Josh Homme Finds New Home For Label

Queens Of The Stone Age/Them Crooked Vultures frontman Josh Homme’s record label Rekords Rekords has announced a new partnership with Ipecac Records.

Stone Sour Re-Streaming Live Show

Stone Sour’s live webcast of their show at The Studio at Webster Hall in New York City, NY last night (August 30) is being re-shown online.

New & Noteworthy, August 31st – Healing Powers

By now, the secret is out that Behemoth frontman Adam “Nergal” Darski was diagnosed with leukemia recently and is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant. This news only adds to what has been one of the worst years for metal in terms of genre stability and vitality, although a positive report from Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe does take some of the sting off. Despite the obvious irony of this, I will be keeping Nergal in my prayers for the coming weeks. Whether you subscribe to Behemoth’s anti-Christian beliefs or not, send whatever form of positive thoughts and good wishes you choose to Nergal and his family in this time of great distress.

This week’s new releases make last week’s look like a cakewalk by comparison. The biggest hard rock band of the past decade tops the list with their fifth album, and a ton of young, up-and-coming bands are also hitting the charts. Read on and see what the future of metal holds.

Disturbed, Asylum (Reprise)
On 2008′s Indestructible, Disturbed proved to the world that they were still alive and well in a huge way. That album, in many ways, re-launched the band’s career and reawakened the vibe that had people raving about them ten years ago. If the album’s title track is any indicator, Asylum is going to be just as good as Indestructible, if not better. Though the video for “Asylum” may explain why David Draiman has been entering the stage in a straitjacket for so long.

Murderdolls, Women and Children Last (Roadrunner)
Six years after going on hiatus, Joey Jordison and Wednesday 13 have reformed Murderdolls and are finally releasing their sophomore album. None of the band’s previous musicians aside from Jordison and Wednesday have returned, but that will have little to no impact on the quality of the music. What will be important is how Jordison will split his time among his various projects. Although he will have no problem on the upcoming tour with Rob Zombie (for whom he plays drums), what will happen after that tour will reveal much about his priorities for 2011. Read more »

System Divide Post New Video

System Divide have posted a new video for “The Apex Doctrine” that can be viewed here. The band’s sophomore album, The Conscious Sedation, will be released on September 14.

Constants Announce Remix Contest

Constants are asking fans to download and remix raw tracks of songs off their new album If Tomorrow The War, set to be released on September 7 via Science Of Silence Records, for possible inclusion of a Remix EP. The tracks can be downloaded off of IfTomorrowTheWar.com.

Unreleased Pantera Song Streaming Now

Even though it was initially announced that it wouldn’t be streaming until tomorrow, the Pantera song “The Will To Survive,” taken from the 20th Anniversary of Cowboys From Hell,  is streaming on the band’s Facebook page now. What do you think?

Megadeth Shreds “Sudden Death” for GH6

While the newest Rock Band game seems aimed at the casual music fan with the addition of a keyboard controller, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock seems way more focused on metal. Case in point: they commissioned Megadeth to write the “boss battle” of the game, a song called “Sudden Death.” In this clip, apparently done for the UK, Dave Mustaine talks about writing the song, and it also gives a preview of the song. The game, which will also come bundled with Soundgarden’s new Greatest Hits comp, Telephantasm, will be released on September 28.

The Showdown, Becoming The Archetype Annnounce Tour

The Showdown and Becoming The Archetype will be hitting the road together this Fall.

Watain Announces Tour Dates

Watain has announced dates for a Fall tour with Goatwhore and Black Anvil.

Black Veil Brides Announce Tour

Black Veil Brides has announced dates for their Entertainment Or Death headlining Fall tour. Support on the tour will come from William Control and Motionless In White.