The GENITORTURERS are excited to announce two in-store signing sessions in support of their new album BLACK HEART REVOLUTION in Seattle and Las Vegas.  The Seattle signing takes place on Thursday October 29th at Silver Platters located at 701 5th Ave N. (Corner of Roy St) at 7:00 PM.  The Las Vegas signing will take place at Zia Records located at 4225 S. Eastern Ave.
The GENITORTURERS have also posted a new video album teaser on their YouTube channel.  You can view it below:

First, I would like to thank everyone who entered the Skillet CD/poster giveaway, and congratulate Chris for winning the prizes!
Fans of Skillet can now win the ultimate concert experience, but you’ve got to work for it! By helping promote Skillet’s “Awake and Alive Tour”, one winner plus a guest will receive free tickets to the show, a meet and greet with the band and the chance to make an appearance in Skillet’s video footage, which will be posted online along with a personal shout-out. Visit the contest website to enter the sweepstakes and to get suggestions on how to …read more

Atreyu has officially released the first single, “Storm To Pass,” from their upcoming October 27th release, Congregation of the Damned. This is the second song from the upcoming album that the band has released, the first being the much heavier song titled “Stop! Before It’s Too Late And We’ve Destroyed It All.” In support of the album, Atreyu kicks of their 27-stop tour with Hollywood Undead on October 16th in Lubbock, TX.

You can hear both tracks now on the band’s official MySpace page and look for Atreyu coming to a city near you!
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Dallas, TX’s The Destro have two for Tuesday as they premiere two new songs from their forthcoming full-length Harmony Of Discord.  The track “Persistence Of Ignorance” has premiered on MetalSucks.net while “Justifiers Of Malice” is running on the band’s own MySpace page.  Harmony Of Discord is the band’s sophomore album on Ironclad Recordings and drops on October 13th.  Speaking on the new album guitarist Nick Emde said:
“On writing this new album we threw away multiple riffs going on in songs, we cut out any soloing and it’s twice as heavy as …read more

Atreyu’s hotly anticipated album Congregation of the Damned doesn’t drop until October 27th, but in the meantime the band is giving fans a taste of their new material on their Myspace page. Currently the only song on their music player, the track “Stop! Before It’s Too Late And We’ve Destroyed It All” was released at 10:27pm Sunday night. The band plans to release their first single “Storm To Pass,” tonight (9/15) on their MySpace at 12:01 EST, so keep checking their Myspace for updates.

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Last night Shadows Fall performed the first single from their new album Retribution, due out on September 15, on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It was a good performance, and I always enjoy watching audiences who don’t listen to metal try to clap along to the songs. