Five Finger Death Punch to Appear on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'!

Five Finger Death Punch will be performing on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' this fall! The band is scheduled to perform two songs at a special outdoor performance on October 12th that is scheduled to air on the October 26th, 2011 episode of the show. The band will be performing new music from their upcoming full-length album, "American Capitalist", being released on October 11th, 2011, via Prospect Park.

Fans are encouraged to attend the outdoor taping which will take place at the "El Capitan Theater", located one block south of Hollywood Boulevard between Highland and Orange streets.

5FDP recently unveiled a brand-new video for their new single 'Under and Over It'. The satirical video was directed by Ethan Maniquis (co-director of Machete) and shot at Gavin Maloof's spectacular mansion in Las Vegas.



The guys from Five Finger Death Punch are currently gearing up for a massive US tour with Hatebreed and All That Remains, dubbed as "Share the Welt Tour". Hatebreed will be main support for 5FDP and ATR.

- 10/15 Las Vegas, NV – Luxor Festival Grounds
- 10/16 San Francisco, CA – The Warfield Theatre
- 10/17 Medford, OR – Medford Armory
- 10/19 Magna, UT – The Great Salt Air
- 10/22 Broomfield, CO – 1st Bank Center
- 10/24 Missoula, MT – Adams Center
- 10/25 Boise, ID – Taco Bell Arena
- 10/26 Reno, NV – Knitting Factory
- 10/28 El Paso, TX – Speaking Rock Ent Center
- 10/29 San Antonio, TX – Sunken Garden
- 10/31 St. Charles, MO – Family Arena
- 11/01 Little Rock, AR – Clear Channel Metroplex Event Ctr
- 11/02 Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
- 11/04 Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
- 11/05 Grand Rapids, MI – Deltaplex Arena
- 11/06 Indianapolis, IN – The Egyptian Room
- 11/08 Houston, TX – House Of Blues
- 11/09 Corpus Christi, TX – The Pavilion
- 11/11 Lubbock, TX – Lonestar Pavilion
- 11/12 Dallas, TX – The Palladium Ballroom
- 11/14 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
- 11/15 Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum Complex
- 11/16 Greenvile, SC – Bi-Lo Center
- 11/18 St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live
- 11/19 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
- 11/21 Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live
- 11/22 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
- 11/23 New York, NY – Best Buy Theater
- 11/25 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
- 11/26 Wilkes-Barre, PA – Mohegan Sun Arena
- 11/27 Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
- 11/29 Niagara Falls, NY – Rapids Theater
- 11/30 Worcester, MA – The Palladium
- 12/02 Wallingford, CT – The Oakdale Theater
- 12/03 Lewiston, ME – The Colisee
- 12/04 Montreal, QC – Metropolis
- 12/06 Toronto, ON – Sound Academy
- 12/13 Fargo, ND – The Venue
- 12/14 St. Paul, MN @ Myt

1. "American Capitalist"
2. "Under and Over It"
3. "The Pride"
4. "Coming Down"
5. "Menace"
6. "Generation Dead"
7. "Back for More"
8. "Remember Everything"
9. "Wicked Ways"
10. "If I Fall"
11. "100 Ways to Hate"

Five Finger Death Punch is:

- Zoltan Bathory: Guitars
- Jason Hook – Guitars
- Ivan Moody – Vocals
- Jeremy Spencer – Drums

Related links:
Click to listen to "Under It and Over it"!
Official Site of Five Finger Death Punch
Five Finger Death Punch on Facebook
Five Finger Death Punch on Twitter

Coal Chamber Reunites!

When Coal Chamber arrived to the Heavy Music scene in 1994, their music was assimilated by millions of fans worldwide thanks to their fresh sounding mix of Heavy Metal and Alternative Music blended with elements of Industrial Metal. Aside from their music, their gothic imagery also helped to captivate a ton of eye balls that were rather confused at what Coal Chamber was feeding to them. After a successful run that spanned from 1994 to 2003, Dez Fafara left the band due to internal problems. Shortly after he left the band, Dez formed DevilDriver and we all know the results of this crushing band by now: uncompromised hard hitting Heavy Metal!

Today, it was announced that Coal Chamber is reuniting! This is what vocalist and co-founder Dez Fafara had to say about this.

“Coal Chamber is playing Soundwave Down Under! These reunion shows are for the fans that want to see us again as well as all the people that never got to see Coal Chamber. It is and always will be a very special part of my life, so these few shows are for those people and for us. If you’re not from Australia, better get a ticket now to come see this event!”

“Australia has never seen us, nor have we seen them,” adds guitarist Meegs Rascón. “It will be an extraordinary exchange of energy and adrenaline. Hello Aussies, nice to meet you!”



Coal Chamber is highly-regarded for their countless high-energy performances with several of today’s biggest names and selling millions of albums worldwide.

Formed in 1993 by Dez and Meegs, Coal Chamber was busy selling out venues like The Roxy in West Hollywood, bringing out bands like System of a Down and Static X, and launching a new genre of Metal in Los Angeles before they were even signed to Roadrunner Records in 1995. After what seemed like endless touring, the band recorded and released their debut self-titled album in February 1997. The album went RIAA Certified Gold in the United States. The band went on to tour several times with Pantera, Black Sabbath, and soon broke out in the UK while on tour with Machine Head and Napalm Death. During the first album cycle, Sharon Osbourne began managing the band.

Following the band’s headline run with Machine Head as direct support and Slipknot as opener (whom the band also helped bring to the masses), Coal Chamber released their next album, "Chamber Music", in 1999. The album charted at #28 on the Billboard Top 100 chart and yielded a hit track, ‘Shock The Monkey’, featuring Ozzy Osbourne.

In 2002, the band followed-up with their third and final album, "Dark Days", which landed at #34 on the Billboard Top 100 chart. Coal Chamber released a compilation of several demo tracks and alternate studio recordings in 2003, entitled "Giving The Devil His Due".

“This reunion will mark a decade since we last played together, so staring at my brothers on stage face to face will be an emotional rollercoaster for me,” says Meegs. “Tears of joy would be an understatement to say the least. You know, all of us have gone through our separate journeys in life, but we’re coming back to rekindle this and throw the past in the past and put the future in our hands.”

Drummer Mike Cox adds, “Of all the great achievements Coal Chamber made in the past, getting back together after all we’ve been through will be the greatest achievement to date.”

“We've all grown up and put the personal past behind us now and are moving forward with these few shows in a spirit of friendship through music,” states Dez. “You must remember where you came from in order to know where you are going.”



Related links:
Coal Chamber

Organizers of Wacken Open Air 2012 Announce Headlining Act!

Wacken Open Air takes place every year at the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, and is easily one of the most crushing summer music festivals in the entire world. Ever since its inception in 1990, the festival has opened the doors to hundreds of high profile Heavy Music artists such as Slayer, Motörhead, Dio, Doro, Cradle Of Filth, Fear Factory, Dimmu Borgir, Cannibal Corpse, Amon Amarth, Dark Funeral, Opeth, Machine Head, Morbid Angel, Type O Negative, Immortal, At The Gates, Killswitch Engage, Testament, GWAR and Overkill, just to mention a few.

In 2012, the organizers of the event are lining up yet another historical event. For three days, ranging from August 8th to August 4th, 80,000+ maniacs will indulge themselves into the Metallic sounds of bands like Amon Amarth, Cradle Of Filth, Dark Funeral, Dimmu Borgir, Napalm Death, Six Feet Under, Sick Of It All, and many more.

Today, it was announced that the Wacken Open Air 2012 will be headlined by Bay Area Metallers Machine Head! Additionally, the event will mark the last open air performance ever by German Heavy Metal band Scorpions.

Here are the bands that have been confirmed thus far for next years fest!

- Amon Amarth
- Axel Rudi Pell
- Coroner
- Cradle Of Filth
- Dark Funeral
- Dimmu Borgir
- Endstille
- Forbidden
- Gamma Ray
- Hammerfall
- Henry Rollins
- In Extremo
- Machine Head (Headliner)
- Ministry
- Moonspell
- Napalm Death
- Paradise Lost
- Scorpions (Last Open Air Show)
- Sick Of It All
- Six Feet Under
- U.D.O.
- Watain
- Winterfylleth



Related links:
Wacken Open Air

Machine Head Listening Party for 'Unto the Locust' at "Paul Booth's Last Rites Tattoo Theatre" in New York City!

This Tuesday, September 27, 2011, Machine Head will be releasing their seventh studio album entitled "Unto The Locust" via Roadrunner Records. After the success of "The Blackening", Machine Head decided that they were going to close the door on that album, and create something fresh sounding in order to not create "The Blackening II". This is exactly what the band accomplished on their highly anticipated album.

Last night the citizens of New York City had the chance to listen to "Unto The Locust" before its global release. The event took place at "Paul Booth's Last Rites Tattoo Theatre" and was hosted by members of Machine Head.

After the listening party concluded, the debauchery continued at the legendary Heavy Metal Mecca Duff's Brooklyn where Robb Flynn picked up a guitar, jumped in front of a microphone, gripped on a drink, and started jamming out to Machine Head songs, as well as various covers.

Machine Head listening parties:

Sunday, September 25th – Chicago, IL - Exit, 1315 West North Ave, Chicago, Il 60622
Presented by The Chicago Metal Factory - 9:00 PM, 21 & Over.

Tuesday, September 27th – Oakland, CA - Oakland Metro Operahouse, 630 3rd St, Oakland, CA 94607
8:00 PM, All Ages.



Here is the track listing for "Unto The Locust":

\m/ Unto The Locust (Standard)
1. I Am Hell (Sonata In C#)
I) Sangre Sani
II) I Am Hell
III) Ashes To The Sky
2. Be Still And Know
3. Locust
4. This Is The End
5. Darkness Within
6. Pearls Before The Swine
7. Who We Are

\m/ Unto The Locust (Special Edition)
1. I Am Hell (Sonata In C#)
I) Sangre Sani
II) I Am Hell
III) Ashes To The Sky
2. Be Still And Know
3. Locust
4. This Is The End
5. Darkness Within
6. Pearls Before The Swine
7. Who We Are
8. The Sentinel * (Judas Priest cover)
9. Witch Hunt * (Rush cover)
10. Darkness Within [Acoustic] *

DVD: "The Making Of Unto The Locust" documentary

* Bonus Tracks

TOUR DATES:

South American Tour with Sepultura:

- October 14 - Sao Paulo, Brazil @ Citibank Hall
- October 15 - Curitiba, Brazil @ Master Hall
- October 16 - Porto Alegre, Brazil @ Casa de Gaucho
- October 21 - Buenos Aires, Argentina @ El Teatro Flores
- October 23 - Santiago, Chile @ Teatro Caupolican

European Tour with DevilDriver and Darkest Hour:

- 02-Nov Wed: Norway, Oslo - Sentrum
- 03-Nov Thu: Sweden, Stockholm - Aren
- 05-Nov Sat: Finland, Tampere - Sorsapuisto-Sali
- 06-Nov Sun: Finland, Helsinki - Circus
- 08-Nov Tue: Denmark, Copenhagen - KB Halle
- 09-Nov Wed: Germany, Hamburg - Grosse Freiheit 36
- 10-Nov Thu: Germany, Dresden - Alter Schlachthof
- 12-Nov Sat: Austria, Vienna - Gasomter
- 13-Nov Sun: Italy, Milan - Alcatraz
- 15-Nov Tue: Spain, Barcelona - Razzmatazz
- 16-Nov Wed: Spain, Madrid - Riviera
- 17-Nov Thu: Portugal, Lisbon - Coliseum
- 18-Nov Fri: Portugal, Oporto - Coliseum
- 19-Nov Sat: Spain, Bilbao - Rockitar
- 21-Nov Mon: Switzerland, Zurich - Volkshaus
- 23-Nov Wed: France, Paris - Zenith
- 24-Nov Thu: Germany, Neu-Isenburg - Hugenottenhalle
- 25-Nov Fri: Germany, Munich - Tonhalle
- 26-Nov Sat: Germany, Ludwigsburg - Arena
- 28-Nov Mon: Holland, Eindhoven - Klokgebown
- 29-Nov Tue: Belgium, Brussels - Forest
- 30-Nov Wed: Germany, Oberhausen - Turbinenhalle
- 01-Dec Thu: Luxembourg - Rockhal
- 03-Dec Sat: UK, London - Wembley Arena
- 04-Dec Sun: UK, Birmingham - NIA
- 05-Dec Mon: UK, Glasgow - SECC
- 06-Dec Tue: UK, Manchester - Central

Video & Photo credit: Steve Lars from Creative Ventures International & Steve Lars on Facebook

Related links:
Machine Head
Purchase Locust on Amazon
Purchase Locust on Itunes

Slipknot to Celebrate 10th Anniversary of 'IOWA' with Reissue of the Album!

It has been 10 years since Slipknot released their critically acclaimed sophomore album entitled "IOWA". Released in August 28, 2001, "IOWA" has sold over two million copies in the United States alone. In order to celebrate this special anniversary, the band has announced that on November 1, 2011, they will be releasing a reissue of "IOWA" via Roadrunner Records.

The reissue features a 2CD/1DVD set, which includes:

- The original album.
- Previously unreleased live audio from the band's 2002 DVD "Disasterpieces".
- "Goat", an-hour long film capturing the insanity that was "IOWA".

A teaser trailer for the "Iowa" reissue can be found at Iowa.Slipknot1.com (click on the goat's stomach in order to view the clip).

"IOWA" track-listing:

1. "(515)"
2. "People = Shit"
3. "Disasterpiece"
4. "My Plague"
5. "Everything Ends"
6. "The Heretic Anthem"
7. "Gently"
8. "Left Behind"
9. "The Shape"
10. "I Am Hated"
11. "Skin Ticket"
12. "New Abortion"
13. "Metabolic"
14. "Iowa"

Related links:
Slipknot
Iowa.Slipknot1.com (click on the goat's stomach in order to view the clip)