System of a Down Reunion- Ozzy World Tour- Sebastian Bach Slams Label Over Axl Rose Track- Alice in Pop Punk Land- Gilby Clark Injury Update and more

antiMusic is co-sponsoring a pre-NAMM party in Beverly Hills tonight featuring a headlining performance from The 4 Dudes featuring Billy Sheehan, Ray Luzier of Korn, Rob Marcello of House Of Lords and Happenin Harry. Plus special guests are expected to get up and jam. Immediate support will come from DC4 featuring members of Armored Saint and Dio. Grab all the details here. -

Disturbed Get The Sickness Again

In March 2010, Disturbed will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the release of their quadruple-platinum-selling debut album The Sickness by reissuing it with exclusive b-sides and expanded artwork, as well as a first-time-ever vinyl edition.

Also in March, Disturbed will relaunch their official website with a special section, accessible by a code included with The Sickness reissue, that will contain exclusive clips, updated weekly, of the band recording their upcoming new album, due for release from Reprise Records later this year. There will also be a special DOD section that will be available for everyone.

Released on March 7, 2000, The Sickness is Disturbed's best-selling album to date, thanks to such hit singles as "Stupify," "Voices," and "Down With the Sickness," which is the seventh most downloaded track of the '90s according to Nielsen SoundScan. - more on this story

Paul McCartney CD Giveaway

Exclusive new Paul McCartney album 'Live In Los Angeles' free in this week's Mail on Sunday newspaper.

This twelve-track CD from Paul's performance at the Amoeba Music record store in Hollywood on 27th June 2007 includes two-Grammy nominated performances – I Saw Her Standing There (Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance) and That Was Me (Best Male Pop Vocal Performance) – along with ten other live favourites.

Available free with the Mail on Sunday in the UK & Ireland on Sunday 17th January 2010 only. - more on this story

Mars Volta Star Directs Feature Film

The phenomenally productive artist Omar Rodriguez Lopez makes his directorial debut next month when his feature film, The Sentimental Engine Slayer sees its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on February 4th, 2010. The film was written and directed by Rodriguez Lopez.

While The Sentimental Engine Slayer is not his first venture as a director -- he also created two unreleased films, 2001's A Manual Dexterity and 2003's Letters from Dystopia -- it is his first feature released to the public. Made on a relatively small budget using money borrowed from a close friend and Rodriguez Lopez's parents, the cast and crew worked diligently on location in El Paso, TX to bring the project to fruition.

The Sentimental Engine Slayer tells the tale of the overdue coming of age of a 20-something misfit named Barlam (played by Omar Rodriguez Lopez). Set against the backdrop of drug-addled suburban El Paso sometime in the not-too-distant future, Barlam's awkward transition from boy to man is as much the story of struggling to find one's essence in a world of stereotypes as it is an indictment of the distorted reality of family life in the disengaged 21st Century. - more on this story

Lacuna Coil Deluxe

Italy's greatest musical export, Lacuna Coil, have launched their much anticipated new video for the Active Rock hit single, "I Won't Tell You," exclusively through their newly revamped MySpace page. The clip was directed by the renowned Italian producer Saku, who also shot their previous video for "Spellbound."

Andrea Ferro (vocals) further comments on the "I Won't Tell You" video shoot: "Energy is the keyword for our new video-clip for 'I Won't Tell You.' For the first time we've invited our fans to be part of the clip and be the main attraction together with the band. To be gathered and work side by side has been a really valuable and funny experience. The fans were great actors and we will never be able to thank them enough. As I said, it's a really energetic video with some special FX and a great vibe."

A very special Shallow Life (Deluxe Edition) is currently set for a Feb. 23rd release in North America. This double disc, specially priced set features the standard CD with an additional disc full of rare and previously unreleased material (acoustic renditions, live tracks and studio outtakes) and an extended, alternative artwork booklet. Official tracklisting to be released in the coming weeks. Upon its original release in April 2009, LACUNA COIL's Shallow Life - recorded with acclaimed producer Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Pearl Jam) at the famed NRG Studios in Los Angeles - has marked the band's highest Billboard chart entry, as well as the highest Billboard debut in the history of Century Media Records breaking into the charts at #16. Shallow Life also went straight into the official album charts in the following countries: Italy, Australia, UK, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Greece and Japan. - Myspace link

The Acacia Strain Set DVD Release and Preview Party

The Acacia Strain have announced Tuesday, February 16th as the release date of their long anticipated debut DVD, the double disc set "The Most Known Unknown," on Prosthetic Records.

