Phil Anselmo of Pantera/Down, etc. fame recently discussed his upcoming solo album, Down’s next effort and his autobiography, among other things, with Lamusicblog.com. Speaking on the new solo effort, he offered the following:

“I’m just writing new material and by no means is it finished. It’s really just in demo form right now. It’s just me and a drummer, this kid from around here, nobody that anybody knows, just a session guy that learns real fast and does what I say.

So yeah, if this stuff comes around like I think it’s going to come around, then definitely, I think people should be hearing this stuff. And that’s exciting. It’s an exciting prospect right there.”

A series of performance videos for Arms Of The Sun, who feature Rex Brown of Down/Pantera fame within their ranks, have been made avaialble online and can be found below:

Kingdom Of Sorrow (Hatebreed, Down) have posted some more behind the scenes footage from the studio sessions for their new album “Behind The Blackest Tears” online, you can find it below. “Behind The Blackest Tears” is scheduled to receive a June 08th release date.

A newly posted message on the official “Ozzfest” website, www.ozzfest.com, has revealed that an announcement regarding this years edition of the the festival will be made this coming Friday, April 30th. Rumors have been circulating as of late regarding the tour, which was revealed earlier this year to be a touring festival.

Bands reportedly under consideration for the trek include Ozzy Osbourne, Down, Killswitch Engage, DevilDriver and Black Label Society, though no official word has been released as of yet.

Intimate footage of Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser and Kirk Windstein of Down/Crowbar, etc. fame practicing Sepultura’s rendition of Motorhead’s “Orgasmatron” backstage has been posted online and can be found below:

Down have posted another batch of rare video footage, live songs and behind the scenes pictures online for the month of April; you can check it all out here.

Kingdom Of Sorrow (Hatebreed, Down, etc.) have set “Behind The Blackest Tears” as the title to their new album which will see a June 08th release date via Relapse. The band tracked the outing at Dexter Lab Recordings in Milford, CT with engineer Nick Bellmore, while Zeuss (Hatebreed, Shadows Fall) handled the mixing and mastering duties.

Commenting on the effort band frontman Jamey Jasta offered the following:

“Thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting Kingdom Of Sorrow. Your support has made it possible for this band and album to exist and I hope you enjoy this. We put our blood and sweat into this album and it has provided us with a great deal of artistic freedom and fulfillment.”