

TRIVIUM and Hot Topic have announced the "Into the Mouth of Hell We Tour", an extensive, 63-date trek which marks the band's first solo headline tour since 2006. WHITECHAPEL, DARKEST HOUR and DIRGE WITHIN serve as support for the first leg of the run. The tour kicks off in September and will run through October. More dates for the first leg will be announced in August, while additional dates and support for the second leg will be announced in September.

TRIVIUM are currently headlining the Jägermeister stage of the second annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. They are known for being voracious road dogs, having toured America relentlessly, separately supporting SLIPKNOT and LAMB OF GOD. They have also appeared as part of KORN's "Family Values" package and have also supported IRON MAIDEN.

TRIVIUM has come up with a "brilliant" way to allow its live show be something that the fans are able to enjoy repeatedly. This tour will feature a special promotion, where at participating venues, each ticket buyer will be able to re-live their experience at the show, as they will have the option to use their ticket stub, via a unique code, to redeem a free, full digital soundboard recording of the TRIVIUM show that they attended. Fans will be able to use the bar code number on their ticket as their unique code to redeem their music at www.trivium.org.

Commented Heafy: "North American headline tour... we meet again. It's been far too long since we've toured North America as a headliner and we're back with a vengeance. It's our time to come in for the final waves of the 'Shogun' touring and party with our friends in the USA and Canada. Our live show, without a doubt in my mind, is now the strongest it has ever been; our sets are more diverse, tighter than ever and we've got some of the sickest current metal bands out with us to bring you one hell of a tour. This very well could be the last one for a while, so let's do this in style... we'll see you soon."

The reunited SLAVES ON DOPE has uploaded the third webisode (see below) documenting the making of the band's new album.

SLAVES ON DOPE vocalist Jason Rockman and guitarist Kevin Jardine recently reformed the group and are encouraging "old fans and possible new ones" to join them at their new Facebook page.

SLAVES ON DOPE's "Inches from the Mainline" album was released through Ozzy Osbourne's now-defunct Divine Recordings label. After Divine Recordings lost its distribution deal with EMI's Priority Records, the band was left without a label. After a long search, a deal was struck with Bieler Bros. Records. SLAVES ON DOPE's second major album, "Metafour", was released in 2003.

In March 2004, SLAVES ON DOPE announced it was going on hiatus due to Jason Rockman leaving the band.

Bunch TV conducted an interview with WALLS OF JERICHO frontwoman Candace Kucsulain when the band played the Rock Am Bach festival, which was held July 10-11, 2009 at the Zeltpalast in Merzig, Germany. The clip — which includes performance footage — can be viewed below.

Kucsulain was forced to miss several shows on WALLS OF JERICHO's European tour because the husband of her best friend unexpectedly passed away. She was temporarily replaced by members of THE RED CHORD.

WALLS OF JERICHO's latest album, "The American Dream" (Trustkill Records), sold around 2,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD debuted at No. 11 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

"The American Dream" was recorded at Spider Studios in Cleveland, Ohio with Ben Schigel and Tony Gammalo.

An e-card for "The American Dream" can be accessed at this location.

WALLS OF JERICHO and Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR) collaborated on an EP entitled "Redemption". The CD, which was produced by Taylor, features primarily melodic vocals and acoustic instruments.



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PLUTONIUM ORANGE, the Finnish "melodic and metallic rock and roll" band which features in its ranks SWALLOW THE SUN members Juha Raivio (guitar) and Pasi Pasanen (drums), will release its debut album in the fall via Firebox Records. The CD was recorded at Studio Watercastle with Sami Kokko and was mastered at Finnvox studios in Helsinki. A seven-inch single will precede the full-length album during the summer.

A song from the forthcoming album, "Wet Trails", is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.

PLUTONIUM ORANGE is:

Samuli Liekkinen - Guitar, Vocals
Juha Raivio - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Pasi Pasanen - Drums
Antti Sjöblom - Bass

SundayMail.co.uk reports that furious AC/DC fans who barely got a glimpse of their idols at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland are still fighting to get their money back.

Scores of disgruntled concert-goers paid £60 (approximately $100) a head — only to be given seats behind the stage where they couldn't see a thing.

Promoters DF Concerts have failed to refund the cash, saying Glasgow City Council deemed the seats acceptable.

Read more from SundayMail.co.uk.

ANTHRAX played yesterday (Saturday, August 1) at the Sonisphere festival in Knebworth, England, with John Bush (ANTHRAX's singer from 1992 to 2005) joining them for a very special one-off performance.

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian wrote on his Twitter page shortly after the concert, "40-odd thousand people chanting 'Bring back Bush.' 'Nuff said."

Metal Hammer magazine writes in its review of the gig, "One word sums up ANTHRAX [at Sonisphere] — flawless. Smashing through the barricades with a thunderous 'What Doesn't Die', it's mind-blowing to think that this incarnation of ANTHRAX haven't played together for four years. Bush's voice is nothing short of sensational, as his enthusiasm and energy.

