This just in! INCANTATION bassist Chuck Sherwood has issued the following update from the band’s well received Vengeful Scapegoat Tour through Europe with DIVINE EVE, HATE, NOCTUM, and NERVE. “INCANTATION returns to Europe one again! With all of the previous experiences John [McEntee] and Kyle [Severn] have had they were prepared for another hellish assault on the “old world.”  

Marc Rizzo once again has stepped out from his six-string tour of duty with SOULFLY and CAVALERA CONSPIRACY to deliver his new solo project, LEGIONAIRE on Phlamencore Records. This new albums reveals a phenomenal command of the guitar that Rizzo has become known for.  

Chicago glam rockers The Last Vegas offer a red vinyl version of their critically acclaimed album, Whatever Gets You Off, which features iTunes Critics pick for the Best Single of 2009 (Rock), “I’m Bad.” The album was recorded in Los Angeles with veteran rock producers Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe and Sixx:A.M., DJ Ashba (Producer of Sixx:A.M., Mötley Crüe) and Marti Frederiksen (Producer of Aerosmith, Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne).  

With vocalist/bassist Tom Araya now on the right track to recovery, SLAYER announces the rescheduling of its UK concert trek. The dates will kick off May 26 at the 02 Academy in Leeds, with the band playing seven headline shows, ending with two in London. All tickets for the original shows are valid, and The Haunted will remain as main support on all dates.  

New York, NY – HATEBREED will headline the second stage of this year’s ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL this summer which kicks off JULY 10 in San Bernardino, CA and runs through AUGUST 14th, hitting venues across the US. With a heavyweight lineup and low ticket prices, the tour dates are laid out as followed:  

All American Anthemic rockers, Drowning Pool will be joining Sevendust on an upcoming tour throughout the mid-south and northwest regions in the US. The trek begins on February 18 at The Varsity Theatre in Baton Rouge, LA. Tickets go on sale this Saturday and Sunday with Kansas City, MO going on sale January 29 (please see tour dates below for specific ticket on sales). Tickets can be purchased at www.drowningpool.com .  

After conquering the charts with their new album, War Is the Answer, Five Finger Death Punch are looking to get into the food business. On Wednesday, January 20th from Noon to 2pm ONLY, LA-based heavy metal burger truck Grill ‘Em All will be offering a new menu item: a burger specially designed by the band Five Finger Death Punch.  

The underground’s masters of sonic violence, GOMORAH have posted a video for the song “Exrement,” off of their MetalHit.com debut By The Means Of Violence online at this location. The video, filmed by acclaimed director Scott Hansen (Bury Your Dead, We Were Gentlemen) is a four-minute display of visual brutality which perfectly captures the song’s bludgeoning essence. The band had this to say about the video,  

HIM, the iconic rockers from Finland, are preparing to release their seventh full length record, Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice. The band is celebrating the release of their new album by giving away the first single, “Heartkiller,” for free! All you have to do is right click and save as on this link for your free Heartkiller mp3.  

Eulogy Recordings is very proud to announce the signing of New York’s THE SMASHUP. Their Eulogy debut album “The Sea And The Serpents Beneath” is all set for a March 16th release. The album was produced by Andrew Schneider (Cave In, Pelican, Unsane). A new song “Weigh The Anchored Cross” has been posted on the bands Myspace page here. They recently shot a music video for the track “Set Loose Black Sail” by David Brodsky (Suicide Silence, Unearth, Gwar). Tour plans are currently in the works to support “The Sea And The Serpents Beneath”. Pre-order deals are currently available here. Vocalist Sean Cuthbert commented “We are very pleased to announce that we... 

Super 8-bit Brothers, the video game obsessed duo consisting of Rob Kleiner and Kevin Gibson of Tub Ring are thrilled to announce the release of their synth-heavy debut entitled Brawl, which was inspired by both the sounds and games of Atari 2600 and Nintendo.  

On March 16th, 2009, Serj Tankian, a Grammy Award winner and one of rock’s most unconventional front men, took the stage at the majestic Auckland Town Hall in New Zealand with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra to perform a very special orchestral interpretation of his critically acclaimed debut solo album Elect the Dead. The dynamic one-off performance was recorded and filmed in HD by six cameras, and the dramatic result has been captured in Elect the Dead Symphony — a CD/DVD that will be released by Serjical Strike/Reprise Records on March 9, 2010.