Huntress vocalist Jill Janus says of the collaboration, “I met Lemmy through my former band Chelsea Girls. We’d play hard-rock and metal covers featuring guest celebrities. Lemmy was already friends with the girls, so he played ‘Ace of Spades’ with us and it blew my mind. We stayed in touch and would meet up at The Rainbow for drinks. So I asked him a few months back over Jack & Cokes if he’d write lyrics for a Huntress song and he said ‘Sure.’ A few weeks later, I met him at the studio during Motörhead recording sessions. Lemmy handed me two two pieces of notebook paper with the lyrics for ‘I Want to Fuck You to Death.’ I am beyond honored. To me, this is a love song. It is the most romantic song I’ve ever heard.”

Lemmy also spoke of the collaboration: “The first time I heard Jill’s voice with Chelsea Girls, it was phenomenal. I wrote these lyrics from her point of view, the Huntress. ‘I Want to Fuck You to Death’ was inspired by her, written for her. I’ve always had a soft spot for her. And a hard spot, too…”

The song is available as an exclusive stream on the Huntress Facebook Page. When visiting the facebook page, clicking the “like” button will enable the audio.

Huntress have teamed up with Revolver to announce the release date for the new album, the follow-up to their buzz-worthy 2012 debut full-length, Spell Eater, and unveil its cover art. The record, entitled Starbound Beast, has been confirmed for release on June 28 in Europe and on July 2 in North America via Napalm Records.  The band recorded the album at Hobby Shop Studios in Los Angeles, California, working with famed producer Zeuss (Shadows Fall, Hatebreed, Agnostic Front).

You can see the cover artwork below; like the cover of Spell Eater, it created once again by Vance Kelly (Slayer, Ghost B.C., Mastodon).

In support of Starbound Beast, the band will be touring across North America this summer as part of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival.  Huntress will be featured on the Jagermeister Stage alongside Machine Head, Battlecross, and others.  The tour kicks off June 29 in San Bernardino, California, and runs through August 4 in Dallas, Texas.  A complete list of dates can be found below. The band took part in the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival Press Conference and performed live–check out footage below.

Huntress on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival:

6/29 San Bernardino, CA – San Manuel Amphitheater
6/30 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
7/2 Nampa, ID – Idaho Center Amphitheater
7/3 Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre
7/5 Phoenix, AZ – Desert Sky Pavilion
7/6 Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheatre
7/7 Englewood, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
7/10 Toronto, ON – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
7/12 Burgettstown, PA – First Niagara Pavilion
7/13 Scranton, PA – Toyota Pavilion
7/14 Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
7/16 Mansfield, MA – Comcast Center
7/17 Bangor, ME – Bangor Waterfront
7/19 Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
7/20 Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
7/21 Hartford, CT – The Comcast Theatre
7/23 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
7/24 Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
7/26 Noblesville, IN – Klipsch Music Center
7/27 Tinley Park, IL – First Midwest Bank Ampitheatre
7/28 Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
7/30 Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre
7/31 Tampa, FL – Live Nation Amphitheatre at the FL State
8/2 Austin, TX – Austin 360 Amphitheatre
8/3 The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
8/4 Dallas, TX – Gexa Energy Pavilion

Additional Huntress Dates:
7/1 South Lake Tahoe, CA – Whiskey Dick’s Saloon (w/ Battlecross)
7/9 Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection (w/Children of Bodom, Amon Amarth, Behemoth, Job for a Cowboy, Battlecross)
7/22 Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus (w/Battlecross)
7/29 Louisville, KY – Expo Five (w/Children of Bodom, Amon Amarth, Behemoth)
8/7 Sauget, IL – Pop’s Nightclub (w/Amon Amarth, Children of Bodom, Battlecross)
8/8 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works (w/Children of Bodom, Amon Amarth, Battlecross)
8/9 Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s Downunder (w/Children of Bodom, Amon Amarth, Battlecross)

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In this video, Revolver TV talks to some of the bands playing on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival this year, including Butcher Babies, Five Finger Death Punch and Huntress.

Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, the world’s biggest hard and heavy music touring festival, announces its electrifying sixth-year lineup. Artists performing include main stage metal and horror legend, festival closer, Rob Zombie, plus, the triple gold certified Five Finger Death Punch and a monster lineup that includes additional main stage bands Mastodon & Amon Amarth. The festival area is led by stage closers Children of Bodom and Machine Head as well as Behemoth, Job For A Cowboy, Emmure, Born of Osiris, Motionless In White, Butcher Babies, Battlecross, Huntress, Thrown Into Exile and City In The Sea.

Four stages will be presented this year for the first time ever and the stages include the Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage, The Jagermeister Stage, Musicians Institute Stage, as well as the Sumerian Records/Headbang for the Highway Concourse Stage (local bands performing on the Sumerian Records/Headbang for the Highway Stage will be announced in June).

All tickets go on sale March 22 at noon local venue time via rockstarmayhemfest.com or livenation.com. The tour will stop in 26 cities across the US and Canada as it makes its way to the Gexa Energy Pavilion in Dallas on August 4. Dates and venues are listed here.

Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, the world’s biggest hard and heavy music touring festival announces its electrifying sixth-year lineup. Artists performing on the 2013 thunderous fest include main stage metal and horror legend, festival closer, Rob Zombie, plus, the triple gold certified Five Finger Death Punch and a monster lineup that includes additional main stage bands Mastodon & Amon Amarth. The festival area is led by stage closers Children of Bodom and Machine Head as well as Behemoth, Job For A Cowboy, Emmure, Born of Osiris, Motionless In White, Butcher Babies, Battlecross, Huntress, Thrown Into Exile and City In The Sea. Four stages will be presented this year for the first time ever and the stages include the Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage, The Jagermeister Stage, Musician’s Institute Stage, as well as the Sumerian Records/Headbang for the Highway Concourse Stage (local bands performing on the Sumerian Records/Headbang for the Highway Stage will be announced in June).

All tickets go on sale March 22nd at 12:00 Noon local venue time via www.rockstarmayhemfest.com or www.livenation.com.  The tour will stop in 26 cities across the United States and Canada as it makes its way to the Gexa Energy Pavilion in Dallas, Texas on August 4th, 2013. Dates and venues are listed below.

The 2013 Golden God Award recipient, a rock icon and auteur filmmaker with insight and unlimited vision, Rob Zombie has continuously challenged audiences as he stretches the boundaries of music, film, and publishing. Now, the seven-time Grammy nominated recording artist releases his fifth solo album, Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor, which streets April 23, and includes the first single, “ Dead City Radio and the New Gods of Super Town,” along with such tracks as “Ging Gang Gong De Do Gong De Laga Raga,” “Lucifer Rising,” “Behold! The Pretty Filthy Creatures” and a heavy-duty cover of Grand Funk Railroad’s “We’re an American Band.” Rob Zombie’s Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor is the first release on his new label, Zodiac Swan, through T-Boy Records/UME. Zombie’s also written and directed his 6^th feature film, “The Lords of Salem”, in theaters April 19^th (Anchor Bay).

After three gold albums in a row and ten consecutive top ten radio singles, Five Finger Death Punch continue their evolution in 2013 by releasing a new single in early May, followed by their fourth studio album in June.  FFDP are set to perform live at this year’s Revolver Golden Gods Awards show in Los Angeles on May 2 and will warm up for Mayhem playing this summer’s most prestigious European festivals, amongst them UK’s Download Festival and Germany’s Rock am Ring and Rock im Park.

The World’s Greatest Freestyle Motocross team The Metal Mulisha is also confirmed to perform on most dates.

Sponsors for the 2013 Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival include title sponsor Rockstar Energy Drink and stage sponsors Jagermeister, Musicians Institute, and Sumerian Records. Festival sponsors include Ibanez Guitars, Zippo, Metal Blade Records, Napalm Records, Squatch Snack Sticks, Fuck Cancer and Keep A Breast. Media partners include Revolver Magazine and Zuus Media.

In addition to catching their favorite bands live, fans can take part in a number of festival activities, including playing the newest video games, perusing vendors, attending autograph signing sessions and a slew of various interactive activities that will only add to the festival experience.

Rockstar Energy Drink will be sampling their products and providing awesome surprises for all attendees.  Rockstar will also present the VIP/Contest winner area designated as The Rockstar Lounge and the festival area Party Like A Rockstar Tent where fans can sample ice cold Rockstar and get autographs from their favorite bands.

Addition to the festival’s music and arts, Musicians Institute and the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival have partnered to create the Rockstar Mayhem Independent Artist Scholarship! This scholarship fully covers tuition and material fees for a two quarter IAP certificate (Room, Boarding and Travel are not included.) The application period runs from March 18 until June 1, 2013. Applicants must visit www.mi.edu/mayhem-rock-festivalscholarship to enter.

Fans can go to www.rockstarmayhemfest.com to keep up with additional details as they are released.

Make sure to check out this brand new video (below) announcing the official 2013 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival line up and stay tuned to Mayhem TV for more video updates and features coming soon!

