According to a posting at SickthingsUK, a brand-new ALICE COOPER collection of Sony-era material, entitled "Legends", is being released in Europe today (Sept. 26) via BMG. The complete track listing for the set is as follows:

Disc 1:

01. Poison
02. Spark In The Dark
03. House Of Fire
04. Only My Heart Talkin'
05. Bed Of Nails
06. Fire
07. Hell Is Living Without You
08. Might As Well Be On Mars
09. Feed My Frankenstein
10. Hurricane Years
11. Little By Little
12. Die For You

Disc 2:

01. Hey Stoopid
02. Love's A Loaded Gun
03. Snakebite
04. Burning Our Bed
05. Dangerous Tonight
06. Wind-Up Toy
07. Sideshow
08. Lost In America
09. You're My Temptation
10. Stolen Prayer
11. It's Me
12. Cleansed By FireDisc

Disc 3:

01. School's Out (Live)
02. I'm Eighteen (Live)
03. Sick Things (Live)
04. Billion Dollar Babies
05. Go To Hell
06. Only Women Bleed (Live)
07. Under My Wheels (Live)
08. Spark In The Dark (Live)
09. Poison (Live)
10. Hey Stoopid (Single Version)
11. No More Mr. Nice Guy

You can order "Legends" now from both Amazon U.K. and Amazon U.S..

Launch Radio Networks reports: The first DVD and live CD from BUSH will come out on November 1, titled "Zen X Four". The DVD will feature all of the British band's videos, while the CD will include more than 50 minutes of previously unreleased live and acoustic material. An acoustic version of the band's 1995 hit, "Comedown", will be sent as a single to radio stations in late October.

BUSH emerged in 1994 with "Sixteen Stone", which immediately yielded several hit singles, including "Everything Zen", "Little Things", "Glycerine" and "Comedown". The group released three more albums before going on hiatus in 2002.

BUSH frontman Gavin Rossdale is currently leading a new band called INSTITUTE and told Launch that working with BUSH again isn't on his mind at the moment. "I'm in a seriously good band right now, and that's all that I can think of right now," he said. "I mean, any kind of thoughts of BUSH is so about the future and about, you know, possibilities and maybe this and potentially that. We can twist ourselves stupid by worrying about the past or worrying about the future, when really all we have is now. What I have now is INSTITUTE, so that's my main thrust."

INSTITUTE's debut album, "Distort Yourself", entered the Billboard Top 200 last week at Number 81 with first-week sales of just over 12,000.

INSTITUTE played a series of club dates during the summer but has so far announced only one new show, on October 23 in Dallas, Texas. More are expected to be announced soon.

Swedish metallers THE DUSKFALL have finished filming a video for the track "Shoot It In". The video was shot in Helsinki, Finland and "is being cut and animated as we speak," according to a posting on the band's web site. "We will post it here in two weeks. All our gratitude towards the director Juha Niska and his film crew — fucking great people! Hope to do more work with you guys in the future!"

"Shoot It In" comes off the group's third album, "Lifetime Supply of Guilt", available now on Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Source" was produced by Daniel Bergstrand, who has previously worked with IN FLAMES, MESHUGGAH and STUCK MOJO, among others. Mastering duties were handled at the Cutting Room in Solna, Sweden.

Launch Radio Networks reports: Is an all-new KISS on the horizon, one that doesn't have any original members? It's possible, according to the band's manager. According to the New York Times, KISS manager Doc McGhee "has been toying with the idea of recruiting an entire band to...don the band's famous makeup." McGhee said, "KISS is more like Doritos or Pepsi, as far as a brand name is concerned. They're more characters than the individual person. I think (new members) have a legitimate chance to carry the franchise."

KISS singer-bassist Gene Simmons doesn't necessarily disagree with that idea. He told Launch that the concept of original members isn't widely held by fans, and it isn't really accurate anyway. "There's no question that there's a core of fans — five-10 percent, my sense is — who believe in original members," he said. "And yet, when you look at original members, THE BEATLES are not original members — Ringo is not an original member; the STONES — barely. You know, they've had so many members come and go, but it's the STONES; and AC/DC's aren't original members; and VAN HALEN; and JOURNEY...you go down the list of every — almost every band you can think of."

Florida's WYKKED WYTCH have uploaded two demo tracks that are set to be included on the band's forthcoming album, tentatively titled "The Awakening". Check out the songs "The Awakening" and "Beneath Our Skin" at www.myspace.com/wykkedwytch.

The tracks were recorded last month at Redroom Recorders in Tampa, FL with engineer Mark Prator (MORBID ANGEL, DEICIDE, OBITUARY) and mastered by Jim Morris (DEATH, ICED EARTH) at Morrisound.

