-- Judas Priest, Heaven And Hell, Motörhead & Testament!!

What do these four biggest names in heavy metal have in common? I believe we'd have a long list if we intend to write them down. But this summer the one thing they'll be having in common will definitely be a tour package. A sixteen date U.S. tour titled The Metal Masters Tour, will kick off on August 6th in Camden, New Jersey with an all-star line-up of Judas Priest, Heaven And Hell, Motörhead and Testament.
Judas Priest will headline the shows promoting their new epic album Nostradamus which will be out on June 17th. Heaven And Hell will be also be promoting a new release. Rhino Records releases a five-CD box set including all Dio-era Black Sabbath albums remastered.
for more info click here.

-- Necroticism

Earache Records reissued legendary grinders Carcass' 1991 album Necroticism - Descanting The Insalubrious as a dual disc (CD + DVD) featuring a documentary titled The Pathologist's Report. The reissue is out in UK and Europe today (april 21st). The first 5000 copies of this dual disc come with a free band member death scene card for collectors. Click here to check out the details of the release.
a trailer of the feature documentary has been uploaded to youtube:


here are the confirmed live dates for the "reformed" Carcass:
06 June 2008 Sweden Rock Festival - Solvesborg, Sweden
20 June 2008 Hellfest Summer Open Air - Clisson, France
27 June 2008 Tuska Open Air Festival - Helsinki, Finland
28 June 2008 Gods Of Metal Festival - Bologna, Italy
09 July 2008 Rockwave - Malakasa, Greece
02 August 2008 Wacken Open Air - Wacken, Germany
16 August 2008 Brutal Assault - Jaromer, Czech Republic
29 August 2008 Hole In The Sky Festival - Bergen, Norway

5to1 : 5 Q&A with Sweden's Calm

Starting the week with a brand new episode of 5to1 interview series. Swedish madmen Calm are this time had to deal with my 5 humble questions. As you've probably heard, or will hear a few seconds later, they released their album themselves via their website for free. So what better time can you think of to discover some brand new heavy stuff for free than now??
--Lets start with putting online an album for free idea... are you guys big radiohead fans?
Whats a radiohead? ;) Actually we were first.. haha.. We put it out for free cause we don't make music to earn money, and what's the best way to spread your music?
-- So what would be next for Calm? as the reactions you got for "Army Of A Few" concerned..you're gonna release the album in may, will it feature any extras from the downloadable version?
Since we released it on the web people begun to ask for a printed one, so when we got in touch with a label we decided to print it.There's nothing new with the printed version except the case with a printed booklet. We don't want to entice people to buy our record cause of extras. They should buy it cause they want the songs on a real compact disc with some great cover art. If you want extras you should show up when we play live or be creative and make a personal remix of our songs and put on the web for free.
--Being from Sweden is some kind of a trademark, a quality certificate in extreme metal scene.. do you think you guys benefit from advantages (and disadvantages) of this thing?
We do our thing in our way, and we put everything we are in to it. the result is a product with a Calm trademark, its just a coincidence that we are from Sweden.
-- It is written at your myspace page :"insano metal-crew which consists of six madmen and an elephant" :) what does this concept all about? an elephant??
We had this mad grey elephant pursuing us on live shows for some years. and to honour him we labeled him sidekick on "army of a few".
--To end this tiny little interview, could you please name your biggest influences for creating Calm's "insano" music??
Life and all its contents !



click here to download "One Moment To Seize"
calm @ myspace.com

-- Listen Fate's debut album online

Californian Deathcore newcomers Fate's debut album Vultures is now available both online and in stores via Metal Blade Records.
click here to listen to Vultures in its entirety.
or check out their myspace page for more details.