"'Caught In A Mosh', 'Antisocial', making an entire field full of people lose their fucking mind during 'Bring The Noise' and a finale of 'Indians', John Bush and ANTHRAX came to Knebworth and came, saw and motherfucking conquered."

Fan-filmed video footage of the show (with low-quality audio) can be viewed below.

Check out pictures from ThrashHits.com.

ANTHRAX parted ways with singer Dan Nelson last month due to what has been described as "personal differences." As a result, the band canceled 10 European shows and pulled out of a U.S. tour with SLIPKNOT which was scheduled to take place in August and September.

ANTHRAX's manager, Izvor Zivkovic of Split Media, told BLABBERMOUTH.NET on July 21 that the band's new album, "Worship Music", which was previously due in Europe on October 23 via Nuclear Blast Records, will now be "pushed back to a later date." According to Ian, Dan Nelson's tracks will most likely be erased from the CD, which was recently mixed at a New Orleans studio by Dave Fortman (a former member of UGLY KID JOE who has also worked with artists such as MUDVAYNE, EVANESCENCE).

When asked if he, in the back of his mind, is hoping that the Sonisphere show might lead to something more permanent with Bush, Ian told U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine, "It's not in the back of my mind — it's right at the front of it. When our reunion tour with Joey Belladonna and Dan Spitz finished in 2007, we [Ian, drummer Charlie Benante and bassist Frank Bello] wanted both John and [guitarist] Rob Caggiano to come back. Well, Rob returned but not John.

"I love working with John, and I know I speak for everyone involved with ANTHRAX — the band and the fans — when I say that the best thing for us would for this to turn into a long-term relationship. But I don't want to jump the gun. Let's see how things go at Sonisphere, and take it from there."

The PlayThisRiff.com web site, which charges $9.99 for a monthly membership, has announced that it now features a series of guitar lesson videos with Tim Sult of CLUTCH. On the site you will find High Definition lessons for three songs off the band's new album, "Strange Cousins for the West" — "50,000 Unstoppable Watts", "Struck Down" and "Abraham Lincoln". All videos feature step-by-step instructions by Tim Sult and printable tabs.

Free printable tabs to part one of "50,000 Unstoppable Watts" can be found at this location.

The first instructional video is available below.

"Strange Cousins From the West", the ninth studio album from CLUTCH, sold 13,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 38 on The Billboard 200 chart.

The band's previous studio CD, "From Beale Street To Oblivion", opened with around 15,000 units back in April 2007 to land at No. 52.

CLUTCH's 2005 effort, "Robot Hive / Exodus", entered the chart at No. 93 after premiering with 13,000 copies.

"Strange Cousins From the West" was made available both digitally and through retail on July 14. Produced by CLUTCH and J. Robbins at Magpie Cage Studios in Baltimore, the effort is the first CLUTCH studio LP to be released on the band's own Weathermaker Music, through RED Distribution.

"Strange Cousins From the West" includes the POPPO'S BLUES BAND cover song "Algo Ha Cambiado", which Neil Fallon sings in Spanish. Poppo was a legendary Argentinian hard rock singer/guitarist throughout the '70s and '80s.

The title "Strange Cousins From the West" was taken from a line in the song "Minotaur".

Although CLUTCH has toured the world extensively over the past two years and released multiple CLUTCH-related projects, "Strange Cousins..." is the band's first original studio work since 2007's "From Beale Street to Oblivion" which featured the hit "Electric Worry".

A widget featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions for "Strange Cousins From the West" is available at this location.

American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT have scheduled the following European tour dates in 2010:

Mar. 25 - Charleroi, Belgium - Le Coliseum
Mar. 26 - Tilburg, Holland - O13
Mar. 27 - Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
Mar. 28 - London, UK - Koko
Mar. 31 - Paris, France - Elysee Montmartre
Apr. 01 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7 Kulturfabrik
Apr. 02 - Montpellier, France - Rockstore
Apr. 03 - Barcelona, Spain - Salamandra 1
Apr. 04 - Madrid, Spain - La Riviera
Apr. 07 - Dortmund, Germany - FZW
Apr. 08 - Köln, Germany - Live Music Hall
Apr. 09 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
Apr. 10 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Trädgårn
Apr. 11 - Stockholm, Sweden - Tyrol
Apr. 13 - Helsinki, Finland - Nosturi
Apr. 14 - Tampere, Finland - Pakkahuone
Apr. 16 - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene
Apr. 17 - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene

KAMELOT is currently in recording mode at various studios — including the Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany — under the watchful eye of Sascha Paeth and Miro as producers. A February/March 2010 release is being planned for the band's highly anticipated follow-up to "Ghost Opera".

"The new songs are really inspiring," states guitarist Thomas Youngblood. "We feel the long touring and time away from writing has been perfect for new ideas and an aggressive approach to the new songs."

SPV/Steamhammer released KAMELOT's "Ghost Opera" (2007) and "The Black Halo" (2005) albums as gatefold double LPs. This marks the first vinyl releases for the band.