Cannibal Corpse The Comic Book

"Vince Locke has done an incredible job turning our lyrics into blood-soaked and vicious illustrations for the Evisceration Plague comic book. He really has captured visually what we were trying convey lyrically. His artwork has brought our macabre songs to life in truly explicit fashion…fans of graphic horror will not be disappointed," comments bassist and founding member Alex Webster. - Check out a preview of the comic book

Black Dahlia Murder Set New Album Release

Metal Blade reports: The Black Dahlia Murder has announced Deflorate as the title of their new album, which is scheduled for a September 15th release.

Vocalist Trevor Strnad comments: "Hear Ye thrashing metal maniacs! We have returned with our most relentless album yet…sure to penetrate and ravage your virgin ears, "Deflorate!" I feel confident that we have outdone what we achieved with our last album…words cannot express the excitement we all feel about the new material. Now this is fucking Death Metal! The boys at Audiohammer Jason Suecof and Mark Lewis have done it again…the result is one beastly sounding album. Last but certainly not least, prepare yourselves to behold the hair raising shred of Georgia's own Ryan Durell Knight! Special thanks to Tony Koehl for the kickass job on the cover art…feast your eyes and ears on this most unholy of spectacles! The time of Defloration is upon us!

As foretold at the end of our "Majesty" dvd, the new album will come packaged with an exclusive DVD featurette, lovingly titled "Going Places". Ride along with your favorite jerks on Knight's first tour with the band, a drunken romp through our first ever shows in Sweden, Norway and Russia. Sickness!" - more on this story

Kevin Devine Unplugged Tour

PR reports: Kevin Devine has spent the summer introducing UK audiences to his Brother's Blood, via a slew of headline gigs and back-to-back tours with longtime friends Brand New and Manchester Orchestra, but will be returning home in August for another round of touring.

The road-connoisseur Brooklynite will embark on a handful of intimate solo acoustic performances, leading up to a full band set at Lollapalooza in Chicago, August 7 with his Goddamn Band.

For his upcoming tour, beginning August 4 in Columbus, Ohio, Devine is getting interactive and has invited fans to pick the set lists for each show by sending their requests ahead of time to KDPress@Yahoo.com. - more on this story

Adelitas Way Home Town Release Party

EMI reports: Adelitas Way will mark the release of its self-titled debut on Virgin/EMI Music with a special celebration at the Palms Casino Resort in its hometown of Las Vegas on the album's street date, July 14th.

A select number of fans to purchase their CD at ZIA Records will gain entry to a private concert by Adelitas Way at The Lounge at the Palms Casino Resort and the after-party at Moon. They'll be joined by contest winners from local radio stations KOMP and KXTE. Preceding their debut celebration, Adelitas Way will appear at WWE's Monday Night RAW in Orlando, which airs live on USA Network at 9pm ET/8pm CT.

The Palms will promote the event on its marquis, where fans can catch a 15-second sneak peak of the video for lead single "Invincible." The full video, directed by Dale Resteghini, (Anthrax, Jim Jones, Mudvayne), will play on screens throughout the casino that day. - more on this story

Bleeding Through Rise

PR reports: Bleeding Through have inked a deal with Rise Records. Here is what frontman Brandan Schieppati had to say about it:

"We're very excited to align with a record label that has so much momentum and is growing when many seem to be faltering, dropping bands and firing employees. Rise continues to grow. We've been a band for a decade and we wanted to be with someone who is enthusiastic about Bleeding Through and is in a position to help us continue to grow and progress as well.

"A lot of labels, managers and agents carry these egos as if they are the most important part of the equation. It's all about what the bands can do for them, to advance their interests, instead of the other way around. We had a lot of serious interest from several labels, many of whom we get along with. But we felt like Rise is the best fit for us because they are excited about our band and our music first and foremost." - more on this story

Lynch Mob Return

PR reports: Frontiers Records is excited to announce the worldwide release of the Lynch Mob come back studio album entitled "Smoke And Mirrors" to be released on September 18th in Europe and October 13th in the USA.

After seventeen long years singer Oni Logan and guitar wizard George Lynch found their way back together and again show their amazing abilities in some killer new Hard Rock songs. "I would say this new record "Smoke and Mirrors", is the record we should have put out as a follow up to "Wicked Sensation"...better late then never I guess...", says Lynch presenting the new record.

