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(New York, NY) — Thrash lords OVERKILL have sold 4,264 copies of their 25-year anniversary record IRONBOUND in the first week of its release. IRONBOUND has charted at 168 on the Billboard Top 200 and charted extremely well among major markets such as New York City, Boston and Philadelphia. This is the bands biggest first week since their 1994 record “W.F.O”.  

HAIL! singer Tim “Ripper” Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) recently spoke with Michael Gallucci from the Cleveland Scene about the recent abrupt departure of bassist Dave Ellefson and trying to find a replacement (Ellefson has returned to MEGADETH for the band’s upcoming Rust In Peace 20th Anniversary Tour). Hail is the allstar metal band composed of Owens, Jimmy Degrasso on Drums and Andreas Kisser on guitar.  

Is former singer Jesse Leach returning to Killswitch Engage? The internet is setting the music world abuzz with the rumor that former Killswitch Engage singer Jesse Leach is returning for two New York on March 18th and 19th.  

ALICE IN CHAINS has teamed with Popcult (in association with Devil’s Due Comics) for a promotion allowing fans to add their chapters to the controversial storyline depicted in the video for current single “Your Decision”  

More than 38 bands will once again come together to celebrate rock at the fourth annual ROCK ON THE RANGE, set for May 22 and 23 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The line-up includes first-timer “Rangers” Rob Zombie, Godsmack (in their first announced show of 2010), the return of Limp Bizkit and the festival solo debut of Slash.  

Five Finger Death Punch are spending Valentines Day in a very unique way. 5FDP, recently announced as main stage artists on this year’s Rockstar Energy MAYHEM Festival, host the syndicated radio special “Love Songs for Tough Guys.” The program features hard rock songs that are appropriate for Valentine’s Day- hit tracks that even guys can admit they like on Valentine’s, the sappiest of holidays.  

Get ready to rock, Marvel fans, because two-time Grammy-nominated heavy metal superstars Lamb of God are creating an exclusive song for the upcoming blockbuster title, “Iron Man 2: The Video Game.” The all-new song serves as the perfect complement to the non-stop super-powered action of the game on the Xbox 360, PlayStation3, PlayStationPortable and Wii video game systems. “Iron Man 2: The Video Game” will be in- stores across North America on May 4, 2010.  

Sevendust have released the first single from their upcoming CD “Cold Day Memory”. It’s called Forever Dead. The CD is expected to come out in April. The band is currently on tour with Drowning Pool and Digital Summer. With the return of guitarist Clint Lowery, Sevendust is expecting a bisg year. Take a listen and tell us what you think!  

Finnish Love Metallers HIM are now streaming their seventh studio album Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice on their Myspace profile. The album, which was produced by Matt Squire (The Used, All Time Low, Saosin) was recently described by frontman Ville Valo as being “the most sexual album we’ve ever made”. Ville also added “I like the immediacy of it. There’s a lot of information put in short songs and they don’t let go. That was the whole vibe for me”.  

It’s no secret that RATT are back and raring to go. The band is proud to announce April 20, 2010 as the release date for their Loud & Proud debut, Infestation, an 11-song opus that is their first studio record in 11 years. The first single, “Best of Me”, is scheduled to impact rock radio on February 21. The song is available at all digital stores.  

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES are due to celebrate the band’s history and recent reunion tour with a special value-packed AT THE GATES Ultimate Collectors Box Set.  

Swedish extreme metallers HYPOCRISY will finally make their long-awaited return to North America in May. Support on the trek will come from HATE, BLACKGUARD and SWASHBUCKLE.  

Guitarist Silenoz of Norwegian black metallers DIMMU BORGIR recently spoke to U.K.’s Metal Hammer magazine about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band’s follow-up to 2007′s In Sorte Diaboli.  

Los Angeles, CA – February 1, 2010 — Slayer and Megadeth are thrilled to announce the new, confirmed routing for the American Carnage North American Tour, which will commence with the rescheduled Canadian Carnage East dates in Quebec City on Friday, July 23. Slayer will then head to Europe for a run of festival dates, returning to kick off the American Carnage leg in Albany, NY on August 11.