Dirge Within To Support GWAR On Upcoming Tour

Dirge Within will serve as support on GWAR’s upcoming tour this June.

The Empire Shall Fall Release Video

The Empire Shall Fall has posted a new video for the song “Lords Of War” online.

New Limp Bizkit Album Turning Out To Be…As Bad As We Expected

I don’t know why we ever thought that a new Limp Bizkit album might have potential to be decent. But with the new sample videos the band has posted on Twitter, we can be assured that Limp Bizkit is the same band we all despised back in high school.

Bizkit frontman Fred Durst posted teaser videos of three songs that will most likely be featured on the band’s new album Gold Cobra. One of the samples titled “Douchebag” boasts the lyric “No way I’m gonna sit back. Gonna cut off the chit chat and break off your kit kat.” So in other words, Durst is writing autobiographically, and hasn’t really changed since 1999.

In the teasers’ defense, the music sounds half decent until Durst’s rapping kicks in. I guess that’s a sign that Limp Bizkit is back in prime form (if you ever considered them having a prime form that is). If you really want to waste a few seconds of your life then go ahead and check them out, but you’ve been warned.

In addition, Durst used Twitter to reveal that Gene Simmons of KISS will make an appearance on the album. Durst even posted a picture of the two in the studio discussing money music.

New Far Song Online

Far was one of the 90s’ most hard-to-pigeonhole bands. The band’s two albums for Epic Records, 1996′s Tin Cans With Strings To You and 1998′s Water and Solutions, were pretty much unheralded classics. Heavy, not not metal, emotional, but not emo, the band found fans and friends in bands like the Deftones, who they collaborated with on a stellar cover of Jawbox’s “Savory.” While touring with bands ranging from Incubus and Life of Agony, ultimately they were more critical favorites than commercial ones,  and disbanded in 1999.

Fortunately, after a 10-year hiatus, Far has reformed, signed to Vagrant, and recorded a new album, the forthcoming At Night We Live (due out on 5/25). The band is streaming a new song, “Deafening,” online for anyone that goes to their Web site and signs up. We like the new song a lot. It’s heavy, riffy, and for a band that’s been dormant for over a decade, sounds very current. Maybe it took a decade for the rest of the world to catch up, but we’re looking forward to the rest of the album.

Ask Acrassicauda A Question – Win A DVD And CD!

So everyone’s favorite Iraqi metal band, Acrassicauda, are doing a live chat this coming Wednesday (31) at 1pm EST. The band, whose debut EP, Only the Dead See the End of the War, is currently top five at metal radio, will be answering questions in an online forum hosted by Vice Records. If you’ve got a question you’d like to ask them, go here to sign up for the chat and set a reminder for it. It’s amazing to think about how far the band’s come in a few years. In the film, they were busy trying to not get blown up. Now they’re taking peoples’ questions about their unbelievable journey to America in real time over the Internet.

Metal Insider is giving you added bonus. Submit your question for the band in the comments below, and we’ll pick the best question to win a copy of the award-winning Heavy Metal in Baghdad DVD as well as a copy of the Alex Sklonick-produced Only the Dead See the End of the War. Contest ends at 6pm on Tuesday, March 30. Multiple entries will be disqualified.

Candlemass Post Live DVD Trailer Online

Candlemass has posted a trailer to their new live DVD Ashes To Ashes-Live online.

Queensryche Announce Dates For Cabaret Shows

Queensryche has announced new dates for their cabaret-themed show.

Slash Streaming New Song Featuring Avenged Sevenfold Singer

Slash is currently streaming a new song called “Nothing To Say”, featuring Avenged Sevenfold frontman M. Shadows, on his MySpace page.

Eyehategod Announces A Batch Of U.S. Dates

Eyehategod has announced a batch of U.S. dates for this May/June.

Kingdom Of Sorrow Announce Release Date

Kingdom Of Sorrow will release their sophomore album Behind The Blackest Tears on June 8 via Relapse Records.