INTERIM DIVINE, the new Southern California-based rock/metal band featuring ex-HAVOCHATE vocalist Tim Bouchee's son Josh Bauserman, has just released its debut EP, "Ruin".

The track listing for the effort is as follows:

01. Within You Lies
02. Enemy
03. Low
04. Made To End
05. Your Tragedy

Formed in March 2008, INTERIM DIVINE consists of the following musicians:

Josh Bauserman (Vocals)
Kasey Johnston (Guitars)
Aaron MacKenzie (Guitar)
Mike Hamilton (Bass)
Dav Fulford-Brown (Drums)

The band is currently unsigned.

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

Tim Bouchee and HAVOCHATE parted ways shortly after the release of their 2005 album, "Cycle Of Pain".

Germany's DasDing.TV recently conducted an interview with LINKIN PARK singer Chester Bennington about his side project, DEAD BY SUNRISE. Watch the chat below.

DEAD BY SUNRISE's debut album, "Out Of Ashes", is scheduled for release on October 13.

The track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. Fire
02. Crawl Back In
03. Too Late
04. Inside Of Me
05. Let Down
06. Give Me Your Name
07. My Suffering
08. Condemned
09. Into You
10. End Of The World
11. Walking In Circles
12. In The Darkness

Bennington began working on DEAD BY SUNRISE back in 2006, explaining, "I came up with a few songs that felt and sounded really good, but I knew they weren't right stylistically for LINKIN PARK. They were darker and moodier than anything I'd come up with for the band. So I decided to work on them on my own rather than turn them over and have them transformed into LINKIN PARK tracks."

The band, which is Bennington on vocals, guitarists Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh (from ORGY/JULIEN-K), bassist Brandon Belsky, drummer Elias Anda (also from JULIEN-K), and keyboardist Anthony Valcic, recorded "Out Of Ashes" in Los Angeles with producer Howard Benson (MOTÖRHEAD, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE).

German death/thrash metal act SARDONIC has uploaded a new track called "Swarm" to the group's MySpace page. The song comes off the band's new mini-CD, "Parasites", which will be released on September 28 via the German label DB Agency. The CD was recorded, mixed and mastered by Niels Löffler. The artwork was created by Tomasz Wisniewski.

"Parasites" track listing:

01. Parasites (1:07)
02. Unskilled (3.34)
03. Swarm (3:55)
04. Cannibalism Gospel (4:48)
05. Death By A Thousand Cuts (3:35)
06. Black Acid, White Fire, Red Death (3:57)

SCUM OF THE EARTH, the band featuring former ROB ZOMBIE guitarist Riggs, has scheduled the following dates:

Oct. 30 - The Back Bar - Janesville, WI
Oct. 31 - McGuffy’s House of Rock - Dayton, OH
Nov. 01 - Annies Entertainment Complex - Cincinnati, OH

SCUM OF THE EARTH's latest CD, "Sleaze Freak", was released on October 23, 2007. The explicit (PA) version of the album was made available at most retailers containing an added DVD video. The DVD consists of footage filmed while recording and mixing the album documenting the recording and mixing process and many hijinks of the band around town, in the studio, and on the road.

SCUM OF THE EARTH's first studio album of all-new material since the critically-acclaimed debut "Blah…Blah…Blah…Love Songs For The New Millennium" (2004), "Sleaze Freak" contains 13 brand new songs described by Riggs as "heavy-as-hell grinding, stripper-rock." "It's a much more intense collection of material than 'Blah…Blah…Blah…'" said Riggs. "We did everything we wanted to do this time around, which allowed us to really embody the whole red-light-district sleazy vibe into the material."

Michael Lello of Northeastern Pennsylvania's The Weekender recently conducted an interview with the Baltimore, Maryland-based rock band CHARM CITY DEVILS (formerly known as FORTY ACRES and CHOSEN SON). Watch the chat in four parts below.

"Let's Rock 'n' Roll", the debut album from CHARM CITY DEVILS, sold around 1,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No. 28 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.

"Let's Rock 'n' Roll" was released on May 26 via Eleven Seven Music, helmed by label president Nikki Sixx (MÖTLEY CRÜE co-founder/bassist).

"When I first heard CHARM CITY DEVILS, my initial thought, along with everyone at Eleven Seven, was this is a real rock band!" said Sixx. "When I listen to their music, I hear elements of credible bands like AEROSMITH and I feel AC/DC. I like the fact that they're from Baltimore and the way they relate the working man's experience. They're not from New York or L.A. You don't hear many bands from Baltimore and these guys carry on tradition with their own relevant and modern sound with classic riffs."

