All You Cannot Live Without 03.15.10: It's What You Need To Start Your Week Right

Posted by Ben Czajkowski on 03.15.2010

Meatloaf's new album to feature House MD star. Amy Lee discusses new album. Foo Fighters back to work. Black Sabbath tribute? Stone Sour officially begins recording. Green Day to tour with AFI, The Offspring with 311. Korn, Stone Sour, The Used, Pearl Jam, others announce shows. Listen to streams from The Dillinger Escape Plan, Saliva, Depswa, and more! Watch the new videos from Breaking Benjamin, Nonpoint, BFMV, and the Deftones.

Band/Artist	Album Title	Notes
Out Now
Lifehouse	Smoke & Mirrors
Haste The Day	Dreamer	Digital Re-issue
Various Artists	Almost Alice
Various Artists	Gods of War: Blood & Metal	EP
The Bled	Heat Fetish
Carnifex	Hell Chose Me
Daughters	Daughters
Demon Hunter	The World Is A Thorn
Dark Tranquillity	We Are The Void
Eluveitie	Everything Remains As It Never Was
Fear Factory	Mechanize	Limited Edition Vinyl
Finntroll	Nifelvind
Immolation	Majesty and Decay
Serj Tankian	Elect The Dead Symphony	CD/DVD
Smile Empty Soul	More Anxiety
Out This Week
Armored Saint	La Raza
Blatant Disarray	Everyone Dies Alone
Caspian	The Four Trees	Reissue
Caspian	You Are The Conductor	Reissue
Depswa	Distorted American Dream
Fates Warning	Parallels
Fireball Ministry	Fireball Ministry
From First To Last	Throne To The Wolves
Landmine Marathon	Sovereign Descent
Raintime	Psychromatic
Sayyadina	The Great Northern Revisited
The Smashup	The Sea And The Serpents Beneath
Tetanus	Tetanus
Wrench In The Works	Decrease/Increase
March 23
Ambush!	Fright Night
Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	Vinyl Re-Release
Black Sabbath	Master Of Reality	Vinyl Re-Release
The Dillinger Escape Plan	Option Paralysis
Disturbed	The Sickness	10th Anniversary Edition
Down	Down – Diary Of A Mad Band	DVD/CD
Saliva	Moving Forward in Reverse: Greatest Hits
Stephen Brodsky	Here's To The Future
Triptykon	Eparistera Daimones
March 30
A Hope For Home	Realis
Black Breath	Heavy Breathing
Floor	Below & Beyond
Hundredth	When Will We Surrender
Monument To Thieves	Monument To Thieves	12"/CD
Pantera	1990-2000: A Decade Of Domination	Greatest Hits
Raven	Walk Through Fire
Scott Weiland	Live in Los Angeles	Live Album
April 6
Annotations Of An Autopsy	Before The Throne Of Infection	CD/DVD; Reissue
At The Gates	The Flames Of The End	3xDVD
Blood Of Heroes	Blood Of Heroes
Civil Twilight	Civil Twilight
Kalmah	12 Gauge
Kayo Dot	Coyote
Red Sparowes	The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer
Secret & Whisper	Teenage Fantasy
Slash	Slash
Ugly Colors	Perfect As We Are
Unleashed	As Yggdrasil Trembles
Upon A Burning Body	The World Is Ours
Veil Of Maya	[id]
April 13
Bison b.c.	Dark Ages
Black Sunshine	Black Sunshine
Bleeding Through	Bleeding Through
Bring Me The Horizon	Suicide Season
Cancer Bats	Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones
Foxy Shazam	Foxy Shazam
Lair Of The Minotaur	Evil Power
The Ocean	Heliocentric
Ov Hell	The Underworld Regime
Son Of Aurelius	The Farthest Reaches
Vampires Everywhere!	In the Shadows	Hot Topic Only
War Of Ages	Eternal
Woe Of Tyrants	Threnody
April 17
Pantera	Cowboys From Hell	Vinyl Release
Pantera	Far Beyond Driven	Vinyl Release
Pantera	Vulgar Display of Power	Vinyl Release
Soundgarden	Hunted Down	7" Single
April 20
Airbourne	No Guts, No Glory
At The Soundawn	Shifting
Chickenfoot	Chickenfoot: Get Your Buzz On Live	DVD
Ember	Embrace
Periphery	Periphery
Relient K	The First Three Gears (2000-2003)	3-disc release
Rikets	All American Death Cult
Sevendust	Cold Day Memory
Sick Of It All	Based On A True Story
The Smashing Pumpkins	Teargarden By Kaleidyscope Vol.1 | Songs for a Sailor	EP
April 27
1349	Demonoir
The Abominable Iron Sloth	The ID Will Overcome
Arma Gathas	Dead To This World
Bullet For My Valentine	Fever
(Damn) This Desert Air	Distance Waits
Daniel Lioneye	Vol. II
Drowning Pool	Drowning Pool
Lightning Swords Of Death	The Extra Dimensional Wound
Mantric	The Descent
Mouth Of The Architect	The Violence Beneath
Nonpoint	Miracle
Various Artists	Punk Goes Classic Rock
May 4
The Austerity Program	Backsliders And Apostates Will Burn
Godsmack	The Oracle
Minus The Bear	Omni
Oceana	Clean Head	EP
The Letter Black	Hanging on by a Thread
Tonic	Tonic
May 11
As I Lay Dying	The Powerless Rise
Brain Drill	Quantum Catastrophe
Misery Index	Heirs To Thievery
Taproot	Plead the Fifth
We Are The Fallen	Tear the World Down
May 18
Anew Revolution	iMerica
Alex Band	We've All Been There
Cynic	Re-Traced
Deftones	Diamond Eyes
Far	At Night We Live
Harvey Milk	A Small Turn Of Human Kindness
May 25
Framing Hanley	A Promise to Burn
Lo Pro	The Beautiful Sound of Revenge
Soulfly	Omen
Stone Temple Pilots	Stone Temple Pilots
June 1
Hawthorne Heights	Skeletons
Hellyeah	TBA
The Melvins	The Bride Screamed Murder
June 8
The Haunted	Road Kill
Leng Tch'e	Hypomanic
Mychildren Mybride	Lost Boy
Nevermore	The Obsidian Conspiracy
Saving Abel	Miss America
June 25
Soilwork	The Panic Broadcast

