All You Cannot Live Without 07.13.09: Best Damn News Report. Period.

Posted by Ben Czajkowski on 07.13.2009

KISS, Lynyrd Skynyrd to release new albums this fall. Cornell talks Soundgarden reunion, b-side releases. Linkin Park frontman finishes work on new album. Track list for Metallica DVD. The Melvins get unique remix CD. Creed confirm release title. The 1990s get covered (again). Tour dates from Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Mushroomhead, Pearl Jam, more. Listen to new Paramore, Five Finger Death Punch, Seether, Daughtry, Megadeth, many more.

Band/Artist	Album Title	Notes
Out Now
Born of Osiris	A Higher Place
Parabelle	A Summit Borderline
Poison The Well	The Tropic Rot
Job For A Cowboy	Ruination
Skinlab	The Scars Between Us
Out This Week
Opeth	The Candlelight Years	Europe Release
Adelitas Way	Adelitas Way
Arkaea	Years In The Darkness
Arsonists Get All The Girls	Portals
August Burns Red	Constellations
Billy Talent	Billy Talent III
Clutch	Strange Cousins From The West
Daughtry	Leave This Town
Death By Stereo	Death Is My Only Friend
Devildriver	Pray for Villians
Green Day	Warning	Vinyl Re-Release
The Killer and the Star	The Killer and the Star
Marcy Playground	Leaving Wonderland…in a Fit of Rage
Project 86	Picket Fence Cartel
Sick Puppies	Tripolar
Suffocation	Blood Oath
July 21
He Is Legend	It Hates You
Our Lady Peace	Burn Burn
Sugar Ray	Music For Cougars
July 28
Divine Heresy	Bringer Of Plagues
Ryan Star	11:59
This Is Hell	TBA
Various Artists	New Tales To Tell, A Tribute To Love And Rockets
August 4
Dead And Divine	The Machines We Are
Tantric	Mind Control
August 8
Misery Index	Retaliate	Re-issue
August 11
Arch Enemy	Burning Bridges
Arch Enemy	Stigmata
Behemoth	Evangelion
Cavo	Bright Nights, Dark Days
Crossbreed	KE 101
Green Day	International Superhits!	Vinyl Re-Release
Vertical Horizon	Burning the Days
August 18
Gwar	Lust In Space
Mute Math	Armistice
Otep	Smash The Control Machine
Sister Hazel	Release
Third Eye Blind	Ursa Major
August 25
Awaken Demons	The Mirror
Caliban	Say Hello To Tragedy	Overseas Release
Collective Soul	Rabbit
Heartsounds	Until We Surrender
Jet	Shaka Rock
Municipal Waste	Massive Aggressive	Overseas Release
Oh, Sleeper	Son Of The Morning
Skillet	Awake
Smile Empty Soul	Consciousness
September 1
The Black Crowes	Before The Frost
Dirge Within	Force Fed Lies
The Used	Artwork
September 8
3 Inches Of Blood	Here Waits Thy Doom
Chevelle	Sci-Fi Crimes
Thousand Foot Krutch	Welcome to the Masquerade
September 9
Candiria	Toying With Insanities
Saosin	In Search of Solid Ground
Slipknot	Slipknot
Stroke 9	TBA
September 15
The Acacia Strain	The Most Known Unknown
The Black Dahlia Murder	Deflorate
Every Time I Die	New Junk Aesthetic
Green Day	Shenanigans	Vinyl Re-Release
Kittie	In The Black
Megadeth	Endgame
Muse	The Resistance
Protest The Hero	Gallop Meets The Earth	CD/DVD
Shadows Fall	Retribution
Sunny Day Real Estate	Diary	Re-mastered Re-issue
Sunny Day Real Estate	LP2	Re-mastered Re-issue
September 21
Sweethead	TBA
September 22
Alter Bridge	Alter Bridge - Live in Amsterdam	double-disc DVD
Pearl Jam	Backspacer
Pillar	Confessions
Porcupine Tree	The Incident
September 28
Funeral For A Friend	Your History Is Mine: 2002 - 2009
September 29
AFI	Crash Love
Alice In Chains	Black Gives Way To Blue
Lynyrd Skynyrd	God & Guns
The Melvins	Chicken Switch	Remix Album
Paramore	Brand New Eyes
October 6
Arch Enemy	The Root Of All Evil
Five Finger Death Punch	War Is The Answer
October 13
Green Day	American Idiot	Vinyl Re-Release
Skeletonwitch	Breathing The Fire
October 19
Metallica	TBA	DVD
October 20
30 Seconds To Mars	The War
Russian Circles	Geneva
October 27
Between The Buried And Me	The Great Misdirect
November 10
Green Day	Bullet in a Bible	Vinyl Re-Release

