Femme Metal Festival Announce 7 Acts

The Femme Metal Festival is a brand new UK festival specifically aimed at promoting female fronted metal/rock bands and to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support and Cancer Research UK. The festival will take place on November 7th at The Asylum in Birmingham and the following day at Chinnery's in Southend-on-sea.

Bands booked so far are (more to be announced soon)...
DELAIN
HAND
CARDAMON
CRIMSON TEARS
APPARITION
MARKIZE
SANITY FALLS

Tickets will go on sale soon.

If you are in a Femme Metal/Rock band and would like to be given the chance to play at this festival then please email femmemetalstore@gmail.com for more information.

www.femmemetal.net/femmemetalfestival.htm

EPICA Post More Footage From New Album Recording Sessions Online

Dutch band EPICA have posted more video footage from the recording sessions for their new album.

You can visit Epica's mobile blog by clicking HERE.

This new studio album will be called "Design Your Universe" and the band entered Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany on March 2 with producer Sascha Paeth to begin recording.

The album is due out in September/October via Nuclear Blast Records.

www.epica.nl
www.myspace.com/epica

EPICA and KRYPTERIA Confirmed For Metal Female Voices Festival VII

EPICA and KRYPTERIA have been confirmed for the Metal Female Voices Festival VII, which will take place on October 17th/18th at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium.

The line-up, so far, is as follows...
Saturday, October 17th
EPICA (special DVD show)
DELAIN
KRYPTERIA
MIDNATTSOL
AUTUMN
AMBERIAN DAWN
FLOWING TEARS
MANIC MOVEMENT
PINKY DOODLE POODLE
UNSUN
WHYZDOM
KIVIMETSAN DRUIDI

Sunday, October 18th
DORO (special WARLOCK 25th anniversary show)
TARJA
TRAIL OF TEARS
VAN CANTO
STREAM OF PASSION
DARZAMAT
DEADLOCK
CORONATUS
TO-MERA
LAHANNYA

www.metalfemalevoicesfest.be

Nominations For The 2009 Classic Rock Roll Of Honour Awards Announced

Nominations for the 2009 Classic Rock Roll Of Honour awards, staged by Classic Rock magazine, were announced yesterday.

The winners will be announced at a gala ceremony on Monday, November 2nd at the Park Lane Hotel.

Public-voted categories include...

Best New Band
1. Chickenfoot
2. The Parlor Mob
3. Diagonal
4. Steadlür
5. Crippled Black Phoenix
6. New Device

Album Of The Year
01. Black Ice – AC/DC
02. Death Magnetic - Metallica
03. Folklore & Superstition – Black Stone Cherry
04. The Ballad Of John Henry - Joe Bonamassa
05. Everyday Demons – The Answer
06. Chinese Democracy – Guns N’ Roses
07. Consolers Of The Lonely – The Raconteurs
08. And You Were A Crow – The Parlor Mob
09. The Devil You Know – Heaven & Hell
10. Black Clouds & Silver Linings – Dream Theater

Band Of The Year
1. AC/DC
2. Iron Maiden
3. Kings Of Leon
4. Faith No More
5. Metallica

Reissue Of The Year
1. Eliminator – ZZ Top (Warner)
2. Pyromania – Def Leppard (Universal)
3. Motorhead – No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith (Sanctuary/Universal)
4. The Who – The Who Sell Out (Universal Commercial Marketing)
5. Pearl Jam – Ten (Sony)
6. Sabbath – Reissues/Paranoid deluxe (Universal)
7. The Kinks - Picture Book (Universal)
8. Deep Purple – Stormbringer (EMI)
9. The Move – Anthology (Salvo)

DVD/FILM Of The Year
1. Kiss – Kissology – The Ultimate Kiss Collection
2. Rolling Stones – Shine A Light
3. Archives – Neil Young
4. Flight 666 – Iron Maiden
5. Woodstock – The Movie
6. Anvil – The Movie

Event Of The Year
1. Download
2. Hard Rock Hell II
3. The Resurrection of Anvil!
4. The Return Of The Tap!
5. Maiden get a Brit
6. ACDC take over the world

For more information, visit www.classicrockmagazine.com.

