Director Dale “Rage” Resteghini (Mudvayne, Trivium) has announced that he will be filming new music videos for Sevendust, Children Of Bodom and Hatebreed in the coming months. Further details are expected as the shoots near.

A number of metal artists have come together to compose the soundtrack to the upcoming racing video game “nail’d“. Among the musicians collaborating together are:

Raymond Herrera (Arkaea, ex-Fear Factory)
Christian Olde Wolbers (Arkaea, ex-Fear Factory)
Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed, Kingdom Of Sorrow)
Stephen Carpenter (Deftones)
Wayne Static (Static-X)
Jed Simon (Strapping Young Lad)
John Boecklin (DevilDriver)
Pat Lachman (ex-Damageplan)

A number of the musicians mentioned above paired up to write instrumental tracks for the game, including “Through Walls Of Flame” which features vocals from Jamey Jasta, “Decimator” which sports vocals from Wayne Static and “Count For Something“.

Beyond the above-mentioned music, the game will also feature licensed tracks from the likes of Slipknot, Queens Of The Stone Age, Rise Against, Slaves On Dope, Backyard Babies, American Sixgun and Aggressive Chill. The game is expected to see a quarter 4 release on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC while a trailer featuring some of the exclusive music can be found below:

Hatebreed were joined onstage by Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe for a performance of “Doomsayer” at yesterday’s kickoff of the “Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival in San Bernardino, CA. Fan-filmed footage of the pairing can be found below:

Emmure are expected to serve as direct support to Hatebreed on the groups newly announced September Canadian tour which will also feature Straight Line Stitch.

The Acacia Strain have announced the actual guest vocalists set to appear on their upcoming new album “Wormwood“. Those set to appear include Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta (“The Beast“), 100 Demons‘ Bruce LePage (“Nightman“) and on the iTunes and vinyl versions of the effort, Born Low’s Kyle Chard (“Jonestown“). “Wormwood” is scheduled for a July 20th release date through Prosthetic.

In the meantime, the band have launched a new webisode series below and have also lined up the following shows around their upcoming stint on the “Cool Tour“:

June 26th Leeds, UK -- Leeds University (“Ghostfest“)
July 09th Johnson City, TN -- The Hideaway (feat. Cancer Bats)
July 10th August, GA -- Sector 7G (feat. Cancer Bats)
August 02nd Las Vegas, NC -- The Farm (feat. War Of Ages)
August 04th Kansas City, MO -- The El Torreon (feat. War Of Ages)

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.

Kingdom Of Sorrow (Hatebreed, Crowbar) have made their second studio webisode documenting the making of their forthcoming new album, “Behind The Blackest Tears“, available online. You can view the footage below, while “Behind The Blackest Tears” will see a June 08th release date through Relapse.

Hatebreed have been forced to postpone a series of European shows as a result of the Icelandic volcanic ash situation. The band issues the following statement on the matter:

“Due to the massive cloud of volcanic ash drifting over Northern Europe from the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland, authorities ordered the closure of the country’s airspace, forcing our hands to regretfully announce that we have to postpone & reschedule our forthcoming shows.

April 22: Hamburg, Germany at The Docks
April 23: Meerhout, Belgium at Groezrock Festival
April 24: Stuttgart, Germany at LKA
April 25: Wiesbaden, Germany at Schlachthof

We have been in limbo trying to secure alternate inbound travel plans for the band and our crew into Northern Europe to no success. The volcanic ash has wreaked havoc on our efforts. It is beyond our control.

We will do our best to reschedule these dates, asap! We are very sorry to all of our European diehard fans that were anticipating our arrival.”