Upon A Burning Body, The Color Morale, I The Breather and Like Moths To Flames will team up in April for the “Welcome To The Jungle Tour“. The tour will run as follows:

04/19 Farmington, NM – Top Deck
04/21 Amarillo, TX – Midnight Rodeo
04/22 Tulsa, OK – The Marquee
04/23 Little Rock, AR – Downtown Music
04/24 Pratville, AL – The Blue Iguana Bar
04/25 Tampa, FL – Orpheum
04/26 Pompano Beach, FL – Rocketown
04/27 Jacksonville, FL – Jack Rabbits
04/29 Altoona, PA – The Archway Center
04/30 Lemoyne, PA – The Championship
05/02 Allentown, PA – Crocodile Rock
05/03 Pittsburgh, PA – Club AE
05/04 Toledo, OH – Frankie’s Inner City
05/05 Grand Rapids, MI – MXTP
05/06 Indianapolis, IN – Emerson Theatre
05/07 Joliet, IL – Mojoes

A Perfect Circle will be expanding their summer touring plans shortly. A newly made tweet by the band reads as follows:

“Stand by for the announcement of summer dates around North America.”

Currently the band have the following shows scheduled:

July 02nd Gibbons, AB – Boonstock
July 09th Toronto, ON – Downsview Park (“Edgefest“)

The Chariot were involved in a van accident today, January 31st, while on tour with Haste The Day, Mychildren Mybride and A Plea For Purging. Band frontman Josh Scogin took to his Twitter to assure that “everyone is okay. no one is hurt or anything.” and also posted a picture of the wreck over at Twitpic. No word yet on how this will affect the bands touring plans

A number of heavy bands look to be involved with the soundtrack to the upcoming video game “Homefront“. Misery Signals most recently entered the studio to track an as-yet unspecified cover for the game. Other artists expected to appear on the soundtrack include As I Lay Dying, The Acacia Strain, Periphery, The Ghost Inside and more.

Further details are expected soon, while the game is on course for a March 08th release date on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC platforms.

A clip of Clutch‘s new cover of Cousin Joe‘s “Boxcar Shorty’s Confession” has surfaced online below. The audio accompanies footage of the creation of a new tour shirt from the band.

The cover comes from the bonus “Basket Of Eggs” disc featured with the bands forthcoming March 29th expanded reissue of their 2004 outing, “Blast Tyrant“.

DevilDriver‘s new track “Bring The Fight (To The Floor)” has premiered online over at Revolvermag.com. The song comes from the bands new album “Beast“, which is being readied for a February 22nd release date.

The latest episode in Lazarus A.D.‘s behind the scenes look at their new album “Black Rivers Flow” has been posted online below. “Black Rivers Flow” will arrive in stores tomorrow, February 01st, through Metal Blade.

Torche have rolled out a few shows for March, here’s where they will be playing:

03/16 Atlanta, GA – 529
03/17 Norfolk, VA – Jewish Mother
03/18 Richmond, VA – Strange Matter
03/20 Springfield, VA – Jaxx
03/21 Columbus, OH – Ravari Room
03/22 St. Louis, MO – Fubar
03/24 Tallahassee, FL – The Engine Room

The Haunted‘s forthcoming new album “Unseen” has been set for a March 22nd release date through Century Media. Here’s how the outing will shape up:

01 – “Never Better”
02 – “No Ghost”
03 – “Catch 22”
04 – “Disappear”
05 – “Motionless”
06 – “Unseen”
07 – “The Skull”
08 – “Ocean Park”
09 – “The City”
10 – “Them”
11 – “All Ends Well”
12 – “Done“

The initial lineup has been unveiled for this years “Heavy MTL” festival. Set to take place at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, QC on July 23rd-24th, the first night of the festival will see the event merged with the “Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival“, with the following acts set to perform:

Disturbed
Godsmack
In Flames
Machine Head
Trivium
Kingdom Of Sorrow
Red Fang
Suicide Silence
All Shall Perish
Straight Line Stitch

The lineup for the second night of the festival, July 24th, is still pending. In related news, Heavy MTL‘s organizers have announced that they will launch a sister event in Toronto, Ontario dubbed “Heavy T.O.“. The event will run parallel to the Heavy MTL festival, taking place at Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario on July 23rd-July 24th. Details for the “Heavy T.O.” stop are set to be announced in early March.

The Famine have posted a trailer for their new opus “The Architects Of Guilt” online below. The album itself is scheduled to arrive in stores on February 15th through Solid State while a number of tracks from it are currently available for streaming through the bands Myspace.

Straight Line Stitch have begun a behind the scenes look at the recording of their new effort “The Fight Of Our Lives“. The first installment of the series can be found below, while the album is slated to receive a March 22nd release date through eOne Music.

Earth‘s latest outing “Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light 1” has been made available for streaming over at NPR.org. The album, which will be available for streaming through to February 07th, is scheduled for a February 22nd release date through Southern Lord Recordings.

Haunted Shores (Periphery) have made a demo of their track “Terra Firma” available for streaming through their Myspace. The song features a guest appearance from Mike Semesky of Ordinance and will appear on the projects forthcoming debut outing.

As previously reported, a number of guest vocalists have signed on to participate in the project and include:

Jesse Leach (The Empire Shall Fall, Times Of Grace)
Elliot Coleman (Sky Eats Airplane)
Spencer Sotelo (Periphery)
Casey Sabol (ex-Periphery)
Dan Tompkins (TesseracT)
Patrick Purves (Life On Repeat)

The lineup for this years “Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival ” has officially been unveiled. Here’s how the tour will run:

Main Stage:

Disturbed
Godsmack
Megadeth

Rotating Main Stage Openers:

Machine Head
In Flames
Trivium

Extreme Stage:

Suicide Silence
All Shall Perish
Straight Line Stitch

Jagermeister Stage:

Unearth
Kingdom Of Sorrow
Red Fang

A Jagermeister Battle Of The Bands winner will also grace the Jagermeister stage. A number of guest appearances will occur as well. In particular, Dethklok will perform in lieu of Megadeth on the July 09th San Bernardino, CA stop.

Testament will replace In Flames on both the July 09th and 10th stops. Furthermore, Megadeth will not be appearing at the tours co-branded July 23rd “Heavy MTL” date.

In addition to the bands, a number of vendors, video game demos, and the Metal Mulisha will also be on hand at the trek.

Dates for the festival run as follows:

07/09 San Bernardino, CA – San Manuel Amphitheatre
07/10 San Francisco, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
07/12 Seattle, WA – White River Amphitheater
07/13 Boise, ID – Idaho Center Amphitheatre
07/15 Phoenix, AZ – Cricket Wireless Pavilion
07/16 Albuquerque, NM – Hard Rock Casino Presents: The Pavilion
07/17 Denver, CO – Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
07/19 St. Louis, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/20 Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
07/22 Boston, MA – Comcast Center
07/23 Montreal, QC – Parc Jean Drapeau
07/24 Hartford, CT – The Comcast Theatre
07/27 Holmdel, NJ – P.N.C. Bank Arts Center
07/29 Pittsburgh, PA – First Niagara Pavilion
07/30 Washington, DC – Jiffy Lube Live
07/31 Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
08/02 Virginia Beach, VA – Verizon Wireless V. Beach Amphitheater
08/03 Raleigh, NC – Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek
08/05 Chicago, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
08/06 Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
08/07 Indianapolis, IN – Verizon Wireless Music Center
08/09 Oklahoma City, OK – Zoo Amphitheatre
08/10 Dallas, TX – Superpages.com Center
08/12 Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre
08/13 Tampa, FL – 1-800-Ask-Gary-Amphitheatre
08/14 West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheater