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To help celebrate 20 years of extreme music, on July 17th, Earache Records releases Metal: A Headbanger's Companion, a 6-CD boxed set that highlights some of Earache's greatest artists and songs from throughout the last 20 years. The set is going for $15. For more info check out earache.com

Metal: A Headbanger's Companion tracklist is as follows:

Disc 1: Death Metal:

Deicide - Homage For Satan
Morbid Angel - Maze of Torment
Napalm Death - Suffer The Children
At The Gates - Blinded By Fear
Carcass - Incarnated Solvent Abuse
Decapitated - Spheres of Madness
Entombed - Left Hand Path
Bolt Thrower - World Eater
Hate Eternal - Behold Judas
Akercocke - The Penance
Severe Torture - Endless Strain of Cadavers
Vader - Dark Age
Blood Red Throne - Mephitication
Anata - Downward Spiral Into Madness
Nocturnus - Droid Sector
Carnage - Infestation of Evil
Massacre - Corpsegrinder

Disc 2: Grindcore:

Napalm Death - Scum
Brutal Truth - Walking Corpse
The Berzerker - Reality
Terrorizer - Dead Shall Rise
Bolt Thrower - Through The Eye of Terror
Mistress - In Disgust We Trust
Napalm Death - You Suffer
Anal Cunt - Pepe The Gay Waiter
Mistress - Happily Ever Disaster
December Wolves - Desperately Seeking Satan
Anaal Nathrakh - Pandemonic Hyperblast
Cadaver Inc. - Primal
The Berzerker - Mono Grind
Brutal Truth - Collateral Damage
NOX - Satan Ex-Mahina
Citizen - War of Nerves
Anal Cunt - No We Don't Want To Do A Split 7 Inch With Your Stupid Band
Carcass - Pysosisfied (Rotten To The Gore)
Unseen Terror - Charred Remains
Hellbastard - Justly Executed
Filthy Christians - Zombie Holocaust
Citizen - Guerrilla Grind

Disc 3: Metal/Rock:

Carcass - Keep On Rotting In The Free World
The Haunted - Hollow Grind
Cathedral - Hopkins (Witchfinder General)
Adema - Shoot The Arrows
Corporation 187 - Perfection In Pain
Biomechanical - Regenerated
Society 1 - Hate
Linea 77 - Charon
Urkraft - Liberation
Evile - Enter The Grave (Demo)
With Passion - Pale Horses Ride
Addiction Crew - What About
Shortie - Truth
Gandalf - L8X Queen
Sleep - Dragonaut
Confessor - Collapse Into Despair
Usurper - Metal Lust
Pulkas - Rubber Room
Dub War - Nar Say A Ting

Disc 4: Industrial:

Godflesh - Defiled
Mortiis - Parasite God
Pitchshifter - Triad
Society 1 - Everyone Dies (Rock Stars Don't Count)
Ultraviolence - Hardcore Motherfucker
Generated X-Ed - Industrial Is Dead
Scorn - Silver Rain Fell
Signs Ov Chaos - Believe
Adrenalin Junkies - Holocaust Blast
Ewigkeit - It's Not Reality (Scott Brown Evolution Mix)
Morbid Angel vs. The Berzerker - Day of Suffering
OLD - Glitch (Rob Gee Mix)
Misery Loves Co. - My Mind Still Speaks
Meathook Seed - Famine Sector
Ultraviolence - Strangled

Disc 5: Punk/Hardcore:

Municipal Waste - Unleash The Bastards
December - Waiting For Rain
Clutch - Impetus
Deadbird - Mount Zero (Is Burning)
Coalesce - A Safe Place
Heresy - Nausea
Napalm Death - The Kill
Extreme Noise Terror - Murder
Hellbastard - Death From Above
Disgust - Mother Earth
December - Umbilical
Beecher - Function Function
Linea 77 - Touch
Fudge Tunnel - Hate Song
Iron Monkey - Supagorgonizer
Rabies Caste - Got It From Blake
The Haunted - Reveal
Janus Stark - Enemy Lines
Lawnmower Deth - Do You Wanna Be A Chuffed-Core?
Heresy - Visions of Fear
Intense Degree - Skate-Bored

Disc 6: Leftfield:

Cult of Luna - Finland
Callisto - Blackhole
Ewigkeit - It's Not Reality
Ephel Duath - Crystalline Whirl
Scorn - Days Passed
Painkiller - Dr. Phibes
OLD - Break (You)
Godflesh - Tiny Tears
Carnival In Coal - Right Click-Save As
Blood From The Soul - Guinea Pig
Akercocke - Prince of The North
Mortiis - I Am The World
Spazztic Blurr - Mexicali
Hyatari - Fourth Realm

Chicago-based progressive black metallers Nachtmystium signed a North American deal with Century Media Records. The group's first offering through the label will be the Eulogy IV re-release this fall, which will be followed by an all new full-length disc next year that will also feature acclaimed drummer Tony Laureano (ex-Dimmu Borgir, Nile).

Founding member Blake Judd (vocals, guitars) says:

"We are very excited and honored to be working with Century Media, a label whom over the years has showcased a ferocious dedication to extreme music. Grave, Tiamat, Samael and countless other bands active in the early 90's were some of the first bands to inspire us endlessly to create our own metal music. We anticipate a great working relationship and hope to embark on a joint ascension to metal superiority together!"

Originally formed in 1999 by Judd, Nachtmystium started off as a raw, primitive black metal band with a very derivative Norsk black metal influence. They released a number of records on underground labels such as Regimental Records and Autopsy Kitchen Records, etc. before delivering Eulogy IV in 2004, ushering in a new musical direction and 'psychedelic'-era.

In 2006, the group released Instinct: Decay, which drew massive amounts of press compared to previous efforts, landing in numerous top-ten lists.

Throughout the course of the past three years, Nachtmystium toured heavily with the likes of 1349, Boris, Goatwhore, Sunno))), Angelcorpse and Watain, among countless others. They also co-headlined the Overcast Music and Arts Festival in June of 2006 and most recently performed on the main stage at this year's renowned New England Metal and Hardcore festival.

Nachtmystium exists in a genre all of it's own and in 2008 look to deliver an album that continues to push the boundaries of conventionality to new levels.

Megaforce Records and metal/hardcore pioneers S.O.D. will release Rise Of The Infidels, on August 21, 2007. It is an extended EP with four unreleased S.O.D. songs, plus a live concert from Seattle is included.

S.O.D. began in the mid-Eighties

during a break in the recording of Anthrax's Spreading The Disease. S.O.D—with Scott Ian, Charlie Benante, Dan Lilker and Billy Milano—have influenced countless hardcore, metalcore, and post-hardcore bands. Their first album, Speak English Or Die, has sold over 400,000 and remains an underground classic.

Track Listing:
1. Stand Up And Fight
2. Java Amigo
3. United And Strong
4. Ready To Fight
Live At The Fenix

5. Ballad Of Nirvana/March Of The S.O.D.
6. Sgt D And The S.O.D.
7. Kill Yourself
8. Milano Mosh
9. Speak English Or Die
10. Fuck the Middle East
11. Douche Crew
12. Ballad Of Jimi Hendrix
13. Ballad Of Jim Morrison
14. Ballad Of INXS
15. Ballad Of Frank Sinatra
16. Ballad Of Nirvana
17. Ballad Of Freddy Mercury
18. Cromatic Death
19. Fist Banging Mania
20. No Turning Back
21. Milk
22. Pussywhipped
23. Freddy Krueger
24. United Forces

WINDS OF PLAGUE will soon embark on The American Uprising Tour, a lengthy summer trek that kicks off on June 27th with Catherine and Beneath The Sky. Born of Osiris and At The Throne of Judgment will also join the tour a week later. See below for the current

itinerary. The group recently completed work on their Century Media debut offering with Daniel Castleman (As I Lay Dying, A Love Ends Suicide).

Johnny Plague (vocals) checks in with the following report: "We're packin up the WOP camp and heading out on this two month headlining trek across North America. We can't wait for all the stage dives and high fives that await us. To let kids know what to expect at a WOP show and so they can prepare for battle we uploaded a live video of the track 'Angels Of Debauchery' onto our MySpace page. Check that out, see when we're coming to your town and prepare to witness an uprising."

