Mychildren Mybride have chosen to self-title their new album which they are presently working on at Planet Z Studios in Hadley, MA. Producer Zeuss (Hatebreed, Shadows Fall) has been helming the sessions with an early 2012 release date through Solid State in the works.

Barn Burner have released a NSFW music video for their track “Scum Of The Earth” online below. Judging by the bare breasts I wouldn’t expect it to last on Youtube for too long…

Terror have issued a fourth and final teaser trailer for the “Defining The Faith” DVD portion of their upcoming “Keepers Of The Faith” reissue. You can watch that below, while the expanded CD/DVD edition of the release will land in stores on November 01st.

Kvelertak performed a new song at their October 21st show at Club Europa In Brooklyn, NY. You can watch multi-camera footage of that below via Metalinjection.net

Chevelle are set to be the musical guests on the December 08th episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!“. The performance will air just two days after the release of their new album “Hats Off To The Bull“, which is due to arrive in stores on December 06th via Epic.

Machine Head have debuted their new music video for their track “Locust” online via Pitchforkmedia.com. You can also view the clip, which was shot with director Mike Sloat, below:

Rumors have been swirling that Chimaira vocalist Mark Hunter missed the bands show in San Antonio, TX tonight (October 27th,) reportedly as a result of being arrested. Hunter was apparently picked up on drug possession (marijuana) charges while on tour.

Thegauntlet.com have word from the venue that Hunter won’t be appearing at the show. Meanwhile, he has apparently been booked and released and will rejoin the tour shortly. Band keyboardist Sean Zatorsky will once handle the vocal duties in his absence.

Furthermore, band bassist Emil Werstler commented on the show via his Twitter, saying:

“The show is still going on tonight, everyone. Ya’ll metal folks are like a bunch of cheerleaders with your knowledge of info.”

Update – October 28th 4:14am:

Hunter has since taken to his Twitter with the following tweets on the situation:

“Out of the clink. Didn’t drop the soap.”

“I deeply apologize to the fans of San Antonio. I was detained at the same spot they got Willie. You know I will make it up to you.”

TesseracT have debuted their new music video for their track “Eden” online below:

In Fear And Faith have released a teaser lyric video for their new single “It All Comes Out (On The Way Down)” below. The track will be released as a digital single through Rise Records on November 08th.

The Ocean continue to lineup headlining shows to see themselves back home following the completion of their tour with The Devin Townsend Project. Currently the band have the following shows scheduled:

11/02 Denver, CO – Casselmans Bar & Venue
11/03 Omaha, NE – 5810 Grover St. (house show)
11/04 St. Paul, MN – Station 4
11/05 Indianapolis, IN – The Ugly Monkey
11/07 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Roboto Project

The band are seeking to book more dates and venues, with the following posting made earlier this week:

“We are looking for shows in the Northeast, Nov 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 — NY, CT, RI, MA, Toronto, NJ, PA area… venues, houses, tree-huts, boats, churches… we do it all. email info@theoceancollective.com!”

In other news, the group are also readying a new DVD effort by the name of “Collective Oblivion” for a 2012 release. You can find a teaser for it below:

Whitechapel guitarist Zach Householder‘s cover of Slayer‘s “Bloodline” will soon be fleshed out with additional musicians. Householder has recruited I Declare War‘s Jamie Hanks to handle the vocal duties while ex-Dirge Within guitarist Matt Szlachta will handle the leads. The track is expected to surface online for streaming next week. For now you can check out a rough version of the song here.

Studio work for Shadows Fall‘s upcoming new album looks to be going swimmingly. A tweet from band vocalist Brian Fair made last night (October 26th) reads as follows:

“Just got to Adam D‘s. Matt finishing up tracking guitars for a tune. Vocals begin later tonight! #NewShads @ShadowsFallBand”

The band have been working on the outing at Zing Studios in Westfield, MA with Killswitch Engage/Times Of Grace guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz handling the production duties. A release early next year through Razor & Tie is expected.

Loudwire recently conducted an interview with Maynard James Keenan which will certainly be of interest to Tool fans (and Puscifer and A Perfect Circle fans as well.) A partial excerpt of the interview can be found below with the entire read available at Loudwire.com

Loudwire: Tool are reportedly working on a new album, as well. In the past, you’ve expressed frustration with sitting around in the studio with guitarist Adam Jones and drummer Danny Carey’s aesthetic of going over endless combinations of song structures before committing to anything.

Maynard James Keenan: I’m allowing them their space to do what they do, so we’re still in that mode. Even if they told me how close they are to being done, I couldn’t tell you because if I say 60 percent people will start counting down. When it’s done everyone will know. But I haven’t done anything yet. They write forever and then we go in and knock it all out. We’re writing. We’re writing vocals. But nothing’s solid. With Puscifer, there’s ideas and then we’ll record stuff. Then we’ll go back and change stuff and fix stuff and record new stuff before we finally put it all together. But with Tool, we practice jams, but there’s no actual recording going on until it’s time to record.

Loudwire: Are you prepared to tour for a year for the next Tool record whenever it’s ready or have you put your foot down and said, “I don’t want to spend my life on the road.”

Maynard James Keenan: It has nothing to do with putting my foot down. Physically, I can’t do it, so that’s not gonna happen. We will tour, but it won’t be the old school dog and pony show of eight months of beating yourself to death.

Loudwire: For most bands now, staying out on the road for a year-plus and selling lots of tickets and merch is the only way to make money because their albums are being downloaded for free by file-sharers.

Maynard James Keenan: How much do you need, really? If we can make a living going out for a few weeks a year and keep people satisfied by making sure we play the locations we need to hit, I’m not Kirk Hammett. I don’t need to buy $10,000 guitars every day. That’s not my lifestyle. I love Kirk, but that’s not me. I have a very sustainable vineyard industry in the Valley which will eventually start to pay its own bills.

I love to go on the road and play music for people and express myself, but for it to be something where I’m out there to make money, that’s depressing to me. You end up beating yourself up. Who gives a s–t how much money you have if your back hurts so much you can’t stand up. Money’s not the goal. Having fun making the art, that’s the goal. Finding a nice, happy medium. Being healthy and still expressing what you need to express in an effective way, that’s the ideal.

Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello defused a potential street fight after his The Nightwatchman show at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA this past Tuesday, October 25th. TMZ.com has the footage.

It looks as though some new On Broken Wings material may be in the works. A recent tweet from the band reads as follows:

“Yo record with our guitarist @MikeMcMillen before he does our new jams www.darksidema.com”