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Russkaja will release their new album, 'Peace, Love and Russian Roll,' on July 31 via Napalm Records. In anticipation, the band has teamed up with Revolver to premiere their new song and music video for "El Pueblo Unido." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!

The group said, "'El Pueblo Unido' is the first journey in southerly climes: An up-tempo ska song in Spanish plus South American flair including mariachi choirs. The content is to unite with like-minded people and to fight with the peace flag in hand for a planet where all peoples of the world have space and respect each other. The idea is to end oppression and injustice—a song that couldn't be released at a proper time! The whole atmosphere is wrapped in groovy mid-tempo beats with playful vocals. Respect the people and people respect you!"

To get 'Peace, Love and Russian Roll,' visit Napalm's webstore.

Since Revolver's June/July issue was supervillain-themed, when we caught up with Unlocking the Truth backstage at Rock on the Range, we asked them about villains, superpowers and so much more! Check out the video below!

All That Remains have premiered a new music video, "For You." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!

The group released 'The Order of Things' earlier this year.

German death metal act Deathrite will release their new album, 'Revelation of Chaos,' on July 24 via Prosthetic Records. In anticipation, the band has teamed up with Revolver to premiere an entire stream of the album right here, right now! Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!

To get 'Revelation of Chaos,' visit Prosthetic's webstore or iTunes. For more on Deathrite, follow them on Facebook.

Hellbastard recently released their new album, 'Feral.' In celebration, the band has teamed up with Revolver to premiere their new song, "Shame on Us." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!

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The following article is from Revolver's August/September 2015 issue. It is available for purchase in our webstore.

by Dan Epstein

"There's a lot of riffing going on in there, that's for damn sure," says Dave Mustaine of Megadeth's fifteenth album, which is currently taking shape in a Nashville studio. "There's a lot of solos, a lot of pounding drums and bass. I knew from the start that I wanted to go back to my roots, and I wanted to make a thrash record."

Much has changed for the legendary thrash band since the release of 2013's 'Super Collider,' most notably in the lead guitar and drum departments. Longtime Megadeth bassist Dave Ellefson remains in the fold, but guitarist Chris Broderick and drummer Shawn Drover both quit the band in November of last year, amid rumors that Mustaine was going to reunite the classic 'Rust in Peace' lineup with Marty Friedman and Nick Menza. Replacing Broderick is Kiko Loureiro of Brazilian power metal band Angra, while Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler has recorded the drum tracks for the as-yet-untitled new album.

"When Chris and Shawn left, it saddened me a little because they didn't say goodbye," Mustaine explains. "They were pissed, because they'd gotten word that people wanted the 'Rust in Peace' reunion. And frankly, I didn't; I was happy with those two guys. So when they left, it was like, 'It isn't going to be easy to replace them!'

"We haven't found a permanent drummer yet, but finding Kiko was really a mind-blower. It was the first time since Marty Friedman joined the band that I was really intimidated as a player. He's such an amazing talent, and he's been coming in with all of these fresh ideas."

Adler, a diehard Megadeth fan, also wasn't shy about bringing his own musical vision to the table. "Megadeth is Megadeth," says Mustaine, "and the songs will kind of tell you where they go. But there were several times while we were tracking where Chris would say, 'I think these parts should go like this, because that's how my Megadeth is.' I was like, 'Yeah, I like that 'my Megadeth' stuff!'"

According to Mustaine, the band has recorded 15 tracks, including "Tyrannicide," "The New Emperor," "Poisonous Shadows," the two-part opus "Conquer... or Die," and covers of Budgie's "Melt the Ice Away" and Fear's "Foreign Policy." "I'm having a little bit of writer's block with the lyrics," he admits. "I've got lyrics to nine of the songs written, but the music's so good that I'll write something and go, 'Well, that doesn't live up to the music.'"

At press time, neither the album's title nor its release date have been set in stone. "The first title I had was 'One Fucked-Up World,'" says Mustaine, "but then I was like, 'Well, that's probably not gonna work at Wal-Mart!' Like every Megadeth record, we'll probably pick a title on the way to pressing it. "As for the release date—uh, soon?" he laughs. "I'm trying the best I can, but I don't want to rush it. This thing is turning out to be what I've wanted to do for a long time."

Chris Krovatin is the author of Heavy Metal & You, Venomous, and the Gravediggers series. He is a contributing writer for Revolver and a good-natured pain in everyone's ass. This column represents his opinions–and probably only his opinions.

Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival featuring Slayer, King Diamond, Hellyeah, The Devil Wears Prada, Whitechapel, Thy Art Is Murder, and more

July 5 at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, C.O.

• Climate: Chilly, windy, grey.
• Chance of rain: 90% in the late afternoon.
• Outdoor festival prayer: Oh, Lord Dionysus, bless this day so that no gear malfunctions or extreme weather jeopardizes this festival.
• Climb up to the Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Winding, seemingly endless, suspended over the tour buses.
• General crowd consensus: Slayer.
• Shameful admission: I swore that Slayer at Madison Square Garden would be my last Slayer show, but here I am.
• Security attitude: Surprisingly cool and upbeat. But I'm originally from New York, so maybe I'd just poorly conditioned.
• Location of the Victory Records Stage featuring Jungle Rot: Not available at this stop in the tour due to venue restrictions.
• No Rot: Denied.
• Nostalgia: The past Mayhem Fests I've been to in Jersey and P.A. that have had multiple stages, vendors, signing booths…
• Sad state of affairs: There is something that New Jersey does better than Colorado.
• Time when rain begins: Approximately 4:10.
• Time spent putting waterproof shields on stage lights: 15 minutes.
• Amphitheatre concert prayer: Please, Dionysus, make strong the metal of this lighting rig so that a stage light does not fall and murder King Diamond.
• First band onstage: Thy Art Is Murder from Australia.
• Sounds like: Core-oriented death metal with thrashy tendencies.
• Title bestowed on crowd by frontmant CJ McMahon: "You cunts."
• Smart move by CJ McMahon: Leaping offstage, running into the audience, and performing his first song via wireless mic from on top of the sound tent. Immediately, the whole crowd loves him.