DREAM THEATER's New Album On Course To Sell 40,000 Copies, In The USA, In First Week

The new album from DREAM THEATER, called "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", is on track to sell 40,000 copies, in the United States, in its first week of release, according to various musical sources.

In addition to the Standard version, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", was also made available on vinyl LP, as well as a three-disc, special-edition CD that includes the full album, a CD of instrumental mixes of the album and a CD of six cover songs.

The track listing is as follows...



01 A Nightmare to Remember
02 A Rite of Passage
03 Wither
04 The Shattered Fortress
05 The Best of Times
06 The Count of Tuscany



www.dreamtheater.net/

VIRGIN STEELE Confirmed For Next Year's Headbangers Open Air Festival

VIRGIN STEELE, RAVEN and JAG PANZER are the latest bands confirmed for next year's Headbangers Open Air festival, set to take place during July 2010 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany.

This years festival is completely sold out.

The festival line-up, so far, is as follows...
BATTLEAXE
BLOODFEAST
CULPRIT
DER KAISER
JAG PANZER
RAVEN
ROCK GODDESS
ROXXCALIBUR
TRENCH HELL
VIRGIN STEELE

For further information please visit www.headbangers-open-air.de.

The Wildhearts To Release Their Ninth Studio Album

The Wildhearts release their ninth studio album, "Chutzpah", on August 31st and then tour the UK in September/October.

The new album was recorded in Denmark with producer Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, The Bronx, The Storm).

The track listing is as follows:
01. The Jackson Whites
02. Plastic Jebus
03. The Only One
04. John Of Violence
05. You Are Proof That Not All Women Are Insane
06. Tim Smith
07. Low Energy Vortex
08. You Took The Sunshine From New York
09. Mazel Tov Cocktail
10. Chutzpah

UK Tour dates...
17/09 - Concorde 2, Brighton
18/09 - O2 Academy, Bristol
19/09 - Rock City , Nottingham
20/09 - Waterfront, Norwich
21/09 - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
22/09 - Phoenix, Exeter
24/09 - O2 Academy 2, Birmingham
25/09 - The Sugarmill, Stoke-On-Trent
26/09 - Cockpit, Leeds
27/09 - Garage, Glasgow
28/09 - O2 Academy, Newcastle
30/09 - Club Academy, Manchester
01/10 - Shepherds Bush Empire, London

www.thewildhearts.com/

ALEX CARPANI BAND / FLAMBOROUGH HEAD / THE DREAMING TREE Live At The Robin 2 In Bilston

Arrived back yesterday from an excellent show on Sunday night at the Robin 2 in Bilston, Wolverhampton.

Despite problems on Sunday with the Peterborough to Birmingham trains, at one stage I didn't think I was going to get there, it was well worth the hassles of the trip.

The Dreaming Tree kicked off the proceedings at 7pm and although I wouldn't describe them as prog rock they played an enjoyable set.

Flamborough Head took the stage around an hour later and did not disappoint.
They played a whole host of songs from their back catalogue with a couple from their new album "Looking For John Maddock".

New guitarist Gert Polkerman was excellent.

Flamborough Head have be excellent every time I have seen them and this was no exception.

Managed to pick up a copy of the new album also, for only a tenner.

The Alex Carpani Band from Italy were the final band of the night and played tracks from their debut album "Waterline", plus a Led Zeppelin (Kashmir) and Genesis (the title escapes my mind at present) song.
A band definitely worth further investigation.

The only downside was the pathetic turn out with only around forty paying customers!

You don't know what a great show you missed, I really can't understand why more people did not attend.

www.flamboroughhead.nl/
www.alexcarpani.com/
www.thedreamingtree.co.uk/
www.therobin.co.uk/

DORO To Tour North America In September

Legendary German female metaller Doro Pesch will return to North America for a short tour in September.

The September dates are as follows...
05th - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
06th - Hartford, CT @ Webster Theater
08th - New York, NY @ The Blender Theater at Grammercy
10th - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
11th - Toronto, ON @ Wreck Room
12th - Mokena, IL @ Pearl Room
18th - Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
19th - Mesa, AZ @ U.B.'s
20th - West Hollywood, CA @ Key Club

As a bonus, there will be 50 VIP tickets available for each show which gets you early entry into the venue before the doors officially open and includes a special "meet and greet" with the band.

