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Steel Panther Announce ‘Spreading The Disease (S.T.D.)’ Tour

The masters of sleaze rock, Steel Panther will be breeding their way across N. American this Spring on the ‘Spreading The Disease (S.T.D.)’ tour. The band will begin their tour in Orlando, FL and finish at the Rock On The Range festival in Columbus, OH with a quick jet over to Japan to play Ozzfest. Below is the band’s full touring schedule along with the NSFW video for “Death To All But Metal”. READ MORE

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Tool Confirmed For Ozzfest Japan 2013

In a recent post on the official Tool website, it looks like everything has been confirmed for the band to appear at Ozzfest 2013, which will take place in Japan on May 11th and 12th. Tool will be the direct openers for Black Sabbath on the 12th while Deftones, Slash, and Slipknot will be the main acts on the 11th. More information can be found on the official website here. READ MORE

Methods Of Mayhem To Debut ‘Time Bomb’ Video Tonight

‘Time Bomb’, the brand new video from Tommy Lee and his Methods Of Mayhem will make its premiere tonight, Tuesday, September 7th, on NBC’s Extra!  Tune in at 7:00PM in New York City and Los Angeles, check local listings for times in other cities.  The video features Tommy Lee starring in numerous fast-paced vignettes coupled with futuristic visual effects and is a stunning optical companion to the ferociously catchy song.  Log on to www.extratv.com or www.tommylee.tv after 7:30PM, EST/4:30PM, PST to view the video in its entirety.  ’Time Bomb’ is currently heating up at radio at the Active and Modern Rock formats.
 
Methods Of Mayhem’s new album A Public Disservice Announcement will be released on Tuesday, September 21st via Roadrunner/Loud & Proud Records and features Lee collaborating with the world.  Lee and his team, including producer Scott Humphrey, singer-guitarist J3 and others, wrote and recorded the songs for the album, then made the core components of each available for download on www.thepublicrecord.com to anyone who wished to add their playing or otherwise re-interpret the music however they saw fit. The song files were made available on The Public Record on October 5th, 2009. By the end of the submission period in February, 2010, the page was viewed over 1 million times and over 10,000 submissions were uploaded.  Lee listened to every single submission that was uploaded, chose the best, and integrated the actual audio tracks into the album’s final cuts.  Every musician whose part was used is credited and thanked on the album…and those who made the cut will find out for the first time on Tuesday, September 21st when the album is released!

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Kataklysm Release Video For ‘Push The Venom’

Iconic Montreal based extreme metallers KATAKLYSM have made the video clip for the song “Push The Venom” available for viewing. The track comes off their new album Heaven’s Venom, which will be released on August 13th in Europe and August 24th in North America. The follow-up to 2008’s Prevail, was recorded by KATAKLYSM guitarist J-F  Dagenais (Malevolent Creation, Misery Index) and was mixed by Tue Madsen (The Haunted, Mnemic, Dark Tranquillity).
Commented vocalist Maurizio Iacono: “After the crazy videos we did with EX DEO it was only natural for us to upgrade the KATAKLYSM visuals as well. We decided to try to recreate the underworld fantasy atmosphere depicted in the artwork with some great visual effects. The song is about surviving the judgment that others cast upon you, and that which is important and feels right to you. Spread your venom and not the lies of your
enemies! Ivan did another fantastic job and we are super happy with it
and hopefully you guys dig it too. See you on tour!”

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The Showdown Release Trailer For ‘Blood In The Gears’

Nashville’s veteran heavy metal act, The Showdown, has posted a short video trailer in anticipation of their fourth full-length record, Blood In The Gears, which is due out on August 24th on Solid State Records.  
 
Four new tracks from Blood In The Gears –  “Take Me Home”, “Bring It Down”, “Heavy Lies The Crown”, and “Blood In The Gears” – are currently available for streaming on the band’s official MySpace page.
Blood In The Gears was recorded and produced by The Showdown’s own Jeremiah Scott (bass) at his home studio, Anthem Productions, in Nashville.  The album was mixed by Steve Blackmon (Living Sacrifice, Project 86), with Troy Glessener at Spectre handling the mastering.  Artwork comes courtesy of Ryan Clark at Invisible Creature Inc.  Blood In The Gears is The Showdown’s second Solid State release, following 2008’s Back Breaker.