Listeners' Lounge Media Player
Depswa	Distorted American Dream	Entire ALbum
Bison b.c.	"Stressed Elephant"	From Dark Ages
108	"18.61"	Free download
Before Their Eyes	Untouchable	Entire Album
War Of Ages	"Desire"	Ft. Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying; from Eternal
Heavy Heavy Low Low	"Customary Impurity"	From Hospital Bomber EP
Silent Civilian	"Atonement"	From Ghost Stories
Sick Of It All	"Death Or Jail"	From Based On A True Story
Landmine Marathon	Sovereign Descent	Entire ALbum
Daughters	Daughters	Entire ALbum
Hail the Villain	"Take Back the Fear"	From Population: Declining
Saliva	"Time to Shine"	From Moving Forward in Reverse: Greatest Hits
The Dillinger Escape Plan	"Chinese Whispers"	From Option Paralysis

Videos of the week!

Deftones - "Rocket Skates"

Bullet For My Valentine - "The Last Fight"

Nonpoint - "Miracle"

Breaking Benjamin - "Give Me A Sign"

Rock News For All You Newbs

Evanescence will their first album in four years later this year. It was inevitable that we are tortured with more Amy Lee. However, as she alleges it, it won't be the same Evanescence. Amy Lee is the only person left from the original group, as she has eaten the souls of the old members. Lee said the following about the new album:

"It's not an organic record. Our idea is to take synthetic and atmospheric sounds and find a way to blur the line between organic and synthetic… There is something really cool happening in music right now. There are bands that sound like they're from another time — it's like '80s throwback music with analogue synthesizers and Moogs. I love it. I've been listening to a lot of La Roux."

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The Foo Fighters are writing for their new album with plans to enter the studio in September.

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Metal Hammer magazine are said to be in the early stages of putting together a tribute album to Black Sabbath, who recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of their self-titled debut earlier this year. So far the likes of Cavalera Conspiracy, Prong, and Apocalyptica are said to be onboard for the release with more details to be revealed in the coming weeks.