Listeners' Lounge Media Player
Band	Track/Album	Notes
Lo-Pro	Three Songs	From Letting Go
Skinlab	"Amphetamine Gods"	From The Scars Between Us
August Burns Red	Constellations	Entire Album
He Is Legend	"Everyone I Know Has Fangs"/"Chine White 3″	From It Hates You
Marcy Playground	Leaving Wonderland…in a fit of rage	Entire Album
The Black Dahlia Murder	"A Selection Unnatural"	From Deflorate
Billy Talent	III	Entire Album
Grief Of War	Worship	Entire Album
Death Before Dishonor	"Remember"	From Better Ways To Die
Evergreen Terrace	"Enemy Sex"	From Almost Home
DevilDriver	"Bitter Pill"/"Fate Stepped In"
Pillar	"Fire on the Inside"/"Secrets and Regrets"	From Confessions
As You Drown	"Driven By Hatred"	From Reflection
Clutch	Strange Cousins From The West	Entire Album
Arsonists Get All The Girls	Portals
Megadeth	"Headcrusher"
Daughtry	Leave This Town	Entire Album
Green Day	"Favorite Son"	Unreleased; From 21 Guns EP
Five Finger Death Punch	"Bulletproof"/ "Hard To See"	From War Is the Answer
Seether	"I've Got You Under My Skin"	Frank Sinatra cover
Paramore	"Ignorance"

Rock News For All You Newbs

Lynyrd Skynyrd will release their upcoming new album God & Guns on September 29. The band considers the album to be "a tribute to the past and to the future of this band, too," according to frontman Johnny Van Zant. The record was recorded with producer Bob Marlette (Seether, Shinedown).

Chris Cornell said recently that the members of Soungarden had been in contact, but not in regards to a reunion:

"The only thing that we have talked about is trying to put together an album of B sides and maybe a box set with some unreleased tracks we have," Cornell says. "This is something we first talked about 10 years ago. We all feel it's time to do that, and we have a lot of fans out there, and we have a lot of new fans discovering our music, and I think the catalog and the legacy of the band has been ignored by the record label and previous management, so we decided to get together, and start working towards putting something like that out."

"We did so many B sides, and we were always miffed by the concept that the largest part of our audience was in the U.S., and yet, we were always churning out B sides for other territories, so they would buy the local release instead of the import. That's what I am the most excited about, to get that collection out so everyone knows it's there and has access to it. I think a box set would be good, too."

Soundgarden released the compilation A-Sides in 1997, the same year they broke up. A companion album, B-Sides, was planned but never released.

As for a reunion:

"I've always said nothing is impossible. I never wanted to be one of those people who tries to predict the future. I don't want to know what I will be doing two years, five years from now. I want to be open to anything, but nothing has changed in terms of our attitude toward it. It takes somebody to really stand up and say, ‘We should do this, we have to go do this, let's go do this,' and so far, no one has raised their hand to do that. Still, it's not impossible."

Slipknot will reissue their 1999 self-titled major label debut on September 9 to celebrate the album's 10th anniversary. No details about bonus material have been made available yet.

Maroon 5 announced that they are working on their follow up to 2007's It Won't Be Soon Before Long which will be produced by legendary producer Mutt Lange (Nickelback, AC/DC). A projected release date has not been revealed.

Atreyu is aiming for an October release for their new album which they are now about 90% done recording. The group are working on the outing with producer Bob Marlette (Ill Nino, Saliva). A title and track listing for the opus will be announced shortly.

Shinedown released a slew of bonus tracks on iTunes and Amazon.  The full list of songs is as follows:

Leave A Whisper Bonus
13. "Simple Man" (Acoustic)
14. "Burning Bright" (Sanford Mix)
15. "45″ (Acoustic)
16. "Simple Man" (Rock Version)
17. "Leave A Whisper" (Studio Version)
18. "Start Over" (Studio Version)
19. "Soon Forgotten" (Demo)
20. "No More Love" (Demo)
21. "Falling Fearless" (Demo)
22. "Left Out" (Demo)
23. "Emptiness Man" (Demo)
24. "Notice Me" (Demo)
25. "Fly From The Inside" (Live Acoustic)

Us And Them
14. "Simple Man" (Live)
15. "Stranger Inside" (Live)
16. "Save Me" (Acoustic)
17. "I Dare You" (Acoustic)
18. "Some Day" (Acoustic)
19. "One" (Clear Channel Stripped)
20. "I Dare You" (Clear Channel Stripped)
21. "Save Me" (Pull Mix)
22. "Persistence" (Demo)
23. "Carried Away" (Demo)
24. "Atmosphere" (Demo)
25. "Fake" (Demo)

A number of tracks, including those from the likes of the Queens Of The Stone Age, Darkest Hour, The Bronx, Children Of Bodom and more, have been officially announced for the upcoming "Guitar Hero 5" videogame which is set for a September 1 release date. Songs revealed thus far are as follows:

Band Of Horses - "Cigarettes, Wedding Bands"
Beastie Boys - "Gratitude"
Beck - "Gamma Ray"
Billy Squier - "Lonely Is The Night"
Blur - "Song 2"
Bob Dylan - "All Along The Watchtower"
Children Of Bodom - "Done With Everything, Die For Nothing"
Coldplay - "In My Place"
Darkest Hour - "Demon(s)"
David Bowie - "Fame"
Deep Purple - "Woman From Tokyo" ('99 Remix)
Elliott Smith - "L.A."
Iggy Pop - "Lust For Life" (Live)
Jeff Beck - "Scatterbrain" (Live)
John Mellencamp - "Hurts So Good"
Kings Of Leon - "Sex On Fire"
Queens Of The Stone Age - "Make It Wit Chu"
Rose Hill Drive - "Sneak Out"
Santana - "No One To Depend On" (Live)
The Bronx - "Six Days A Week"
Thrice - "Deadbolt"
Tom Petty - "Runnin' Down A Dream"
Vampire Weekend - "A-Punk"
Wolfmother - "Back Round"

A wealth of additional songs for the game will be announced over the coming weeks.