WINDS OF PLAGUE
W/Catherine, Beneath the Sky

06/27 Creepy Crawl - St. Louis, MO
06/29 Groundsphere - Allegan, MI
W/Catherine, Beneath the Sky, Born of Osiris
06/30 Robot Mosh Fest V - Milwaukee, WI
07/01 The Sanctuary - Shelbyville, IN
W/Catherine, Beneath the Sky, At the Throne of Judgment, Born of Osiris
07/03 The Hayloft - Detroit, MI
07/06 Showplace Theatre - Buffalo, NY
07/07 Backstreets - Utica, NY
07/08 Waretown Firehall - Waretown, NJ
07/09 Traxx - Long Island, NY
07/10 Sirens - Milford, NH
07/11 Good Shepherd Church - Clifton Park, NY
07/12 First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA
07/14 Community Center - Sterling, VA
07/16 Club Relevant - Virginia Beach, VA
07/17 Soapbox - Wilmington, NC
07/19 Sector 7G - Augusta, GA
07/20 Thee Imperial - Jacksonville, FL
07/21 Ray's Downtown - West Palm Beach, FL
07/24 Sluggos - Pensacola, FL
07/25 The Darkroom - Baton Rouge, LA
07/26 White Rabbit - San Antonio, TX
07/27 The Underground - Corpus Christi, TX
07/28 Java Jazz - Houston, TX
07/29 Fat Daddy's - Dallas, TX
07/31 Dos Amigos - Odessa, TX
08/03 Country Club Theater - Ogden, UT
08/04 The Venue - Boise, ID
08/06 Studio Seven - Seattle, WA
08/07 Club 97 - Bend, OR
08/09 Club Underground - Reno, NV
08/10 Modesto Underground - Modesto, CA
08/12 The 418 Project - Santa Cruz, CA
08/13 Jerry's Pizza - Bakersfield, CA
08/14 Whisky - Los Angeles, CA
08/15 Alpine - Ventura, CA
08/16 Soma - San Diego, CA
08/18 Cedar Centre - Lancaster, CA

Death-grinders SUICIDE SILENCE have chosen The Cleansing as the title to their debut album, which is set for a Sept. 18th release. A new track, "Unanswered," has just been posted on

the band's official MySpace page (www.myspace.com/suicidesilence) along with the disc's cover art and official track listing.

This new effort was recorded with producer John Travis (Static-X), while the Tue Madsen (Himsa, The Haunted) handled mixing duties. The artwork for The Cleansing was handled by the Dave McKean (Mirrormask, Sandman comics).

"From the very beginning, we wanted artwork that would separate ourselves from other bands and add some value to the purchase so fans would be less prone to simply download the record," says vocalist Mitch Lucker. "Dave went above and beyond helping us achieve that as he created an entire layout that exceeded our expectations and further enhanced the album artistically."

Los Angeles, CA - June 21, 2007 — A limited edition of Slayer's 2006 album, Christ Illusion, will have a July 24 simultaneous global release (American Recordings), and will feature new songs, a bonus DVD and new cover art - a lenticular image of a hand bleeding from a crucifixion wound.

The special limited edition Christ Illusion is being released in tandem with the band's co-headline summer trek with Marilyn Manson, kicking off July 25 in West Palm Beach, FL (tour dates below).

The Christ Illusion limited edition will be a two-disc package featuring an alternate version of the track "Black Serenade" and a brand new song, "The Final six," a chilling look at the end of the world, that was written by Slayer bassist/vocalist Tom Araya and guitarist Jeff Hanneman, and produced by Josh Abraham.

The bonus DD features the captivating video for the track "Eyes of the Insane," which was directed by Iranian filmmaker Tony Petrossian and won Slayer their first-ever Grammy award as "Best Metal Performance." The video is a first-person narrative about the horrors leading up to the final moments of a soldier at war. The entire video is a single, long and tight close-up of a soldier's eye with images clearly reflected within his pupil and iris, perfectly choreographed with the rhythm of the music. In addition, a live performance of the 1988 Slayer classic "South of Heaven," filmed in Vancouver on last year's Unholy Alliance Tour, and Slayer on Tour 07, a five-minute live-and-behind-the-scenes, all-hand-held documentary-style montage of footage shot when the band was on tour earlier this year in the U.S. and Australia, are included on the DVD.

Slayer/Manson co-headline tour dates:

JULY
25 Sound Advice Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL
27 Ford Amphitheatre, Tampa, FL
28 Hi Fi Buys Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA
30 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
31 Tower City Amphitheatre, Cleveland, OH

AUGUST
2 Tweeter Center, Philadelphia, PA
4 DCU Center, Worcester, MA
5 PNC, Holmdel, NJ
7 Centre de Foire, Quebec, QC CANADA
8 Bell Centre, Montreal, QC CANADA
10 Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, ON CANADA
11 DTE Music Theatre, Detroit, MI
13 Allstate, Chicago, IL
14 Xcel, Minneapolis, MN
16 TBA
18 Coors Amphitheatre, Denver, CO
21 Sleep Train Amphitheatre, Sacramento, CA
23 Sleep Train Pavilion, Concord, CA
24 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre @ Irvine, Los Angeles, CA
25 San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA
27 Cricket Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ
28 Journal Pavilion, Albuquerque, NM
30 Nokia Theatre, Dallas, TX
31 Reliant Arena

SEPTEMBER
1 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, San Antonio, TX

New old-school thrashers Municipal Waste will be special guests of old hardcore crew Agnostic Front for a limited run of shows on their "East Coast Fury" tour.

Catch Municipal Waste on these dates

of Agnostic Front's "East Coast Fury" tour with Hoods and Pledge of Allegiance:

Jul. 18 - Backstreet Billiards - Saratoga Springs, NY
Jul. 19 - Backstage Enterprise - Kingston, PA
Jul. 20 - Agora Theatre - Cleveland, OH
Jul. 21 - Stage 83 - Lemont, IL
Jul. 21 - Champs Rock Room - Burbank, IL
Jul. 22 - Magic Stick - Detroit, MI

Municipal Waste's The Art of Partying hits U.S. stores on July 31 and is available now in the U.K. and on Earache.com's U.K. webstore.

http://facethewaste.com
http://www.myspace.com/municipalwaste
http://www.myspace.com/municipalwastetheartofpartying

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Napalm Death's landmark grindcore album, Scum, Earache Records has released Scum: 20th Anniversary Edition. But before we go into that, check out this live clip of Napalm Death:

Scum: 20th Anniversary Edition is a limited edition dual disc CD/DVD containing the original album and a documentary highlighting the early days of the band and examining the story behind the album and its explosive impact on the wider music scene. The documentary features interviews with, original Napalm Death member, Mick Harris and Turner Prize nominee, Mark Titchner, who explains the aesthetic angles to Napalm Death's revolutionary noise, among others.

Here is the official tracklisting of Napalm Death's Scum: 20th Anniversary Edition dual disc CD/DVD:

CD:
01. Multinational Corporations 02. Instinct of Survival 03. The Kill 04. Scum 05. Caught...in a Dream 06. Polluted Minds 07. Sacrificed 08. Siege of Power 09. Control 10. Born On Your Knees 11. Human Garbage 12. You Suffer 13. Life? 14. Prison Without Walls 15. Point of No Return 16. Negative Approach 17. Success? 18. Deceiver 19. C.S. 20. Parasites 21. Pseudo Youth 22. Divine Death 23. As the Machine Rolls On 24. Common Enemy 25. Moral Crusade 26. Stigmatized 27. M.A.D. 28. Dragnet

Limited edition Dual Disc DVD:

The 'Scum' Story'

45 minute documentary film.
Original member Mick Harris recalls the early days of NAPALM DEATH, and re-visits the pivotal places in the history of the 'Scum' recording - Rich Bitch Studios, The Mermaid and old rehearsal spaces.

Additional interviews with Classic Rock journalist Malcolm Dome, Kerrang! writer Dom Lawson, as well as Earache founder Digby Pearson and Turner Art prize 2006 nominee Mark Titchner, all whom discuss the impact of the album on them and the music scene in general.

Check out Earache.com for more information.

SUNN O))) / EARTH / WEEDEATER / WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM West Coast 07
July 2 - San Diego, CA -Casbah - http://www.casbahmusic.com
July 3 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey - http://www.theelrey.com
July 4 - San Francisco, CA - Independent - http://www.theindependentsf.com/
July 6 - Portland, OR - Mt Tabor - http://www.mttaborlegacy.com
July 7 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon - http://elcorazonseattle.com/

SUNN O))) & EARTH only
July 8th- Bellingham, WA- Nightlight Lounge - http://www.nightlightlounge.com/

Also recently announced was an Earth in-store at Amoeba Records, Thursday July 5th at 2 PM: amoeba.com

Monster drum/bass duo, BIG BUSINESS, has just announced they will be hitting the road with TOOL.

Tour dates are as follows:

Big Business Live!
Jun 18 2007 The Middle East Cafe—Upstairs Boston, Massachusetts
Jun 19 2007 The Knitting Factory New York, New York w/ Panthers
Jun 20 2007 Black Cat Washington DC, Washington DC w/ Panthers
Jun 21 2007 North Star Bar Philadelphia, Pennsylvania w/ Panthers
Jun 22 2007 The Ottobar Baltimore, Maryland w/ Panthers
Dates w/ TOOL! *
Jun 24 2007 Copps Coliseum Hamilton, Ontario
Jun 26 2007 Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minnesota
Jun 27 2007 Sears Center Chicago, Illinois
Jun 29 2007 US Bank Arena Cincinnati, Ohio
Jul 1 2007 Chevrolet Centre Youngstown, Ohio
Jul 3 2007 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, Michigan
Jul 5 2007 Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids, Michigan
Jul 7 2007 Big Sandy Superstore Arena Huntington, West Virginia
Jul 10 2007 Bell Centre Montreal, Quebec
Jul 12 2007 Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts Mansfield, Massachusetts
Jul 13 2007 Cumberland County Civic Center Portland, Maine
Jul 14 2007 Times Union Center Albany, New York
Jul 16 2007 Soverign Center Reading, Pennsylvania
Jul 18 2007 PNC Bank Arts center Holmdel, New Jersey
* All cancelled headlining dates will be rescheduled @ a later date