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We were wasting our lives poking around YouTube one day (OK, every day) when we stumbled on this little video gem. It's from 2009, which doesn't make it any less hilarious. Our intrepid camera person captures a clearly enraptured fan punching himself repeatedly in the face during an Ontario concert by veteran vegetarian grindcore outfit Cattle Decapitation. Please, kids, do not try this at home—or at a show. But if you do—despite our admonition—make sure someone catches you on camera.

Who doesn't want Iron Maiden? Someone who sucks, that's who. When our hankering for a little Dickinson & Co. becomes particularly overpowering, we might scream or shout or roar for the band, but we don't usually cry and whine for it like a little baby. The fan in the video below does. But then, he is a little baby—so maybe that makes it all right. Maybe. Either way, we appreciate the sentiment.

Every Time I Die have announced their new album, From Parts Unknown, will be out July 1 via Epitaph Records.

The band has also premiered a new song, "Thirst." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!

The album art and track list are also below. From Parts Unknown was recorded with Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou and features guest appearances from Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem and Sean Ingram of Coalesce.

From Parts Unknown Track List:
01. The Great Secret
02. Pelican Of The Desert
03. Decayin' With The Boys
04. Overstayer
05. If There Is Room To Move, Things Move
06. Moor
07. Exometrium
08. Thirst
09. Old Light
10. All Structures Are Unstable
11. El Dorado
12. Idiot

During a benefit called Acoustic-4-a-Cure, Metallica's James Hetfield performed a solo acoustic version of the Beatles' "In My Life."

At the same event, Hetfield was joined on stage by Joe Satriani and Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong for a medley of Bob Seger's "Turn the Page" and Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams."

Strange as all that sounds, you can check out clips of both performances below.

During Hetfield's solo set, he also performed solo acoustic versions of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" and "Until It Sleeps."

Speaking of Metallica, you can head here to watch fan-filmed videos of the band performing acoustic versions of "In My Life," Deep Purple's "When a Blind Man Cries" and Ozzy Osbourne's "Diary of a Madman" at Monday's MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit.

Roadrunner recording group The Amity Affliction has released a brand new track titled "Don't Lean on Me" (watch the video below) from their eagerly awaited new album, Let The Ocean Take Me. The Australian metalcore group's fourth full-length release arrives on June 10.

For more information, please log on to www.theamityaffliction.net, www.facebook.com/theamityafflictionofficial, and twitter.com/amityaffliction.

By now, you're probably well aware of Babymetal—the totally bonkers viral sensation that super-collides cutesy J-pop and extreme riffage—but the group is hardly the only whacked-out heavy-music monster to raise its bizarro head from the country that brought us Godzilla and tentacle porn. Kicking things off with a dose of Babymetal (because can you really get enough?), here are some of our favorite metal acts from the land of the rising sun—ranging from werewolf party rock to baseball-jersey-clad Warriors-worshipping beatdowncore.

Babymetal
You know them, you love them. Metal has never been cuter.

Maximum the Hormone
As if this band's manic mix of thrash, grind, doom, and nu-metal styles weren't insane enough, watch this video—and keep watching the video. When it switches from high-energy performance footage to multi-headed high-energy performance footage, things truly get unhinged.

Man with a Mission
This group's music is poppy nu-metal lite—nothing too off the wall there. But in some ways, Man with a Mission's accessible, unoffensive sound makes their decision to wear wolf masks at all times seem even more demented.

Sigh
Musically, long-running extremists Sigh have always pushed boundaries, mashing together black metal with psychedelic rock, jazz, classical music, and horror-movie soundtracks. But what takes the group to another level is the female half of its vocal duo: Dr. Mikannibal, a Physics PhD-certified, saxophone-wielding siren with a penchant for little clothes and lots of blood. Not to mention fire-breathing and eating bugs.

Sand
Ever wonder what would happen if the baseball gang from The Warriors decided to form a tough-guy hardcore band, but also if they were Japanese and had very bad English skills? Neither had we, but now we know the answer. As for the band's name, Sand, we can only assume that it's an oblique reference to The Warrior's beach-side Coney Island location.

Swarrrm
Active since the mid '90s, Swarrrm are ostensibly a grindcore outfit but play grind like you've probably never heard before, taking sharp left turns into indie rock, noise, and even pop. Their penchant for confrontational live performances and mind-melting psychedelic videos only encourage the sense that this is a band made up of truly insane individuals.

Metalcore supergroup The Dead Rabbitts—led by Escape the Fate vocalist Craig Mabbitt—have teamed with Revolver to premiere the lyric video for a new song, "My Only Regret." The track will be on Shapeshifter, the band's highly anticipated follow-up to 2012's Edge of Reality, which will be out on July 1st via Tragic Hero Records.

In addition to Mabbitt, the group features Alex Torres (Eyes Set to Kill, Greeley Estates, Alesana), TJ Bell (Escape the Fate, Motionless in White), and Chris Julian.

Preorders for the new album are now available here. Fans also have the chance to grab some limited edition merch bundles along with an immediate download of "My Only Regret."

For more on The Dead Rabbitts, visit them on Facebook and Twitter.

Metal legend Ronnie James Dio—who fronted Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, Rainbow, and, of course, Dio, among others—passed away four years ago today. His final public appearance turned out to be the 2010 Revolver Golden Gods Awards where he received the Best Vocalist trophy. In remembrance of him, we have posted his acceptance of the award below and below that what became his final interview, with Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor and Sirius-XM personality Jose Mangin, which was conducted backstage at the award show.

After Dio's Golden Gods appearance and passing, we renamed the Lifetime Achievement Award in his honor. Revolver also interviewed Dio's wife, Wendy, in our "Fallen Heroes of Hard Rock and Metal" special issue, available here.

So, with the deepest respect, enjoy Dio's final appearances.

Ronnie James Dio accepts the Best Vocalist trophy at the 2010 Revolver Golden Gods Awards

Ronnie James Dio's final interview, with Slipknot and Stone Sour's Corey Taylor and Sirius-XM personality Jose Mangin

In other Dio news, Heaven & Hell's Live! Radio City Music Hall 2007 video is coming out on Blu-Ray tomorrow, via Eagle Rock.