It appears as though we’re reaching a point where seemingly, just about everything has been utilized for an optimum internet viewing experience. But fast-rising metallists have taken a bold step towards improving their fans’ viewing of their website, by launching “AOE Mobile.”  

The Melvins, whose most recent release (The Bride Screamed Murder) marked the band’s debut on the Billboard Top 200, will embark on a four-week tour of the western United States this September.  

DIR EN GREY announces a co-headlining tour with Apocalyptica that begins in Toronto on August 23 and concludes September 12 in Seattle, Washington. A fan pre-order and VIP package goes on sale this Friday, July 16 (http://tixx1.artistarena.com/direngrey/), and tickets will go on sale to the general public the following Friday, July 23.  

Ibex Moon Records regretfully announces that the last four dates of the Campaign For Death Metal Purity Tour, featuring Gravehill, Cardiac Arrest and Hod, will not go on as planned.  

On July 27th, Indiana’s INVASION will unleash their Rotting Corpse Records debut, Orchestrated Kill Maneuver. Sticking with their tradition of finding the sickest and most extreme bands the underground has to offer, Rotting Corpse Records promises nothing but pure, unadulterated brutality from the newest addition to their roster.  

Heavy metal’s two lovable goof balls seem to be on the verge of returning to their famous couch in 2011. Word has it that the show that Kip Winger blamed for his career demise will be coming back to MTV and creator Mike Judge will helm 30 new episodes to air on the cable channel.  

The Devil Wears Prada’s guitarist/vocalist Jeremy DePoyster shot and edited together some cool behind-the-scenes footage of the band during the recording of their upcoming Zombie EP, due out August 24 on Ferrett Music.  

With merely six weeks away from the release of their third full-length, Warp Riders (August 24th; Kemado), The Sword are finally ready to give a taste of their eagerly awaited new material. The scorching, groove-heavy number is proof that the band has successfully expanded into new territory while maintaining their cherished heaviness.  

After 2008’s “Conquer” when Max Cavalera said that the next Soulfly album is going to feature shorter, more aggressive, stripped down tracks, I was skeptical that he would be able to top that albums heaviness. Well it is 2 years later and there is no doubt in my mind that “Omen”, Soulfly’s 7th studio album, and 4th featuring the lineup of Max, guitarist Marc Rizzo, bassist Bobby Burns and drummer Joe Nunez is everything Max claimed it would be.  

Metalheads, rejoice: North America’s biggest thrash tour in 20 years is announced, as 1991’s original American “Clash of the Titans” lineup – Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax – will tour together once again on Leg Two of the “American Carnage Tour.” This trek kicks off September 24 at Verizon Wireless Theatre in Dallas, TX and will play 20 dates, including New York’s Nassau Coliseum, concluding at Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on October 21.  

EARLY MAN announces a headlining fall tour in support of their long-awaited sophomore full-length release, Death Potion, which will be released July 20, 2010 on The End Records. The “Death Potion Tour” begins September 20 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and ends October 23 in Seattle with Evile and Bonded By Blood opening all dates. A special ticket pre-sale for fans begins today exclusively through EnterTheVault.com and tickets will be available to the general public beginning July 17. The Los Angeles and Brooklyn-based band will also be performing a handful of dates in the western U.S. over the summer, including a record release show on Monday, July 19 at The Whisky in Los Angeles where they’ll be opening... 

Korn is once again reinventing itself and doing something completely innovative, nine albums and two decades into its incredible career. The band will perform for an hour and twenty minutes inside the mysterious crop circle that was recently revealed in the final installment of a viral web campaign.