Selected as Sixx's first signing to the label, it's obvious that there's something special about CHARM CITY DEVILS. With their roots firmly planted in the blues, the band combines the best, loudest and most raw elements of hard rock, with a touch of punk spirit thrown into the mix. Recorded primarily in frontman John Allen's home studio, "Let's Rock 'n' Roll" retains what he calls "a very high-energy, garage-y type of vibe."

"I'm a control freak," Allen admitted, "and anytime you turn your music, image and everything over to an outside entity, you worry. But I know that Eleven Seven understands who we are and what we do. We're a perfect fit because our genre of music is their forte; they know how to bridge hard rock and the new generation of fans."

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

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Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM will take part in an in-store signing session at HMV (Place Laurier) in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada on Tuesday, September 22 between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.

CHILDREN OF BODOM's video for the band's cover version of the CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL classic "Lookin' Out My Back Door" can be viewed below. The song comes off the Finnish metallers' new album, titled "Skeletons In The Closet", which is scheduled for release on September 23 through Spinefarm. The follow-up to last year's "Blooddrunk" is a selection of cover versions, some of them existing recordings, others specially laid down for this release.

CHILDREN OF BODOM has been recording covers since the early days of its career, some predictably heavy ("Silent Scream" by SLAYER, for example), others reflecting an altogether broader taste ("Talk Dirty To Me" by POISON).

CHILDREN OF BODOM will return to North America this fall to headline a massive, month-long tour. The 20-city trek will launch on Friday, September 18 at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island and will run through October 14 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Support will come from THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER and SKELETONWITCH.

Just as the GWAR "Lust in Space" tour gets underway, Slave Pit announces yet another appearance from Fox News "Interplanetary Correspondent" Oderus Urungus on late-night news/comedy show "Red Eye", hosted by the devilishly handsome, yet obtusely rotund, Greg Gutfeld. Oderus joins the show for the eighth time, again for the entire episode, tomorrow morning (Friday, September 18) at 3:00 a.m.

"Every week I expect to be sacked...yet for some reason they keep asking me back," said the mindlessly violent, yet disarmingly entertaining front-thing. "Could it be that I rule? Of course it is! I was way funnier than Adam Corolla last time I was on! "
This episode also marks the 600th episode of "Red Eye".

"I fully expect to be there for episode six hundred and sixty-six!" said the openly extra-terrestrial lead singer.

"Red Eye" is a late-night/early-morning talk show on the Fox News channel. Airing at 3:00 a.m. EST on weekdays with repeats on weekends at 12:00 a.m. EST, the show covers a variety of topics, including news, entertainment, sports, and gossip. It is hosted by former Maxim U.K. editor Greg Gutfeld.

"Lust In Space", the new album from GWAR, sold around 5,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 96 on The Billboard 200 chart.

GWAR recently shot a music video for "Let Us Slay", the first single from "Lust In Space", which was released on August 18 via Metal Blade Records. The clip was shot in Richmond, Virginia by director David Brodsky (SUICIDE SILENCE, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, WHITECHAPEL) and his MyGoodEye crew.

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY drummer Craig Nunemacher is renovating his studio and needs to make room for more gear. He is giving fans a chance to own a piece of BLS history... his legendary Silver Mafia/Ozzfest drumkit! It will come with four cymbals, hi-hats and a seat.

The kit is currently being auctioned via eBay at this location (auction ends on September 27).

(Thanks: NJthrasher)

ANEW REVOLUTION, the Austin, Texas-based band featuring former members of SLAVES ON DOPE and UNLOCO, has tapped Ben Schigel (DROWNING POOL, WALLS OF JERICHO, CHIMAIRA, BREAKING POINT) to produce the group's second album, tentatively due in early 2010 via E1 Music (formerly KOCH Records). ANEW REVOLUTION will enter the Spider Studios in Strongsville, Ohio on October 13 to begin recording the follow-up to the group's 2008 Mudrock-produced (AVENGED SEVENFOLD, GODSMACK) debut, "Rise".

Commented vocalist Joey Duenas: "I've known Ben for almost nine years touring and hitting the grind. He has a great ear and is perfect for what we are trying to achieve. I am totally stoked to be collaborating with him on this next record."

Added Schigel: "I am very excited to have ANEW REVOLUTION in the studio and I'm looking forward to making a great record!"

A video blog featuring footage from the ANEW REVOLUTION pre-production sessions can be viewed below.

ANEW REVOLUTION released a self-titled EP soon after forming, selling out all five thousand copies they printed at shows and off of the Internet. The five-track release served as a strong introduction to fans and paved the way to their relationship with KOCH.

TWISTED SISTER's fourth annual "Twisted Christmas" concert — featuring an updated version of the band's Christmas show — will take place on Sunday, December 6 at the Nokia Theater in New York City.

Tickets go on sale on Friday, September 25.