Tour dates are as follows:

6/29 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheater

6/30 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre

7/2 Boise, ID Idaho Center Amphitheatre

7/3 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheater

7/5 Phoenix, AZ Desert Sky Pavilion

7/6 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheatre

7/7 Denver, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre

7/10 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre

7/12 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion

7/13 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain

7/14 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake PAC

7/16 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center

7/17 Bangor, ME Bangor Waterfront

7/19 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center

7/20 Saratoga Springs, NY SPAC

7/21 Hartford, CT The Comcast Theatre

7/23 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center

7/24 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live

7/26 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center

7/27 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

7/28 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre

7/30 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood

7/31 Tampa, FL Live Nation Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds

8/2 Austin, TX Austin360 Amphitheater

8/3 The Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

8/4 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion

Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Stages and Artists:

Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage

Rob Zombie

Five Finger Death Punch

Mastodon

Amon Amarth

Musicians Institute Stage               Jagermeister Stage

Children Of Bodom                                Machine Head

Behemoth                                                   Job For A Cowboy

Emmure                                                        Butcher Babies

Born Of Osiris                                           Battlecross

Motionless In White                               Huntress

Thrown Into Exile

Sumerian Records/Headbang For The Highway Stage

City In The Sea

3 Local Openers

“We just hung out and told some good stories,” Taylor tells Revolver. “It felt good to do that. It was the first time we’ve been able to hang out and talk about him without crumbling. It was good. We laughed about the old memories. It meant something. It definitely meant something.”

Gray was found dead in Urbandale, Iowa on May 24, 2010. Police found pills at the scene. Toxicology results, released June 21, revealed that Gray had died from an overdose of morphine and fentanyl.

Original Slipknot guitarist Donnie Steele has filled in for Gray on past Slipknot shows and will play with the band on their upcoming Rockstar Energy Mayhem headline dates.

“Even though Paul’s not with us, everybody’s right, he would not want us to just stop being what we are,” Taylor says. “We headlined the first Mayhem run [futureusgalleryin 2008], and now we’re coming back and doing it again [futureusgallerythis summer], albeit it under different circumstances. But I think it’s going to be great. Plus, I’ll have my family out with me so it’s going to be like summer vacation, only more masks.”

In addition to preparing for the Mayhem tour, Taylor and guitarist Jim Root have been diligently working on the next Stone Sour album, which will be a double-disc concept album about reaching a crossroad in life and having to choose which direction to take, the responsible path or the one that might be more exciting and dangerous. In 18 days, Stone Sour will announce the title of the album, the plot details, and the release date.

“It’s fucking massive,” Taylor says. “I can’t wait for people to fucking hear it.”

But Draiman says his life has been filled with trauma, frustration, and sadness, and that he has vented his emotional instability through Disturbed’s turbulent melodic metal. His bandmates have even joked with him that it’s a good thing Draiman has experienced so much drama in his life, otherwise Disturbed might not have anything to write about. Since the band’s most recent album is called Asylum, and considering that he and his bandmates are planning to hide away from the public eye for a while after this summer’s Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, Revolver recently asked Draiman to reveal the five times in his life that he’s most needed a place to get away.

Birth
“When I popped out of my mother’s womb, right then and there I knew the world was a harsh place.”

Prison
“My father was sent to jail when I was 12 years old, and I felt like they were stealing him away from me. It was some blue collar nonsense . It wasn’t insider trading or anything–my father wasn’t that smart. I wouldn’t give him that much credit.”

Abandonment
“When my ex- fiancée left me, I was completely caught of guard. I felt misled, betrayed, the whole nine yards. She just left. It wasn’t a very easy time. There was no one to come to my aid because I had just moved to Austin, Texas, to an empty house with no girl. It was the darkest time–sort of a self-imposed asylum.”

Miscarriage
“I lost my unborn child four or five years ago with my ex. It happened in the middle of the second trimester so we were totally ready to happen and it didn’t last through the term. That was what ‘My Child’ on the record is about.”

Death
“My faithful companion Lisa, died, and I definitely needed asylum after that. I got her when she was eight weeks old. She died in a little over seven years. She had osteosarcoma, which is a really aggressive form of bone cancer, during the Music is a Weapon run. Within two weeks, it took her. That was pretty terrible. Poor baby.”

1. Do not wear deodorant
“That’s for fancy Wall Street pussies. This is a metal show. You should smell bad. And if you smell bad enough then the crowd will separate when you walk through so you can get beers easier.”

2. Bring extra shoes
“Shoes have a strange way of flying off your feet when you get knocked on your ass in the mosh pit. You don’t want to walk home in broken glass with no shoes, right? Wait. Scratch that. It’s way cooler to walk in broken glass with no shoes. Don’t bring any shoes.”

3. Don’t let your epileptic seizure ruin anyone’s good time
“If you’re going to have an epileptic seizure because of the flashing lights, loud music, etc., please excuse yourself and have it privately in the bushes. It tends to bum people out. And Disturbed need you happy so you can buy their merch.”

4. Be nice to the ladies
“There are only four of them here. You’ll blow your chances if you act like a dick wad, and the odds are stacked against you as it is.”

5. The sun is hot
“Here’s a great way to cool down: Take off your shirt and coat yourself in butter. I’m telling you here. It’s a really good idea.”

6. Vomiting
“To protect our environment, please vomit in trashcans and not the recycling bins. Unless you’ve eaten recyclable things like plastic or broken glass—then go ahead and honk into the recycling bins.

“Hope this helps. Enjoy the Mayhem Festival, and do please go die.”

Check out “Bloodlines” off Dethalbum II below: