High On Fire have posted a video update from the studio. The band are currently recording the effort with producer Jack Endino (Nirvana, Mudhoney) for a September release date throguh Relapse.

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME have lined up the following headlining dates with THE RED CHORD and CEPHALIC CARNAGE:

July 27 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater w/ The End
July 28 - Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Icon w/ The End
July 29 - Hamilton, ON @ The Underground w/ Arise and Ruin
July 30 - St. Catherine, ON @ L3 w/ Arise and Ruin
July 31 - London, ON @ Call The Office w/ Arise and Ruin
August 1 - Ottawa, ON @ Babylon w/ Arise and Ruin
August 2 - Quebec City, QC @ L’Anti w/ Arise and Ruin
August 3 - Portland, ME @ The Station w/ The End
August 4 - Winooksi, VT @ Higher Ground w/ The End
August 5 - Troy, NY @ Revolution Hall w/ The End
August 7 - Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club w/ The End
August 8 - Covington, KY @ Mad Hatter w/ The End
August 9 - Huntington, WV @ Monkey Bar w/ The End
August 10 - Richmond, VA @ Alley Katz w/ The End
August 11 - Wilmington, NC @ Soapbox Laundrolounge w/ The End

Dates have been solidified for this summer's KILLWHITNEYDEAD, THE TONY DANZA TAPDANCE EXTRAVAGANZA, THE DEMONSTRATION, and FROM THE SHALLOWS tour. Here's the latest schedule:

6/30 Virginia Beach, VA @ The Peppermint Club
7/1 TBA
7/2 Kingston, PA @ Backstage Enterprises
7/3 Waretown, NJ @ Waretown Hall
7/4 Providence, RI @ The Living Room
7/5 Allston, MA @ The ICC
7/6 Bucksport, ME @ The Kave
7/7 Ronkonkoma, NY @ Traxx
7/8 Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall
7/9 TBA
7/10 Mt. Clemens, MI @ The Hayloft Liquor Stand
7/11 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
7/12 TBA
7/13 Iowa City, IA @ The Picador
7/14 Kansas City, KS @ Grand Emporium
7/15 Denver, CO @ The Marquis Theatre
7/16 Salt Lake City, UT @ TBA
7/17 Boise, ID @ The Venue
7/18 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
7/19 Portland, OR @ TBA
7/20 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
7/21 Oakland, CA @ TBA
7/22 Las Vegas, NV @ Leathernecks
7/23 West Hollywood, CA @ The Whisky A Go-Go
7/24 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
7/25 San Diego, CA @ Soma
7/26 Phoenix, AZ @ That One Place
7/28 El Paso, TX @ Chic's
7/29 Dallas, TX @ The Door
7/30 Houston, TX @ The Java Jazz
7/31 Metairie, LA @ The High Ground
8/1 Pensacola, FL @ Sluggo¹s
8/2 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
8/3 Orlando, FL @ The Back Booth
8/4 Jacksonville, FL @ Thee Imperial
8/5 Augusta, GA @ Sector 7-G
8/6 Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern

Death metal juggernaut DYING FETUS will embark on the North American leg of its "War of Attrition Tour" in early June. This portion will cover ground all across Canada and into the Northern U.S. Joining DYING FETUS on various dates of the tour are DAATH, PSYOPUS, COVENANCE, BLOODSHOTEYE and more.

DYING FETUS recently concluded a headlining European tour in support of its new album, "War of Attrition". The band will later return to mainland Europe for a summer festival tour with CEPHALIC CARNAGE.

All dates from June 2 to June 24 with BLOODSHOTEYE, COVENANCE:

June 01 - Halifax, NS - The Speakeasy
June 02 - Rimouski, QC - La Coudée du Cégep (w/ ATHERETIC)
June 03 - Quebec City, QC - L'Imperial (w/ ATHERETIC)
June 04 - Ottawa, ON - Maverick's
June 05 - Hamilton, ON - Absinthe
June 06 - London, ON - The Embassy
June 07 - Sherbrooke, ON - Bar Le Magog (w/ ATHERETIC)
June 08 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda (w/ ATHERETIC)
June 09 - Rouyn-Noranda, QC - Petit Théatre du vieux Noranda (w/ ATHERETIC)
June 10 - Toronto, ON - FunHaus
June 14 - Thunder Bay, ON - The Office
June 15 - Winnipeg, MB - The Zoo
June 16 - Regina, SK - Riddel Center
June 17 - Saskatoon, SK - The Basement
June 18 - Lethbridge, AB - Hard Candy Records
June 20 - Edmonton, AB - The Mead Hall
June 21 - Calgary, AB - The Warehouse
June 22 - Prince George, BC - Connaught Youth Center
June 23 - Vancouver, BC - The Balmoral
June 24 - Victoria, BC - Lucky Bar

All dates from June 25 through July 7 with PSYOPUS, DAATH, COVENANCE:

June 25 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
June 26 - Boise, ID - The Venue
June 27 - Ogden, UT - Country Club Theater
June 28 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater
June 29 - Topeka, KS - The Static Bar
June 30 - Minneapolis, MN - Station Four
July 01 - Chicago, IL - Clearwater Theatre
July 02 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
July 03 - Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater

The Red Chord has offered more information about the release of their forthcoming full-length "Prey For Eyes." The album will feature guest appearances from Nate Newton of Converge, John Davy of Job For A Cowboy and Mirai Kawashima of Sigh.