Video footage of TWISTED SISTER's last "Twisted Sister, A Twisted Christmas On Broadway" holiday extravaganza, which was held on December 5, 2008 at the Nokia Theater in New York City, can be viewed below. The show featured the band performing songs its now-classic rockin' holiday CD and DVD, "A Twisted Christmas", with a special guest appearance by '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford, including "I'll Be Home For Christmas", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Deck The Halls", and "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" inspired by their biggest hit, "We're Not Gonna Take It".

The promotional "I'll Be Home For Christmas" clip, which was released in November, features Lita Ford in her first video in 20 years. The video intersperses live concert footage of TWISTED SISTER and the TS bandmembers on their tour bus (and, of course, a hilarious twist of an ending), and it's by far the biggest production of all the "A Twisted Christmas" videos.

Formed in 1973, TWISTED SISTER dominated the radio airwaves and MTV with such monster hits as "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock", still staples at classic rock radio and television. To date, the band has sold over 10 million albums worldwide, boasts 34 silver, gold and platinum certifications from eight countries and has toured in 22 different countries. TWISTED SISTER has given over 9,000 performances in its thirty-plus-year career.

An EPK (Electronic Press Kit) for ALICE IN CHAINS' much-anticipated new album, "Black Gives Way To Blue", can be viewed below. Due on September 29, the CD was recorded with producer Nick Raskulinecz (RUSH, FOO FIGHTERS) at Studio 606 in Northridge, California and Henson Studios in Hollywood.

The track listing for the album is as follows:

01. All Secrets Known
02. Check My Brain
03. Last Of My Kind
04. Your Decision
05. A Looking In View
06. When The Sun Rose Again
07. Acid Bubble
08. Lessons Learned
09. Take Her Out
10. Private Hell
11. Black Gives Way To Blue

ALICE IN CHAINS will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Friday, September 25 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the broadcast live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. time at BBC.co.uk.

ALICE IN CHAINS will celebrate the release of "Black Gives Way To Blue" with an outdoor mini-concert on ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Tuesday, September 29 (which will actually air the morning of Wednesday, September 30).

If you pre-order ALICE IN CHAINS' new album, "Black Gives Way To Blue", via iTunes, you will receive two exclusive bonus tracks: "Your Decision" (live) and "Black Gives Way To Blue (Elton John Piano Mix)".

(Thanks: NJthrasher)

Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley was the featured guest last night (Wednesday, September 16) on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn. The program, which included a phone call from Frehley's former KISS bandmate Peter Criss is now available for streaming at this location.

According to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, Frehley's new solo album, "Anomaly", is on track to sell between 12,000 and 15,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release.

In addition to the standard CD release, unique "Anomaly" packages were made available at Wal-Mart and Best Buy locations. The Wal-Mart version includes an Ace autographed tattoo while the Best Buy edition is printed on silver stock, like the KISS "Double Platinum" album.

Released on September 15 via Ace's own Bronx Born Records, with Rocket Science providing a full label service platform in the U.S., "Anomaly" was produced and recorded in Westchester County, New York between 2007 and 2009 and was mixed in Los Angeles.

Frehley last year spent time on the road fronting a band that featured second guitarist Derrek Hawkins, drummer Scot Coogan (ex-BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION) and bassist Anthony Esposito (ex-LYNCH MOB).

HEARSE, the Swedish "death 'n' roll" band featuring former ARCH ENEMY singer Johan Liiva and ex-FURBOWL drummer Max Thornell, will play its first-ever concert in the band's home country on October 24 at Stockholm's Kafé 44. Also scheduled to appear are GENERAL SURGERY and UNCURBED.

HEARSE's fifth album, "Single Ticket To Paradise", was released on June 15 via Vic Records.

the band filmed a video for the new song "Sundown" on February 7 in Stockholm with Owe Lingvall and Oscar from Village Road Film.

HEARSE's fourth LP, "In These Veins", was released in North America on September 18, 2007 via Candlelight Records.

Formed by longtime friends Thornell and Liiva, HEARSE recorded a demo before signing with Hammerheart Records. The band released a limited-edition 7-inch single, entitled "Torch", prior to issuing their debut album, "Dominion Reptillian", in 2003. A follow-up effort, "Armageddon Mon Amour", came out in 2004. The group's third CD, "The Last Ordeal", was released in August 2005 through Holland's Karmageddon Media.

Guitarist/songwriter Nicolas van Dyk of the Los Angeles-based progressive metal band REDEMPTION has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, which he describes as "a particularly bad form of blood cancer which is generally considered incurable and which has a five-year survival rate of 34%."

Nicolas' lengthy online post regarding his condition and prognosis can be found at this location.

REDEMPTION — which also features in its ranks vocal legend Ray Alder of FATES WARNING — will release its fourth CD, "Snowfall on Judgment Day", on October 6 through Inside Out Music. The album was mixed and mastered by Tommy Newton, who produced the group's last two CDs, at Area 51 Studios in Celle, Germany. The artwork was once again created by Travis Smith.

