GOJIRA are set to release their upcoming album ‘L’Enfant Sauvage‘ on the 25th of June and you can now hear the title track from the album on Pitchfork’s website. Click here to check it out and let us know what you think!

‘L’Enfant Sauvage‘ will be available as a digital single next week and you can also pre-order the album from Play.com and receive an exclusive limited edition GOJIRA plectrum necklace. Check out the tracklist below:

CD:
1. Explosia
2. L’Enfant Sauvage
3. The Axe
4. Liquid Fire
5. The Wild Healer
6. Planned Obsolescence
7. Mouth Of Kala
8. The Gift Of Guilt
9. Pain Is A Master
10. Born In Winter
11. The Fall
12. This Emptiness
13. My Last Creation

DVD included in the Special Edition:
1. Oroborus
2. The Heaviest Matter Of The Universe
3. Backbone
4. Love
5. A Sight To Behold
6. The Art Of Dying
7. Drum Solo
8. Clone
9. Flying Whales
10. Toxic Garbage Island
11.Vacuity

Click here to pre-order your copy of ‘L’Enfant Sauvage’ from Play.com NOW!

HALESTORM has slated an epic touring schedule in support of their chart-topping new album, “THE STRANGE CASE OF…” The new dates comprise a wide range of shows, including a U.S. headline tour, high profile festival appearances, a much-anticipated European trek, as well as a series of support slots alongside Avenged Sevenfold!

“THE STRANGE CASE OF…” is shaping up as HALESTORM’s breakthrough release. The album just debuted at #1 on Billboard’s “Hard Rock Albums” chart, while also making a top 15 entry onto the overall Billboard 200. In addition, “THE STRANGE CASE OF…” is a top 10 success on both the “Rock Albums” and “Alternative Albums” rankings

Produced by Howard Benson (who previously collaborated with Halestorm on their self-titled 2009 debut), “THE STRANGE CASE OF…” has also drawn critical acclaim, with Billboard praising the collection as “full of chugging riffs, wailing solos, drums that kick like a boot to the gut, and never-out-of-style soft/loud dynamics that lead to massive choruses.” “Led by one of our favorite rocker babes, singer-guitarist Lzzy Hale, (Halestorm) promise a more personal album for their follow-up,” noted Revolver in its album preview. “But don’t expect them to get all sappy on us. There should still be more than enough of the band’s now signature raucous attitude and righteous riffs for any headbanger to get off.”

“THE STRANGE CASE OF…” marks HALESTORM’s first full-length release since last year’s “ReAniMate: The CoVeRs eP”, which saw the band putting their unique stamp on a diverse collection of classic songs, including tracks by Guns N’ Roses, The Beatles, Heart, Temple Of The Dog, Skid Row and Lady Gaga. HALESTORM also unleashed their first-ever live CD/DVD, “LIVE IN PHILLY 2010” featuring such favorites from the band’s self-titled debut as “It’s Not You,” “Familiar Taste of Poison,” and the rock radio smash “I Get Off.” True road warriors, HALESTORM made it’s bones as a major league hard rock outfit via countless North American gigs alongside such artists as SHINEDOWN, Avenged Sevenfold and Disturbed. Last year saw the band traveling the country on the blockbuster “Avalanche Tour 2011” joining such hard rock luminaries as Stone Sour, Theory of a Deadman, Art of Dying and Skillet.

Check out HALESTORM’s upcoming UK tour dates below:

SEPTEMBER 2012:
21 Birmingham, UK O2 Academy 2
22 Nottingham, UK Rescue Rooms
23 Glasgow, UK Cathouse
24 Manchester, UK Academy 3
26 Newcastle, UK O2 Academy 2
27 Leeds, UK The Cockpit
28 London, UK Islington Academy
30 Portsmouth, UK Wedgewood Rooms

Click here to find tickets for the upcoming tour.

Pick up a copy of HALESTORM and SHINEDOWN‘s new albums for a modest

GOJIRA‘s upcoming album ‘L’Enfant Sauvage‘ is out on the 25th of June and our friends over at Play.com have an awesome Special Edition package including an exclusive GOJIRA plectrum necklace available for pre-order! Check out both the necklace and the tracklisting for the Special Edition below:

CD:
1. Explosia
2. L’Enfant Sauvage
3. The Axe
4. Liquid Fire
5. The Wild Healer
6. Planned Obsolescence
7. Mouth Of Kala
8. The Gift Of Guilt
9. Pain Is A Master
10. Born In Winter
11. The Fall
12. This Emptiness
13. My Last Creation

DVD:
1. Oroborus
2. The Heaviest Matter Of The Universe
3. Backbone
4. Love
5. A Sight To Behold
6. The Art Of Dying
7. Drum Solo
8. Clone
9. Flying Whales
10. Toxic Garbage Island
11.Vacuity

Click here to pre-order your copy NOW!

SHINEDOWN guitarist Zach Myers has had an interesting history with the band, going from guitar tech to bass stand in to the lead guitarist. Our friends over at MusicRadar decided to sit him down and discuss his time with the band, as well as geek out over his awesome PRS gear. Check out the video below and click here to read more over on MusicRadar‘s website!

Pick up SHINEDOWN‘s new album ‘Amaryllis‘ by clicking the below links:

Play.com
iTunes
Amazon

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KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES headlined Hit The Deck Festival last weekend and from the photos we’ve seen and the reviews we have read, it sounds like it was an awesome show. Our friends from Rock Sound helped to confirm this for us by posting a killer live video of the band from their set. Check out ‘Matters At All‘ from Hit The Deck Festival 2012 below:

And be sure to check out Rock Sounds full coverage from the Festival by clicking here.

Our friends over at Play.com are running a killer campaign starting today that covers their Top 100 Metal Albums – get your hands on classic titles from MASTODON, OPETH, LAMB OF GOD, SLIPKNOT, AIRBOURNE, KO퐌¿N, SLASH and more from just

We’ve teamed up with Scuzz TV for an awesome competition and unbeatable prizes! One lucky fan will win the chance to get their hands on 4 x VIP tickets to Download Festival (four tickets in total) and access to watch the mighty MACHINE HEAD from the side of the stage. Not only that, you will also win a Phil Demmel Jackson PDX Demmelition King V in Philly Red. BOOM!

The competition runs for a week so be sure to tune into Scuzz TV from this Friday the 27th of April and text in for a chance to win.

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Click here to head on over to Download Festival’s website.

Our friends at Roadrunner US caught up with OPETH frontman Mikael Akerfeldt to talk about being a record collector, as well as asking him some questions about 70s prog and hard rock. The bands he discussed were as follows: Genesis, Hawkwind, Pink Floyd, Grand Funk Railroad, Sir Lord Baltimore, Tucky Buzzard, Dust, Toe Fat, Atomic Rooster, King Crimson, Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Check it out below:

Pick up a copy of OPETH’s latest album ‘Heritage’ by clicking here.

‘Storm Corrosion’ is out on the 7th of May and you can pre-order it by pointing your mouse in this direction.

THE PARLOR MOB‘s killer album ‘Dogs‘ has been made availble digitally via iTunes. You can check out the official video for ‘Into The Sun‘ below and you can pick up a copy of the album ‘Dogs‘ by clicking here.