Awaken Demons' upcoming new album The Mirror has been bumped back to an August 25 North American release. In the meantime, the band is offering their new track "A Dead Man Called Traitor" online here. As previously reported, the outing will feature guest vocals spots from Karl Buechner of Earth Crisis and The Acacia Strain's Vincent Bennet.

The track listing has been revealed for Funeral For A Friend's upcoming greatest hits collection Your History Is Mine: 2002 - 2009, which will see a September 28 release overseas:

01 - "10.45 Amsterdam Conversations"
02 - "This Year's Most Open Heartbreak"
03 - "Juneau"
04 - "She Drove Me To Daytime Television"
05 - "Escape Artists Never Die"
06 - "Red Is The New Black"
07 - "Streetcar"
08 - "Roses For The Dead"
09 - "History"
10 - "Into Oblivion (Reunion)"
11 - "Walk Away"
12 - "Kicking And Screaming"

In addition to the aforementioned tracks, the outing will come with a bonus EP featuring the following four new tracks:

01 - "No Honor Among Thieves"
02 - "Built To Last"
03 - "Wrench"
04 - "Captains Of Industry"

Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens Of The Stone Age, Failure, A Perfect Circle) has been busying himself with a new project dubbed Sweethead during QOTSA's downtime. The group features former members of Handsome and more and have a new EP entitled The Great Disruptors due out this month. A full-length album is expected to follow on September 21. For now, you can check the band out here.

Powerman 5000 completed work on their upcoming new album Super Villain. The band will announce a release date, track list, and artwork soon.

Zao revealed that they have eight new songs in the works already for their next release.

Far wrapped up tracking their new album and have now begun mixing it. A release later this year is expected.

Anchor & Braille, the acoustic side project from Anberlin front-man Stephen Christian, streamed their first song titled "Like Steps in a Dance" here. The track is taken from their upcoming debut album Felt:

1. "Rust (The Short Story of Mary Agnosia)"
2. "Like Steps in a Dance"
3. "Blur"
4. "Inretrospect"
5. "Summer Tongues"
6. "Calm, Calm, Calm Yourself"
7. "Wedding / Funeral."
8. "Sleep. When We Die."
9. "Forget Love, I Just Want You to Make Sense to Me Tonight."
10. "Sing Out"
11. "Sheet Music / Sheet Music"

The Fall Of Troy put the final touches on their upcoming new album which will see a fall release. In other news, the band backed out of this fall's overseas "Eastpak Antidote Tour" run with Alexisonfire, Anti-Flag and The Ghost Of A Thousand. Speaking on their decision to pull out of the trek, they had the following to say:

"We do have a little bit of bad news though it looks as though we will no longer be able to take part in the Eastpak tour this fall. It pains us to have to disappoint all our European fans, but we promise we will get back there as soon as possible. We hope you all understand and as always appreciate all the support you have given us over the years."

The Black Dahlia Murder finalized the track listing for their upcoming new album Deflorate which will see a September 15 release. Here's how the outing shapes up:

01 - "Black Valor"
02 - "Necropolis"
03 - "A Selection Unnatural"
04 - "Denounced, Disgraced"
05 - "Christ Deformed"
06 - "Death Panorama"
07 - "Throne Of Lunacy"
08 - "Eyes Of Thousand"
09 - "That Which Erodes The Most Tender"
10 - "I Will Return"

A special deluxe edition of the CD will come with a bonus DVD dubbed Going Places. It will document the band's first tour with their latest guitarist Ryan Durell Knight as well as the band's first shows in Sweden, Russia and Norway.

Coheed and Cambria announced that they are working on a new album which they plan on releasing sometime early next year.

Saosin revealed the track list for their upcoming new album In Search of Solid Ground due out September 9:

1. "I Keep My Secrets Safe"
2. "Deep Down"
3. "Why Can't You See?"
4. "Changing"
5. "On My Own"
6. "The Alarming Sound Of A Still Small Voice"
7. "Say Goodbye"
8. "The Worst Of Me"
9. "It's All Over Now"
10. "What Were We Made For?"
11. "Is This Real?"
12. "Nothing Is What It Seems"
13. "Fireflies"

Muse revealed the track list for their upcoming new album The Resistance due out September 14:

1. "Uprising"
2. "Resistance"
3. "Undisclosed Desires"
4. "United States of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage)"
5. "Guiding Light"
6. "Unnatural Selection"
7. "MK Ultra"
8. "I Belong To You ( Mon Coeur S'Ouvre A Ta Voix)"
9. "Exogenesis : Symphony Part I (Overture)"
10. "Exogenesis : Symphony Part II (Cross Pollination)"
11. "Exogenesis : Symphony Part III (Redemption)"

Sevendust announced that they are working on their eighth album and hope to hit the studio before the end of the year.

AFI will release their upcoming new album Crash Love on September 29th.

Ex-Light This City frontwoman Laura Nichol and drummer Ben Murray have started a new band dubbed Heartsounds. The group will release their debut effort Until We Surrender on August 25. For now, you can check the group out here.

Plans to reissue Light This City's The Hero Cycle have been postponed with the album now set to emerge in early 2010.

Switchfoot revealed the track list for their upcoming new album Hello Hurricane due out sometime this October:

1. "Needle And Haystack Life"
2. "Mess Of Me"
3. "Your Love Is A Song"
4. "The Sound (John M. Perkins Blues)"
5. "Enough To Let Me Go"
6. "Free"
7. "Hello Hurricane"
8. "Always"
9. "Bullet Soul"
10. "Yet"
11. "Sing It Out"
12. "Red Eyes"

Russian Circles is plotting an October 20 release for their new album Geneva.

The Almost will release their upcoming new album Monster Monster sometime this Fall.

Clouds announced that they will be going on an indefinite hiatus following their July 30 show at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA. Moving Mountains and Goes Cube will also be on the bill. Speaking on the show, Clouds had the following to say:

"...yep...last CLOUDS show until who knows when, maybe ever. Times they are a changin'...some people are moving and some are just moving on. Come out and wish Jimmy good luck in the Big Apple."

Between The Buried And Me settled upon The Great Misdirect as the title to their new album which they have wrapped up tracking and are currently mixing. The track listing for the outing, which is due in stores on October 27, is as follows:

01 - "Mirrors"
02 - "Obfuscation"
03 - "Disease, Injury, Madness"
04 - "Fossil Genera - A Feed From Cloud Mountain"
05 - "Desert Of Song"
06 - "Swim To The Moon"

Panic At The Disco announced today that guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker have quit the band to pursue their own musical interests. Matthew Murphy and Tord Overlond-Knudsen from The Wombats will fill in until a new guitarist and bassist is found. The band will send their new single "New Perspective" to rock radio on August 18. The track is expected to appear on the band's upcoming new album which currently has no title or release date.

Protest The Hero's new live CD/DVD offering Gallop Meets The Earth has now officially been slated for a September 15 release. The two disc set is comprised of footage from a performance that took place at the Sound Academy in Toronto, ON in December 2008 and features the following set list:

01 - "Sequoia Throne"
02 - "No Stars Over Bethlehem"
03 - "Bloodmeat"
04 - "The Dissentience"
05 - "Palms Read"
06 - "Blindfolds Aside"
07 - "Goddess Bound"
08 - "Goddess Gagged"
09 - "Spoils"
10 - "Nautical"
11 - "Limb From Limb"

The CD will feature the audio portion of the live performance. Meanwhile, the DVD will also play host to a number of bonus features, including a director's cut documentary of the set and the day the show took place, all of the bands official music videos, an outback skiing adventure the band had in Whistler, BC, a 'wake and funnel' beer adventure, stop moshing bonus feature piece, the groups show rider and an "angry letter from a fan."

Alumni of Buried Alive, This Day Forward, Throwdown, Eighteen Visions and more will be joining forces for a collaborative show called "Bringin' It Back" at the Chain Reaction in Anaheim, CA on August 16th which will see a number of musicians team up to tackle covers of 80's and 90's hardcore tracks; including those from the likes of Minor Threat, Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Earth Crisis and Snapcase. The main backing band for the evening will look as follows:

Guitars - Scott Sprigg (Buried Alive, Stand And Fight, Force Of Change)
Guitars - Vadim Taver (This Day Forward, A Life Once Lost)
Drums - Matt Horwitz (Adamantium, Mean Season, Monument To Thieves)
Bass - Greg Bacon (Carry On, Betrayed, Internal Affairs)

While guest vocalists tapped for the night include:

Keith Barney (Throwdown, Eighteen Visions)
Javier Van Huss (Eighteen Visions, The Mistake)
Ray Harkins (Taken, Mikoto)
David Richardson (As Hope Dies, Force Of Change)
Mike Shaw (This Day Forward)
Bo Thompson (Donnybrook, Snake Eyes)

Skeletonwitch set an October 13 release for their new album Breathing The Fire. The outing is currently being tracked in Seattle, WA with Jack Endino (Nirvana, High On Fire) handling the production duties.

The Empire Shall Fall (ex-Seemless/Killswitch Engage) are now planning a mid-late October release for their debut album which they continue to record. The group tentatively plans to post some preview tracks from it and such in late August.

Tantric revealed  the track list Mind Control due out August 4:
1. "Mind Control"
2. "Fall To The Ground"
3. "Coming Undone"
4. "Desert Me"
5. "The Past Is The Past"
6. "Kick Back"
7. "Intermerzzo"
8. "Run Out"
9. "Walk Away"
10. "What Are You Waiting For"
11. "Let's Start"
12. "Guiding Me"

Four Year Strong have streamed their cover of Third Eye Blind's hit "Semi-Charmed Life" here. The song is taken from the group's 90s covers album Explains It All, due out July 21. The track list is as follows:

1. "So Much for the Afterglow" - Everclear
2. "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" - Nine Days
3. "Ironic" - Alanis Morisette
4. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" - Smashing Pumpkins
5. "Semi-Charmed Life" - Third Eye Blind
6. "Spiderwebs" - No Doubt
7. "Roll to Me" - Del Amitri
8. "Fly" - Sugar Ray
9. "In Bloom" - Nirvana
10. "She Really Loved You" - Reach The Sky
11. "She's So High" - Tal Bachmann

Creed confirmed that their upcoming new album will indeed be titled Full Circle and will be released this Fall.

The Melvins scheduled a September 29 release for their new 15 song remix effort, Chicken Switch. The effort isn't a standard remix outing though as each remixer was given a full album to work with to create their track rather than merely remixing an individual song. The track listing for the effort is as follows:

01 - "Washmachine Sk8tronics" (Eye Yamatsuka)
02 - "Emperor Twaddle Reemix" (Christoph Heeman)
03 - "She Chokes Her Dying Breadn and Does It In my Face" (V/VM)
04 - "AAHHH..." (John Duncan)
05 - "Linksh ander" (Matmos)
06 - "EggNog Trilogy i) She's Ivanhoe ii) Cancer iii) Inebriated" (Lee Ranaldo)
07 - "SNOW REM REM IBVZ" (Merzbow)
08 - "Prick Concrete/Revolution M" (David Scott Stone)
09 - "Queen (Electroclash Remix)" (Panaceea)
10 - "The Silky Apple Butter of Youth" (Sunroof!)
11 - "4th Floor Hellcopter" (Kawabata Makoto)
12 - "disp_tx_skel_mach_murx" (Farmersmanual)
13 - "Overgoat" (Void Manes)
14 - "Over from Under the Dog, Girl & Boy Treatment" (RLW)
15 - "Hard Revenge Milly Bloody Battle VS. The Melvins Ozmatized Gore Police" (Feat. Cardopusher of the Five Deadly Venoms) (Speedranch)

Last week's Metallica concert at France's Arènes de Nîmes was filmed and will be released on October 19 on DVD. This will be the first of two DVDs that Metallica will release this year. The second one will consist of footage from three shows shot in Mexico. This was the set list for the France show:

'Blackened'
'Creeping Death'
'Fuel'
'Harvester Of Sorrow'
'Fade To Black'
'Broken, Beat And Scarred'
'Cyanide'
'Sad But True'
'One'
'All Nightmare Long'
'The Day That Never Comes'
'Master Of Puppets'
'Dyers Eve'
'Nothing Else Matters'
'Enter Sandman'
'Stone Cold Crazy'
'Motorbreath'
'Seek And Destroy'

Dead By Sunrise, the solo project from Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington, finished work on their debut album Out Of Ashes that they recorded with producer Howard Benson (Three Days Grace, Flyleaf, Papa Roach). The album is tentatively due out sometime this September.

Warning: Touring Updates May Lead To Spontaneous Moshing

Nine Inch Nails reworked their plans for their 'final' shows and in turn will be playing a handful of dates in a number of major markets. The band promises medium to small venues and longer sets with some possible special guests, while The Horrors and Mew have been tapped to handle the opening duties on select dates. Plans are also in motion for the shows to be captured for a future release. The dates are as follows:

August 22nd New York City, NY - Bowery Ballroom (feat. The Horrors)
August 23rd New York City, NY - Webster Hall (feat. The Horrors)
August 25th New York City, NY - Terminal 5 (feat. The Horrors)
August 26th New York City, NY - Terminal 5 (feat. The Horrors)
August 28th Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom (feat. Mew)
August 29th Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom (feat. Mew)
September 02nd Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium (feat. Mew)
September 03rd Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater (feat. Mew)
September 05th Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre
September 06th Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex

Support acts for the final two dates of the trek will be announced shortly.

Walls Of Jericho will be touring throughout South American tour from September 11th through to September 20th. While exact venues have yet to be announced for the trek, the routing for it has been made available here.

Rev Theory and Cavo have been added to this year's Cruefest tour which also features Motley Crue, Godsmack, Theory of a Deadman, Drowning Pool and Charm City Devils. The Monster Energy second stage, which has been added, will also feature bands 16 Second Stare and Shram.

Metallica added Gojira and Volbeat to their fall/winter North American run with Lamb Of God. Gojira will join the bill from September 14th through to October 18th, after which Volbeat will be taking over the opening slot from October 26th through to December 12th. Furthermore, Lamb Of God will not be playing the December dates of the tour and that another opening act is expected to be revealed shortly for that leg of the tour.

(hed)p.e. and Mushroomhead will be co-headlining a tour together this summer:
August 11th Sauget, IL - Pop's
August 12th Mokena, IL - Pearl Room
August 14th Flint, MI - Machine Shop
August 17th Towson, MD - Recher Theatre
August 18th West Springfield, VA - Jaxx
August 19th Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock
August 21st Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights
August 22nd Providence, RI - Rhode Island Convention Center
August 23rd Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance
August 25th Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall
August 26th Pittsburgh, PA - Diesel
August 27th Columbus, OH - Al Rosa
August 28th E. Sparta, OH - Creekfest 2009
August 29th Detroit, MI - Harpos
August 31st Maplewood, MN - The Rock
September 01st Fargo, ND - The Venue
September 03rd Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre
September 04th Dallas, TX - The Door
September 12th Fayetteville, NC - Jesters Pub
September 13th Jacksonville, NC - Hooligans

Through The Eyes Of The Dead lined up the following shows for August:

August 11th Manchester, NH - Rockos (feat. Armor For The Broken)
August 12th Hartford, CT - Webster Underground (feat. Armor For The Broken)
August 13th Vineland, NJ - Hangar 84 (feat. Armor For The Broken)
August 14th Peekskill, NY - Peekskill Elks Lodge (feat. Armor For The Broken, Dr. Acula, Autumn Black)

Trivium booked a UK headlining run for March 2010 with support acts to be announced in the coming weeks:

March 05th Cardiff, UK - University Students Union
March 06th Nottingham, UK - Rock City
March 07th Stoke, UK - Victoria Hall
March 08th Leeds, UK - Metropolitan University
March 10th Newcastle, UK - Academy
March 11th Inverness, UK - Ironworks
March 12th Glasgow, UK - Barrowland
March 13th Manchester, UK - Academy
March 14th Norwich, UK - UEA
March 16th Portsmouth, UK - Pyramid Centre
March 17th London, UK - Koko
March 18th London, UK - Koko
March 20th Oxford, UK - Academy
March 22nd Folkestone, UK - Leas Cliff Hall
March 23rd Wolverhampton, UK - Wulfrun Hall
March 24th Bristol, UK - Academy

Every Time I Die will be joining Bring Me The Horizon, Oh, Sleeper and Architects on the road in September for the following North American run:

September 08th Minneapolis, MN - Epic
September 09th Chicago, IL - House of Blues
September 10th Kansas City, MO - Beaumont Club
September 11th Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
September 12th Salt Lake City, UT - Murray Theatre
September 13th Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
September 14th Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market
September 16th San Francisco, CA - Grand Ballroom
September 17th Hollywood, CA - House of Blues
September 18th San Diego, CA - SOMA
September 19th Pomona, CA - The Glasshouse
September 20th Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
September 21st Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theater
September 23rd Dallas, TX - House of Blues
September 24th San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
September 25th Houston, TX - House of Blues
September 26th New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
September 27th Tampa, FL - The Ritz
September 29th Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
September 30th Charlotte, NC - Amos
October 01st Norfolk, VA - The Norva
October 02nd Baltimore, MD - Sonar
October 03rd Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
October 04th Boston, MA - House of Blues
October 05th Long Island, NY - Crazy Donkey
October 07th New York, NY - Irving Plaza
October 08th Montreal, QC - Metropolis
October 09th Toronto, ON - Kool Haus
October 10th Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
October 11th Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall

Torche and Harvey Milk's touring plans together are as follows:

July 11th Miami, FL - Chruchill's Pub
July 12th Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds
July 13th Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Cafe
July 14th Memphis, TN - Hi Tone Cafe
July 15th Oxford, MS - Two Stick (no Torche)
July 16th Nashville, TN - Exit/In
July 17th Indianapolis, IN - Emerson Theatre (feat. Young Widows, Ice Nine, Coliseum)
July 18th Chicago, IL - Subterranean (feat. Young Widows)
July 19th Columbus, OH - Ravari Room
July 20th Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop
July 21st Buffalo, NY - Tralf Music Hall
July 23rd Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
July 24th Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
July 25th Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs (feat. Cable)
July 26th Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg (feat. Pollution)
July 27th Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
July 28th Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel (feat. Nitroseed)
July 30th Charlotte, NC - Milestone
July 31st Atlanta, GA - Earl
August 01st Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club

Without Harvey Milk:
August 02nd Tampa, FL - Czar (feat. House of Lightening, Averkiou)
August 05th Hollywood, CA - Knitting Factory (feat. Big Business)
August 22nd Henrico, VA - Hadads Lake

Primer 55 firmed up their summer touring plans:

July 30th Marietta, GA - The Local
July 31st Rome, GA - McRobies
August 01st Des Moines, IA - Boulevard Beach Bash '09
August 02nd Salina, KS - The Blue Goat
August 03rd Springfield, MO - Outland Ballroom
August 06th Dallas, TX - Skillman Street
August 07th Hurst, TX - Broncos
August 08th Houston, TX - Scout Bar
August 09th San Antonio, TX - Scout Bar
August 13th Lubbock, TX - Jake's Backroom
August 14th Tempe, AZ - Marquee (feat. Soulfly)
August 15th TBA, AZ - TBA (feat. Soulfly)
August 16th Tempe, AZ - The Sets
August 17th Las Vegas, NV - The Penthouse Stripclub
August 19th Los Angeles, CA - Viper Room
August 20th Modesto, CA - Pizza Factory
August 21st Sacramento, CA - Kennel Club
August 22nd Chico, CA - Lost On Main
August 23rd Eugene, OR - Joe's
August 24th Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
August 25th Spokane, WA - The BLVD House Of Music
August 27th Billings, MT - F.O.E. Billings
August 28th Missoula, MT - The Top Hat
August 29th Denver, CO - Leukemia Fund Raiser Event
August 30th Salt Lake City, UT - Club Vegas
September 02nd Harrisburg, SD - The Phoenix Lounge
September 03rd Minneapolis, MN - The Rock Nightclub
September 04th Green Bay, WI - Bottoms Up
September 05th Milwaukee, WI - Liquor Sweets
September 06th Crest Hill, IL - Bada Brew
September 07th Lake Geneva, WI - Foleys Bar
September 08th Mt. Clemens, MI - The Hayloft
September 10th Louisville, KY - The Bulldog Cafe
September 11th Jacksonville, FL - The Pit (feat. L.A. Guns)
September 12th Newnan, GA - Bajas Concert Hall