"We are currently shopping the material to interested labels and CD samplers of the new songs will be available on our tour with DEICIDE in Europe next month," the band write in a press release.

"Our current plans are to finish out the year supporting our current album 'Nefret', which was released last year on Demolition Records, and then go into the studio in early 2006 to record our fourth album."

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH will release their debut DVD, "Peace Through Superior Firepower" (view cover here), on November 1 via Roadrunner Records (one day earlier internationally).

Compiled by the band's frontman, Dani Filth and guitarist Paul Allender, the DVD features the band's theatrical show, shot in Paris at the Elysee Montmartre on April 2, 2005. Also included is an hour of documentary-style "behind-the-scenes" footage with the band spanning the last three years of the band's existence. It includes extensive band interviews and an insight into life on the road, shot on their recent tours. Special extras include six of the band's sumptuous promotional videos — "Her Ghost in the Fog", "Promise of Fever", "Babylon AD", "Mannequin", "No Time To Cry" and recent music channel favourite, "Nymphetamine", featuring guest vocalist Liv Kristine (LEAVES' EYES, ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY). Also included is a photo gallery and a hidden "Easter egg" piece for fans to hunt out.

The track listing for the live portion of the DVD is as follows:

01. Gilded Cunt
02. Nemesis
03. Mannequin
04. Black Goddess Rises
05. Gothic Romance
06. Her Ghost in the Fog
07. Nymphetamine
08. Tortured Soul Asylum
09. The Forest Whispers My Name
10. Bruise Upon the Silent Moon
11. The Promise of Fever
12. 13 Autumns and a Widow
13. Mother of Abominations
14. Painting Flowers White Never Suited My Palette
15. From the Cradle to Enslave

CRADLE OF FILTH are scheduled to enter the studio October 10 to begin recording the follow-up to last year's "Nymphetamine", tentatively due in early 2006 via Roadrunner Records. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "I Am The Thorn", "Lovesick For Mina", "The Byronic Man", "Cemetery And Sundown", "Libertina Grimm", "The Flora Of Nightfall, The Fauna Of War" and "Dirge Inferno".

CRADLE OF FILTH's most recent release was "Nymphetamine: Special Edition", available now on Roadrunner. The collection features two all-new tracks ("Prey" and "Soft White Throat"), covers of OZZY OSBOURNE's "Mr. Crowley", BATHORY's "Bestial Lust" and CLIFF RICHARD's "Devil Woman", two previously unreleased tracks, all-new and expanded artwork, and the video for "Nymphetamine".

AFM Records/Soulfood/CHS has set a November 25 European released date for the long-delayed WHITESNAKE DVD, "The Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues Show". The set, which was recorded last October at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, was supposed to come out in time for the band's summer's U.S. tour, but was pushed back to later in the year because the producer suffered a heart attack. "The guy who's been coordinating everything has just had a heart attack," WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale told Launch. "I said, 'Was it that good?' I'm gonna put on the, the thing a disclaimer for, 'WHITESNAKE are not responsible for speeding tickets or damage to home furnishings.' You know, evidently now, we're gonna have to be, 'or cardiac arrest!'"

HMV Japan had previously announced the following track listing for "The Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues Show" (view cover here):

01. Burn
02. Bad Boys
03. Love Ain't No Stranger
04. Ready An' Willing
05. Is This Love
06. Give Me All Your Love
07. Judgement Day
08. Snake Dance
09. Crying In the Rain
10. Ain't No Love
11. Don't Break My Heart Again
12. Fool For Your Loving
13. Here I Go Again
14. Take Me With You
15. Still of the Night

WHITESNAKE recently completed a South American tour with JUDAS PRIEST.

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has posted the following message on the band's official web site:

"JUDAS Fucking PRIEST!!!!!! First night [Sept. 25] with PRIEST in Cincinnati and it went off. We nailed 'em with 60 minutes of pure metal. The crowd was great for us and methinks we made a lot of converts to Thraxism. The metal Gods' wrath was meted out with the utmost severity. It's going to be a good tour. Screaming for vengeance, Scott."

JUDAS PRIEST and ANTHRAX are scheduled to perform at the Assembly Hall in Champaign, Illinois on Tuesday (Sept. 27).

The second of four weekly video teasers for MACHINE HEAD's upcoming DVD, "Elegies", has been posted online at the group's official web site, featuring clips from the vignettes featured within the concert movie. Head over to this location to get your exclusive sneak peek, and be sure to look for a new teaser video every Monday until "Elegies" hits stores around the world on October 10 (one day later in the U.S.).