Tickets are now on sale exclusively through EnterTheVault.com until July 9th at which point they will be made available through all ther normal ticket outlets.

www.doropesch.com/
www.myspace.com/doroband

NWOBHM Only Stage For Hard Rock Hell

This December’s Hard Rock Hell will feature a NWOBHM only stage, it has been recently announced.

The stage line-up will be Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts, Cloven Hoof, Saracen, Marseille, Marshall Law, Elixir and Hammerhead.

Hard Rock Hell takes place at Pontins in Prestatyn from December the 4th-6th.

Hard Rock Hell has already an excellent line-up, with Monster Magnet and Queensrÿche headlining over Friday and Saturday respectively.

Over the weekend you can see performances from Gun, Girlschool, Terrorvision, WASP, Lauren Harris, Quireboys, Angel Witch, Witchfynde, Rock Goddess, Demon and many others.

Early bird tickets for the Festival are available until July 01st and are available by clicking HERE.

www.hardrockhell.com/

"Warpaint Live" To Be Released On DVD And Blu-Ray

THE BLACK CROWES' "Warpaint Live" concert will be made available on DVD on June 30th and Blu-ray on July 14th, via Eagle Rock Entertainment.

This was originally released as a 2CD set on April 28th of this year.

"Warpaint Live" track listing...
01. Goodbye Daughters Of The Revolution
02. Walk Believer Walk
03. Oh Josephine
04. Evergreen
05. We Who See The Deep
06. Locust Street
07. Movin' On Down The Line
08. Wounded Bird
09. God's Got It
10. There's Gold In Them Hills
11. Whoa Mule
12. Poor Elijah – Tribute To Johnson
13. Darling Of The Underground Press
14. Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye
15. Don't Know Why
16. Torn And Frayed
17. Hey Grandma

www.blackcrowes.com/

EUROPE's New Album To Be released In September

"Last Look At Eden", the new album from Swedish rockers EUROPE, will be released on September 18th via Edel Records.

The band have just released the "Last Look At Eden" single.
It is available as a three-track CD single and limited-edition collector's five-track digipack (European release on June 26th).

Further Details from the band's website...
www.europetheband.com/

U.D.O. - New Album Track Listing Revealed

German metal band U.D.O., fronted by former ACCEPT singer Udo Dirkschneider, will release their new album titled "Dominator", on August 21st via AFM Records.

The track listing is as follows...
01. The Bogeyman
02. Dominator
03. Black And White
04. Infected
05. Heavy Metal Heaven
06. Doom Ride
07. Stillness Of Time
08. Devil's Rendezvous
09. Bleeding Heart (Japanese bonus)
10. Pleasure In The Darkroom (digipack bonus)
11. Speed Demon
12. Whispers In The Dark

A limited-edition single (2,222 units), "Infected", will precede the full-length CD on June 26th with a track listing as follows...

1. Infected (album track)
2. Systematic Madness (non-album track)
3. Bodyworld (non-album track)
4. Platchet Soldat (remix)
5. Poezd Po Rossii (live in Moscow 2008)

You can check out "Infected" in full length on the U.D.O. MySpace page.

www.udo-online.de/

MR BIG Announce Lone UK Date

Rockers MR BIG have just announced a single UK date as part of their re-union tour.

The reformed band will play a single date in the UK at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire on September 12th as part of their month long European tour.

www.mrbigsite.com/

Steve Earle Announces UK Dates

Steve Earle has announced a UK tour in support of his "Townes" Album.

He plays a number of dates across the UK in September, October, November and December.

He is touring in support of his recently released covers album, "Townes" which is made up entirely of Townes Van Zandt songs.

Tickets for all the shows are now on sale from the usual outlets.