• Level of worry felt that McMahon would slip, fall, and kill himself during his first song: Medium. But a deathcore singer better know what he's doing in terms of climbing all over shit. Part of the job requirement.
• Types of beer slung by vendors at Red Rocks: A surprising assortment of decent ones! Worst is Dale's.
• Reason this reporter can't partake: If you've ever driven the back roads that lead to Red Rocks, you know not to drive them with any level of alcohol in your system.
• Increase in rain: Sporadic, but nasty. Ponchos are coming out.
• Next up: Whitechapel from Knoxville, T.N.
• Sounds like: Core-oriented death metal with gruesome tendencies.
• Percentage of Whitechapel's tour budget allotted for black button-down work shirts: 32%
• Cool tour idea: Whitechapel playing the spots in Whitechapel where the canonical five victims of Jack the Ripper were slain.
• Worst dancing of the night: The deathcore kid next to me in the seashell necklace who did a lot of that shuffle-jumping and crab-squatting.
• Ho boy: And now he's taking off his shirt.
• Least favorite audience member: The dude in front of me who begins the day nice to everyone, then gets drunk and then repeatedly starts shoulder his friends like he wants to fight.
• Percentage of concerts where the reporter has seen a guy like this: 77%
• Number of people this dude threatens to fight: Two
• Chances this dude will be dragged out of Red Rocks screaming obscenities: 85%
• Nerd moment of the day: Realizing that all these people are wearing The Devil Wears Prada gear and not clothing featuring the Black Lantern ring.
• Other option: Maybe The Devil Wears Prada are the nerds, and I'm just savvy.
• Now, we have: The Devil Wears Prada from Dayton, O.H.
• Sounds like: Death-oriented core metal with fashionable tendencies.
• Enthusiasm shown by audience: Considerable. Obviously these guys are mainstays with younger metalheads.
• Concert truth: It is hard to fully dislike a band when you're catching them live and everyone's having a great time.
• Chances Meryl Streep listens to The Devil Wears Prada: 286/1.
• Fun fact: I've actually been to Dayton, Ohio, and spent a night chatting with Juggalos outside a downtown club while bummed fed me countless Camel Crush cigarettes.
• Number of cities this reporter has experienced like this: nine
• Weather check: Rain has abated and the sun is coming out. There's a small section of rainbow floating in the distance.
• Hopeful prayer: Dionysus, god of revels, keep this weather going for the rest of the night.
• Crowd drunkenness: 1.5 sheets to the wind. No one's passed out or puking, but there's a ton of stumbling and some terrible jokes.
• Amount of weed smoked: Surprising. They threw people out left and right at Clutch/Mastodon; today, they don't seem to care.
• Home stretch: Hellyeah from T.X.
• Sounds like: Pantera and Mudvayne jamming together, pretty much.
• Notably cool stage decorations: Hellyeah's twin banners reading 'SANGRE' on either side of the band.
• Crowd response: Loud! I had no idea Hellyeah had so many diehard fans.
• Conspiratorial fact: They say that is you place certain photos of crop circles against those of the pyramids, they're spaced in the exact same way and pattern as the lines in Vinnie Paul's mustache.
• Tiresome stage banter: Frontman Chad Gray's second tirade about the power and importance of heavy metal. The first one was heartwarming, but now, you know, we get it.
• Amount of King Diamond's stage set-up used for his set: The whole thing! The inverted crosses, the light-up pentagram, the staircases, the haunted house backdrop! I'm impressed.
• Time spent chasing blown-away haunted house backdrop: 15 minutes.
• King Diamond's prayer: Lord Satan, let not King Diamond's stage set-up malfunction in such a away as to harm the dude, his crew, or his band.
• Now we have: King Diamond, from all over Europe.
• Sounds like: Halloween metal.
• Reporter trivia: I have never seen King Diamond outside of Colorado.
• Percentage of crowd that was alive when any of these songs came out: 41%.
• Crowd response: Universally positive. Everyone loves some Satanic falsetto.
• King Diamond' cane budget: $25,000.
• Best classics of the night: "Tea" and "Evil."
• Sadly-missed new classic: "Shapes of Black."
• Interesting choreography of the night: King Diamond spends a lot of the show lurching down the stairs and hanging from the wrought iron. It's less like he's a Satanic master as much as he's a phantom haunting his stage set.
• Stoney thought of the night: What if King Diamond never survived his battle with heart problems, and he is in fact a ghost trapped to his stage set-up, who can be summoned when a metal band plays "The Candle"?
• Pros and cons: On the one hand, King Diamond would be dead. On the other, he might want it this way.
• Number of chants of 'SLAYER' begun during band interim: 12.
• Percentage of audience on its feet: 96%.
• Number of Slayer tattoos seen brandished before the set: Three
• And for our main course: Slayer from the Bay Area.
• Sounds like: Satan laughing as you eternally rot.
• Amount this reporter liked new single "Repentless" when he heard it on YouTube: Eh, pretty good.
• How it sounds live: Fucking phenomenal.
• Coolness of new projections: Amazing. It's nonstop Slayer imagery—skulls, knives, the Devil, and that fucking logo.
• Chances Kerry King has a professional head polisher: 3/1.
• Awesome opening move: They play a song chronologically from the four most recent albums—the title track from Repentless, "Hate Worldwide" from 'World Painted Blood, '"Jihad" from 'Christ Illusion,' and "Disciple" from 'God Hates Us All.'
• Classy move: Repping their latest material. Slayer have played so many 'Our classic album in its entirety' tours. Good for them, loving their new stuff.
• Stoney, but genius idea: Someone should put together a latter-day Slayer tribute album. Bands can only perform songs from 'Divine Intervention' and later.
• Belief in Slayer: Restored, hard.
• Polite follow-through: Praise be to you, Dionysus.

All photos by Azara Golston.

Revolver's own Stephanie Cabral was on hand to catch all the action at the Pomona, California stop of Warped Tour. Check out the photos she captured of Fit for a King for us below–you can also follow her on Twitter and Facebook.

Atreyu have premiered anew song and music video, "Long Live." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!

The band will release 'Long Live' on September 18 via Spinefarm Records.

Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor recently dropped by Revolver to chat about his new hilarious new book, 'You're Making Me Hate You: A Cantankerous Look at the Common Misconception That Humans Have Any Common Sense Left.'

'You're Making Me Hate You' is in the tradition of the late great George Carlin, where he sounds off in hilarious fashion about the many vagaries of modern life that piss him off: Rude behavior in restaurants and malls, the many indignities of air travel, eye-searingly terrible fashion choices, dangerously clueless drivers, and—most of all—the sorry state of much modern music, Taylor's humor and insight cover civil society's seeming decline—sparing no one along the way, least of all himself.

Here, we ask the vocalist what's got him so pissed, how to avoid those who are nuts, what future plans his bands have this year, and much more! Check out the video below and let us know what you think in the comments!

To get 'You're Making Me Hate You,' visit Barnes and Noble and iTunes. For more on Corey Taylor, visit his website and follow him on Twitter.