WEEDEATER will be dropping plenty of new material from the upcoming album on these shows, which will lead directly up to the recording of “Jason…the Dragon” with Steve Albini, finally.

Well that’s funny. The week after mentioning Enslaved on ‘Mind Over Metal’ for the first time on 2010, playing “Clouds”, and speculating on a new release, we get this good news!

EMPEROR classics “Curse You All Men (Live)” and “Inno A Satana (Live)” are now available for download via Rock Band 2 for Xbox 360. Both songs are taken from EMPEROR’s 2009 double-live album, “Live Inferno”. The songs represent UK-based Candlelight Records’ first to appear via the popular music video game.

Read about returning members, track listings, and inspiration behind their forthcoming album. It is an extensive 1000-word update, though, so prepare for that.

Read on for details on their forthcoming album and tour, which kicks off at The Monkey House in Winooski, Vermont with City of Ships, Mose Giganticus, and Burrows.

As I post this, I’m watching “The Happening” with RiffTrax. Looking at Nails’ album art, all I want to say is ‘THAT’S how trees are supposed to kill people!’ … and this music sounds badass, by the way. From the press release:

“Nails’ music is beyond brutality; filthy, vicious and raw. Imagine a cross between the good Amrep bands of the nineties (Helmet, Hammerhead, Today is The Day, Unsane) and Cro-Mags “Age of Quarrel” riffage played at breakneck speeds.”

Check out the new track from their forthcoming album “Genesis to Nemesis” on their newly redesigned MySpace page, and follow the link to see their hi-res Marcelo Vasco cover art.

“Bloody Pit of Horror” is due out this fall on Metal Blade Records. And the GWAR-B-Que returns to Richmond!

Now is your chance to hear the noisy doom that is THE BODY. Their album “All Of The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood” is now streaming from their label, At A Loss Recordings. And they are self-booking the ENTIRE TOUR, so if you can help, please read on for more information.

I hate to do this to my East Coast peoples, but they ain’t coming around here. The tour kicks off on Wednesday September 8th in Sacramento, CA at Harlow’s Night Club, and wraps up on Sunday September 26th at BriXton in Redondo Beach, CA. But if you’re out there….