Here are all Steve's European Tour dates...
Sep 09, 2009 - Basingstoke The Anvil - Basingstoke, UK
Sep 10, 2009 - Manchester Bridgewater Hall - Manchester, UK
Sep 12, 2009 - Derby Assembly Hall - Derby, UK
Sep 13, 2009 - End of the Road Festival - Salisbury, Wilstshire, UK
Sep 14, 2009 - St. Albans Arena - St. Albans, UK
Sep 22, 2009 - Rubigen Muhle Huziken - Rubigen, Switzerland
Sep 23, 2009 - Lucerne Konzerthaus Schhur - Lucerne, Switzerland
Sep 26, 2009 - Longford Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival - Longford, Ireland
Sep 27, 2009 - Belfast Open House Festival - Belfast, Ireland
Oct 31, 2009 - Croydon Fairfield Hall - Croydon, UK
Nov 02, 2009 - Gateshead the Sage - Gateshead, UK
Nov 03, 2009 - Leeds Grand Theatre - Leeds, UK
Nov 04, 2009 - London Barbican - London, UK
Nov 05, 2009 - Birmingham Town Hall - Birmingham, UK
Nov 07, 2009 - Kings Lynn Corn Exchange - Kings Lynn, UK
Nov 09, 2009 - Galway Town Hall - Galway, Ireland
Nov 10, 2009 - Galway Town Hall - Galway, Ireland
Nov 11, 2009 - Cork Opera House - Cork, Ireland
Nov 13, 2009 - Ennis Glor - Ennis, Ireland
Nov 14, 2009 - Castlebar TF Royal - Castlebar, Ireland
Nov 15, 2009 - Derry Millenium Forum - Derry, Ireland
Nov 17, 2009 - Dublin Olympia - Dublin, Ireland
Nov 19, 2009 - Eindhoven Effenaar - Eindhoven, Nl
Nov 21, 2009 - Dan Haag Crossing Border - Dan Haag, Nl
Nov 22, 2009 - Antwerp Crossing Border - Antwerp, Belgium
Nov 23, 2009 - Groningne Oosterpoort - Oosterpoort, De
Nov 25, 2009 - LKA Stuttgart - Stuttgart, Germany
Nov 26, 2009 - Columbia Club - Berlin, Germany
Nov 27, 2009 - Hirsch - Nuernberg, Germany
Nov 29, 2009 - Kammgarn - Kaiserslautern, Germany
Dec 01, 2009 - Milano La Salumeria Della Musica - Milan, Italy
Dec 02, 2009 - Roma Circolo degli Artisti - Rome, Italy
Dec 06, 2009 - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - Glasgow, UK
Dec 07, 2009 - Perth Concert Hall - Perth, UK
Dec 08, 2009 - Aberdeen Music Hall - Aberdeen, UK
Dec 10, 2009 - Inverness Ironworks - Inverness, UK

www.steveearle.com/

Karnataka To Fill Sunday's "Special Guests" Slot At October's Summers End Festival

Karnataka will fill the "Special Guests" slot at the Summers End Festival on Sunday October 11th.
Their new album "The Gathering Light" will be released soon.
www.karnataka.netmx.co.uk

The 5th Summer's End Festival will take place on the 9/10/11th October, at The Town Hall, Lydney, Gloucestershire.

The festival has no age restrictions, but under 14's must be accompanied by an adult.

Tickets went on sale at 10am on Tuesday 19th May for 3 day and 2 day tickets only, priced £62.50 and £47.50 (including postage and fees) respectively, via the new festival website at www.summersend.co.uk. Day tickets will go on sale in mid June. Due to the likely demand for these, early booking for weekend tickets is highly recommended!

The recommended accommodation is once again www.whitemead.co.uk , which offers apartments, chalets and camping at very affordable prices. This year there will be an all inclusive transportation package, giving those staying at Whitemead and the villages of Ayleburton and Parkend, transportation by bus to and from the Festival site on all 3 days for a flat price of £12 (including fees). This will be strictly limited to 140 places, so advance booking via www.summersend.co.uk will be essential.

Tickets and transport tickets can also be booked by sending a direct payment via paypal to Stephen.lambe@btinternet.com or by sending a cheque payable to: S Lambe, 10 Chance St, Tewkesbury, GL20 5RQ. Please include an email address with your payment if possible. If you need to pay by credit/debit card over the phone, please email summersend@btinternet.com for details.


FESTIVAL - Draft Schedule...

