American rock band Chevelle’s fifth installment titled Sci-Fi Crimes is scheduled to release on 1st September 2009. Jars, the first single from the album, along with the lyrics is available below.

Chevelle – Sci-Fi Crimes Tracklist

“Letter From a Thief”
“Sleep Apnea”
“Jars”
“Shameless Metaphors”
“Roswell”
“Of All Needs”
“Highlands Apparition”

Chevelle – Jars – Listen

Chevelle – Jars – Lyrics

Hold onto chance
Lest we bleed ourselves
Save for the pets
They’re the loneliest

Put into jars
We’ll save this earth
Put into jars
We’ll save the earth

We can’t both become the same pawn
That’s made to fall
Oil that tastes like
Blood steals the summer scent
From me to you
You’re stabbing me through you
You’re stabbing you through him
And betting most of
This world
We’ll add enough of the world

Steal from yourselves
It never felt so good
And feed from their hand’s
Confuse by opposites

Put into jars
We’ll save this earth
Put into jars
Keep safe this earth

Feeling manic for a day
Depends on the trends
Depends on the surface
If the sun never sets

This world
We’ll add enough of the world
Is the main thing you’ll shout
Till the bitter end

Into Jars

Lacuna Coil has released a new video titled “I Like It” from their latest album “Shallow Life“.

Lacuna Coil – I Like It – Lyrics

Everything is different today
I like it, like it
I feel very different today
I like it, like it

I’m not gonna be in your parade
’cause I don’t like it
You think I’m a dirty little game
You think I like it
You made up this fantasy with me
But I don’t like it
I want you to get away from me
That’s how I like it
How do you like it?

Today I’m gonna fly
There’s nothing that can keep me on the ground
Touch the sky
I’m free inside

You think you’re the master, I’m the slave
You think I like it
You don’t even know me anyway
That’s how I like it
I’m getting ready to move on
But you don’t like it
You can kiss your fairy tale away
I like it, like it
How do you like it?

Today I’m gonna fly
There’s nothing that can keep me on the ground
Touch the sky
I’m free inside

Today I’m gonna fly
There’s nothing that can keep me on the ground
Touch the sky
I’m free inside

I’m free to do what I like
I’m celebrating my life
I’m free to be what I like
I’m celebrating my life
I’m gonna get what I like
I’m gonna celebrate ’till I die
I’m celebrating my life

Today I’m gonna fly
There’s nothing that can keep me on the ground
Touch the sky
I’m free inside

Today I’m gonna fly
There’s nothing that can keep me on the ground
Touch the sky
I’m free inside

Finnish Metallers Children Of Bodom’s new album titled Skeletons in the Closet is scheduled to be released this fall. This is a cover album and will contain cover songs, some of which were recorded earlier and some which have been recorded exclusively for this album.

Children Of Bodom – Skeletons in the Closet – Tracklist

Europe

01 “Lookin’ Out My Back Door” (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
02 “Hell Is For Children” (Pat Benatar)*
03 “Somebody Put Something In My Drink” (Ramones)
04 “Mass Hypnosis” (Sepultura)
05 “Don´t Stop At The Top” (Scorpions)
06 “Silent Scream” (Slayer)
07 “She Is Beautiful” (Andrew W.K.)
08 “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” (Kenny Rogers)
09 “Bed Of Nails” (Alice Cooper)
10 “Hellion” (W.A.S.P.)
11 “Aces High” (Iron Maiden)
12 “Rebel Yell” (Billy Idol)
13 “No Commands” (Stone)
14 “Antisocial” (Trust/Anthrax)*
15 “Talk Dirty To Me” (Poison)
16 “War Inside My Head” (Suicidal Tendencies)**
17 “Ooops!… I Did It Again” (Britney Spears)

USA

01 “Lookin’ Out My Back Door” (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
02 “Hell Is For Children” (Pat Benatar)*
03 “Somebody Put Something In My Drink” (Ramones)
04 “Mass Hypnosis” (Sepultura)
05 “Don´t Stop At The Top” (Scorpions)
06 “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” (Kenny Rogers)
07 “Hellion” (W.A.S.P.)
08 “Aces High” (Iron Maiden)
09 “Rebel Yell” (Billy Idol)
10 “No Commands” (Stone)
11 “Antisocial” (Trust/Anthrax)
12 “Talk Dirty To Me” (Poison)
13 “Ghost Riders In The Sky” (Stan Jones)
14 “War Inside My Head” (Suicidal Tendencies)**
15 “Ooops!… I Did It Again” (Britney Spears)

Japan

01 “Lookin’ Out My Back Door” (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
02 “Hell Is For Children” (Pat Benatar)*
03 “Somebody Put Something In My Drink” (Ramones)
04 “Don´t Stop At The Top” (Scorpions)
05 “Silent Scream” (Slayer)
06 “She Is Beautiful” (Andrew W.K.)
07 “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” (Kenny Rogers)
08 “Bed Of Nails” (Alice Cooper)
09 “Aces High” (Iron Maiden)
10 “Antisocial” (Trust/Anthrax)*
11 “Talk Dirty To Me” (Poison)
12 “Ghost Riders In The Sky” (Stan Jones)
13 “War Inside My Head” (Suicidal Tendencies)**
14 “Ooops!… I Did It Again” (Britney Spears)

*previously unreleased track recorded at Beyond Abilities studios, summer 2009
**previously unreleased track recorded at Petrax studios, fall 2007

Children of Bodom – Oops! I Did It Again (Britney Spears Cover) – Listen

Children Of Bodom – Aces High (Iron Maiden Cover) – Listen

Here’s the latest video from Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown – 21 Guns.

Green Day – 21 Guns Lyrics

Do you know what’s worth fighting for
When it’s not worth dying for?
Does it take your breath away
And you feel yourself suffocating?
Does the pain weigh out the pride?
And you look for a place to hide?
Did someone break your heart inside?
You’re in ruins…

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
You and I

When you’re at the end of the road
And you lost all sense of control
And your thoughts have taken their toll
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul
Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn’t pass
Nothing’s ever built to last
You’re in ruins

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
You and I

Did you try to live on your own
When you burned down the house and home?
Did you stand too close to the fire?
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone

When it’s time to live and let die
And you can’t get another try
Something inside this heart has died
You’re in ruins

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
You and I

Here’s a pinch of Katy Perry for the metalheads. lol…

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: 3rd JULY: “Black Clouds & Silver Linings” has registered the following first-week chart positions:

Australia: #16
Canada: #5
Finland: #14
Germany: #3
Italy: #5
Norway: #7
Switzerland: #9
The Netherlands: #3
UK: #23
USA: #6

“Black Clouds & Silver Linings” sold 40,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release.

Progressive Metal Gods Dream Theatre have posted the music video of their song, “A Rite of Passage” which comes from their forthcoming studio album “Black Clouds & Silver Linings“. The album is due to be released on the 24th of June 2009.

This is an amazing track. A Must Listen. Looking forward to the album :D

Here’s the video for A Rite of Passage

Lyrics

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