Finci Grease Helmet, pri katerih igra tudi kitarist Andy McCoy (ex-Hanoi Rocks), so objavili videospot za skladbo Nobody Rides For Free. Gre za drugi single s samonaslovljenega prvenca, ki je izšel septembra letos. /B.B./

Finci Grease Helmet, pri katerih igra tudi kitarist Andy McCoy (ex-Hanoi Rocks), so posneli videospot za single Keep Your Helmet Greasy s samonaslovljenega debitantskega albuma, ki bo izšel 19. septembra. Japonska verzija albuma prinaša tudi dve ekskluzivni bonus skladbi, priredbi Speed King (Deep Purple) in The Rocker (Thin Lizzy). /B.B./

Skupina Czar, ki jo nemalokrat primerjajo z izvajalci, kot so Gojira, Mastodon in Helmet, preko Metalsucks.net premierno predstavlja videospot za skladbo Family Crest z aktualnega albuma Vertical Mass Grave. /B.B./

Static Summer (ex-Reach 454) so objavili novo verzijo skladbe Phoenix & The Fall, ki jo lahko brezplačno downloadate na tej lokaciji. Za novi miks omenjene skladbe, v kateri gostuje tudi Jacoby Shaddix (Papa Roach), je poskrbel Jay Baumgardner (P.O.D., Helmet). /B.B./

Tukaj lahko brezplačno downloadate digitalno kompilacijo priredb z naslovom Casa de Diversion: Covers Vol. 1, na kateri sodelujejo Full Of Hell, Black Sheep Wall, Territory, Heartless in mnogi drugi. Tracklista je sledeča:
Twitching Tongues - Gravitational Constant: G = 6.67 X 10^-8 Cm^3 Gm^-1 Sec^-2 (Type O Negative)
Masakari - Fight Back EP (Discharge)
Heartless - Anthem For The Undesirables (His Hero Is Gone)
Wreck - Civilized (Rollins Band)
Colony - Loss Leader (Codeine)
Apart - Arcarsenal (At The Drive-In)
Merciless - Watching You Die (Buried Alive)
Outlast - No Choice (Outburst)
Ruckus - Mountain Of Power (Grimlock)
Plagues - I Want You (She's So Heavy) (The Beatles)
Full Of Hell - Atmosphere (Joy Division)
Caulfield - Dive (Nirvana)
The Love Below - Mr. Suit (Wire)
Vestiges - Zombie (The Cranberries)
Withdrawal - Burning Inside (Ministry)
Sojourner - Beheaded (The Offspring)
Homewrecker - Bear No Shame (In Cold Blood)
Headwind - Girl Problems (SOA)
Ill Intent - Watch Your Back (Cock Sparrer)
Black Sheep Wall - Little Dipper (Hum)
Ancient Shores - Prayer to God (Shellac)
Doubledealer - Left Hand Black (Danzig)
Incendiary - Sabotage (Beastie Boys)
Skinfather - Casket Garden (Dismember)
Casting Curses - Sex Type Thing (Stone Temple Pilots)
Territory - Buried Dreams (Carcass)
Oblivion - Rio Bravo (Cky)
Losing Skin - Like Rats (Godflesh)
Beartrap - Wave of Mutilation (The Pixies)
Vanish - Wolverine Blues (Entombed)
Low Places - Deathcrush (Mayhem)
Raindance - In The Meantime (Helmet)
Old Wounds - White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)
Villain - Fist Fight (Crisis Of Conformity)
/B.B./

Helmet prihodnje leto praznujejo 20. obletnico izida albuma Meantime, ki ga bodo na prihajajoči turneji odigrali v celoti. V okviru evropske turneje bo skupina nastopila najbližje Sloveniji 15.3. v Milanu, 19.3. v Münchnu in 21.3. na Dunaju. /B.B./

Arch/Matheos so preko Ultimate-Guitar.com premierno predstavili videospot za skladbo Midnight Serenade z albuma Sympathetic Resonance, ki je septembra izšel pri Metal Blade Records. Video je režiral David Brodsky (The Devin Townsend Project, Amon Amarth, Kylesa, Helmet). /B.B./

Tomahawk naj bi kmalu posneli težko pričakovani novi album. Skupino trenutno sestavljajo kitarist Duane Denison (ex-The Jesus Lizard), basist Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Fantômas), vokalist Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantômas) in bobnar John Stanier (Battles, ex-Helmet). /B.B./

Helmet so objavili videospot za skladbo So Long, ki ga je režiral Eddie Granillo. /B.B./

Helmet bodo 1. novembra pri ORW/WEA na vinilu ponovno izdali album Meantime iz leta 1992. /B.B./

Helmet bodo 26. julija pri ORW na vinilu izdali njihov album Strap It On. /B.B./

Pri Restless Records so izdali Numbers from the Beast: An All Star Salute to Iron Maiden album. V 11 komadih lahko slišite zvezdniške zasedbe sestavljene iz članov bandov kot so Twisted Sister , Motörhead, Judas Priest, Dio, KISS, AC/DC, Testament , Anthrax, Extreme, Whitesnake, Slaughter, Helmet, Dokken in ostalih. Komadi Wasted Years, The Trooper in Can I Play With Madness pa so objavljeni tudi na internetu. /S.P./

3. avgusta izide Metallica tribute CD Metallic Attack: Metallica - The Ultimate Tribute. Na njem bodo naslednje priredbe: Motörhead – Whiplash, Flotsam And Jetsam – Damage Inc., člani Prong, Extreme, Anthrax in Judas Priest – Enter Sandman, Death Angel – Trapped Under Ice, člani Deep Purple in Kiss – Nothing Else Matters, Page Hamilton (Helmet) in Scott Ian (Anthrax) – Motorbreath, Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe) in Rocky George (Suicidal Tendencies) – Master of Puppets, Chuck Billy (Testament) in Alex Skolnick (ex- Testament) – Holier Than Thou, Life After Death – Eye Of The Beholder, Dark Angel – Creeping Death. /M.P./

Po dvajsetih letih delovanja v bandu so se Anthrax razšli z basistom Frankom Bellom, ki odhaja k Helmet. Začasno ga bo zamenjal Joey Vera (Armored Saint, Fates Warning, Seven Witches). /M.P./