Winds Of Plague vocalist Johnny Plague has provided a video update on the groups forthcoming new album and their immediate plans via Facebook. According to the video, the bands next effort has yet to be officially titled, though it is largely done, having been recorded, mixed and mastered.

Producer Will Putney (Vision Of Disorder, For Today) helmed the outing, which doesn’t currently have a release date attached to it. Plague also revealed that the group don’t have any summer touring plans in the works aside from a few TBA West Coast U.S. shows in July.

MonstrO have been demoing new material in the studio as of late. Further details on their recording plans have yet to be revealed.

Live footage from Baroness‘ return to the stage last night (May 24th) at the Union Transfer in Philadelphia, PA can be found below. The set was their first with their new lineup, which includes a new rhythm section in the form of bassist Nick Jost and drummer Sebastian Thomson.

Dates for their ongoing spring tour can be found here with the itinerary for their summer tour available here. The aforementioned two tours mark the bands return to active duty after being sidelined by the serious injuries suffered during a bus crash while on tour in the UK last August.
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The Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato was asked his thoughts on crowdfunding in a recent interview and revealed that he wasn’t entirely onboard with the concept. The discussion then went right into the state of physical media in the music industry.

Interestingly, Puciato revealed that around 70% of the first week sales (14,824 copies sold) of the groups newly-released album “One Of Us Is The Killer” were physical copies. Given the nature of pre-order bonus packages leading up to the release this isn’t all to surprising however.

Below you can watch him discuss the topics in an interview that was conducted by Omar Mena:
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While he wasn’t too forthcoming with details, Testament vocalist Chuck Billy posted this picture with the caption “Recording with Ross Robinson on Venice Beach.” Producer Ross Robinson is of course known for his work producing the likes of Slipknot, Korn, Glassjaw and many more.

An audio preview of letlive.‘s new single “Banshee (Ghost Fame)” has surfaced online via Spain’s localized Amazon.es website. As previously reported, a music video for that song is in production with director Dannel Escallon (Kendrick Lamar, Serj Tankian). The track will also be featured upon the 2013 ‘Vans Warped Tour‘ compilation, out June 04th.

Furthermore, a new product listing on Interpunk looks to have spilled the beans in regards to the groups forthcoming album, “The Blackest Beautiful“, which is set for a July 09th release on Epitaph. The track listing for that album can be found below while the apparent cover art is available via the Interpunk listing.

01 – “Banshee (Ghost Fame)”
02 – “Empty Elvis”
03 – “White America’s Beautiful Black Market”
04 – “Dreamers Disease”
05 – “That Fear Fever”
06 – “Virgin Dirt”
07 – “Younger”
08 – “The Dope Beat”
09 – “The Priest And Used Cars”
10 – “Pheromone Cvlt”
11 – “27 Club“

A June 03rd premiere date has been set for Motionless In White‘s new music video for their track “America“. The clip was directed by Slipkot percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan” and will emerge online through VEVO. The band have a digital deluxe edition of their latest album “Infamous” scheduled to follow on June 11th.

The current members of Stone Temple Pilots filed suit against their ex-frontman Scott Weiland yesterday, May 24th. The band are seeking to bar Weiland from performing Stone Temple Pilots songs during his solo performances and are even going so far as to block him from billing himself a former member of the group in regards to any performances or recorded material.

The suit cites agreements the members of the band made in 1996 and 2010 in regards to the usage of their trademarks. It goes on to state that Weiland was continually late during their tours with him and that his struggles with addiction greatly hampered their earning potential when he was a member.

The suit also alleges that Weiland had his lawyer call Los Angeles, CA radio station KROQ in a bid to stop them from playing Stone Temple Pilots‘ new single “Out Of Time“; which features Linkin Park‘s Chester Bennington on vocals. Weiland‘s lawyer is said to have told the station that airing the song would be infringing upon his client’s trademark rights.

Meanwhile, Weiland himself posted the following message on his official website yesterday:

“A letter to my fans,

Like everybody else out there, I read about my band, Stone Temple Pilots, and their recent performance this past weekend with a new singer. To tell you the truth, it took me by surprise. And it hurt.

But the band that played last weekend was not Stone Temple Pilots and it was wrong of them to present themselves as that.

First of all they don’t have the legal right to call themselves STP because I’m still a member of the band. And more importantly, they don’t have the ethical right to call themselves Stone Temple Pilots because it’s misleading and dishonest to the millions of fans that have followed us for so many years.

When I tour on my own, it’s never as Stone Temple Pilots. It’s as Scott Weiland. The fans deserve to know what they’re getting.

Like any band that’s stood the test of time and made music for more than two decades, STP had a special alchemy – the four of us together were greater than any one of us apart. So if my former bandmates want to tour with a new singer, that’s their prerogative.

I don’t give a fuck what they call themselves, but it’s not Stone Temple Pilots.
And so I say to you, our fans, I’ll see you out there on the road this summer where I’m touring as “Scott Weiland” with my band The Wildabouts. But don’t give up on STP. I know I haven’t.

~ Scott“

The webcast of Queens Of The Stone Age‘s set at at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, CA yesterday, May 23rd, can be viewed in full at NPR.org. The show saw the band perform nearly every track from their forthcoming album “…Like Clockwork” along with a variety of fan favorites.

The setlist for the evening ran as follows:

01 – “Keep Your Eyes Peeled”
02 – “You Think I Ain’t Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire”
03 – “Sick, Sick, Sick”
04 – “First It Giveth”
05 – “No One Knows”
06 – “My God Is The Sun”
07 – “I Sat By The Ocean”
08 – “The Vampyre Of Time And Memory”
09 – “I Never Came”
10 – “Kalopsia”
11 – “If I Had A Tail”
12 – “Turnin’ On The Screw”
13 – “Burn The Witch”
14 – “Make It Wit Chu”
15 – “Smooth Sailing”
16 – “Little Sister”
17 – “I Think I Lost My Headache”
18 – “Go With The Flow”
19 – “I Appear Missing”
20 – “…Like Clockwork”
21 – “Feel Good Hit Of The Summer”
22 – “A Song For The Dead ”

“…Like Clockwork” will arrive in stores on June 04th through Matador Records.

A new batch of studio footage of Throwdown working on their upcoming album can be seen below. The band aim to release the album later this year.
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letlive. have a music video in production for their new single “Banshee (Ghost Fame)” with director Dannel Escallon (Kendrick Lamar, Serj Tankian). You won’t have to wait long to hear the track as it will be featured on the 2013 ‘Vans Warped Tour‘ compilation release, out June 04th on Sideonedummy. The bands new studio album will reportedly be titled “The Blackest Beautiful” and is apparently on track for a July 09th release through Epitaph.

Sleeping With Sirens have seen fit to debut a new song of theirs by the title of “The Best There Ever Was“. It features a cameo from Attila frontman Chris Fronzak and can be streamed below. Sleeping With Sirens have a June 04th release date slated for their new album “Feel“.
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ChthoniC‘s Sail Into The Sunset’s Fire” music video has landed online and can be viewed below. Their new album “Bú-Tik” will see a release in North American stores on June 18th.
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Various members of Gaza are continuing on as Cult Leader. Among those in the group formerly of Gaza are guitarist Mike Mason, bassist Anthony Lucero and drummer Casey Hansen. Sam Richards completes the outfits lineup. They will make their live debut at The Shred Shed in Salt Lake City, UT on June 13th with Full Of Hell and more also on the bill.

Corelia have released a teaser for their upcoming album below. More details on the effort are expected in the coming weeks.
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