As previously reported, MACHINE HEAD's first-ever DVD release will focus around (and contain the entirety of) the band's performance at London's Brixton Academy, filmed on December 5, 2004. In addition, the disc will feature three behind-the-scenes vignettes, focusing on the making of the band's newest record, "Through the Ashes of Empires", life on the road with MACHINE HEAD, and an up-close and personal look at the greatest horde of lunatics in the world — MACHINE HEAD fans. Viewers will have the choice of watching the vignettes interstitially (injected into the concert footage) or on their own. On top of that, three music videos — "Imperium", "Days Turn Blue to Gray" (both uncensored and uncut) and "The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears" — will also be included, each accompanied by its own behind-the-scenes "Making of" documentary. All of the aforementioned behind-the-scenes and documentary material has been recompiled and re-edited from over 300 hours of footage amassed by the band since writing for "Through the Ashes of Empires" began in 2003, providing a never-before-seen glimpse into the world of heavy metal's most ferocious empire.

Sharon Osbourne is still battling bulimia after 35 years with the eating disorder, she revealed on Monday.

Sharon, 52, told the Sun newspaper she gorges on pasta and ice cream before forcing herself to be sick.

The mother of three has had her stomach stapled and spent £300,000 (approximately $532,000) on cosmetic surgery but said even this had not cured her of the condition.

She still has impulsive eating binges and makes herself sick once a week, although this is down from a staggering four times a day.

She said: "Some people do drink and drugs but for me it's food, food, food. It's about having low self-esteem. It's not socially acceptable to be fat — people take the piss out of you."

The petite star, who is only 5 ft 2 in, said she weighed 16 stone 5 lbs (227 pounds) years ago.

She said: "I literally had to lift the rolls of fat off my belly to wash under it, that's how fat I was. How bad is that? Ozzy loved me as I was — but I didn't."

She has since lost half her body weight by having her stomach stapled and then had eight operations including a tummy tuck, boob job and facelift.

But she revealed the disorder which started when she was a teenager is still a part of her life.

She said: "I'm still bulimic. It's bad but I'm really trying to get better. I stuff myself with food like ice cream and pasta then rush to the loo and make myself sick."

HATEBREED have been added to the JUDAS PRIEST concert on October 5 at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Conecticut. Also appearing on the bill will be ANTHRAX.

In other news, HATEBREED have announced the first dates for their 10-year anniversary tour, which is scheduled to kick off in early November. Support on the tour will come from MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD, FULL BLOWN CHAOS, GIZMACHI, IF HOPE DIES and MANNTIS. Confirmed dates so far are as follows:

Nov. 01 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
Nov. 02 - Manchester, NH - Bombshelter
Nov. 03 - Buffalo, NY - Showplace Theatre
Nov. 04 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
Nov. 05 - Louisville, KY - The Gate
Nov. 06 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
Nov. 09 - Birmingham, AL - 4th & 16th Space
Nov. 10 - Jacksonville, FL - Fuel
Nov. 14 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm
Nov. 15 - Spartanburg, SC - Groundzero
Nov. 16 - Fayetteville, NC - Jester's Pub
Nov. 17 - Jacksonville, NC - Planet Rock
Nov. 18 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
Nov. 23 - Orono, ME - Ushuaia

JUDAS PRIEST will be awarded the "Metal Guru" award at this year's inaugural Classic Rock Roll of Honor, organized by Classic Rock magazine. Taking place on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at London's Café De Paris, the Classic Rock Roll of Honor will celebrate the big names as well as the unsung heroes from the diverse world of rock 'n' roll and promises to take a fresh approach to the tired award ceremony format.

To coincide with this event, JUDAS PRIEST will give the group's fans a once-in-a-lifetime chance to tell the band what they mean to them. This content will be edited and shown on the screens at the actual awards ceremony. The fans' views will be recorded this coming Tuesday (Sept. 27) in a central London venue in the early afternoon. If you want to attend, call (+44) (0) 208 962 8255 by Monday. Space is extremely limited.

For more information on the Classic Rock Roll of Honor awards, click here.

South African hard rockers SEETHER reportedly performed a cover of PANTERA's "Walk" during their concert at San Francisco's Civic Auditorium Sunday night (Sept. 25) as a tribute to fallen PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. The San Francisco show was the second night of SEETHER's North American tour as the support act for AUDIOSLAVE. It is not presently clear if SEETHER's cover of "Walk" will be performed at every stop on SEETHER's current tour.