Sleeping Giant will headline the "Messin' With Sasquatch Tour" in August. The trek will see the band joined by For Today, The Ghost Inside and The World We Knew for the following stops:

August 13th Owensboro, KY - Brothers (Sleeping Giant only)
August 14th Louisville, KY - Oasis (Sleeping Giant only)
August 15th Ooltewah, TN - Livestock Fest (Sleeping Giant only)
August 16th Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone Cafe
August 17th Herrin, IL - Hitts
August 19th Casper, WY - Knights of Columbus
August 20th Boise, ID - The Venue
August 21st Camas, WA - Tom Fest (no The Gost Inside)
August 22nd Seattle, WA - Studio Seven (no The Gost Inside)
August 23rd Roseburg, OR - Riversdale Grange

The Used will be heading to the UK in September for the following string of dates:

September 15th Cardiff, UK - Solus
September 16th Newcastle, UK - University
September 19th Leeds, UK - Metropolitan University
September 21st Manchester, UK - Academy 2
September 22nd Birmingham, UK - O2 Academy 2
September 23rd London, UK - Electric Ballroom

Cannibal Corpse confirmed their off-dates schedule from this summer's "Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival":

July 15th Portland, OR - Roseland Theater (feat. Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid)
July 20th Omaha, NE - Slowdown (feat. Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid)
July 23rd Louisville, KY - InnPlace Hotel & Conference Center(feat. Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, Whitechapel)
August 03rd Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall (feat. Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid)
August 10th Spartanburg, SC - Ground Zero (feat. Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid)

Initial stops have been announced for Funeral For A Friend's October UK/Ireland run:

October 05th Plymouth, UK - Hippo
October 06th Portsmouth, UK - Pyramids
October 08th Exeter, UK - Lemon Grove
October 09th Brighton, UK - Concorde 2
October 10th Manchester, UK - Academy 2
October 12th Peterborough, UK - Cresset
October 14th London, UK - Koko
October 15th Hatfield, UK - University Of Herts Forum
October 16th Oxford, UK - O2 Academy
October 18th Bridgewater, UK - Palace
October 20th Middlesbrough, UK - Empire
October 21st Dundee, UK - Fat Sams
October 22nd Aberdeen, UK - Moshulu
October 24th Derry, IRE - Nerve Centre
October 25th Dublin, IRE - Academy
October 27th Nottingham, UK - Rock City
October 28th Cambridge, UK - Junction
October 29th Norwich, UK - UEA

Kobra Kai, the 80's metal themed cover band featuring members of Shadows Fall, Fates Warning, Dark Day Sunday and more, have booked a new string of shows:

July 17th Northampton, MA - The Elevens (feat. Planetoid)
July 24th Hartford, CT - The Webster Underground (feat. Dark Day Sunday)
July 25th Northampton, MA - City Sports/Northampton Bowl
July 31st Naugatuck, CT - Cooks Cafe (feat. Recall The Sin)
August 15th Southbridge, MA - Mill St Brew (feat. Kings X)
August 22nd Montague, MA - Millers Falls Rod And Gun Club
September 05th Easthampton, MA - The Brass Cat

God Forbid enlisted the services of ex-Himsa guitarist Matt Wicklund for their stint on this summer's "Rockstar Energy Mayhem Tour". Wicklund will be filling in the vacancy left by the departure of band guitarist Dallas Coyle, who exited the group earlier this year. In related news, the band have also confirmed the following off-dates from the aforementioned festival trek:

July 15th Portland, OR - Roseland Theater (feat. Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder)
July 20th Omaha, NE - Slowdown (feat. Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder)
July 27th Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion (feat. Slayer, Trivium, Behemoth)
July 30th London, ON - The Music Hall (feat. Behemoth)
August 03rd Rochester, NY - Water St. Music Hall (feat. Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder)
August 10th Spartanburg, SC - Ground Zero (feat. Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder)

In Flames confirmed the dates for their upcoming U.S. headlining run this fall with Between The Buried And Me, 3 Inches Of Blood and The Faceless:

September 18th Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
September 19th Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
September 20th Reno, NV - The New Oasis
September 21st San Francisco, CA - The Regency Center At The Grand Ballroom
September 22nd Pomona, CA - The Fox Theatre
September 23rd Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
September 25th Corpus Christi, TX - Concrete Street Amphitheatre
September 26th San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
September 27th New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
September 29th Knoxville, TN - Valarium
September 30th Louisville, KY - Expo Five
October 01st Millvale, PA - Mr Smalls Theatre
October 02nd Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
October 03rd Boston, MA - House Of Blues
October 04th Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
October 05th Washington DC - 9:30 Club
October 06th Charlotte, NC - Amos Southend

Sick Puppies announced summer tour dates in support of Tri-Polar:

7/8 Pomona, CA Glass House
7/9 Bakersfield, CA Jerry's Pizza
7/10 Tucson, AZ The Rock
7/14 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium
7/15 Tulsa, OK Cain's
7/16 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
7/17 Dallas, TX HOB
7/18 Houston, TX HOB
7/19 Abilene, TX Midnight Rodeo
7/21 Springfield, MO Remington's
7/22 Columbia MO Blue Note
7/23 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
7/24 Milwaukee, WI Rave 2
7/25 Ft. Wayne, IN Pieres
7/26 Flint, MI The Machine Shop
7/28 Pontiac, MI Crofoot
7/29 Grand Rapids, MI Intersection
7/30 Toledo, OH Headliners
7/31 Chestwick, PA Chest-A-Area
8/1 Albany, NY EdgeFest
8/2 Lancaster, PA Chameleon
8/4 Allentown, PA Croc Rock
8/5 Poughkeepsie, NY Chance
8/6 Burlington, VT Higher Ground
8/7 Portland, ME The Station
8/8 Syracuse, NY WKRL
8/9 Rochester, NY
8/11 New York, NY Highline
8/12 Philadelphia, PA The Note
8/13 Baltimore, MD Recher Theatre
8/14 Jacksonville, NC Hooligans
8/15 Charlotte, NC Amos
8/16 Hilton Head, SC Shoreline
8/18 Columbia, SC Headliners
8/19 Atlanta, GA The Loft
8/20 Orlando FL House of Blues
8/21 Tampa, FL The State Theatre
8/22 West Palm, FL Respectable Street
8/24 Ft. Walton The Swamp
8/25 Baton Rouge, LA The Varsity
8/26 Layette, LA Nite Town
9/5 Seattle, WA Bubbershoot
9/8 Colorado Springs, CO BlackSheep
9/9 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
9/11 St. Louis, MO Pageant
9/12 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless
9/13 Dayton, OH

Tool recruited Tweak Bird to support them on a number of dates this summer:

July 18th Denver, CO - The Fields At Dick's Sporting Goods Park
July 19th Salt Lake City, UT - Energy Solutions Arena (feat. Tweak Bird)
July 21st Phoenix, AZ - Us Airways Arena (feat. Tweak Bird)
July 22nd Rio Rancho, NM - Santa Ana Star Center (feat. Tweak Bird)
July 24th San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center (feat. Tweak Bird)
July 27th Atlanta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (feat. Tweak Bird)
July 29th Charlotte, NC - Bojangle's Coliseum (feat. Tweak Bird)
July 30th Fairfax, VA - Patriot Center (feat. Tweak Bird)
August 01st Jersey City, NJ - All Points West Festival
August 02nd Manchester, NH - Verizon Wireless Arena (feat. Tweak Bird)
August 04th Kingston, ON - Kingston Regional Sports & Ent. Centre (feat. Tweak Bird)
August 05th Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheatre (feat. Tweak Bird)
August 07th Cincinnati, OH - PNC Pavillion (feat. Tweak Bird)
August 08th Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
August 22nd Pomona, CA - Epicenter 09

Pearl Jam announced a few new U.S. shows, beginning in Seattle on September 21st. Ben Harper and Relentless 7 will open on all shows except the Philly ones:

Sept. 21: Seattle (Key Arena)
Sept. 22: Seattle (Key Arena)
Sept. 30: Los Angeles (Gibson Amp.)
Oct. 1: Los Angeles (Gibson Amp.)
Oct. 6: Los Angeles (Gibson Amp.)
Oct. 7: Los Angeles (Gibson Amp.)
Oct. 9: San Diego (Viejas Arena)
Oct. 28: Philadelphia (Spectrum)
Oct. 30: Philadelphia (Spectrum)

Gene Simmons has revealed the titles of three songs for KISS's first album in 11 years:

"Russian Roulette"
"Modern Day Delilah"
"Stand"

Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons produced the album and said that there will be "no strings, no keyboards, no synths, no tambourines, no nothing - just meat and potatoes." It is expected to be released this fall. The band will also tour North America at the end of the summer.

I distinctly remember him saying that he was never going to release new material. Guess his bankroll is running low...From the November 26, 2007 release of All You Cannot Live Without:

Kiss front-man Gene Simmons has blasted Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead for seeking different business models to sell their music, blaming them for being a large part of the decline of the music industry. "The record industry doesn't have a f*cking clue how to make money," Simmons told Billboard. "I open a store and say 'Come on in and pay whatever you want.' Are you on f*cking crack? Do you really believe that's a business model that works?" Simmons also stated that he doesn't plan on making a new Kiss album because he doesn't know how he'll get paid for it if people expect to get music for free. He also went on to rant against illegal file sharing college students too. "Every little college kid, every freshly-scrubbed little kid's face should have been sued off the face of the earth. They should have taken their houses and cars and nipped it right there in the beginning." But I don't have a house or a car! Come take my virginity, RIAA!

I still don't have a house OR a car. Hahahaha.

Gene Simmons can take his long tongue and flick it against my frenulum.