-- Vomitory: 4 more albums under Metal Blade Flag

Swedish death metal veterans Vomitory decided to extend thier contract with Metal Blade for another 4 new albums. "We are happy and proud to have signed a new deal with Metal Blade Records Europe. After doing four successful albums out of our six together with Metal Blade, it was no doubt that we wanted to continue working with them. Obviously, they like the way we deliver our death metal and we have no plans on letting them down on that from now on either!” states drummer Tobias Gustafsson.
vomitory @ myspace

-- Darkseed albums to be reissued

One of the pioneers of the Gothic metal genre, Germany's Darkseed will release 3 reissues from their back catalogue. Spellcraft(1997), Give Me Light(1999) and Diving into Darkness(2000) will all be released through Metal Mind Productions as limited edition digi-pack formats. All will be remastered with 24-bit technology and be available in European territories from May 5th.
darkseed @ myspace

-- Another New Track from Till Death Do Us Part

Till Death Do Us Part is title the of new Deicide album as you probably heard till now. The Glen Benton crew has just made available another new track for download. Title track of the new Deicide offering can be heard and downloaded at the band's myspace page.

A special edition of Till Death Do Us Part will also hit the stores on April 28th alongside the regular copies. This special pack will include a free "Glen For The President" woven patch!!

-- First Three Albums of Blood Duster are reissued

Relapse Records reissues Aussie xtreme grinders Blood Duster's first three albums. Band's second full-length Str8outtanorthcote and Mini-CD Fisting The Dead / Yeest both include bonus material and all three of the reissues including 2000's Cunt album have been re-mastered and feature new artwork.
check out Relapse's online store for release info and purchasing details.
for more news about Blood Duster click here.

The 3s -- this week: Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative)

From today [ofviolence] starts a new column which will periodically bring you survey-like shortlists of some unique characters of metal .
Johnny Kelly of Type O Negative (aka "Four Dicks from Brooklyn") and Danzig was kind enough to list his "3s".

here we go :
.:The last 3 albums you purchased?
Johnny Cash - The Legend (boxset)
What can you say about Johnny Cash that hasn't been said? The boxset spans his entire career. 4 cd's of the man in black kicking ass and taking names.
Led Zeppelin - Mothership
A definitive Zeppelin collection along with the dvd. I have all this stuff already but I wanted to complete my collection.
Hellyeah - Hellyeah
This record is a great time. Good drinking music.
.: The Last 3 movies you saw?
Airplane
The Pursuit of Happyness
Pink Floyd's The Wall
.: 3 bands/artists you saw live on stage lately?
Hellyeah, Mara's Drug and Suicide City.
.:3 records you won't be able to survive/live without?
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Black Sabbath - Sabotage
.: 3 things you can't survive without when you're on tour?
My Bose ipod docking station, laptop & beer
.: Which 3 bands'/artists' new album you think, would surprise you either in a good or bad way?
Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Hellacopters

type o negative @ myspace

-- Sepultura clockworking

All-time favorites of this blog, Sepultura, is working on the new album which is based on Anthony Burgess' groundbreaking novel A Clockwork Orange. The novel was written in 1962, it was made into a movie by Stanley Kubrick but now it is time to hear a soundtrack composed by our favorite South Americans.
"We will write our soundtrack for this story and Burgess.. life will be an inspiration also to write the music, lyrics and for the artwork. Today at the studio, really good ideas came up, the vibe is great and the songs are coming in a easy and brutal way." reported Andreas Kisser from the studio on march 27.
here is a video from the recording sessions:

-- Warpath's Damnation in May 2008

UK Thrash Revival keeps on coming up with cool new bands one after another. This time Warpath has announced the release date of their Damnation! Apart from a fresh breath to modern days' thrash ethics we'll be hearing an album mastered by the living legend guitar player none other than James Murphy!!

click here to listen 4 exclusive songs of Damnation.

-- Fleshgore's call for Freedom!

Ukranian exteremists Fleshgore reports officially that they have finished working on their new album, and currently looking for a proper label to release it. Check out 4 brand new brutal tunes from Wake Up For Freedom at their myspace player.
You want more of this brutal piece of Fleshgore? Than here is a live video from their recent Sydney, Australia gig.