Friday October 9th
Evening
STEVE HACKETT (UK)
with full electric band
www.hackettsongs.com


Saturday October 10th
Evening
PALLAS (UK)
www.pallas.f2s.com
Sylvan (DE)
www.sylvan.de

Afternoon
Parallel or 90° (UK)
www.po90.com
Quantum Fantay (BE)
www.quantum-fantay.com
Godsticks (UK)
www.myspace.com/godsticksmusic


Sunday October 11th
Evening
PENDRAGON (UK)
www.pendragon.mu
Karnataka (UK)
www.karnataka.netmx.co.uk


Afternoon
Also Eden (UK)
www.alsoeden.com
Mr So & So (UK)
www.mrsoandso.com
I/O Earth (UK)
www.ioearth.com

www.summersend.co.uk
www.myspace.com/summersendfestival

MANOWAR - "Thunder In The Sky" EP

MANOWAR will shortly release an EP, "Thunder in the Sky", which will feature the following track listing...

CD One
1. Thunder In The Sky
2. God Or Man
3. Let The Gods Decide
4. Father
5. Die With Honor
6. The Crown And The Ring (2008)

CD Two
"Father" sung in ...
German, Italian, Romanian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Norwegian,
Spanish, French, Greek, Turkish, Polish, Japanese, Croatian,
Portuguese and Finnish

This collector's tour edition of the EP will be available at all the festivals MANOWAR headlines on their "Death to Infidels Tour!".
The EP will also be available for sale online in high-quality, DMR-free, MP3 format only at The Kingdom Of Steel online store.
The downloadable version will contain the same content as the version on sale during the tour.

Manowar's new album, "Hammer Of The Gods", which is the first installment of "The Asgard Saga", the band's unique multimedia fantasy adventure with best-selling author Wolfgang Hohlbein, is due this Autumn.

www.manowar.com/

SKYCLAD - More European Dates Scheduled

British Folk Metallers SKYCLAD have announced the following European dates...

Jun 26 - Newcastle College, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Jul 10 - Spratton Folk Festival, Spratton, UK
Jul 18 - Dong Open Air, Neukirchen-Vluyn, DE
Aug 21 - Rock City Open Air Fetesti, RO
Oct 24 - Helvete Club, Oberhausen, DE
Oct 26 - Melodka, Brno, CZ
Oct 27 - Escape MetalCorner, Vienna, AU
Oct 28 - Tartaros Club, Banska Bystrica, SK
Oct 29 - Durer Kert, Budapest, HU
Oct 30 - Orto Bar, Ljubjana, Sl
Oct 31 - The Box, Sofia, BG
Nov 21 - Pounding Meta-Wimp Reaper Festival, Adelsheim, DE

Formed in 1990 by Martin Walkyer (SABBAT) and Steve Ramsey (SATAN, PARIAH), Skyclad gained attention from both the press and the public with the now-legendary debut album "The Wayward Sons Of Mother Earth" (1991).

Their latest, twelfth album, "In The… All Together" was released via Scarlet Records and was recorded and mixed by Dario Mollo (The Cage, Voodoo Hill).

http://skycladmusic.co.uk/

IN THIS MOMENT - Previously Unreleased Song Available For Streaming

"Dying Star", is a previously unreleased IN THIS MOMENT song from "The Dream" recording session and is available for streaming at AbsolutePunk.net.

The track is one of several cuts that are included on the bonus disc on "The Dream (Ultra-Violet Edition)", which will be released on June 30th.

Also featured are "Sailing Away" (another previously unreleased song from "The Dream" session), the "Forever" radio edit and "Call Me" instrumental version, alongside some bonus video material.

A preview of In This Moment's video for the band's cover of the Blondie classic "Call Me" can be seen by clicking HERE.

www.myspace.com/inthismoment

SAXON To Play Free Show

SAXON go to San Antonio, Texas on August 22nd to headline a free concert at the Sunken Gardens Ampitheatre.

This is part of a tribute to the late San Antonio disc jockey "The Godfather" Joe Anthony.

A special guest is yet to be announced.

The band's latest album, "Into The Labyrinth", sold around 1,000 copies in the United States in it's first week of release.

Night Of The Vinyl Dead are to reissue SAXON's 1999 album "Metalhead" on limited-edition silver fold-out vinyl, featuring an eight-page booklet.
The album is hand-numbered and only 333 copies will be issued.

www.saxon747.com

BLACK CROWES To Release Two New Albums

The Black Crowes will release two new studio albums on September 01st.

