Oregon doom metallers YOB have returned, and Profound Lore is offering a way to purchase their latest record, The Great Cessation a few weeks before its official release date.

Go HERE to purchase this record before all your friends.

Tracklisting for “The Great Cessation” goes as follows:

1. Burning The Altar [Click To Preview]
2. The Lie That Is Sin
3. Silence Of Heaven
4. Breathing From The Shallows
5. The Great Cessation

Ruination, the highly anticipated new album from Glendale, Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY, is available for streaming in its entirety on the band’s MySpace page. Due on July 7 via Metal Blade Records, the 10-song follow-up to 2007’s Genesis was tracked and mixed at AudioHammer studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Jason Suecof (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, DEVILDRIVER, TRIVIUM).

“The ideas involved with the new album branch off from our last record, Genesis, but are more politically based,” states singer Jonny Davy. Topics addressed by the album’s schema revolve around modern-day worldwide dilemmas and controversial issues including “propaganda in the mainstream media and television, humanitarian rights of Northern Korea, the modern genocidal government of Nubia, the use of torture in American military tactics, overruling by world governments and police states/martial law.”

JOB FOR A COWBOY filmed a video for song “Regurgitated Disinformation” on June 6 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In addition to the video shoot, the evening included a full live set from both JOB FOR A COWBOY and a special-guest opening act.

Ruination marks the JOB FOR A COWBOY recording debut of drummer Jon “The Charn” Rice, who has toured with the band since the release of Genesis.

Upon the release of Ruination, JOB FOR A COWBOY will hit the road as one of the featured acts of the 2009 Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival alongside SLAYER, MARILYN MANSON and more. The 27-date North American trek is slated to launch on July 10 in Sacramento, California.

North Carolina’s sludge pillagers WEEDEATER have been confirmed as support for a full-on North American DOWN tour. The lineup changes throughout the routing; The Canadian dates feature secondary support from VOIVOD, while the bulk of the American dates feature THE MELVINS. Other opening support for the tour will be DANAVA for the first half and EVIL ARMY for the latter half of the dates.

WEEDEATER will play several shows in North Carolina and Tennessee on the way to the opening and after the closing of the tour, and will headline sporadically in chunks throughout the main tour.

WEEDEATER’s latest album God Luck And Good Speed was released in 2007 on Southern Lord Recordings; a deluxe double LP version just released in 2009.

WEEDEATER live:
7/28/2009 Drips’ - Hickory, NC
7/29/2009 Rocket Club - Asheville NC
7/30/2009 The Muse - Nashville TN w/Zoroaster
7/31/2009 Hi Tone Cafe - Memphis TN w/Rwake, The Lewd, Royal Thunder
8/01/2009 Diamond Ballroom - Oklahoma City OK w/Down, Danava
8/03/2009 Beaumont Club - Kansas City MO w/Down, Danava
8/04/2009 The Venue at Playmaker’s - Fargo ND w/Down, Danava
8/05/2009 Burton Cummings Theatre - Winnipeg MB w/Down, Voivod, Danava
8/07/2009 Edmonton Events Centre - Edmonton MB w/Down, Voivod, Danava
8/08/2009 MacEwan Hall - Calgary AB w/Down, Voivod, Danava
8/10/2009 Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver BC w/Down, Voivod, Danava
8/11/2009 Showbox SoDo - Seattle WA w/Down, Melvins, Danava
8/12/2009 Roseland Theater - Portland OR w/Down, Melvins, Danava
8/14/2009 Grand Ballroom - San Francisco CA w/Down, Melvins, Danava
8/15/2009 The Wiltern - Los Angeles CA w/Down, Melvins, Danava
8/16/2009 House of Blues - San Diego CA w/Down, Melvins, Danava
8/18/2009 House of Blues - Anaheim CA w/Down, Melvins, Danava
8/19/2009 House of Blues - Las Vegas CA w/Down, Melvins, Danava
8/21/2009 In The Venue - Salt Lake City UT w/Down, Melvins, Danava
8/22/2009 Gothic Theatre - Denver CO w/Down, Melvins, Danava
8/24/2009 Black Sheep - Colorado Springs, CO
8/28/2009 Red 7 - Austin, TX w/Dixie Witch
8/29/2009 Rock Bottom Tattoo Bar - San Antonio, TX w/Dixie Witch
8/30/2009 Walters On Washington - Houston, TX w/Dixie Witch
9/01/2009 CW Center Stage - Atlanta GA w/Down, Melvins, Evil Army
9/02/2009 House of Blues - Lake Bueno Vista FL w/Down, Melvins, Evil Army
9/03/2009 Brass Mug -Tampa, FL
9/06/2009 Volume 11 Tavern - Raleigh, NC
9/07/2009 The Half Shell - Virginia Beach, VA
9/08/2009 Sonar - Baltimore MD w/Down, Melvins, Evil Army
9/09/2009 Northern Lights - Clifton Park NY w/Down, Melvins, Evil Army
9/11/2009 Nokia Theatre Times Square - New York NY w/Down, Melvins, Evil Army
9/12/2009 Electric Factory - Philadelphia PA w/Down, Evil Army
9/13/2009 House of Blues - Boston MA w/Down, Melvins, Evil Army
9/14/2009 AS220 - Providence, RI
9/15/2009 Webster Theater - Hartford CT w/Down, Melvins, Evil Army
9/16/2009 Main Street Armory - Rochester NY w/Down, Melvins, Evil Army
9/18/2009 Koolhaus - Toronto ON w/Down, Voivod, Evil Army
9/19/2009 Emerald Theatre - Detroit MI w/Down, Melvins, Evil Army
9/21/2009 The Vogue Theatre - Indianapolis IN w/Down, Melvins, Evil Army
9/22/2009 House of Blues - Cleveland OH w/Down, Melvins, Evil Army
9/24/2009 Sokol Auditorium - Omaha NE w/Down, Melvins, Evil Army
9/25/2009 Pop’s - Sauget IL w/Down, Melvins, Evil Army
9/26/2009 The Pearl Room - Mokena IL w/Down, Melvins, Evil Army
9/28/2009 Jackpot - Lawrence, KS
9/29/2009 The Gypsy - Fayetteville, AR
10/02/2009 The Jinx - Savannah, GA
10/03/2009 Soapbox - Wilmington, NC w/ASG

Tony Foresta (left) loves wieners…and art.

MUNICIPAL WASTE frontman TONY FORESTA loves tearing up stages around the world with his bandmates, but apparently the singer has another passion which you may not know about - art.

In the video below, watch as FORESTA takes you around his apartment in Virginia, showing you his favorite pieces of art that he’s bought and collected over the years.

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NYC experimental doom metal band BLOODY PANDA have completed work on their new album, entitled Summon. The record will be released on August 11, 2009 via Profound Lore Records.

Recorded at New York’s Excello Recordings and Secret Weapon Studios with engineer Jason Marcucci (Flaming Lips, The White Stripes) and the band’s Josh Rothenberger, Summon is the follow up to the band’s debut Pheromone.

Summon will be issued as a two-disc, CD/DVD release; the DVD bringing to life an abstract visual interpretation of the 20-plus minute BLOODY PANDA track “Miserere”. Filmed in various Brooklyn locales and coupled with footage captured in Jatiluhur Dam, Indonesia, this optic translation is a very dark and mysterious offering that features world-renowned Butoh dancer Yuko Kaseki. “Miserere” was shot and edited by BLOODY PANDA’s Bryan Camphire, Blake McDowell and Josh Rothenberger, all of whom are also New York City based filmmakers.

“Summon spans two years of work — not just songwriting and recording, but also collaborations with different percussionists, studios, guest musicians, dancers and video artists,” comments BLOODY PANDA guitarist Rothenberger. “The final piece of the puzzle was Profound Lore, a label that has the attention of not only the metal world, but of the experimental art community as well; making it a good home for this release; the most important relic we’ve given birth to thus far.”