Disc one documents a sold out show at the Worcester Palladium shot in December 2008, while disc two contains footage of a show at the much smaller and more intimate Waterfront on the band's home turf of Holyoke MA, as well as three music videos, a documentary covering the formative years of the band and a "10 Seconds of Fame" bonus segment, in which select fans were given 10 seconds on camera to do whatever they wanted. "The Most Known Unknown," features cover art by Paul Romano, who also did the cover of the band's album, "Continent," as well as covers for Mastodon, Trivium and many more.

To celebrate the release, the band will be throwing a preview party at 7pm on Friday, February 12th at the Worcester Palladium Upstairs, which will consist of a screening of the DVD as well as a special live performance from the band. - more on this story

Stone Sour Recording New Album

Stone Sour announced today the commencement of work on a new, their first in four years. The band will record their third album in Nashville at Blackbird Studio with Grammy Award winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver, Rush, Alice In Chains), who also produced 2006's gold certified Come What(ever) May. The new album is due out this summer.

Frontman Corey Taylor commented, "I cannot wait to make this Stone Sour album. Everything already feels a million times stronger than anything we've done in the past. Plus getting back together with Nick is going to mean monstrous things. This is the year for Stone Sour."

Stone Sour's last album Come What(ever) May and self-titled debut are both RIAA gold certified and approaching platinum status. The albums have a combined 1 million digital singles sales. - more on this story

Shadows Fall Releasing Guitar Hero Track

2010 is already shaping up to be a banner year for Massachusetts Metallers Shadows Fall. The band has announced that they will be releasing a song on the first metal track pack of 2010 for Activision's Guitar Hero video game series.

Starting on January 21st, 2010 the track "Still I Rise" from Shadows Fall's latest release Retribution will be available for download on the PlayStation 3, XBOX 360, and Nintendo Wii video game consoles.

Shadows Fall are no strangers to the world of guitar hero as their song "The Light That Blinds" from their 2004 album The War Within was featured as a bonus track in Guitar Hero 2 in 2006. - more on this story

All Time Low Release Unplugged CD/DVD

This past summer, Baltimore pop punk band All Time Low stripped down their songs to just an essential heartbeat, exclusively for MTV Unplugged.

The band's set was shot in New York City where they took their high-energy performance down a notch in a candle-lit studio for some very fortunate fans who intently sung along.

That performance is now available for fans in digipak DVD/CD format, which includes a bonus interview section and never-before-seen outtakes from the MTV special, featuring All Time Low playing two new songs off their latest album Nothing Personal ("Damned If I Do Ya, Damned If I Don't" and "Weightless") in addition to favorites from their previous releases So Wrong, It's Right and Put Up Or Shut Up ("Dear Maria, Count Me In", "Coffee Shop Soundtrack", "Jasey Rae", and a surprise duet with Kate Voegele on "Remembering Sunday.") - more on this story

British Invasion DVD Series Launching in March

Over forty-five years after the Beatles sparked the legendary 'British Invasion' that forever changed the face of popular music, Reelin' In The Years Productions, in association with Voyage Digital Media, is proud to announce the release of the initial four DVDs in the new British Invasion series.

The four titles are Dusty Springfield - Once Upon A Time 1964-1969, Small Faces - All Or Nothing 1965-1968, Gerry & The Pacemakers - It's Gonna Be All Right 1963-1965 and Herman's Hermits - Listen People 1964-1969. Distributed by Naxos of America Inc., all four DVDs will be available separately and as a deluxe boxset featuring a bonus fifth disc with over 2½ hours of additional content.

Produced by Reelin' In The Years Productions, each DVD features complete 1960's television performances filmed at the time the songs were hits and while the artists were at the height of their careers. Interspersed between the performances, original band members and others who helped create their classic music, talk about each song and recount special moments in the history of the group. In addition, all performances have been transferred from the original master tapes and include best-possible video and remastered audio. Each DVD also includes a 24-page booklet with insights and essays by noted rock historians as well as previously unseen photos and memorabilia. The series, originally released only in the UK in September of 2009, has received both commercial success and critical acclaim, with four-star reviews and inclusion in many year-end "Best Of 2009" lists in the British music press. - more on this story

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