Here's the latest from MTVnews.com's esteemed Metal File:
Antarctica space warriors Gwar just can't get enough killing, so they're planning to continue painting the ground blood-red this summer at numerous Sounds of the Underground off dates. First the group will play warm-up shows July 2 in Memphis; July 3 in Tulsa, Oklahoma; and July 4-5 in Dallas, where the Sounds tour begins July 6. Then, there will be five Gwar concerts between scheduled festival shows (July 9 in Mobile, Alabama; July 17 in Johnson City, New York; July 25 in Fargo, North Dakota; August 2 in Reno, Nevada; and August 9 in Kansas City, Missouri). Finally, after Sounds ends August 11 in Louisville, Kentucky, Gwar will play four more gut-spilling gigs, starting August 12 in Millvale, Pennsylvania, and ending August 15 in Richmond, Virginia. ...
Machine Head took top honors in two categories at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards, which took place last week in London. The band won Album of the Year and frontman Robb Flynn was named Golden God. Other winners included:Lamb of God(Best Live Band); Killswitch Engage (Best International Band); Heaven and Hell (Best Comeback); Job for a Cowboy (Best Underground Band); Slayer (Icon); Bullet for My Valentine (Best UK Band); Avenged Sevenfold(Best Video - "Seize the Day"); Slash (Riff Lord); Mastodon's Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds (Shredder); and Napalm Death (Spirit of Hammer). Needless to say, gallons of mead were consumed and trophies were presented by Beelzebub himself. ...
Heaven and Hell (a.k.a. Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio) will return to the U.S. for a fall tour starting September 5 in Binghamton, New York. Dates are scheduled through October 2 in Fresno, California, and Alice Cooper and Queensrÿche will open all shows. ... Thrash-metal documentary "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" won Grand Prize at the San Antonio Underground Film Festival. The Festival will present its top award to director Rick Ernst on Saturday at the movie's screening at the city's Aztec Theater. "I am proud, honored and could not be more excited to win the award and to screen the film in front of San Antonio's legions of metalheads," Ernst said in a statement. ...
If you're gonna be in Denver tomorrow, you might wanna drop in at Independent Records for a late lunch sometime between 2 and 4 p.m. That's when Cephalic Carnage will be fire-roasting a whole goat to feed to the hungry masses. And we thought really evil bands were supposed to praise the goat, not cook it. After the feasting, Cephalic Carnage will play the Summer Slaughter Tour, which also features Decapitated, Cattle Decapitation, Arsis, As Blood Runs Black, the Faceless, Ion Dissonance and Beneath the Massacre. Dates are scheduled through July 10 in Philadelphia.
The new Through the Eyes of the Dead album, Malice, will be released August 21. The disc was recorded with Erik Rutan (Cannibal Corpse, Goatwhore) and is the band's first to feature singer Nate Johnson, who replaces Anthony Gunnels. ... The debut album from Montreal band the Agonist, Once Only Imagined, will come out August 14. Director David Brodsky recently shot a video for the album track "Business Suits and Combat Boots."
Check out the rest of this week's MTVnews.com Metal File, including a new interview with Behemoth.
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