Legally embattled musician Nick Oliveri has announced that he has walked away from the also legally-beleaguered Kyuss Lives! reunion. The news via a very candid interview over at Antiquiet.com.

During the interview Oliveri also discussed his aforementioned legal troubles stemming from a July standoff with the Los Angeles police.

Replying to the possibility of facing jail time, he stated:

“Umm, yes… and no. Hopefully no. But yeah, you know there’s some… the thing with that is… It’s a really bad scene, because I uh… Basically it comes down to, I can’t talk too much about it because I have a court date coming up next month.

You can ask my lawyer…. He’ll tell ya. I have a really good lawyer and he’s taking great care of me. The thing is that I screwed up because I didn’t… When the police came to my house, which nobody in my house called, a friend of ours came over and we didn’t open the door for her. And she called the police — which is absurd.

So it’s a bad scene right now, it’s a bad scene, and I don’t even know how I’m supposed to say that… But basically at the end of the day I screwed up cause I didn’t open the door. I was like ‘I’m not going to open, I don’t have to open the door.’ I didn’t think you have to open the door… (laughs) You have to open the door. A robot came and knocked down my door. (laughs)

And I don’t mean to laugh because it was a bad scene but uhh, I just look at it like I pay a lot of rent. I want to be the king of my castle man, I want to be the king of my castle. I want to have the final say like when I come in and when I can go and who comes in and who doesn’t.”

When asked if drugs were involved, he stated:

“No, but there was uh, unfortunately they… I was in there for three and a half hours, you know, like not coming out.

You don’t think I wouldn’t have gotten rid of, flushed, anything I had, if I had something, you know? Like “I know they’re outside, I’m gonna save this!” You know like. (laughs)

I had just moved into this house and went on tour. Everything was in boxes and somehow, there was a little, little tiny, the smallest little amount of something.”

When quizzed if there was violence, he said:

“No, no. The whole thing about it was that we didn’t open the door. They wanted… she (their friend) was saying that there was some trouble inside you know…”

Speaking on the loaded gun found at his residence by the police, he mentioned that it was a gift from his deceased father and that he had kept it underneath his bed in case someone ever broke in his house. The full interview also touches on his firing from Queens Of The Stone Age and more and can be found here.

Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe may lend his vocals to some solo songs originally written by late Gwar guitarist Cory Smoot (aka Flattus Maximus). Blythe recently mentioned the possible collaboration in the below interview.

According to Blythe, Smoot gave him four songs before his passing to possibly contribute to. Blythe went on to say that he has been talking with Dave Brockie (aka Oderus Urungus) about potentially doing just that to benefit Smoot‘s family.

Obscura vocalist/guitarist Steffen Kummerer has been revealed as the second vocalist for the upcoming Death tribute run, aptly-titled the “Death To All Tour“. Kummerer had the following to say about the opportunity:

“It was a pleasure to get the invitation to play all of those timeless classics as a tribute to Chuck and his work. To be honest, I wasn’t sure if it was a good idea at all to get this project running, due to my respect for the past. The band Death is gone and will never come back, that is the truth.

These shows are a nice way to show tribute to the band and their previous work and help musicians via Sweet Relief. In the end, a good thing and definitely worth visiting one or two shows. I am glad to be involved and be part of this idea to bring this music back on stage. Let the metal flow.”

The “Death To All Tour” will see various former musicians from Death uniting to perform the bands songs. The trek is intended to celebrate late Death frontman/guitarist Chuck Schuldiner and raise awareness for Sweet Relief.

As previously reported, participating Death-related musicians include:

Guitars – Paul Masvidal (“Human“)
Guitars – Shannon Hamm (“The Sound Of Perseverance“)
Guitars – Bobby Koelble (“Symbolic“)
Bass – Steve DiGiorgio (“Human“/”Individual Thought Patterns“)
Bass – Scott Clendenin (“The Sound Of Perseverance“)
Drums – Gene Hoglan (Individual Thought Patterns“/”Symbolic“)
Drums – Sean Reinert (Human)

Charles Elliot of Abysmal Dawn/Bereft will also be contributing guest vocals for some of the songs during the tour as well.

Dates for the “Death To All Tour“:

06/22 San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
06/23 West Hollywood, CA – House Of Blues
06/26 Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
06/28 New York, NY – Irving Plaza
06/30 Orlando, FL – The Beacham

Another new song from The Used has landed online. The latest being “Kiss It Goodbye“, which you can stream over at MTV.com (region dependent.) The band will release their latest album “Vulnerable” this coming Monday, March 26th.

Weapon are currently in The Physics Lab in Edmonton, Alberta recording their new album for Relapse. The group are working with producer Terry Paholek on album, which they plan to release in the fall. According to band guitarist/vocalist Vetis Monarch:

“Weapon loyalists can expect no-holds barred, satanic death metal that the band displayed on it’s previous work, but further refined and sharpened to ferocious perfection. ‘Embers And Revelations’ will be the apex of malice via music.”

The studio version of Municipal Waste‘s new song “You’re Cut Off” is now available for streaming over at Stereokiller.com. The track is featured on the bands forthcoming album “The Fatal Feast“, which will hit North American stores on April 10th through Nuclear Blast.