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Chickenfoot will release their new live DVD Chickenfoot: Get Your Buzz On Live on April 20. The DVD was filmed over three performances in 2009 and features ninety-seven minutes of live footage plus band interviews and documentary. The track list for the DVD is as follows:

1. "Avenida Revolution"
2. "Sexy Little Thing"
3. "Soap On A Rope"
4. "My Kinda Girl"
5. "Down The Drain"
6. "Bitten By The Wolf"
7. "Oh Yeah"
8. "Learnin' To Fall"
9. "Get It Up"
10. "Turnin' Left"
11. "Future In The Past"
12. "Bad Motor Scooter"
13. "My Generation"

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Bring Me The Horizon's 2xCD/1xDVD, deluxe edition of Suicide Season was bumped back to an April 13 release.

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Relient K will release a 3-disc album titled The First Three Gears (2000-2003) on April 20. The fifty-one track disc features the group's 2000 self-titled debut including two bonus tracks, "Breakdown" (live) and "Softer to Me" (acoustic). The 2001 release The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek with three bonus tracks, "Operation", "Jefferson Airplane" (demo) and "Pressing On" (back porch acoustic version)", and from 2003 Two Lefts Don't Make A Right…But Three Do.

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Misery Index's new album Heirs To Thievery is scheduled for May 11 release. Tentative track titles from the effort include:

"The Carrion Call"
"The Spectator"
"Plague Of Objects"
"Heirs To Thievery"
"Fed To The Wolves"
"Sleeping Giants"
"Embracing Extinction"

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Lo-Pro will release their sophomore record The Beautiful Sound of Revenge on May 25. The first single from the disc, "Alive", will be made available to digital retailers on March 30.

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Nevermore is plotting a June 8 release for their new album The Obsidian Conspiracy. The band tracked the outing late last summer with Soilwork guitarist Peter Wichers helming the sessions.

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Bleeding Through's drummer, Derek Youngsma, has left the band for the time being. Bleeding Through explains why:

"Our buddy Mark from The Famine will be filling in for Derek in Japan & Australia while Derek awaits the birth of his second baby! Congrats!"

The "Mark" mentioned there is Mark Garza of The Famine, who will join them for their international run. Bleeding Through will release their new self-titled album on April 13.

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Oceana is set to release their new EP Clean Head on May 4. In addition, the band inked a Canadian record deal with Distort Entertainment and will release their latest album Birtheater packaged with the aforementioned new EP in Canada on May 4, as well.

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Saving Abel entitled their new record Miss America. The group will begin their tour with Taddy Porter on March 11 and Miss America is set to be released on June 8.

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Sick Of It All revealed the track listing for their new album Based On A True Story:

01. "Death Or Jail"
02. "The Divide"
03. "Dominated"
04. "A Month Of Sundays"
05. "Braveheart"
06. "Bent Outta Shape"
07. "Lowest Common Denominator"
08. "Good Cop"
09. "Lifeline"
10. "Watch It Burn"
11. "Waiting For The Day"
12. "Long As She's Standing"
13. "Nobody Rules"
14. "Dirty Money"

Based On A True Story will see an April 20 release.

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As I Lay Dying set May 11 as the release date for their new album The Powerless Rise.

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Underoath will be issuing a live recording of their coming March 11 show at Koko in London, England. The set will be professionally mixed and mastered and will be made available for purchase both physically and digitally here.

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Leng Tch'e set Hypomanic as the title to their new album that they plan to release on June 8. As previously reported, the outing will feature a guest cameo from Napalm Death's Barney Greenway on the track "Totalitarian".

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He Is Legend's Schuylar Croom started a new project with guitarist Mitchell Marlow (ex-He Is Legend/Filter). The pair is going by the moniker of Flowers of Evil and recently began recording some new material. More information is expected.

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Children of Bodom is currently writing new material for their next album with band bassist Henkka Seppala offering the following on the bands progress thus far:

"It is great to have a new rehearsal space. We can rehearse whenever and as long as we want. And this is a new thing for us as a band. So making new songs is now really different than before.

It's been really exciting, once again, to gather at the rehearsal space and start jamming the new ideas Alexi has in mind for. I'm really excited now, and looking forward everyday to get there again to see what's new this time.

Soon we will jam some old songs too, since we have these 3 shows in Finland next month. It s been quite a long time since last live show, so that is a fresh thing to do also, the small Fenno-tour. And we've never played in Sotkamo area!!!