"Snowfall on Judgment Day" track listing:

01. Peel
02. Walls
03. Leviathan Rising
04. Black and White World
05. Unformed
06. Keep Breathing
07. Another Day Dies *
08. What Will You Say
09. Fistful of Sand
10. Love Kills Us All / Life in One Day

* Duet between Ray Alder and James LaBrie of DREAM THEATER

The track "Black and White World" is available for streaming on the REDEMPTION MySpace page.

A video teaser for the album can be viewed below.

Commented the band: "Musically, we have continued to grow and expand on the basic REDEMPTION formula. We have continued to push the envelope of heaviness combined with strong melody and emotional urgency in the music and I think the collection of songs is very strong, with some very in-your-face tunes that are among the heaviest in prog metal to some quieter, more elaborate moments, with technical thrown in where it belongs."

REDEMPTION is:

Ray Alder - Vocals
Nick van Dyk - Guitar, Keyboards
Bernie Versailles - Guitar
Sean Andrews - Bass
Chris Quirarte - Drums
Greg Hosharian - Keyboards

REDEMPTION released a concert DVD, "Frozen in the Moment: Live in Atlanta", in late February/early March. The disc contains a five-camera, high-definition shoot of the band's ProgPower USA VIII festival appearance in Atlanta, Georgia in October 2007. In addition, there is a 12-minute video and photo tour diary set to the band's previously unreleased instrumental from the DREAM THEATER songwriting contest that REDEMPTION wrote back in 2003.

REDEMPTION released its third CD, "The Origins of Ruin", in April 2007 via InsideOut Music. The CD follows up 2005's breakthrough release "The Fullness of Time", the band's first with FATES WARNING frontman Ray Alder, which generated tremendous critical and popular acclaim.

BLOOD MORTIZED, the Swedish death metal band featuring former AMON AMARTH guitarist Anders Hansson (who played on AMON AMARTH's first two albums, 1996's "Sorrow Throughout The Nine Worlds" and 1998's "Once Sent From The Golden Hall") and CRYPT OF KERBEROS drummer Mattias Borgh, has issued the following update:

"BLOOD MORTIZED are now ready to strike yet again. More music has been written and you can expect nothing but rotten-to-the-core, old-school death metal.

"In the near future, the band will hit Underworld Recording to record two brand new songs for a upcoming 7" EP. All of you old-school death metal freaks surely know that the 7" vinyl EP is as death metal as it gets!

"We are now looking for a label that wants to work with us on this upcoming release.

"If you run a label and you are interested, contact us [as soon as possible]! We are also looking for a label interested in releasing the debut CD as a vinyl version."

BLOOD MORTIZED's self-titled debut album was released in April through Singapore's Vrykoblast Productions.

BLOOD MORTIZED is:

Mattias Parkkila (MALFEITOR, STIGMATA, E.G.Y.P.T, EXCRETION) - Vocals
Benny Moberg (MALFEITOR) - Guitar
Anders Hansson (AMON AMARTH, PATHALOY) - Guitar
Mattias Borgh (CRYPT OF KERBEROS, EMBRYO, ARCANA) - Drums

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

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has penned the latest installment of his weekly column, which appears every Thursday on Reverb at SeattleWeekly.com. An excerpt follows below.

"A couple of months back, I wrote that I was going to test little bits and pieces of a potential book I may write. If I do enough of these tests, who knows? I may just have the start of a larger work. To make things coherent and in context, I will present things here in a broader sense. Think of it as an outline. Here goes another installment.

"The memories I have of the mid-to-late-'80s Hollywood rock scene do not necessarily include bands that may pop into one's mind. My band, GUNS N' ROSES, and the close network of friends that we kept, were a ragtag bunch of outcasts that remained rather insulated and kept to ourselves during this period. We had little in common with the popular L.A. bands then. Though parts of this story may seem a bit dark, this period of my life was one of the funnest and most profound. It also contained many strong elements of a young man's rite of passage, including a loss of innocence in many respects and facing mortality as a result of losing close friends to overdoses. Maybe not the usual rites of passage, but at the time these life hurdles seemed normal.

"I packed my bags and cut my ties with my hometown of Seattle in September 1984. The idea of driving to New York in my beat-up 1971 Ford Maverick became moot as soon as I realized that, on a budget of $360, the East Coast was just too far away. I decided Los Angeles was a safer place for me than the heroin-infested punk scene of the Pacific Northwest. I was badly mistaken."

Read McKagan's entire column at SeattleWeekly.com.

"B-Sides" recently conducted an interview with New York hardcore legends MADBALL. Watch a two-minute excerpt from the chat below.