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Kataklysm Stream New Album On MySpace

Canadian extreme metallers Kataklysm have made their new album Heaven’s Venom available for streaming in it’s entirety on their Myspace page. Heaven’s Venom will be released on August 13th in Europe and August 24th in North America. The follow-up to 2008’s Prevail, was recorded by KATAKLYSM guitarist J-F  Dagenais (Malevolent Creation, Misery Index) and was mixed by Tue Madsen (The Haunted, Mnemic, Dark Tranquillity).
Kataklysm recently shot a video clip for the song “Push The Venom” with director Ivan Colic (Type O Negative, Unleashed, Deathstars, Ex Deo)  in Belgrade, Serbia. 
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Exodus, Malevolent Creation, Kataklysm and Devildriver Tour News

Exodus touring with Malevolent Creation
Come August, Bay Area thrash pioneers EXODUS will be hitting the road with their “March Of Brutality” tour for a headlining run through the U.S. and Canada in support of their Billboard-charting new release, Exhibit B: The Human Condition with Malevolent Creation, Holy Grail, and Bonded By Blood.
 
States EXODUS guitarist/songwriter Gary Holt: “We are fucking stoked to announce the ‘March of Brutality’ line-up.  This tour is going to re-write the book on how much fun is actually legal!”
Kataklysm touring with Devildriver on off Ozzfest dates
Canadian extreme metallers KATAKLYSM, will join Ozzfest tour mates DEVILDRIVER on a full North American tour scheduled around their Ozzfest appearances this Summer!
Check after the jump for tour dates for both tours!

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Kataklysm Shoot Video For ‘Push The Venom’

Canadian extreme metallers KATAKLYSM will commence shooting a video clip for the song “Push The Venom” next July with director Ivan Colic (Type O Negative, Unleashed, Deathstars, Ex Deo) in Belgrade, Serbia. The track comes from their new album Heaven’s Venom, which will be released on August 13th in Europe and August 24th in North America. The follow-up to 2008’s Prevail, was recorded by KATAKLYSM guitarist J-F Dagenais (Malevolent Creation, Misery Index) and was mixed by Tue Madsen (The Haunted, Mnemic, Dark Tranquillity).

“It wasn’t a hard decision for us to choose who will do the next KATAKLYSM video. As some of you know we’ve released some of the craziest videos lately with our other band Ex Deo. So we decided to give KATAKLYSM a visual masterpiece as well and hire Ivan Colic once again to direct and produce the new clip for the song ‘Push The Venom’. It’s a hard hitting track with lots of anger and power and I’m positive Ivan will give it justice. We will shoot the video right after completing the Ex Deo tour in Europe in mid July, so stand by for its premier in August!” READ MORE

The Showdown Releasing ‘Blood in the Gears’ August 24th

Tennessee’s riff-tastic southern metal outfit, The Showdown, has announced an August 24th street date for their Solid State Records sophomore release, Blood in the Gears.  The forthcoming full-length was recorded at Anthem Productions in Nashville, and produced by The Showdown’s own, Jeremiah Scott. The album’s title track, and first single off the record, is available for streaming on the band’s official MySpace page.  Blood in the Gears is The Showdown’s fourth studio album, and the follow up to 2008’s, Back Breaker.
Blood In The Gears Cover The Showdown Releasing Blood in the Gears August 24th
“Blood in the Gears is true to what The Showdown has always been about in the past,” explains vocalist David Bunton, “…heavy, thrashy, southern, groovy.  Jeremiah Scott (Bass) recorded and produced the record, all in house and on our own terms.  We are sounding like we want to and saying exactly what we want to.  That’s what heavy metal is all about.” 

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New Methods of Mayhem Album Announced: Features Collaborations From Around The World

Tommy Lee has rocked every continent multiple times, sold millions of records with Motley Crue and on his own, done everything a musician dreams of doing, except he’s never made a record with the entire world.  The new Methods Of Mayhem album, now entitled A Public Disservice Annoucement, is set for release on September 21st and features Tommy Lee collaborating with the world.  Lee commented, “When I founded Methods in 1999, the whole purpose of the band was to be all over the place.  In keeping with that, this Methods isn’t anything like the last one. There’s no hip hop and there’s no roster of guest stars. This time, it’s me, my band, and the world.”  Please see below for the track listing for A Public Disservice Annoucement.
 
Tommy Lee and his team, including producer Scott Humphrey, singer-guitarist J3 and others, wrote and recorded the songs for the new album, then made the core components of each  available for download on www.thepublicrecord.com to anyone who wished to add their playing or otherwise re-interpret the music however they saw fit. Lee listened to every single submission that was uploaded, chose the best, and integrated the actual audio tracks into the album’s final cuts.  Every single musician whose part was used is credited and thanked on the album. 

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DEVIN TOWNSEND Issues Post Tour Update

One of metal’s most intriguing, ominous and immensely talented figures, the mighty Devin Townsend, just completed an extremely successful North American trek with genre visionaries Between The Buried and Me, Cynic and Scale The Summit. This was Townsend’s first tour in a number of years and the first in support of his new, mind-blowing offering, Addicted, that was met with worldwide critical praise and scored very impressive first week numbers debuting at #168 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and #2 on the Billboard Heatseakers chart. READ MORE