We will enter the studio in the middle of next summer. And then we will take our time to track the stuff, then mix it and master it. Then the labels need their time to prepare the release… so unfortunately the release won't be this year, that's for sure. We will let you know as soon as we know the date.

When the tracking is done, the rest of the summertime we will spend at some summer festivals in Europe. Check out our live section for those.

And, we will put some footage, diary thingies, from the studio, that's for sure!"

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The Haunted is planning to release a new live DVD/CD set entitled Road Kill on June 8. The set will feature a 65-minute documentary chronicling the band's early beginnings through to the present day, as well as a live show that took place in Amsterdam, Holland, on February 13, 2009, six music videos, five previously unreleased tracks from the Versus  album sessions, and more.

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The Melvins set The Bride Screamed Murder as the title to their new album that will see a June 1 release. The band completed work on the outing earlier this year. As previously reported, the band has a new split release with Isis in the works for a release later this year as well.

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Mychildren Mybride's forthcoming new album Lost Boy is bumped back to a June 8 release.

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Soulfly's upcoming release, Omen, is delayed and will now see a May 25 release.

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Linkin Park will release over one-hundred professional live recordings ranging from 2007 through 2009 on March 17 via downloads.linkinpark.com. That's Wednesday to anyone who is too lazy to look at a calendar.

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All That Remains is planning to enter the studio next month to begin recording new material for their next album. More details are expected in the coming weeks.

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After a lengthy period of pre-production Stone Sour will now officially begin the recording process for their new album with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Alice In Chains) on March 15. A late summer/early fall release is being eyed for the outing.

Release Dates for Rock and Modern Rock Radio

For March 15: Adelitas Way - "Last Stand" Black Sunshine - "Once In My Life" Coheed & Cambria - "Here We Are Juggernaut" Evergreen Terrace - "Everlong" Flyleaf - "Chasm" Intervurt - "Union Square" The Letter Black - "Hanging On By A Thread" Nico Vega - "So So Fresh" Slash - "By The Sword" Stars Of Track & Field - "Racing Lights"	For March 22: Divide The Day - "Let It Roll" It's Alive - "Pieces" Tonic - "Release Me"
For March 29: Cage The Elephant - "In One Ear" Chickenfoot - "My Kinda Girl" Deftones - "Diamond Eyes" Framing Hanley - "You Stupid Girl" Sea Wolf - "O Maria!" Stone Temple Pilots - "Between The Lines" Taddy Porter - "Shake Me" We Are The Fallen - "Bury Me Alive"	April 5: Jack Johnson - "You And Your Heart" Shinedown - "Crow And The Butterfly"
April 12: The Constellations - "Felicia"

Warning: Touring Updates May Lead To Spontaneous Moshing

Slash confirmed the band lineup for his tour in support of his self-titled solo release. Alter Bridge vocalist Myles Kennedy will front the band with Slash and Bobby Schneck (Aerosmith, Green Day) on guitar, bassist Dave Henning and drummer Brent Fitz (Theory of a Deadman, Alice Cooper). Dates for the trek will be confirmed shortly.

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Paramore will headline the 2010 Honda Civic Tour which will get underway in July. Dates for the tour, which will visit thirty-one cities in the U.S. and Canada, will be announced later this month.

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Fuel will hit the road in late April with a line-up that consists of original front-man Brett Scallions, bassist Brad Stewart (ex-Shinedown), guitarist Yogi Lonich (ex-Buckcherry) and drummer Ken Schalk (ex-Candiria).

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The Offspring and 311 will team this summer for the "Unity Tour". The tour will make stops at nineteen amphitheaters across the U.S. with exact dates and supporting bands to be announced soon.

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Green Day will begin a summer tour with AFI on August 3. Tour schedule will be released shortly.

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Korn lined up some scattered U.S. shows:

March 26th Anchorage, AK – Dena'ina Center
March 27th Anchorage, AK – Dena'ina Center
April 07th Utica, NY – Utica Memorial Auditorium
May 01st Orlando, FL – Tinker Field ("Earthday Birthday")
May 07th Hampton Beach, NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
May 08th Lewiston, ME – Androscoggin Bank Colisee
May 26th Grand Island, NE – Heartland Events Center

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Bullet For My Valentine will kick off a U.S. headlining tour on April 30th with Chiodos and Airbourne:

April 30th in Worcester, MA - Palladium
May 1st in East Rutherford, NJ - Bamboozle
May 2nd in Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head
May 4th in Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
May 5th in Nashville, TN - Rocketown
May 7th in Dallas, TX - House of Blues
May 9th in Tulsa, OK - Diamond
May 11th in Phoenix, AZ - Marquee
May 12th in Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
May 14th in Anaheim, CA - The Grove
May 15th in San Diego, CA - SOMA
May 16th in San Francisco, CA - Regency Center Ballroom
May 18th in Salt Lake City, UT - Great Salt Air
May 19th in Denver, CO - Gothic Theater
May 21st in St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
May 22nd in Chicago, IL - Rivera
May 25th in Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
May 26th in Minneapolis, MN - 1st Avenue
May 28th in Grand Rapids, MI - Orbit Room
May 30th in Detroit, MI - The Fillmore

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The Deftones expanded their immediate touring plans with three new Texas shows:

April 24th Mexico City, MEX – Vive Latino
April 27th El Paso, TX – Club 101
April 29th Corpus Christi, TX – Concrete Street
April 30th Mission, TX – Las Palmas Race Park
May 22nd Columbus, OH – Rock On The Range
June 11th Copenhagen, DEN – Copenhell
June 12th Donington Park, UK – Download Festival
June 13th Burgenland, AUT – Nova Rock
June 18th Nantes, FRA – Hellfest

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As I Lay Dying will hit the road late next month for a headlining run with Demon Hunter, Blessthefall and War Of Ages:

April 29th Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
April 30th Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre
May 01st Lubbock, TX – Cactus Courtyard
May 02nd Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
May 03rd Des Moines, IA – Peoples Court
May 04th Springfield, MO – Remington´s Downtown
May 05th Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
May 06th Richmond, VA – The National
May 07th Allentown, PA – Crocodile Rock
May 08th Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Small's Theatre
May 09th Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Small's Theatre
May 10th Nashville, TN – Rocketown
May 11th Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
May 12th Minneapolis, MN – The Cabooze
May 13th Kansas City, MO – Beaumont Club
May 14th Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre
May 15th Magna, UT – The Great Salt Air
May 16th Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
May 17th Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
May 18th Eugene, OR – McDonald Theater
May 20th Reno, NV – Knitting Factory
May 21st San Diego, CA – SOMA
May 22nd Las Vegas, NV – House Of Blues

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Earth Crisis look to be booking a North American tour with First Blood and Thick As Blood:

April 22nd New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
April 23rd Worcester, MA – Palladium ("New England Metal And Hardcore Festival")
April 24th Syracuse, NY – The Westcott Theater
April 25th Philadelphia, PA – The Barbary
April 27th Quebec City, QC – L'agite
April 28th Montreal, QC – Cafe L'Inconditionnel
April 29th Toronto, ON – Sneaky Dee's
May 01st Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
May 02nd Cleveland, OH – Peabody's
May 03rd Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection
May 04th Chicago, IL – Reggie's Rock Club
May 05th Milwaukee, WI – The Rave - Eagles Ballroom
May 07th Denver, CO – The Marquis Theater

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Architects announced their plans for a UK headlining run in October with A Day To Remember onboard as direct support:

October 01st Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy2
October 02nd Manchester, UK – Club Academy
October 03rd Glasgow, UK – Garage
October 04th Newcastle, UK – O2 Academy2
October 06th Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms
October 07th Norwich, UK – Waterfront
October 08th London, UK – Koko
October 09th Bristol, UK – Anson Rooms

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Pearl Jam will resume touring in support of last year's Backspacer in May:

May 1st in New Orleans, LA - New Orleands Jazz & Heritage Festival
May 3rd in Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
May 4th in St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
May 6th in Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena
May 7th in Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
May 9th in Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
May 10th in Buffalo, NY - HSBC Arena
May 13th in Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live
May 15th in Hartford, CT - XL Center
May 17th in Boston, MA - TD Garden
May 20th, 21tst in New York, NY - Madison Square Garden

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Isis lined up a series of headlining dates for June around their shows with the Melvins:

June 04th San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
June 05th Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
June 22nd Portland, ME – Port City Music Hall
June 23rd Montreal, QC – Club Soda (feat. Cave In)

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Queens Of The Stone Age will return to the stage for this summer with the following overseas shows announced thus far:

August 24th Berlin, GER – Zitadelle Spandau
August 25th Hamburg, GER – Stadtpark

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Skillet added dates for their "Awake & Alive" tour with Red and The Letter Black:

April 15th in Scranton, PA - Scranton Cultural Center
April 18th in Charlotte, NC - Bojangles Coliseum
April 24th in Aiken, SC - USC Convention Center
May 2nd in Jonesboro, AR - ASU Convention Center
May 4th in Ft. Smith, AR - Ft. Smith Convetion Center
May 6th in Park City, KS - Hartman Arena
May 7th in Dodge City, KS - Dodge City Civic Center
May 9th in Topeka, KS - Kansas Expo Center
May 11th in Bismarck, ND - Bismarck Civic Center
May 13th in Rapid City, SD - Rushmore Civic Center
May 15th in Fargo, ND - Urban Plains Center
May 20th in Saginaw, MI - Dow Event Center
May21st in Lansing, MI - Michigan State University Auditorium

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Numerous dates have been added to The Dillinger Escape Plan's headlining run with Darkest Hour, iwrestledabearonce and Animals As Leaders:

March 11th New York, NY – Irving Plaza
March 12th Worcester, MA – The Palladium
March 13th Montreal, QC – La Sala Rossa Cabaret
March 14th Toronto, ON – Opera House
March 15th Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop
March 16th Columbia, MO – The Blue Note
March 20th Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
March 21st Houston, TX – Wired Live
March 23rd Orlando, FL – The Social
March 24th Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
March 25th Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
March 26th Greensboro, NC – Greene Street Club
March 27th Columbus, OH – The Basement
March 28th Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
March 29th Baltimore, MD – Otto Bar
March 30th Lancaster, PA – Chameleon Club
March 31st Pittsburgh, PA – Diesel
April 01st Pontiac, MI – The Eagle Theatre
April 02nd Chicago, IL – Reggie's Rock Club
April 03rd Maplewood, MN – The Rock
April 06th Calgary, AB – Republik
April 07th Edmonton, AB – Starlite Room
April 09th Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
April 10th Seattle, WA – El Corazon
April 11th Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
April 13th Pomona, CA – Glass House
April 16th Indio, CA – Empire Polo Field

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The Dillinger Escape Plan will be heading to Australia in May for the following run of dates with Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster and The Red Shore:

May 16th Perth, AUS – The Capitol
May 18th Adelaide, AUS – Fowlers
May 19th Melbourne, AUS – The Palace
May 21st Sydney, AUS – The Metro
May 22nd Sydney, AUS – The Metro
May 23rd Brisbane, AUS – The Hi-Fi

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Evans Blue will begin a U.S. tour with Rains and Lansdowne:

April 8th in Battle Creek, MI - Planet Rock
April 9th in Detroit, MI - Hockeytown Cafe (Evans Blue Only)
April 10th in Dayton, OH - McGuffy's (wooooooooo my birthday. Probably will be here for this!)
April 11th in Parkersburg, WV - The Inferno
April 14th in Charlotte, NC - Amos Southend
April 15th in Fayetteville, NC - The Rock Shop
April 16th in Jacksonville, NC - Hooligan's
April 17th in Richmond, VA - Richmond Raceway (Evans Blue Only)
April 21st in Savannah, GA - Live Wire
April 22nd in Atlanta, GA - Vinyl
April 23rd in Jacksonville, FL - The Pit
April 24th in Tampa, FL - St. Petersburg Times Forum (Evans Blue Only)
April 25th in Landson, SC - Exchange Park (Evans Blue Only)
April 27th in Tupelo, MS - Good Time Charlie's
April 28th in Memphis, TN - Hard Rock Cafe
April 29th in Nashville, TN - Exit In
May 1st in Ft. Wayne, IN - Piere's

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Pestilence will embark on a North American tour in the spring with Warbringer, Vital Remains, Enfold Darkness and Sacrificial Slaughter:

May 31st Chattanooga, TN – Club Mosaic (no Warbringer)
June 01st New Orleans, LA – The Bar (no Warbringer)
June 02nd Austin, TX – Emo's
June 03rd Ft. Worth, TX – Ridglea Theater
June 04th Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
June 05th Tempe, AZ – Club Red
June 06th Ramona, CA – Ramona Mainstage
June 07th Los Angeles, CA – Ultra Violet
June 08th San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge
June 09th Portland, OR – Satyricon
June 10th Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
June 13th St. Paul, MN – Station 4
June 14th Chicago, IL – Reggie's
June 15th Toronto, ON – Mod Club (no Warbringer)
June 16th Montreal, QC – Les Foufounes Electriques (no Warbringer)
June 17th New York, NY – Gramercy Theater

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Minus The Bear mapped out the following new tour dates in support of their upcoming new album Omni:

March 18th Austin, TX – Filter Showcase - Cedar St Courtyard
March 19th Austin, TX – Relix Magazine Party - Antones
March 19th Austin, TX – Musebox - Rusty Spur
March 20th Austin, TX – Stubbs
March 20th Austin, TX – Dangerbird Records – Mellow Johnny's
April 19th Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory Concert House
April 20th Billings, MT – The Railyard
April 22nd Omaha, NE – Slowdown
April 23rd Bonner Springs, KS – Sandstone Amphitheatre
April 25th Detroit, MI – St. Andrew's Hall
April 26th Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
April 28th Covington, KY – Madison Theater
April 29th Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
April 30th Hartford, CT – Webster Theatre
May 02nd E. Rutherford, NJ – Bamboozle Festival
May 05th Boston, MA – Wilbur Theatre
May 06th Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
May 07th Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
May 08th Richmond, VA – The National
May 09th Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
May 10th Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
May 11th Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
May 12th Tampa, FL – The Ritz
May 14th Houston, TX – House Of Blues
May 15th Dallas, TX – Granada
May 16th Austin, TX – La Zona Rosa
May 18th Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre
May 19th Las Vegas, NV – House Of Blues
May 20th Los Angeles, CA – Mayan Theatre
May 21st Pomona, CA – Glass House
May 22nd San Diego, CA – SOMA
May 23rd Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater
May 26th San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom
May 27th Reno, NV – Knitting Factory
May 28th Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre
May 29th George, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival

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The Used revealed dates for a new tour with Chiodos and New Medicine:

April 13th in Columbia, MO - Blue Note
April 14th in Louisville, KY - Spin
April 16th in Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
April 17th in Grand Rapids, MI - Orbit Room
April 18th in Pittsburgh, PA - Zoo Entertainment Complex
April 20th in Lancaster, PA - Chameleon
April 21st in Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights
April 23rd in Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom
April 24th in Urbana, IL - Canopy Club
April 25th in Green Bay, WI - The Club
April 27th in Billings, MT - Shrine Auditorium
April 28th in Missoula, MT - Wilma Theatre
April 29th in Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
May 1st in Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
May 2nd in Portland, OR - Roseland Ballroom

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Stone Sour booked a number of European festival shows for the summer:

June 05th Nurburgring, GER – Rock Am Ring
June 06th Nurnburg, GER – Rock Im Park
June 11th Nickelsdorf, AUT – Novarock Festival
June 18th Zurich, SWI – Sonisphere Festival
June 19th Mimon, CZE – Sonisphere Festival
June 20th Nantes, FRA – Hellfest
June 23rd Sofie, BUL – Sonisphere Festival

Meat Loaf signed a new deal with Loud & Proud/Roadrunner Records recently. Because of this, the world will see him release Hang Cool Teddy Bear, on May 11.

Now this is where I think things get interesting: it features guest appearances from Steve Vai, actor Hugh Laurie (House), Queen guitarist Brian May, American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi, The Darkness' Justin Hawkins and Jack Black.

It will be produced by Rob Cavallo.

Meat Loaf says:

"I wanted it big, I wanted it dramatic, I wanted a rock record. Yes, it sounds like a Meat Loaf record. But it sounds different too: it sounds new, it sounds fresh. It speaks to you in a different way."

Hang Cool Teddy Bear is a concept album that was inspired by a short story written by friend Kilian Kerwin.

"It's the story of a soldier. He's been in battle and he's lying face down on the ground. He can't move, but he turns his head and starts to see blood run across the ground, and so he thinks he's going to die. They always say you see your life flash backward when you're about to die. But his life flashes forward - into what possibly could happen. He sees what his life could be: the good and the bad. The songs are the different scenarios he finds himself in. It's not always the same time or the same place, but it's always the same woman. But I don't want to give too much away. I want people to work it out for themselves."