"Before The Frost…" has eleven brand new songs recorded over five nights at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock.
All eleven of the songs were recorded as live in front of a small audience at the studio.

People that purchase "Before The Frost…" will receive a second new album for free.

"…Until The Freeze" features nine tracks recorded at the same sessions as "Before The Frost…" and it will only be available via a unique download code.

A limited edition vinyl version of Before The Frost…Until The Freeze has all 20 songs.

Before The Frost… tracklisting...
01. Good Morning Captain
02. Been A Long Time (Waiting On Love)
03. Appaloosa
04. A Train Still Makes A Lonely Sound
05. I Ain't Hiding
06. Kept My Soul
07. What Is Home
08. Houston Don't Dream About Me
09. Make Glad
10. And The Band Played On
11. Last Place That Love Lives

…Until The Freeze tracklisting...
01. Aimless Peacock
02. Shady Grove
03. Garden Gate
04. Greenhorn
05. Shine Along
06. Roll Old Jeremiah
07. Lady Of Avenue A
08. So Many Times
09. Fork In The River

www.blackcrowes.com/

WARRIOR SOUL Announce UK Tour Dates

USA rockers Warrior Soul have announced that they are returning to the UK in July for eleven shows following their appearance at Swedens 'Peace and Love' festival with Motley Crue and Monster Magnet on June 25th.

Bassist Janne Jarvis said...
"We're all aware that the summer is festival season so we thought "F**k it", lets have our own festival season in the UK. We're charged up and ready to disrupt your peaceful Summer. You've been warned."

Warrior Soul release their new album 'Destroy The War Machine' in the USA on Acetate in July and Europe in September.

The band play the following venues...
02nd July - The Twist, Colchester
03rd July - Agincourt, Camberley
04th July - Hamptons, Southampton
07th July - The Fleece, Bristol
08th July - The Box, Crewe
09th July - Gasworks, Bradford
10th July - Seven, Nottingham
11th July - JB Dudley’s, Dudley
12th July - Yardbirds, Grimsby
15th July - The Park, Peterborough
16th July - The Underworld, London

www.myspace.com/warriorsoulinfo
www.warriorsoulmerch.com/store/

EVERGREY & ANDROMEDA Confirmed For PROGPOWER EUROPE

Swedish metallers EVERGREY and ANDROMEDA have been both confirmed for ProgPower Europe, which is scheduled to take place from October 2nd to the 4th at JC Sjiwa in Baarlo, The Netherlands.

Andromeda & Evergrey will both perform headline shows on the Friday and Sunday respectively, according to the festival organizers.

























http://progpower.eu/website/

TO-MERA Split From Record Company

After releasing two albums on Candlelight Records, TO-MERA have reached a mutual decision that it is time for the band to move on to pastures new in order to progress.

The band's current focus will now be on recording a demo, of some new material, to showcase the musical evolution of the band since the release of "Delusions". Tracking should begin sometime in July.

Live Dates...
16th Oct - The Rambler, Eindhoven (Netherlands)
17th Oct - Muziekgieterij (with Stream of Passion), Maastricht (Netherlands)
18th Oct - MFVF VII, Wieze (Belgium)
24th Oct - The Purple Turtle, Camden, London (England)

www.myspace.com/tomeraband

Aerosmith To Play "Toys In The Attic" On US Tour

Aerosmith have confirmed that when they tour this year with ZZ Top, they will play in it's entirety their 1975 album "Toys In The Attic."

This comes after Joe Perry telling VH1 Classic Radio that he thought ‘Toys In The Attic’ would be fun to play in it’s entirety, rather than some of the band’s later material.

‘Toys In The Attic’, was released in 1975 and includes the band's most popular songs “Sweet Emotion” and "Walk This Way."

www.aerosmith.com

"Killing Is My Business" Digipack LP Miniature CD Now Available

Megadeth have just released a limited-edition version of their "Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!" album in a digipack LP miniature CD.

The CD is available via Play.com at £7.99.

This is a limited UK pressing of MEGADETH's classic 1985 debut album, housed in a miniature gatefold LP sleeve. The CD itself is made to look like a mini LP and is pressed on black plastic with grooves on the top to imitate an LP.

