Holy Rollers, Batman!

 The new Throwdown video for the song “Holy Roller” has premiered and can be found online here.  “Holy Roller” comes off of the blisterning new album “Venom & Tears”, released August 7th on Trustkill Records.

Bang your head in silence

R.I.P. Kevin DuBrow (October 29, 1955 – November 25, 2007)

  Queensryche have joined the ranks of other 80’s acts like Poison, Tesla, Def Leppard and your Mom and have just released the cleverly titled “Take Cover” on Rhino Records November 13th.  Stream it in its entirety on ArtistDirect.com here.  Songs range from Pink Floyd’s “Welcome To The Machine” to The Police’s “Synchronicity II” to a track from the musical “Jesus Christ Superstar”, so you can tell Geoff Tate and the boyz are definitely trying to show some range (Geoff did always have a flair for the dramatic…hmmmmm).

Video Demons

 Demon Hunter’s new video for their track “Fading Away” has been posted online here.  The clip comes from their new album “Storm The Gates Of Hell”, which comes out in a CD/DVD package on November 6th through Solid State.

Election Day

 You can now preview the entire new solo CD “Elect the Dead” from System of a Down’s frontman Serj Tankian here.  The disc is due in stores on October 23rd through Warner Bros. Records.

Roots Rock On!

 Skindred’s video for their killer new track “Ratrace” has been posted online here.  The song comes from the band’s upcoming new album “Roots Rock Riot”, which drops on October 23rd through Bieler Bros. Records.

Now I Play Thee Down

 Machine Head’s video for the song “Now I Lay Thee Down” has been posted on the Headbanger’s Blog.  The video was filmed in San Francisco, mostly at the Regency Center Theater, which was built back in 1909.  Apparently, a good amount of the original theater materials were used in the shoot, which incorporates the band with the actors in a tragic performance.  Hopefully no one broke any 100 year old artifacts while pitting.

Happy Birthday, Diamond Dave!

 

David Lee Roth
“Diamond Dave”
Born October 10th, 1954
Bloomington, Indiana

Fire it up!

 High On Fire’s new video for their track “Rumors Of War” has now been posted online here.  The song comes off of High On Fire’s blistering new album “Death Is This Communion” recently released by Relapse Records.  The band was formed by guitarist/vocalist Matt Pike in 1998 out of the ashes of sludge metal kings Sleep (I saw those guys play in a bowling alley back in the day), and the new album is definitely a sonic ride ranging from rampaging rockers to hypnotic jams.  Check this one out for sure!

Rock in the Box

 Due out today (10/2) via Rhino Records, the “Heavy Metal Box” is a four-disc, 70-song set containing classic metal tracks including Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Slayer, Pantera and plenty of other monster metal bands.  Arranged chronologically from 1968 to 1991, the collection comes packaged in a rockin’ metal box modeled on a Marshall guitar amp, so how can you go wrong?

For more information and a complete track listing, check out the official Myspace page.  Check out the promo video here.