Hail The Villain have inked a deal with Roadrunner Records and will release their new album “Population: Declining” through the label next year. The band have also inked a deal with Warner Music for the Canadian territory.

For now, those unfamiliar with the outfit can check them out here.

Mychildren Mybride are presently working on new material for their next album and plan to do so for the next few months before eventually heading into the studio to begin recording it. In the meantime, the band have booked the following shows:

October 30th McDonough, GA – Avalon Church (feat. Broadcast The Nightmare, Stand Your Ground, New Era)
October 31st Pensacola, FL – American Legion Post 33 (“Spook Fest ‘09“)
November 14th Douglasville, GA – The 7 Venue (feat. A Plea For Purging, Four Letter Lie, Thick As Blood, Before There Was Rosalyn)

Wretchedpain recently completed mixing and mastering their new album with Zeuss (Hatebreed, Shadows Fall) and are currently locking down a label to release it. For now, the group, who feature Kevin Talley of Daath fame and Sam Bean of The Berzerker, Mithras, etc., have posted two new tracks online here.

The song “The Dawn Of Ambition” features guest vocals from Jason Netherton, while “Whorgasm” features a guest solo from Jay Siebert of Senate fame.

Chimaira have posted a live performance of their track “The Disappearing Sun” online, you can view it below. The footage was helmed by videographer Todd Bell and will appear on the bands upcoming new DVD release which is due out next year.

Between The Buried And Me, Cynic, The Devin Townsend Project and Scale The Summit are planning a trek together early next year, tentative dates revealed thus far include:

January 08th Nashville, TN – Rocketown
January 09th Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
January 10th New Orleans, LA – The Masquerade
January 11th Houston, TX – The Meridian
January 12th Dallas, TX – The Prophet Bar
January 13th San Antonio, TX – The White Rabbit
January 15th Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse
January 16th San Diego, CA – House Of Blues
January 17th Hollywood, CA – Sunset Strip
January 18th San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
January 20th Denver, CO – Cervantes
January 22nd Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
January 23rd Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
January 24th Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
January 25th Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s Downunder
January 26th Toronto, ON – Opera House
January 27th Montreal, QC – Club Soda
January 28th Boston, MA – House Of Blues
January 29th Clifton Park, NY – Northern Lights
January 30th New York, NY – The Fillmore
January 31st Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
February 01st Baltimore, MD – Sonar
February 03rd St. Peterburg, FL – State Theatre
February 06th Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore

The second installment of Saviours‘ webisode series documenting the recording of their newly-released album “Accelerated Living” has made its way online and can be seen here.

Slipknot have tapped Vision Of Disorder to support them at the following two shows:

October 29th Los Angeles, CA – The Palladium
October 31st Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl (“Trinity Of Terrors“)

HELLYEAH have confirmed that they are currently in the studio working on their next album which they plan to have out in stores next year. Further details were not revealed.