Track listing...
Last Rites
Loved To Death
Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good!
Skull Beneath The Skin
Rattlehead
Chosen Ones
Looking Down The Cross
Mechanix

www.megadeth.com

THEATRE OF TRAGEDY In The Studio

THEATRE OF TRAGEDY recently entered Room 13 studios in Oslo to resume recording its seventh album to be released at the end of September, via AFM Records.

The Norwegians new album is being produced by Alexander Møklebust.

All the basic recordings have been finished and the mixing process has started.

Some song titles recorded are 'Frozen', 'Deadland', 'Illusions', 'Hide and Seek', 'Forever is the World', 'A Nine Days Wonder' and 'Hollow'.
There should be ten tracks in all on the finished album.

Theatre Of Tragedy have posted a couple of new demo clips on the band's MySpace page.

The band's last album, "Storm", was released in March 2006 and an excellent album it is too.
The album was the group's first to feature singer Nell, who replaced Liv Kristine, now in LEAVES' EYES, in 2004.

www.theatreoftragedy.com/
www.myspace.com/pagesoftragedy

DREAM THEATER - Dixie Dregs' Cover Now Available

DREAM THEATER's cover of Dixie Dregs' 'Odyssey' is now available via iTunes.

The song is one of six cover songs that are included on the special-edition version of DREAM THEATER's new album, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings".

The six cover songs that are included on the special-edition version are as follows...
01. Stargazer - RAINBOW
02. Tenement Funster/Flick of the Wrist/Lily of the Valley - QUEEN
03. Odyssey - DIXIE DREGS
04. Take Your Fingers From My Hair - ZEBRA
05. Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Part II) - KING CRIMSON
06. To Tame A Land - IRON MAIDEN

"Black Clouds & Silver Linings" will be released on June 23rd via Roadrunner Records.

Track listing...
01. A Nightmare to Remember
02. A Rite of Passage
03. Wither
04. The Shattered Fortress
05. The Best of Times
06. The Count of Tuscany

www.dreamtheater.net

ROCK GODDESS Confirmed For Germany's HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR FESTIVAL 2010

Female UK rockers ROCK GODDESS have been confirmed for next year's Headbangers Open Air Festival, set to take place in July 2010 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany.

The festival line-up, so far, is as follows...
BATTLEAXE
BLOODFEAST
DER KAISER
ROCK GODDESS
ROXXCALIBUR
TRENCH HELL

Further information from...
www.headbangers-open-air.de

www.myspace.com/traceylambsrockgoddesspage

MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP - Band Line-up Announced For Tour

The MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP's line-up for their June/July North American tour will be as follows...

Michael Schenker - Guitar
Gary Barden - Vocals
Wayne Findlay - Guitar & Keyboards
Pete Holmes - Drums
Rev Jones - Bass

Elliott Rubinson (CACTUS) will fill in on bass for two selected shows to be announced.

The dates are as follows...
June 06 - Las Vegas, NV - Santa Fe Station
June 09 - W. Hollywood, CA - Key Club
June 10 - Modesto, CA - Fat Cat
June 11 - Santa Clara, CA - Avalon
June 12 - Agoura Hills, CA - Canyon Club
June 13 - Yucaipa, CA - Angels Roadhouse
June 14 - San Diego, CA - 4th & B
June 16 - El Paso, TX - Club 101
June 18 - Dallas, TX - Pontiac Garage
June 19 - Houston, TX - House Of Blues
June 20 - San Antonio, TX - Camargo Park
June 21 - Austin, TX - Aces
June 24 - New York, NY - Blender Theater At Gramercy
June 25 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
June 26 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
June 27 - Detroit, MI - Harpo's Concert Theatre
June 29 - Chicago, IL - House OF Blues
June 30 - Sauget, IL - Pops
July 03 - Concord, CA - Vinnie’s
July 04 - Fairfax, CA - 19 Broadway
July 08 - Seattle, WA - Studio 7
July 10 - Redondo Beach, CA - Brixton
July 11 - Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theater
July 13 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
July 14 - Victoria, BC - Element
July 16 - Exeter, CA - Orange Blossom Junction
July 17 - Phoenix, AZ - Celebrity Theatre

Michael Schenker has confirmed that his visa situation has been sorted out and that the U.S. tour is now on after it was postponed in March/April.

www.michaelschenkerhimself.com/