UPDATE: 3rd JULY:

We’re excited to document the upcoming show in Nimes on July 7 and want you to be a part of it! The French record company and www.wormee.com are giving you tickets and a chance to participate in the making of the DVD . . . winners will film the show and record a report from there, two minutes of which will appear as an extra in the final release.

The contest is open to residents of France only (sorry!!) and runs through July 2 ending at 11:59 PM. There will be ten winners and you can check out all the details and enter here: metallica.wormee.com

The DVD will be released on October 19 and will be available through your friendly French music stores and online shops only, and Metallica.com.

One final note, you can re-live the show through www.wormee.com, who will be streaming it from July 10 – July 13. You just need to register with the site to watch, and it is open to everyone around the world.

The Newest Hall Of Famers METALLICA have confirmed rumours about their plans on releasing a DVD.

Here’s the statement from the Metallica website:

There’s been a little chatter here and there about us filming a few shows this summer for potential release on DVD and among the countless internet rumors, these ones are actually true! We thought it would be cool to document a few shows that are unique and sure to be extra memorable for us, and hopefully for you too . . . first up are the three sold out shows in Mexico City, Mexico at Foro Sol on June 4, 6, 7 and later this summer, we also plan to have the cameras rolling at the sold out show in Nimes, France at Arenes de Nimes, the historic Roman amphitheatre where we’ll be on July 7.

For any Metallica friends going to these shows, bring your war faces and don’t be scared of the cameras!!

As usual, more to come…

For our friends in Latin America, stay tuned for more details about the release of the Mexico City shows on DVD.

SLAYER is currently working on their new untitled-yet album and have posted a video of them in the recording studio.

British Metal legends Judas Priest has posted the tracklist and the album art for their upcoming live album titled, “A Touch of Evil: Live“. Each track of the album has never previously been released on any of Judas Priest’s earlier live records. The albums contains recordings from the live tours of the band during 2005 and 2008. The trailer of the album is available here.

Judas Priest – A Touch of Evil: Live – Tracklist

01. Judas Rising
02. Hellrider
03. Between The Hammer & The Anvil
04. Riding On The Wind
05. Death
06. Beyond The Realms Of Death
07. Dissident Aggressor
08. A Touch Of Evil
09. Eat Me Alive
10. Prophecy
11. Painkiller

Judas Priest – A Touch of Evil: Live – Album Cover

Drowning Pool has posted another video from their latest album “Full Circle“. The video is of the song “Shame“. It can be viewed below.

Drowning Pool – Shame Video

Drowning Pool – Shame Lyrics

Straight through you
I burn, I burn
My tongue rhymes one thing, for eager ears to hold on to
You know I’ll lie again
You know I’ll try again
My words, ripping, tearing, straight through you

I, I turn my back on you and I will, I will, I will shame you, shame you
I, I’ve got no time for you and I will, I will, I will shame you, shame you

I burn, I burn
Let me touch you, let me get inside you
All I feel, I can make it feel all so real
You know I’ll lie again
You know I’ll try again
My words, ripping, tearing, straight through you

I, I turn my back on you and I will, I will, I will shame you, shame you
I, I’ve got no time for you and I will, I will, I will shame you, shame you

No, don’t you speak my name
Don’t you speak my name, I’m pain
(Don’t you speak my name, don’t you speak my name)

I, I turn my back on you and I will, I will shame you, shame you
And I, won’t hold against you if you never, never, never speak my name again

I, I turn my back on you and I will, I will, I will shame you, shame you
I, I’ve got no time for you and I will, I will, I will shame you, shame you

Don’t you speak my name, I will shame you, shame you

Drowning Pool – Full Circle Album Cover

And here is Ozzy Osbourne with his brand new Samsung Jack, a phone that replaces all this assistants.. :P .. lol… funny ad ;)

The game based on the the very popular Iron Maiden documentary movie, “Flight 666″ is now available for free. If can be played here.

The aim of the game is to fly your Iron Maiden jet across several countries, and drop speakers near the local people. If the speaker lands close enough, they will turn into rockers.. lol.. If the speaker falls on them, well, needless to say, you lose a rocker. The plane can be upgraded but of course, they cost points. You also have to avoid obstacles that come in the way. The plane has limited fuel, so use it wisely :P

Play the Flight 666 game!

Here’s Linkin Park’s latest song “New Divide“, the soundtrack to the upcoming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The lyrics are available below

Linkin Park – New Divide Listen

Linkin Park – New Divide Lyrics:

I remember black skies
The lightning all around me
I remember each flash
As time began to blur
Like a startling sign
That fate had finally found me

And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve

So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the thoughts cross
The distance in your eyes
Give me reason
To fill this hole
Connect the space between
Let it fill up to reach the truth and lies
Across this new divide

There was nothing inside
The memories left abandoned
There was nowhere to hide
The ashes fell like snow
And the ground caved in
Between where we were standing

And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve

So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the thoughts cross
The distance in your eyes
Across this new divide

And every loss and every lie
And every truth that you deny
And each regret and each goodbye
Was a mistake too great to hide

And your voice was all I heard
But I get what I deserve

So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the thoughts cross
The distance in your eyes
Give me reason
To fill this hole
Connect the space between
Let it fill up to reach the truth and lies
Across this new divide

Across this new divide
Across this new divide

Update (18th May 2009): New Divide Released. Lyrics Available.

Linkin Park has posted the trailer of their Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen theme, titled “New Divide“. The song will have a worldwide radio premiere on 18th May 2009. The movie hits the theatres on 24th June 2009.

From Blabbermouth: The opportunity to be creatively involved with one of the most anticipated films of the summer is pretty exciting,” says LINKIN PARK co-vocalist Mike Shinoda. “It’s one thing to shoot a video that matches sound and vision, but making music that’s built for the big screen is a completely different challenge and we ran with it.”

“I love LINKIN PARK,” says director/executive producer Michael Bay. “This is the second film we’ve worked on together and the fact that they’re huge ‘Transformers’ fans makes it all the better. They really delivered with ‘New Divide’ — it’s a great song that perfectly matches the film’s intensity.“

Linkin Park – New Divide Trailer

Update 21st May 2009: The entire Skyforge album is now available for streaming from the band’s MySpace page.

Earlier in the week, Finnish band Amorphis released their latest video “Silver Bride“, from the album “Skyforger“. Now, a second trailer to the album has been posted. Silver Bride is now on the top of the Finnish charts.

Skyforger is releasing on the 29th of May 2009.

The video of the trailer can be viewed below

The video of “Silver Bride” is available here.

The tracklist of “Skyforger” is as follows:

01. Sampo
02. Silver Bride
03. From The Heaven Of My Heart
04. Sky Is Mine
05. Majestic Beast
06. My Sun
07. Highest Star
08. Skyforger
09. Course Of Fate
10. From Earth I Rose
11. Godlike Machine (bonus track; digipack only)

P.S. Amorphis is an amazing band

Amorphis – Skyforger Trailer

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Meet, Yuto Miyazawa. the Guinness recognized youngest professional guitarist in the world. On the last Ellen Degeneres episode, he played Ozzy Osbourne’s Crazy Train and to his surprise, Ozzy himself came out to meet him. I cant imagine the joy one feels to meet an idol. Must’ve been quite an experience for little Yuto. Check out the video,

From Blabbermouth: Yuto’s influences are fairly apparent, as he usually seen playing his custom Randy Rhoads-style, checkered flying V guitar, which dwarfs him. Along with Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads, Yuto is influenced by Eric Clapton, KISS and METALLICA.

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