MADBALL recently announced the addition of drummer Ben Dussault (THROWDOWN, A DEATH FOR EVERY SIN) to the group's ranks.

MADBALL's sixth album, "Infiltrate the System", came out August 21, 2007. The band shot the video for the title track on September 12, 2007 in the streets of New York City, and posted an open casting call on their web site to all of their fans, urging them to "wear what you would normally wear, be it a suit, work clothes, or a t-shirt and jeans."

Formed when vocalist Freddy Cricien was in his early teens, MADBALL has been one of the driving forces of hardcore in recent years delivering anthemic, touchstone albums such as "Demonstrate My Style" (1996) and "Set It Off" (1994).

In preparation for the release of their magnum opus, "Axe To Fall", on October 20, Massachusetts-based hardcore/metal band CONVERGE has debuted the title track from its forthcoming release on SPIN.com.

In August, CONVERGE released the first track from "Axe To Fall", "Dark Horse", which Stereogum praised as having "everything you could want from a CONVERGE song — knotty guitars, deep hardcore breakdowns, gnarled howls, and a triumphant blast of a finish — along with an updated dark-progressive feel you'll find threaded throughout." Since its release the Internet was set ablaze with swirling speculation of metal album of the year and mass critical acclaim.

Now, a month from release, CONVERGE has unveiled the teeth-gnashing title track from "Axe To Fall" on SPIN.com, who say "this foursome smash, crash, and destroy with foot-stomping appeal: Like a dropping guillotine, a screeching guitar riff falls into a cacophony of heavy guitar distortion, swelling bass, breakneck drum fills, and the hardcore screams of frontman Jacob Bannon."

Produced by guitarist Kurt Ballou at his Godcity studios in Salem, Massachusetts, "Axe To Fall" features guest appearances from Steve Brodsky (CAVE IN), Adam McGrath (CAVE IN), J.R. Connors (CAVE IN, DOOMRIDERS), Uffe Cederlund (DISFEAR, ex-ENTOMBED), John Pettibone (THE VOWS, HIMSA), Steve Von Till (NEUROSIS) and Mookie Singerman (GENGHIS TRON).

"Axe To Fall" track listing:

01. Dark Horse
02. Reap What You Sow
03. Axe To Fall
04. Effigy
05. Worms Will Feed
06. Wishing Well
07. Damages
08. Losing Battle
09. Dead Beat
10. Cutter
11. Slave Driver
12. Cruel Bloom
13. Wretched World

According to the Associated Press, Joe Perry is angry that AEROSMITH has been sidelined due to Steven Tyler's tour injury.

AEROSMITH was forced to cancel its summer tour after Tyler fell off the stage while performing in Sturgis, South Dakota in early August. Following the incident, Tyler had his arm in a sling and told RollingStone.com that he was taking a bunch of painkillers.

"The tour was building up to be a great tour, and I was pretty (upset), you know," Perry told the Associated Press.

The guitarist revealed that he hasn't even spoken to Tyler recently. "I haven't talked to him in over five weeks," he said. "I don't know what's going on with him. I hear he's getting better, but I don't know I really don't know what's going on with him."

He added, "All I know is [Tyler's] got to get his act together. I mean, he and I haven't written a song together alone in the same room in over ten years, so there's been some changes in paradigm of what AEROSMITH is."

Perry's solo effort, "Have Guitar, Will Travel", comes out October 6. The first single is "We've Got A Long Way To Go".

The legendary guitarist Johnny Ramone — named one of the "10 greatest electric-guitar players" by Time magazine — of beloved punk group the RAMONES will be honored at a special tribute set for Saturday, October 3 at Hollywood Forever Cemetery (6000 Santa Monica Boulevard) in Los Angeles.

As part of the celebration for the fifth annual Johnny Ramone Tribute, Johnny's wife Linda Ramone and longtime RAMONES affiliate John Cafiero will be joined by original band member Tommy Ramone and CJ Ramone; they will all be on hand for interviews, to meet with fans and sign memorabilia.

"Johnny would have been really excited about this — he loved being Johnny Ramone all day long," explained Linda Ramone. "He would have loved to see RAMONES fans paying tribute to him; as he always said, RAMONES fans are the best fans in the world."

"It is very gratifying to see RAMONES fans gather together for events like this," added Tommy Ramone. "It gives us the opportunity to keep the RAMONES legacy alive and to share special times together."

A special screening of the classic 1977 RAMONES concert film "It's Alive" will be shown against the 24-foot mausoleum wall, followed by a screening of one of Johnny's favorite all-time movies, the 1968 cult horror classic "Night of The Living Dead" — colorized and in 3D (fans will receive a free pair of JRA 3D glasses for the event). There will also be an art gallery featuring original paintings by Dee Dee Ramone and a rare RAMONES memorabilia exhibit as well as surprise celebrity guests.