Lynch Mob were formed by George Lynch, one of the few genuine guitar heroes of substance to emerge from the Los Angeles scene, after Dokken split up in 1989. The band's first album" Wicked Sensation" went on to sell over 500,000 units in the US and featured the talents of singer Oni Logan, Anthony Esposito on bass and another former Dokken member Mick Brown on drums. After a tour in support of Queensryche, Logan opted out, with Robert Mason taking his place on the follow up self titled release. However Lynch and Brown eventually returned to Dokken releasing 2 studio albums until he left again in late 1997 putting together a several new incarnations of Lynch Mob and exploring new sounds with different projects. - more on this story

Gong Return with 2032

Noble reports: Gong, the legendary psychedelic prog rockers today announced they will release their stunning new album "2032" on Monday 21st September.

Released on Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy's subsidiary G-Wave label, the album is officially released two months before Gong's highly anticipated nationwide UK tour which kicks off at the Brisol O2 Academy on Thursday 19th November.

The line-up on the album includes Daevid Allen (guitar, lead vocal): Steve Hillage (lead guitar), Gilli Smyth (Space Whisper and poetry), Miquette Giraudy (synthesizer), Mike Howlett (bass), Chris Taylor (drums), and Theo Travis (sax and flute). Special guest performances on selected tracks include former Gong member Didier Malherbe (soprano sax, duduk, and flute) and Yuji Katsui (electric violin) of the Japanese progressive/psychedelic jam band Rovo. - more on this story

Battle of the Tribute Bands

PR reports: On Saturday, July 25, from 1p.m. to 7 p.m., seven of Southern California's top tribute bands will battle head to throat for cash prizes and tribute fame, rocking out Downtown Long Beach's Rainbow Harbor amphitheater with spotless renditions of everyone from Bruce Springsteen to The Rolling Stones.

Hosted by Summer And Music (SAM)—Downtown Long Beach's re-vamped, summer-long music series featuring more than 40 shows—this battle of the bands may even be more impressive than the real thing. Better yet, it's FREE, conveniently located outdoors at the Nautical Band Shell in Rainbow Harbor, between Gladstone's and PF Chang's on South Pine Avenue.

Any band buff can brag about their favorite music legends, but not many can play the part. Not the case with these tribute groups. In fact, the day's lineup includes a slew of talent so close to the real deal, you'll be double-taking all afternoon. - more on this story

Holy Grail Ink with Prosthetic

Prosthetic Records reports: Prosthetic Records has signed Los Angeles based Holy Grail. The band, formerly known as Sorcerer, features three former members of White Wizzard and takes their influence from such classic metal acts as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Accept, and the Scorpions.

Vocalist James Paul Luna's Rob Halford meets Sebastian Bach voice belts out lyrics focusing on "Chicks, Vikings, Ex-Chicks, Being Tough, Macho/Machismo, FEMA, Fabio, Conan, Rad Dinosaurs, UFOs and Bilderberg Group," while guitarists James J LaRue and Eli Santana's dueling solos play out like a fencing match and bassist Blake Mount and drummer Tyler Meahl gallop like a pack of wild horses. After just a handful of shows, the band landed a 2 page feature in the LA Weekly, and has planted its boot, firmly on the throat of LA's metal scene.

Luna commented, "After months of losing our minds and shredding through many contracts and label offers, Prosthetic always stayed at the top of our list. They live and breathe the same LA Metal air we do, and know what it takes to develop a band from ground zero. Business aside, we are beyond stoked to work with guys that have the same eccentric and twisted views on music, life, art and shred. Things can only get wilder from here!" - more on this story

Burden Of Grief's Haunting Requiems Revisited

MMP reports: Today Metal Mind Productions presents re-release of Burden Of Grief's "Haunting Requiems", the band's successful debut album from 2000. It is considered by many as one of the best melodic death metal albums ever!

The new digipak edition includes 4 bonus tracks and is limited to 2000 copies. Digitally remastered using 24-Bit process on a golden disc. The release date is scheduled for 27th July in Europe and 8th September in USA (via MVD).

Since the mid-90's Burden Of Grief belong together with bands such as Night In Gales, Dark Age and Soul Demise to the German pioneers and flag ships of melodic death metal, a genre which seemed to be owned exclusively by Scandinavian bands up to that time. But with their 4 albums recorded so far the band has proved that in comparison with their international competitors they have nothing to be ashamed of. With each release they tore the boundaries of the genre. - more on this story

. R.E.M. - Reckoning (Deluxe Edition)

Reckoning today still stands as one of the high-water marks of the era- unfortunately the bonus material included in this deluxe edition does not. If you want to listen for the purpose of reminiscing its best to stick with the studio disc. (3.5 stars) - Read the full R.E.M. - Reckoning (Deluxe Edition) review

. Sothis Interview

Taking cues from Emperor and early Dimmu Borgir, the group brandishes symphonic black metal as a powerful weapon. Mark spoke with band members Drogoth, Dross and Keres about De Oppresso Liber, a work of modern darkness if ever there was one. - Read the full Sothis Interview

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