Guitar Hero World Tour Track Unearthed

The Raveonettes Get Festive

PR reports: Danish duo The Raveonettes are currently hard at work writing the tunes that will comprise their fourth LP.

Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo will return to Denmark in May to record the album, slated for release early this fall on Vice Music.

The band will return to the US for festival dates, including stops at Chicago's Lollapalooza, NYC's Siren Festival, and Austin City Limits. Their appearance at ACL will be the kick off for an extensive North American headlining tour, the dates of which they'll be announcing soon. - more on this story

Del the Funky Homosapien Releases New Album For Free

PR reports: Less than a year after the release of his last album, Hieroglyphics member and co-founder Del the Funky Homosapien joins the ranks of Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails with the free release of his new album, Funk Man: The Stimulus Package via Funnyman Entertainment. Del is currently on a nationwide promotional tour for the album and will be playing in over 30 cities.

As an early adapter of technology and having the status and perspective only a veteran can possess, Del takes advantage of his unique position to adopt a still experimental distribution strategy with Funk Man's release. Even with longevity, very few artists can hope to successfully launch a free full-length album.

However with Del the Funky Homosapien's solid fan base and sponsorship deals with Arnette, Skull Candy, Osiris Shoes, and Bandcamp.com, Funk Man's release not only ensures support for the creative process, but also gives fans easy access to music they crave. - Download Funk Man: The Stimulus Package Here

Chimaira Top Themselves

PR reports: Chimaira has exploded onto the Billboard Top 200 charts with the debut of their crushing new album, The Infection. The album landed at #30, with over 15,000 units sold. The Infection is the band's fifth studio album and the follow up to their acclaimed 2007 release, Resurrection¸ which debuted at #42 on Billboard.

Vocalist Mark Hunter commented on The Infection's success: "We can't thank our fans enough for supporting this album and spreading the word. In this day and age, when sales are down, and the economy is shit, the fact that we sold what we did is a miracle. We owe it to our fans for keeping us a relevant, top-tier band in the metal genre. Our fans really helped promote this album and it's just as much of a celebration for them as it is for us."

Chimaira is also pleased to announce that one of the tracks from The Infection, 'On Broken Glass,' will be available as a downloadable track for Guitar Hero World Tour. The song will be available starting May 7, as part of the Ferret Music/Metal Blade Track Pack, which also contains The Devil Wears Prada's 'Dez Moines', and Unearth's 'Grave of Opportunity'. - more on this story

Rob Halford Talks About Upcoming Judas Priest Tour

BW&BK reports: UK metal gods Judas Priest announced recently that they would celebrating the 30th anniversary of their legendary 1980 album British Steel by performing the whole album in its entirety during their upcoming North American tour with Whitesnake.

BraveWords.com spoke to vocal icon Rob Halford this week about a number of topics including the much talked about tour which commences in late June at Murat Centre in Indianapolis, IN.

"I'm going to be going over to the UK shortly and getting into learning all the British Steel stuff," Halford starts off. "Isn't that great?! I'm so excited that we are coming back to the Molson Ampitheater (in Toronto on August 13th, 2008) so quickly. The last time we were there it was so explosive and off the hook and the time before that was just as intense. It's remarkable. You know how sometimes everything becomes a blur, but those two shows are so vivid in my memory, absolutely vivid as anything just because of the amazing time the fans gave us. Fingers crossed we will get the same vibe going when we come back with Whitesnake." - more on this story

Paolo Nutini North American Tour Announced

Atlantic reports: Paolo Nutini has unveiled plans for a major North American headline tour. The dates celebrate the release of the Scottish-born singer/songwriter's eagerly awaited second album, "Sunny Side Up," which arrives everywhere on June 2nd.

Paolo and his band, The Vipers, will kick off the tour on July 20th at The Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, New York.

The dates continue through mid-August, with further shows to be revealed in the coming weeks. Support on all announced dates comes from Erin McCarley and labelmate Matt Hires. - more on this story

Parachute Hitting the Road With O.A.R.

Mercury Records reports: As the release date of their Mercury Records debut album Losing Sleep approaches on May 19th, Parachute moves into a final week of college dates and gear up for their spring tour with O.A.R.

Parachute's tour schedule, kicked off the first at South By Southwest (SXSW) Music & Media Conference in Austin, Texas, where they were included in the IFC Channel's SXSW Behind the Badge half-hour special throughout April highlighting them as one of the best of 2009's showcases.

On TV next month, their song "Back Again" has been confirmed for the May 19th episode of 90210's season finally on the CW, while "She Is Love" will be featured on One Tree Hill, May 4th. And on May 30th, Parachute will perform "She Is Love" and "Under Control" on the CBS Early Show. - more on this story

Stratovarius Dive Into the Deep Video Unknown

Kayos reports: Stratovarius and Eagle Rock Entertainment are proud to announce the world premiere of the video clip for "Deep Unknown," which debuted Friday, April 24th.

This is the first single from Polaris, their new studio album hitting stores May 26 through Armoury Records (a division of Eagle Rock Entertainment).

Take a dive into the "Deep Unknown," directed by Owe Lingvall of Village Road on the earMusic official Myspace - page

A 9mm Solution Found For Psychostick Tour

Rock Ridge reports: Milwaukee-based metal band 9mm Solution, which features ex-Morta Skuld member Dave Gregor, is set to release its sophomore album, "The Dream Is Dead," on Rock Ridge Music on June 9, 2009.

9mm Solution plans to tour heavily in support of the forthcoming album (see announced tour dates below), including a number of dates with labelmates Psychostick.

The group once again enlisted the help of SOIL bassist Tim King to produce and Ulrich Wild (Static-X, Deftones, Pantera) to do some mixing on the project. Basic tracks were completed at Mercenary Studios with Scott Creekmore, and with the exception of two songs, the tracks were mixed and mastered by Chris Djuricic at Belle City Studios. "The time around, we felt as if we had truly gotten the right formula for our sound," says guitarist Gregor. - more on this story

Ross Robinson Changing The Music Biz

PR reports: Ross Robinson, world-renowned music producer for the Cure, At the Drive In, Sepultura, Slipknot, Norma Jean, Korn and other countless successes will go into the recording studio with Long Beach band, Repeater to record their second album on April 28.

The band's debut full-length, "Iron Flowers" came out summer 2008 which Robinson heard through the band's MySpace Music page, using social media A&R as his tool for musical discovery.

Robinson is foregoing upfront recording costs to launch his music discovery model. In an effort to promote the band's content, Robinson and Repeater formed the White Label Collective, abandoning the traditional record-label protocol for music discovery and distribution. - more on this story

. On The Record: Van Morrison- King Tubby & Friends- Chris Darrow- Michael Hurtt and His Haunted Hearts

Are you an audiophile who cant live without the rich sound you can only find on vinyl? Kevin Wierzbicki takes a listen to cool new vinyl releases from Van Morrison- King Tubby & Friends- Chris Darrow- Michael Hurtt and His Haunted Hearts - Read the full Van Morrison- King Tubby & Friends- Chris Darrow- Michael Hurtt and His Haunted Hearts review

. Cold Northern Vengeance - Domination and Servitude

With such diverse songs, genre aficionados and open-minded music fans alike will find much that pleases them on Domination and Servitude. Though each song stands on its own, the final sum of their combination is darkness hell-bent on conquering the world. - Read the full Cold Northern Vengeance - Domination and Servitude review

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