The special outdoor event is presented by Linda Ramone in association with the Johnny Ramone Army. Proceeds for the event will benefit the Johnny Ramone Research Fund at USC Westside Prostate Cancer Center lead by Dr. David Agus.

Johnny Ramone Tribute
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
6000 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA

Cemetery gates will open at: 5:30 p.m.
Tickets: $10.00

Guitarist Patrik Jensen of Swedish metallers THE HAUNTED has released the following statement:

"Bad news... THE HAUNTED Gothenburg gig [on Friday, September 18] at Sticky Fingers tomorrow is cancelled, due to Per [Möller Jensen] being diagnosed today with swine flu. We are working hard at arranging a new gig in Gothenburg as soon as possible. Thank you for understanding our situation."

(Note: NIGHTRAGE is still playing tomorrow's concert at at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg.)

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving recently told the German edition of the Metal Hammer magazine that the band has commenced the songwriting process for a new album. "Looking at the ideas that we're coming up with, looking at the stuff that we're doodling around with, it's gonna be a very heavy and it's gonna be a very strange record," he said. "It's gonna be like a continuation of what we started experimenting with both on 'rEVOLVEr' [2004] and on 'The Dead Eye' [2006], so it'll be eclectic and hard. 'Cause around the time of 'The Dead Eye', we felt that we really needed to do something that we hadn't done that we really wanted to do, and we got a lot of critique for it; a lot of people didn't like it. We loved it, and the songs that we're playing off that record are going over really well with the audience and we're really enjoying to play them. So we figure, why the fuck shouldn't we play and continue to try and evolve as musicians and songwriters?! And that's what we'll do."

THE HAUNTED is continuing to tour in support of its latest album, "Versus", which entered the Swedish chart at position No. 14 and the Finnish chart at No. 12.The CD was recorded in part at PUK studio in Denmark with producer Tue Madsen (HEAVEN SHALL BURN, DARK TRANQUILLITY, MOONSPELL, etc), who previously worked with the group on its two previous LPs, "rEVOLVEr" and "The Dead Eye".

Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA's September 15, 2009 concert at US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio — including clips of pre-show meet-and-greet, tuning-room jam and the actual performance — can be viewed below.

The band's setlist was as follows:

01. That Was Just Your Life
02. The End Of The Line
03. For Whom The Bell Tolls
04. Fuel
05. One
06. Broken, Beat And Scarred
07. Cyanide
08. Sad But True
09. The Unforgiven
10. All Nightmare Long
11. The Day That Never Comes
12. Master Of Puppets
13. Fight Fire With Fire
14. Nothing Else Matters
15. Enter Sandman
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16. Stone Cold Crazy
17. Whiplash
18. Seek and Destroy

METALLICA filmed its July 7, 2009 concert in Nimes, France for an upcoming DVD release, but the catch is that the disc will be available only in France and through METALLICA's official website, Metallica.com. Since it's a French product, you'll also need an all-region DVD player in order to watch it in North America. The DVD will arrive on October 19. METALLICA also documented its three recent shows in Mexico City for DVD, although that looks like it will be released in Latin America only.

All four members of KISS took part in several live interviews early today (Thursday, September 17) as part a media blitz to promote their upcoming tour and album. Watch video footage of their appearances below.

KISS' new album, "Sonic Boom", will be released in Europe on October 5 via Loud & Proud/Roadrunner Records. The CD will be made available on October 6 in the U.S. and Canada exclusively via Wal-Mart, Walmart.com and Sam's Club retail locations.

"Sonic Boom", produced by guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley in Los Angeles, is the centerpiece of a three-disc set that also features a completely re-recorded greatest hits CD (previously available in Japan) as well as a live DVD shot in Argentina during the band's recent, record-breaking KISS Alive 35 South American tour. The CD set will retail for $12, with pre-orders starting in September on Walmart.com.

Wal-Mart, one of America's largest music retailers, is finalizing its exciting plans now for its in-store and online destinations for KISS fans surrounding the launch of the new album and tour, and will host various KISS products in addition to their music in its stores this fall. More details on Wal-Mart KISS activity, announcements regarding album pre-sales, sweepstakes and KISS appearances will be shared shortly.

The "Sonic Boom" cover art was created by Michael Doret, who also designed the band's classic "Rock And Roll Over" album cover.

Vic Records will re-release the long-out-of-print debut from Sweden's FURBOWL, "Those Shredded Dreams", on October 26.

FURBOWL was formed in 1991 when Johan Liiva left CARNAGE and hooked up with his old buddy Max Thornell on drums (both would form HEARSE in the '90s). After a few demos, FURBOWL recorded their debut album, "Those Shredded Dreams", in 1991. The LP was produced by CARNAGE/CARCASS guitar player Michael Amott (ARCH ENEMY), who also played some leads on the album (and not surprisingly Michael asked Johan to join ARCH ENEMY some years later).

