Avenged Sevenfold To Webcam Chat Today

Avenged Sevenfold will be holding a live webcam chat today (July 29) at 5pm Eastern with fan via UStream.

Supergroup Sailors With Wax Wings Post Song Online

Sailors With Wax Wings, a project featuring Pyramids’ R. Loren, have posted “If I should Cast Off This Tattered Coat” from their forthcoming self-titled album, on Stereogum. The album (and this track) features members of Katatonia, Krallice, Slowdive, Nadja, Swans, and more.

Every Time I Die’s “Shit Happens: The Series?” To Be Released On DVD

Every Time I Die will release their ongoing web series Shit Happens: The Series? on DVD on October 19 via Epitaph Records.

Shadows Fall’s Jason Bittner: “The Music Industry Needs To Change”

It’s the last thing you’d want to be faced with during an already stressful period of time: You’re less than an hour away from show time, you still need to warm up and all of a sudden there’s a last minute interview you weren’t prepared for. But nevertheless, Shadows Fall drummer Jason Bittner took the time to chat with us during the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Fest’s stop in Camden, NJ this past weekend. As he warmed up for the show, he discussed the band’s new live DVD and how owning your own label isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be, especially with how bad the industry is doing.

In the Fall, Shadows Fall asked fans to help get you guys on Mayhem Fest using Twitter or Facebook, and here you guys are now! How has the response been?

The response on the tour so far has just been amazing actually. The shows have been great. The crowds have been great. We’ve been meeting a lot of kids at the signings afterwards and it’s been a lot of fun. Obviously we thank the fans tremendously for helping get us on here. We actually had a little incident yesterday that we just found out about with someone who had something to do with the tour package in some way shape or form in St. Louis and with someone who helped get us somewhere with this. They were supposed to have tickets and passes, and something went down. Our tour manager didn’t know what was up, and they ended up driving five and a half hours for nothing. So now today we all feel like shit. We got to do something good for these people, so we’re going to make a $1,000 pack of merch and send it to them. In good faith, it wasn’t our fault. We know that without the fans, we’re nobody.

It’s been about a year since the band created your own record label, Everblack Industries. How has the experience been so far?

I can’t really give an honest answer to that question because we haven’t seen any difference in anything as far as, like we’re still broke (laughing). So I don’t know if starting our own label was the right idea for this business. It just seems like every business model that we come up with we fall short in some way shape or form. I think it would be a great thing if we were a little bit bigger of a band that sold enough units. The problem is that nobody buys records anymore, and when you’re trying to base a business model off what you think you’re going to sell, you have to remember that what you sold two years ago you’re going to probably sell a third of now. It makes it really tough when everybody has to continue making a living out of this. So we’ll see. Read more »

The Cult To Release New Single On iTunes

The Cult will release a new single called “Everyman And Woman Is A Star” on iTunes this weekend. The track comes off a four song “capsule” scheduled to be released in fall of 2010.

The Sword Announce Tour

The Sword has announced dates for this coming October.

Metal By Numbers 7/28: Here Come The Brides

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
This week’s biggest metal debut comes from newcomers Black Veil Brides, coming in at #36 and selling over 10,000 copies in its first week. Their debut full length album was produced by none other than Ozzy Osbourne bassist Blasko (whose Mercenary Management also happens to manage the band). Needless to say, whether you’re familiar with the band or not (we’re not), this is an extremely impressive debut.

Notable Debuts:

Black Veil Brides, We Stitch These Wounds (Standby) #36, 10,600 sold
You can get a taste of the band by checking out their new video for “Perfect Weapon.” Our first impression? Kinda like H.I.M. if they were a little more screamo.

The Acacia Strain, Wormwood (Prosthetic) #66, 6,300 sold
The Mass-core favorites seem to be making a big impact on the Cool Tour.

Impending Doom, There Will Be Violence (Facedown) #123, 3,800 sold
Good first week as the band prepares to hit the road on the Thrash and Burn Tour.

Lillian Axe, Deep Red Shadows (Love & War) 700 sold
Though he doesn’t sing on the New Orleans hard rockers’ new album, the band has just recruited ex-Metal Church singer Ronny Munroe to replace singer Derrick LeFerve.
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Ill Nino Cancels Six European Dates

Ill Nino has been forced to cancel the first six dates of their European tour due to an injury suffered by frontman Cristian Machado.

Triptykon, 1349, Yakuza Announce Tour

Triptykon, 1349 and Yakuza will be touring North America together this coming Fall.

This Week’s Most Unnecessary Purchase: A KISS LED HD TV

You’ve got the t-shirts, the toys, the pinball machine, the condoms and maybe even the coffin. What other KISS product could you possibly want? If you respond saying a KISS themed LED HD TV, well first I’d have to ask you why? Then I’d reveal that your dreams, as weird as they may be, have come true.

KISS has announced the release of the limited edition KISS LED television. This HDTV features KISS’ logo embossed on each side of the screen and comes in three sizes: 32”, 40” and 46”. Prices range from $818.88 to $1,388.88 (with an additional shipping fee of $375 if you live outside the United States), and is limited to only 15,000 pieces. If you’re tired of watching Family Jewels without a KISS logo coming on for eight seconds every time you turn on your TV, then you’re in luck. I mean, who hasn’t been watching TV and thinking that they’re not rocking every night and partying every day enough? Now you’ll be able to both without taking your eyes off the screen.

You can purchase and find out more information on this highly expensive collector’s item at the kisshdtv.com.