An official trailer has been released for Metallica‘s coming live/feature film, “Metallica Through The Never“. The film, which was directed by Nimrod Antal (“Predators“, “Armored“), stars Dane DeHaan of “Chronicle” fame in a narrative part that is blended with live footage of shows the band performed in Vancouver, BC last year.

It is set to open in IMAX 3D theatres on September 27th with a wide release in theatres to follow on October 04th.
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Alice In Chains drummer Sean Kinney recently spoke his mind to Loudwire in regards to how the current commercial and economical climate has impacted the state of rock and metal. He also went on to discuss how the lack of support is affecting up and coming bands.

Speaking as part of a larger discussion on how Alice In Chains are shown at respect at rock festivals, etc., Kinney went on to say:

“People are up against it and it’s a little harder these days because of how it’s been devalued, so maybe people aren’t as personally invested in it because they didn’t go to the store to get it. There’s a million excuses why, but it’s kind of lost that luster and the mystique and it’s tougher and tougher as a new band.

The next Led Zeppelin is playing somewhere and they’ll likely never make it because there’s no infrastructure for it. They’ll never get a chance. People will probably never support them long enough to let them grow into the band that could be, and that’s a sad thing, and we’re all going to pay the price for that and it’ll probably be too late before people realize it.

That’s a sad thing because I love music, you love music, we all do, but we all take it for granted. It’s in the elevator. It’s everywhere. And when we do that we’re all just shooting ourselves in the head by not supporting the thing that you love. That really kind of saddens me. I want to hear that new band.

On top of that, these rock bands, rock doesn’t hold the place it did on the charts. It’s these lip-synching karaoke people, but it’s become okay. You can see how it’s changed. It used to be a cardinal foul, you couldn’t go to a concert and have a tape on and people pay $100 to sit there and watch you fake your s—, that was a crime. It’s totally fine now, apparently. Okay, that’s the way it is.

That’s horrible, you know. And it makes guys like us who really play everything, we’re at a huge disadvantage [laughs]. We actually play and stuff and you have these other people come out, hit the play button, and like, ‘Dance monkey,’ and they sing and they act like it.”

He further went on to say:

“It’s shocking that it’s acceptable because it puts bands like us and the Foo Fighters and people against it, but that’s another thing that kind of fuels me and keeps it going. We’ll hold the torch, but the sad thing is when Metallica and all these big bands put on these concerts that you would save up for and smoke weed and go see, those arena shows are going away. Nobody can hold those rooms, because they devalue the music.

Now the only way you can get those fans together is to have a festival, have the Costco rock, and that’s sad. The days of a band you really like and they have a couple of cool bands they’re going to turn you onto, those shaped our lives and it’s going away.

I remember waiting at shows and you hope to catch a glimpse of the band as they’re going into a show and it seems like those days are going away and it kind of sucks.”

Alice In Chains will release their fifth studio album “The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here” on May 28th.

August Burns Red have released some more studio footage from the sessions for their new album “Rescue And Restore“. The latest to make its way online can be viewed below. The group will have the album in stores through Solid State on June 25th.
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With the extremist fundamentalist religious group Westboro Baptist Church threatening to picket tomorrow’s (May 23rd) celebration of the life of Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman; the Slayer camp themselves have urged fans to ignore them. A posting made on Slayer‘s Facebook earlier today reads:

“MESSAGE TO FANS:
Want to really piss off the Westboro Baptist Church at Jeff’s Memorial Celebration? Do exactly what Slayer members and family are going to do – totally ignore them. They don’t exist. And then come inside and celebrate Jeff’s life with us.”

The aforementioned celebration of Hanneman‘s life will be held at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, CA on May 23rd. It is open to the public on a first come first serve basis. Hanneman passed away earlier this month at the age of 49. His official cause of death was listed as ‘alcohol related cirrhosis.’

Meanwhile, the Westboro Baptist Church‘s latest ‘news release‘ says Slash, Black Sabbath‘s Geezer Butler and Dave Mustaine of ‘Megadeath‘ [sic] should have called for “Slayer fans & the world in general to repent lest they join Jeff Hanneman in hell!”