This reissue contains the legendary FURBOWL debut, "Those Shredded Dreams", plus two bonus video clips, and a bonus disc with 11 tracks the band recorded before and after their debut album. All in all, a true monument for the most underrated Swedish death metal band from the early '90s! It was remastered by Mike Wead (KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE). The album has new cover artwork by Ivan S. Bragin (OCTOBER TIDE, THE GATHERING, HEARSE) and extensive liner notes by Johan, Max and Michael.

The track listing is as follows:

Disc 1:

01. Damage Done
02. Nothing Forever
03. Razorblades
04. Desertion
05. Sharkheaven
06. Those Shredded Dreams
07. Desertion (video)

Disc 2: Bonus tracks

01. Hymn for Nathalie Rose (1993 demo)
02. Heart Inferno (1993 demo)
03. Only Inhuman (1992 demo)
04. Buried Alive (VENOM cover; 1993)
05. Sharkheaven (live 1993)
06. Razorblades (live 1993)
07. Day Man Lost (CARNAGE cover; live 1993)
08. Nothing Forever (live 1993)
09. Desertion (1991 demo)
10. Sharkheaven (1991 demo)

Pre-orders are being accepted at this location.

The best of New Jersey rock is hitting the road in October for the first of what will be many upcoming shows. RIOTGOD and FRIENDS OF BILL WILSON team up for tour.

RIOTGOD's members — drummer Bob Pantella (MONSTER MAGNET, CYCLE OF PAIN, ATOMIC BITCHWAX, RAGING SLAB), bassist Jim Baglino (MONSTER MAGNET, HUMAN REMAINS, DEAD GUY, LORD STERLING, RIBEYE BROS), guitarist Garrett Sweeny (PSYCHO DAISY) and singer Sunshine — are four creative players who decided in 2007 to make the music they wanted to hear, while searching for that infinite sustain. And joining them are FRIENDS OF BILL WILSON, fresh off an extremely successful national radio campaign. Developing artistically together for several years now, their musical range reaches comfortably across mainstream rock and roll to extend into edgier, more left-of-center trip rock.

Commented singer Damien Baldwin: [I'm] extremely excited to take this show on the road. We've seen such an outpouring of support over the last few months from fans all over the country, we're stoked to get out there with RIOTGOD and give folks a great night!"

Also, look for both bands on October 6 in Chicago at Delilah's bar doing a short DJ set during Ron Platzer's "Metal Shop".

Tour dates (more to come):

Oct. 01 - Hazleton, PA - Zola's Lamp Post
Oct. 02 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
Oct. 03 - South Bend, IN - The Backstage Grill
Oct. 04 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vollrath Tavern
Oct. 07 - Chicago, IL - Double Door
Oct. 08 - Bowling Green, OH - Howard's Club H
Oct. 09 - Detroit, MI - Blondie's
Oct. 10 - Toronto, ON - Bovine Sex Club

PAGAN'S MIND has replaced CIRCLE II CIRCLE on the billing of the first-ever progressive/power metal cruise dubbed Triton Power Cruise. The cruise will set sail on the Carnival Imagination on Friday, April 30, 2010 and return to Miami the following Monday (May 3).

PAGAN'S MIND will step in with co-headliners EVERGREY, CRIMSON GLORY and JON OLIVA'S PAIN for the United States first-ever progressive and power metal cruise.

Triton Power Cruise billing is as follows:

CRIMSON GLORY
EVERGREY
JON OLIVA'S PAIN
PAGAN'S MIND
SEVEN WITCHES
FUTURES END
EUMERIA
THE ELEMENT

As an added bonus, Casey Grillo of KAMELOT will be doing a drum clinic with Beatnik Rhythm Analyzers.

"Unfortunately, we ran into a scheduling conflict with CIRCLE II CIRCLE and as of this juncture they have been removed from the lineup of the Triton Power Cruise. It is greatly disheartening to not have CIRCLE II CIRCLE playing but we look forward to future endeavors with this incredibly talented band," said Beth Mays, promoter and director of the event.

"To have a band of the caliber of PAGAN'S MIND step in and play this event is beyond my reckoning. As a personal fan of this band, I am honored to have them onboard."

Cabin prices range from $650 to $725 per person with a mandatory minimum double occupancy. Price includes: cabin; all food on the cruise; a pre-party on Thursday, April 29, 2010; party in the Bahamas; all concerts, including an all-star jam; meet-and-greet; and more. Optional badge upgrade will be available for a private open-bar party with the bands for $50. Additional promotion codes are being offered via Internet heavy metal station www.infernalrockradio.com.

For more information, visit www.tritonpowercruise.com.

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with the Raleigh, North Carolina-based progressive metalcore quintet BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME prior to the band's September 8, 2009 concert in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Watch the 15-minute chat below.

Victory's metal focused web platform, VictoryMetal.com, is premiering the first full-length track from "The Great Misdirect", the forthcoming album from BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME. "Obfuscation" is now available for streaming at this location (free e-mail signup required). The nine-minute-and-fifteen-second song is a testament to the technically otherworldly original and proficient musicianship of BTBAM.

An audio teaser for "The Great Misdirect" is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The CD is scheduled for release on October 27 via Victory Records.

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME vocalist Tommy Rogers recently told Noisecreep about the group's Jamie King-produced follow-up to 2007's "Colors", "It's definitely a step forward for us, I think. I don't know ... when we write records, we never want to repeat ourselves, and we definitely have done that. So, I was worried when we started writing this record that we were just going to end up with something that sounds like 'Colors', and that's definitely not the case."

According to Rogers, "The Great Misdirect" is "more dynamic than we've ever been." The band, he said, tried "different things" on this record, resulting in a rather equal mix of "mellow stuff and more intense stuff. It's definitely BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME," Rogers added. "That's the coolest thing about our records. No matter what we do, it still sounds like us."

He continued, "It's a little over an hour of material, and it's definitely a lot of music. The thing with us is — yeah, we do have long songs, but we just try to never have a lot of filler. Some bands will have long songs, but half of the song will be a lot of filler. On 'Swim to the Moon' [the last track on the disc, which clocks in at over 18 minutes], there's no downtime. We try to pack everything with music, because we like to give people their money's worth."

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash is auctioning off an autographed top hat, book and photo for charity.

This auction is part of the Steve Vai "Where The Wild Things Are" DVD charity release party.

All proceeds from this auction will benefit Hollywood Arts.

The mission of Hollywood Arts a school that takes homeless and at risk teens off the streets and gives them creative tools to explore and express their artistic potentials.

Slash tracked his new solo record with former NINE INCH NAILS drummer Josh Freese and ex-JANE'S ADDICTION bassist Chris Chaney. Confirmed guest singers so far include Ozzy Osbourne and AVENGED SEVENFOLD's M. Shadows. The CD was produced by Eric Valentine (GOOD CHARLOTTE, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE) and features additional appearances by ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS bassist Flea. Freese told MusicRadar.com that Iggy Pop, Fergie (a.k.a. Stacy Ann Ferguson) of the BLACK EYED PEAS and Chris Cornell (SOUNDGARDEN, AUDIOSLAVE) will also appear on the LP. Working songtitles include "We're All Gonna Die", "These Last Words", "Crucify The Dead" and "Beautiful, Dangerous".

Slash left GUNS N' ROSES in the mid-'90s, forming SLASH'S SNAKEPIT before later assembling VELVET REVOLVER with several other ex-members of GUNS N' ROSES and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland (who was dismissed in April 2008).

New England metallers SHADOWS FALL took part in an electric performance and autograph-signing session this past Monday, September 14 at Looney Tunes in West Babylon, New York.

Video footage of the "My Demise" performance from Looney Tunes can be viewed below.

SHADOWS FALL's new album, "Retribution", was released on September 15 via Everblack Industries, the label SHADOWS FALL created in conjunction with Warner Music Group's ILG, Ferret Music and ChannelZERO Entertainment.

"Retribution" was produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris (HATEBREED, MUNICIPAL WASTE), with vocal production by Elvis Baskette (INCUBUS, ALTER BRIDGE). The cover artwork (see below) was created by Sons of Nero (UNEARTH, EVERY TIME I DIE, BRING ME THE HORIZON).

"Retribution" track listing:

01. The Path to Imminent Ruin
02. My Demise
03. Still I Rise
04. War
05. King Of Nothing (feat. Randy Blythe)
06. The Taste Of Fear
07. Embrace Annihilation
08. Picture Perfect
09. A Public Execution
10. Dead And Gone

AOSOTH, the French "religious black metal" band formed by MKM (ANTAEUS) and BST (THE ORDER OF APOLLYON, BALROG, ABORTED), has revealed the cover artwork and track listing of second full-length album, "Ashes Of Angels", due in January 2010 via Agonia Records. The CD was recorded at BST Studio in Paris and consists of nine original tracks and a cover of an ANTAEUS song.

The track listing is as follows:

01. Songs Without Lungs
02. Ashes Of Angels
03. Path Of Twisted Light
04. Embrace And Enlightenment
05. Teaching/Erasing
06. Summon The Dead
07. Cries Out Of Heaven
08. Communion Through Pain
09. Banished
10. Inner War (ANTAEUS COVER)

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