Stick To Your Guns are the latest act to be confirmed for the 2012 edition of the “All Stars Tour“. Other bands currently set for the tour include:

Suicide Silence
I See Stars
The Word Alive
Betraying The Martyrs
Obey The Brave

Overkill have released a lyric video for their song “Wish You Were Dead” below. A digital single for the track has also been released via iTunes. “Wish You Were Dead” appears on the bands new album, “The Electric Age“, which lands in stores next week on March 27th via eOne Music.

The Dillinger Escape Plan have booked the following primarily headlining run of the UK and Europe for April:

04/25 Brighton, UK – Concorde 2
04/26 London, UK – The Garage
04/27 Paris, FRA – Le Trabendo
04/28 Meerhout, BEL – Gestelsesteenweg (“Groezrock Fest“)
04/30 Treviso, ITA – New Age Club
05/01 Milan, ITA – Circolo Magnolia
05/02 Rome, ITA – Circolo degli Artisti

A recent update on the bands happenings posted over at their Facebook can be read below:

“What else is going on in our world? We’re writing a new DEP album like we said(god help us all…it hurts my brain to even write about it…we’re going deep down the rabbit hole on this one), and besides that we’ve all got other projects we’re working on(just find our respective pages on here and you’ll find out about them as they progress…any large updates on member side projects we’ll post on here, but not the minor stuff), and we’re trying not to destroy our personal lives/drive our friends and family crazy in the process.

Billy plays drums 24/7, Jeff plays guitar and watches horror movies 24/7 and just had a mold made of his own ass cause he wants to see what it’s like to fuck his OWN ASS(lets see if he catches that…just trying to see if he even reads this shit), Liam is I think in Vietnam…for real…he never came back from our last tour…he’s no doubt leading some weird nude meditation/vegan food/bass playing seminar…on a canoe….and Ben and I are just trying not to die/lose our minds(even though on the outside it may appear that we are actually TRYING to do those things….we’re not…we’re just trying to get as close as possible!).

We’ve got a new Option Paralysis shirt coming out soon, and a webstore is in the works for some non-limited merch designs and also random limited items. Patience, everyone.

Oh, so I guess there’s some random stuff on YouTube popping up claiming to be leaked new DEP songs. They aren’t. I would assume that you would know better, but just in case you don’t….there ya have it.

We don’t ever give anyone demos, Ipods and phones never have new material on them, all songs on our computers are labeled as weird names and in hidden folders, and any reference CDs that we burn to listen to in a car or something are scratched and broken in half and thrown away afterwards…that’s how ridiculous we are…so the odds of ANY song you EVER hear being a “leak” of new material…this early…is fucking zero and beyond comical…”

The Human Abstract have released a live video for their track “Faust” online below. The footage comes from the November 2011 Stuttgart, Germany stop of the “Never Say Die! Tour“. The show found Ryan Devlin of Corelia filling in on vocals.

While The Human Abstract have spent the past few months on hiatus, rumors have begun to circulate of a possible European summer headlining run.

Nonpoint have wrapped up tracking their new album with producer Johnny K (Disturbed, Staind) and have begun mixing it. A release later this year through Razor & Tie is in the cards. Band frontman Elias Soriano announced the news via the bands Facebook, offering:

“LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE RECORD IS TRACKED!!!!! We have moved into the mixing process. Thank you for all your love, support and comments through this process. You have showed us that we have the best reason to never stop writing and recording records.. YOU. Thank you for everything.”

Stick To Your Guns have released a music video for their track “We Still Believe” below. The song comes from the groups new album “Diamond“, which is set for a March 26th release date through Sumerian.

Cerebral Bore have been announced as the winner of the fan-voted contest to open this years “Summer Slaughter Tour“. They beat out the following bands for the spot on the trek:

Aegaeon
Battlecross
Enfold Darkness
Fallujah
Fit For An Autopsy
Hour Of Penance
I Declare War
Pathology
Vildjharta

Groups already announced for the “Summer Slaughter Tour” thus far include:

Cannibal Corpse
Between The Buried And Me
The Faceless
Periphery
Veil Of Maya
Job For A Cowboy
Goatwhore
Exhumed

Hatebreed have finally begun the official pre-production process for their follow-up to their 2009 self-titled album. The band have posted a photo of their bassist Chris Beattie in the studio working on the effort over at Instagram.

According to band frontman Jamey Jasta the group will tweak these initial sessions for the next few weeks with plans to spend the second half of April and nearly all of May working on the album.

DevilDriver frontman Dez Fafara had some good news to offer via his Twitter. According to Fafara, DevilDriver bassist Aaron “Bubble” Patrick has been released from the hospital. Patrick was recently hospitalized after a bout with Streptococcus Pneumonia.

Fundraising to help with his hospital bills is currently underway. Donations can be sent directly to him via Paypal at ‘Aarongregorypatrick@gmail.com’. Meanwhile, his former Bury Your Dead bandmate Chris Towning has been filling in for him at the groups live shows.