The same piece later goes on to state that Hanneman was “finally slain May 02nd, 2013″ and that he was “literally pickled in sin.”

Jason Newsted (ex-Metallica) was knocked off-stage and into the crowd during his performance with his band Newsted last night, May 21st. The incident occurred as the result of an overzealous (or possibly malicious) fan and took place at the Highline Ballroom in New York City, NY. Fan-filmed footage has been uploaded below. Meanwhile, a detailed report on the fall can be found at Metalinsider.net.
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The lineups are in for this years free with RSVP ‘Scion Rock Fest‘. The 2013 edition of the festival will be held in Memphis, TN across multiple venues on June 01st. Here’s how it all shapes up:

New Daisy (all ages):

Testament
Melvins
Municipal Waste
Corrosion Of Conformity
Vektor
A Life Once Lost

Handy Park (all ages):

Whitechapel
Six Feet Under
Noisem
Impaled
Arsis
Gigan
Complete Failure

Club 152:

The Obsessed
Pallbearer
Gates Of Slumber
Subrosa
Ice Dragon
Inter Arma

Hard Rock (all ages):

The Casualties
Negative Approach
Touche Amore
Vision Of Disorder
Code Orange Kids
Rotting Out
Call Of The Void

Coyote Ugly:

Royal Thunder
The Shrine
Indian Handcrafts
Hot Lunch
Dirty Streets
ASG

Exact set times for each venue and band can be found here.

A behind the scenes look at the filming of Children Of Bodom‘s “Transference” music video has been posted online below. The finished video itself debuted last week. Nuclear Blast will release the groups eighth studio album “Halo Of Blood” on June 11th in North America.
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Further European dates have been revealed for System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian‘s overseas orchestral run which is expected to find him performing all four acts of his Orca project along with arrangements from his previous “Elect The Dead” symphony run. His latest schedule runs as follows:

09/19 Kiev, UKR – Ukraina Hall
09/21 Yekaterinburg, RUS – Kosmos Hall
09/23 Novosibirsk, RUS – DK Zheleznodorozhnik
09/25 Krasnoyarsk, RUS – Philharmony
09/27 Moscow, RUS – Crocus City Hall
09/28 St. Petersburg, RUS – Orjktybyrsky Concert Hall
10/03 Florence, ITA – Teatro Comunale
10/04 Padova, ITA – Gran Teatro Geox
10/05 Rome, ITA – Auditorium Parco Della Musica
10/11 Warsaw, POL – Sala Kongresowa
10/12 Gdansk, POL – Ergo Arena
10/15 Vilnius, LIT – Pamogu Arena
10/16 Tallinn, EST – Saku Suurhall

Tankian has releases from two projects up his sleeve for the summer. His symphony Orca will make its way to stores on June 25th. Meanwhile, his Jazz-iz Christ side project will surface on July 15th. Both albums will arrive via his own Serjical Strike Records label.

Shai Hulud and Early Graves will take to the road together in July for a brief run through California and Mexico. Dates for it include:

07/24 Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
07/25 Tijuana, MEX – Revolucion
07/26 Camarillo, CA – Rock City
07/27 Sacramento, CA – Old Ironsides
07/28 Oakland, CA – Metro Side Room

Misery Signals have decided upon “Absent Light” as the title to their successfully crowdfunded new album. The band have a July 23rd release date in mind for the outing with the cover art available below. In addition to that, the band will be out on tour supporting the effort with The Color Morale and The Kindred (formerly Today I Caught The Plague). Intervals and Elitist will also appear on unspecified select dates of the trek:

07/09 New York, NY – Santos Party House
07/10 Boston, MA – Middle East
07/11 Montreal, QC – Underworld
07/12 Toronto, ON – Mod Club
07/13 Guelph, ON – Club Vinyl
07/14 Hamilton, ON – Club Absinthe
07/15 St. Catharines, ON – Level 3
07/16 London, ON – Rum Runners
07/17 Chicago, IL – Reggies Rock Club
07/18 Milwaukee, WI – Miramar
07/19 Burnsville, MN – The Garage
07/28 Salt Lake City, UT – The All Stars Tour
07/30 Phoenix, AZ – Martini Ranch
07/31 San Diego, CA – Che Cafe
08/01 Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
08/02 Camarillo, CA – Rock City Studios
08/03 Sacramento, CA – Boardwalk
08/04 Portland, OR – Branx
08/05 Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
08/06 Vancouver, BC – Roxy
08/07 Kelowna, BC – Level (upstairs)
08/08 Calgary, AB – Dickens Pub
08/09 Edmonton, AB – Avenue Theatre
08/11 Regina, SK – The Exchange

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Gorguts have booked the below September East Coast U.S. dates in support of their forthcoming studio album for Season Of Mist. Speaking of their progress on that opus, band vocalist/guitarist Luc Lemay offered:

“Dear fans,

It’s with so much joy and happiness that I write these lines to you. The past 2 years haven’t always been smooth sailing regarding this last record. A lot of legal, important factors, far from music composition have held this project in standby, but finally that’s all behind us now. The least I can say is that I cannot wait to share these last compositions with each of you.

Everything from writing these new songs, traveling to NYC for rehearsals developing a new friendship with John, Kevin and Colin, three of the most talented people I ever jammed with…everything from this project was beyond stimulating artistically.
From this experience was born a new Gorguts record, a concept record which is going to last over an hour. An hour of epic, ambient, dark music which doesn’t compromise its Death Metal roots. As a composer, by exploring different kind of music, it was always my goal to integrate the same writing tools in Death Metal as if I would be writing a piece of chamber music for instance.

Well, I’m really eager to share this new record with you! All I can say is that the wait is over and that 2013 will be a great year for Gorguts. Thanks to each of you for your endless support since the very beginning and your endless patience for this record to be released! Without you none of this would be possible.

Thank you from the heart,

Sincerely,

Luc Lemay“

09/05 Springfield, VA – Empire (feat. Inter Arma)
09/06 Raleigh, NC – Hopscotch Festival
09/07 Wilmington, DE – Mojo 13
09/08 Worcester, MA – Palladium

Scale The Summit have premiered a second track from their upcoming release, “The Migration“. Below you can stream “Atlas Novus” from the record, which will hit stores on June 11th through Prosthetic Records.
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Static-X vocalist Wayne Static and DMC of the seminal rap group Run DMC have collaborated together on a new track titled “Noise Revolution“. The pairing should come as no surprise to those who saw them team up onstage at this past November’s ‘Fun Fun Fun Fest‘ in Austin, Texas.

A music video for the track is currently underway with musician/adult film star & director Matt Zane handling the directorial duties. It is expected to surface online next month.

DMC said of the collaboration:

“The Noise Revolution song and video is a powerful statement that shows that our art and creativity is the most important representation of the people. Working with Wayne Static and Matt Zane to knock down walls and bring people together with a positive message is inspiring and empowering!”

Wayne Static offered:

“The opportunity to work with a legend like DMC was a great honor and an experience like no other. We performed onstage together in Austin a while back and I hope we have more opportunities to perform together again.”

He continued:

“I have always believed combining different genres of music is a great way to create exciting new sounds. In fact I’ve based most of my career on combining unexpected styles in innovative ways. This collaboration with DMC is a prime example of how we can break through traditional expectations of Metal and Rap to create a bad ass new sound, and that is really the theme of the song for me as well. This song is a “Noise Revolution!”

A teaser for Into The Flood‘s forthcoming music video for their track “David Scheinost” is available for viewing after the break. The group will release the full video shortly with their new album “Vices” set to land in stores on June 11th via Century Media.
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A stream of Integrity‘s entire new album “Suicide Black Snake” is being hosted online at Terrorizer. The group have a June 11th release date set for the outing on A389 Recordings/Magic Bullet.