The track listing for BLOODY PANDA’s SUMMON is as follows:
1.) Gold
2.) Pusher
3.) Saccades I
4.) Saccades II
5.) Miserere
6.) Grey
7.) Hashira

An excerpt from the new BLOODY PANDA track “Miserere” can be digested HERE, while the premiere of the new song “Pusher” can be heard at THIS LOCATION.

BLOODY PANDA will launch a month-long North American tour on July 21 in Bethlehem, PA. The 27 city trek will run through August 21 at the Union Pool in Brooklyn. A full listing of upcoming BLOODY PANDA tour dates follows this message.

BLOODY PANDA features Yoshiko Ohara (lead vocals), Josh Rothenberger (guitar), Bryan Camphire (bass, vocals), Blake McDowell (keyboards, organs, vocals), Richard Schwarz – drums, percussion and Gerry Mak (Tuvan Throatsinging, overtonal chant).

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BURNT BY THE SUN have posted a second advance track, “Inner Station”, from their new full length album Heart Of Darkness. “Inner Station” can be heard now via the band’s MySpace page: MySpace.com/ BurntByTheSun along with “F-Unit.”

The brand new track is also available now as an exclusive advance download via the Relapse Records Contamination 2009 ITunes digital album.

BURNT BY THE SUN have posted a series of four in-studio videos shot during the Heart Of Darkness recording sessions online now at this location.

The web episodes were produced by Ronen Kauffman of IssueOriented.com. Heart Of Darkness, the follow-up to 2003’s The Perfect Is The Enemy Of The Good, was recorded at Trax East Recording Studios with producer Eric Rachel (HATEBREED, THE RED CHORD, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, A LIFE ONCE LOST). Heart Of Darkness is set for an August 18th North American release date, August 24th internationally.

Tony Foresta with Land Phil

26 Jun 2009 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Gothenburg Metaltown Festival
16 Jul 2009 - Svojsice, Czech Republic - Obscene Festival
17 Jul 2009 - Hamburg, Germany - Hafenklang
18 Jul 2009 - Lottum, Netherlands - Weistock Festival
19 Jul 2009 - Frankfurt, Germany - Nachtleben
20 Jul 2009 - Munich, Germany - Feierwerk
21 Jul 2009 - Kranj, Slovenia - Izbruhov Kulturni Bazen
23 Jul 2009 - Pinarella Di Cervia, Italy - Rockplanet Club
24 Jul 2009 - Genzano di Roma, Italy - Palarockness Club
25 Jul 2009 - Lorca, Spain - Lorca Fest
26 Jul 2009 - Barcelona, Spain - Apollo
12 Aug 2009 - Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
14 Aug 2009 - Derby, UK - Bloodstock Festival
28 Aug 2009 - Leeds, UK - Leeds Festival
29 Aug 2009 - Reading, UK - Reading Festival
30 Aug 2009 - Eindhoven, Netherlands - Dynamo Outdoor Festival
31 Aug 2009 - Bielefeld, Germany - AJZ
02 Sep 2009 - Athens, Greece - An Club
03 Sep 2009 - Cologne, Germany - Werkstatt
04 Sep 2009 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix
05 Sep 2009 - Bischofswerda, Germany - East Club
06 Sep 2009 - Brno, Czech Republic - Faval
08 Sep 2009 - Vienna, Austria - Chelsea
09 Sep 2009 - Budapest, Hungary - Durer Kert
10 Sep 2009 - Belgrade, Serbia - Living Room
11 Sep 2009 - Zupanja, Croatia - MKC
12 Sep 2009 - Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
14 Sep 2009 - Zurich, Switzerland - Dynamo
19 Sep 2009 - Lisbon, Portugal - Incrivel Almadense

Vocalist Ben Falgoust (GOATWHORE, SOILENT GREEN) has joined SUICIDE WAR, the hardcore/metal/thrash hybrid from New Orleans, Louisiana featuring two members of VALUME NOB — Frey Thieler on guitar and Sammy Molina on bass — alongside BLACK LABEL SOCIETY/ex-CROWBAR drummer Craig Nunenmacher. Thieler says, “Craig, Sammy, and I cannot be more happy to have him in the group. Ben has been a longtime friend of everyone in the band, and could not be more excited to be a part of this project.”

SUICIDE WAR is:

Frey Thieler (VALUME NOB) - Guitar
Craig Nunenmacher (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, ex-CROWBAR) - Drums
Sammy Molina (VALUME NOB) Bass
Ben Falgoust (SOILENT GREEN, GOATWHORE) - Vocals

Thieler adds, “As of now, we only have two rough tracks of guitar and bass up on the [MySpace page], but within the next day or so we will be posting up two songs with drums, guitar and bass.”

Oakland, CA metal quartet SAVIOURS have entered San Francisco’s Lucky Cat Recording Studios with Producer Phil Manley (of Trans Am / The Fucking Champs) to begin work on the follow up to its sophomore LP Into Abaddon.

Set for an October 13, 2009 release date, the as-yet-untitled SAVIOURS album will feature the lineup of guitarist / vocalist Austin Barber, bassist Cyrus Comiskey drummer Scott Batiste and guitarist Sonny Reinhardt (ex-Watch Them Die), who joined the band in 2008.

When asked for comment, Batiste asserted, “We just got back from ravaging Europe, playing the whole new album every night. With Sonny joining us, the tempos and guitar work have definitely been cranked up a few notches, though the heaviness is still intact. The new jams are road toughened and more killer than we could have imagined.”

In advance of the album’s release, SAVIOURS will issue three new 7” records, all of which will drop on June 23. The vinyl-only EPs will be strictly limited to 500 copies each with artwork branded by Tim Lehi of San Francisco’s BlackHeart Tattoo. Details on the three EPs are as follows:

- SAVIOURS Acid Hand 7” EP (features the new tracks “Acid Hand” b/w “Slave to the Hex”). See the cover art here .

- SAVIOURS Burnin’ Cross 7” EP (features the new track “Burnin’ Cross b/w “Fire in the Sky” [SAXON cover]). See the cover art here .

- SAVIOURS F.G.T. 7” EP (features the new track “F.G.T.” b/w “Running Wild” [JUDAS PRIEST cover]). See the cover art here .

“The demos we did with Scott Ecklein in Oakland this April came out so good that we thought should do something with them,” Batiste continued. “So we tracked a few covers for b-sides and decided to do a limited vinyl 7″ thing so people can check out some of the new songs before fall.”

The new SAVIOURS song “Acid Hand” has been posted online courtesy of ALARM Magazine.

Photo by BEKKER

Megadeth have announced Endgame as the title of their twelfth studio album. The album is expected to be released in September through Roadrunner Records. It was recorded at the band’s brand new, self-built studio, Vic’s Garage, located near San Diego and named after the legendary and iconic Vic Rattlehead character.

Endgame is being produced by Andy Sneap and Dave Mustaine. Sneap also manned the boards for 2007’s United Abominations. Some track titles include “Headcrusher,” “1,320,’” “How the Story Ends” and “This Day We Fight!”

Mustaine himself commented on Endgame, saying, “Thematically, I’ve never been known to be a silent bystander in a world that needs our participation. As more is revealed about our former President’s legacy, a little-known yet staggeringly frightening document which was signed into law, named ‘ENDGAME,’ has been uncovered. The album Endgame is the most energetic music offering I have penned in over a decade and is far more believable than knowing someone signed ‘ENDGAME’ -the document- into law. The album is also the perfect ‘ass- kicking’ music to listen to once you are done reading the aforementioned document.

“This new album is my proudest moment since the famous (or infamous) Rust in Peace album. With this album, I am also very excited to be introducing my new lead guitarist Chris Broderick to the world. I have always felt lucky to have had top shredders in that position, but after touring with Chris in support of my last album, I couldn’t wait to get into the studio and see what he could do.”

Megadeth’s lineup consists of Mustaine, Broderick, bassist James LoMenzo and drummer Shawn Drover.