SEETHER's latest album, "Karma and Effect", has sold 398,000 copies in the United States since its late May release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

SEETHER and AUDIOSLAVE are scheduled to perform at Portland, Oregon's Rose Garden Arena on Tuesday (Sept. 27).

Australia's News.com.au has issued the following report:

A priest whose century-old church was burned to the ground by a drunken teenage heavy metal fan said today he was satisfied with the three-year sentence the arsonist received.

Reverend Ron Rosinsky said a "lingering sadness" remained in his Melbourne congregation following the loss of the St Albans Uniting Church in August last year.

The damage bill for the 109-year-old church has been put at more than $3 million, but Mr Rosinsky said his congregation was focused on forgiveness.

He said parishioners also wanted to play a role in the rehabilitation of 19-year-old Novak Majstorovic (photo), of St Albans, who was sentenced today in Victoria's County Court.

He admitted to one count each of burglary and arson, which carry maximum terms of 10 and 15 years imprisonment.

Judge Jeanette Morrish instead imposed the maximum penalty of three years in a youth correctional facility on the arson charge plus a concurrent six-month term for the burglary.

"I am satisfied," Mr Rosinsky said noting that Judge Morrish had not imposed a term in an adult prison.

"My personal opinion is that it is the best sentence, given the circumstances, as the chances of rehabilitation are close to non-existent in prison."

The court heard today that Majstorovic had agreed to undergo counselling, and other treatment, if sent to a juvenile facility.

Mr Rosinsky said this would also give the church more options for communication with Majstorovic.

"We're very keen to do that, to develop a rapport with him ... we just feel he has been so disconnected," he said.

"There is a lingering sadness (about the loss of the church) but we're moving ahead and applying the ideals of rehabilitation and healing to the situation."

The court heard Majstorovic was the sole carer of his mother, who has schizophrenia, that he was an isolated and impressionable young man and he had taken on the anti-church beliefs espoused by the band BURZUM.

Majstorovic believed religion created "weak" people, he viewed churches as a symbol of many of society's problems and he also told a friend that he alone had "the balls" to act.

Shortly before the church fire, Majstorovic drunkenly told friends at a party that he was leaving to burn down a church.

Judge Morrish told Majstorovic today he was not being punished for his alternative views but for his crimes.

"You are being sentenced on the basis of unlawful conduct," she said.

"... You harboured thoughts about committing such a crime and you seized the opportunity to act on it while at the party."

NASUM drummer Anders Jakobson has posted the following message on the group's official web site:

"Someone asked about the NASUM/NAPALM DEATH split in the Q & A section the other day — will it come out or not?

"Well, I haven't got any real news about this. As far as I know it will come out one day, but when and how I do not know. No one does; it's another planed release that's all.

"Last time I spoke about it with Shane [Embury, NAPALM DEATH bassist] he said that he had gotten an OK from Earache to use their 'Earache songs' on the split and I guess they have to get a few more OK's before they can get working on a possible tracklist.

"I've spent some time today working with our part of the split. I did some adjustments to the edit I did a few months ago and also some EQ tweaking to improve the sound. It sounds pretty good right now and the edit has a good flow so overall it's possible finalized. I might tweak it some more when it's time to really finish it.

"The editing I've done is to exclude some songs that didn't sound so good due to either sloppy playing or problems with the sound. I've also moved around some of the songs, which was quite interesting. We used to combine our songs in 'blocks' and there are some completely new blocks in this edit, which at least entertains me.

"The tracklist is as follows:

01. Corrosion
02. Doombringer
03. Just Another Hog
04. Inhale/Exhale
05. Scoop
06. Bullshit
07. Relics
08. Löpandebandsprincipen
09. I Hate People
10. Masshypnosis
11. A Welcome Breeze Of Stinking Air
12. Fatal Search
13. This is...
14. The Masked Face
15. The Idiot Parade
16. Den Svarta Fanan

"I think it's about 21-22 minutes of music in total. Now just hope that you will hear this soon..."

INSIDIOUS DISEASE, the death metal band featuring guitarists Silenoz (real name: Sven Atle Kopperud; DIMMU BORGIR) and Jardar (real name: Jon Øyvind Andersen; OLD MAN'S CHILD), along with drummer Tony Laureano (DIMMU BORGIR, NILE, ANGELCORPSE), have announced the addition of bassist Shane Embury (NAPALM DEATH) to the group's ranks.

Commented the band in a statement: "We look foward to working with Shane. He is a long-standing and influential figure in extreme metal, and we are very happy to have him join the INSIDIOUS league."

INSIDIOUS DISEASE are currently working on material for their first album, tentatively due in 2006.