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:

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, 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.”

Scott Ian of Anthrax, Mark Morton of Lamb Of God, Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed, John Tempesta and more will all guest on the new live comedy album, “Fart And Wiener Jokes“, from metal comedian Brian Posehn. The musicians will guest on the albums two musical tracks, one being a new song by the name of “More Metal Than You” and the other a cover of “The Gambler” by Kenny Rogers.

“Fart And Wiener Jokes” is set for an April 27th release date via Relapse.

Kingdom Of Sorrow, the group featuring Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta and Kirk Windstein of Down/Crowbar fame, have signed a new deal with Relapse Records. The group have already completed tracking their sophomore outing and are currently mixing it with Zeuss (Hatebreed, Shadows Fall) at Planet Z Recordings. A late spring release date is expected for the outing while more details on the album are currently pending.

A teaser for Straight Line Stitch’s new video for their track “Taste Of Ashes” has been made available online below. Both the song and video feature a guest appearance from Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta. The video was shot this past June with director Dale “Rage” Resteghini (Trivium, Mudvayne) and will premiere online soon.