Speaking on the title track, band frontman Guy Kozowyk had the following to say:
"Inspired by events where my brother, who is a prison guard, walks in on an inmate doing something ridiculous in his cell. The prisoner won't talk and gets into this dialogue via a notepad. After documenting that he can no longer talk because the devil removed his tongue, my brother checks the cons mouth with his flashlight. When he tells him that his tongue is definitely intact, the inmate replies with the cryptic message "Pray for Eyes."

The album is set to be released July 24th through Metal Blade Records.

In other news, the band will be performing across the U.S. this fall as part of the "Metal Blade 25th Anniversary Tour" with Cannibal Corpse and more. As soon as we get a further update, we will post it here on the blog.

Our resident photographer, Trevor Campbell, has posted some 240+ ultra-sexy shots from last month's New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. Among the galleries are photos of DIMMU BORGIR, UNEARTH, BEHEMOTH, THE RED CHORD, CANNIBAL CORPSE, JOB FOR A COWBOY, BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, STILL REMAINS, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD and more. Click here for all the galleries.

SHADOWS FALL has added a few headlining dates before embarking on this summer's Sounds of the Underground tour. Fellow SOTU artists EVERY TIME I DIE, THE ACACIA STRAIN and DARKEST HOUR will be supporting. The details are as follows:

Jun. 29 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live! *
Jun. 30 - Huntington, WV - Huntington Music Hall *
Jul. 01 - Knoxville, TN - Blue Cat's

* without DARKEST HOUR

SHADOWS FALL is continuing to tour in support of its new album "Threads of Life", which has sold 54,000 copies in the United States since its April 3 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Blabbermouth)

> Springfield, Massachusetts grindcore act AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED has posted two new tracks on its MySpace page — one song each from the band's forthcoming split 7" EP with TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION on Bones Brigade and the split LP with APARTMENT 213, scheduled to be released through Relapse Records soon.

> BEHEMOTH has made its new track, "Prometherion", available for streaming exclusively at Ozzfest.com. The song comes off the group's new album, "The Apostasy", due on July 17 via Century Media Records.

> CEPHALIC CARNAGE has posted the second webisode documenting the recording process of its new album, "Xenosapien".  The album is in stores today, and I highly recommend going out of your way to get it.
> An audio recording of CLUTCH performing the track "Nero's Fiddle" at the Roadburn Festival, which took place April 20-21 at 013 Cub in Tilburg, Holland, is available for streaming at this location.

One thing is certain about the Japanese… they love their 80s metalheads. Marty Friedman, of Megadeth fame is HUGGGE in Japan. So huge, he is the in-studio shredder on Japan's "Rock Fujiyama." Why he looks like a cheap hooker, I don't know. But, all I know is these two can shred. We need to get Metal Injection Japan going!

The fall-out over Dr. Martens' dead-soles ad campaign continues: Last week, Courtney Love complained about the use of Kurt Cobain's image in the shoe manufacturer's promotional materials–and now, the family of Joey Ramone is speaking out:

"Obviously, we are in the same position as Courtney Love, as well as the Estates of the others depicted [in the ad]," said Mickey Leigh. "We were never consulted about this ad. We were never asked for permission to use Joey's image, or paid for the use of it. As executor of my brother's estate I never would have approved this ad as Joey never wore these shoes. And, not that my brother was terribly religious, but the fact that he was Jewish, and this ad is not exactly Kosher, makes it that much more inappropriate, inconsiderate and contemptible."

Such guilt! Of course, at this point, everyone responsible has been taken to task: Dr Martens fired Saatchi and Saatchi–the agency that created the campaign–late last week, and the person responsible for leaking the images has been sentenced to five years of polishing Love's Oxblood-red boots, which she stole from Michael Stipe after a 1986 R.E.M. show at Brixton Academy.

Ronen talks to The World/Inferno Friendship Society vocalist Jack Terricloth about metaphor, parties, and committing to the bit; and to Ross Siegel (ReIgnition Recordings) about the future of the music industry, fringe culture and much more.

Floridian death metal outfit Deicide has officially parted ways with guitar player Ralph Santolla, who joined the band in 2005. The Deicide camp comments: "A skilled guitarist, Santolla will be wished well in his future endeavors. Deicide will continue on with their new guitarist who will be named at a later date."

An official website has been launched for the upcoming Playstation 2 videogame "Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks The 80s" here. With it comes the announcement of three new tracks for the game itself. The three latest to be revealed include:

"Balls To The Wall" by Accept
"Only A Lad" by Oingo Boingo
"The Warrior" by Scandal

While not officially confirmed, it looks as though all three will be cover versions and not the original recordings. In the meantime, short previews of a number of the songs included in the game can be found at the above-mentioned official site. As previously reported, the game will also feature the following tracks:

"18 And Life" (as made famous by Skid Row)
"Bathroom Wall" (as made famous by Faster Pussycat)
"Lonely Is The Night" (as made famous by Billy Squier)
"Nothing But A Good Time" (as made famous by Poison)
"Play With Me" (as made famous by Extreme)
"Shaken" (as made famous by Eddie Money)
"Synchronicity II" (as made famous by The Police)
"I Wanna Rock" (Twisted Sister) (original recording)
"I Ran" (Flock Of Seagulls) (original recording)
"Round And Round" (as made famous by Ratt)
"I Want Candy" (as made famous by Bow Wow Wow)
"Metal Health" (as made famous by Quiet Riot)
"Holy Diver" (as made famous by Dio)
"Heat Of The Moment" (as made famous by Asia)

30 tracks in total are expected to be featured in the 80's themed game which is tentatively planned for a July 17th release date.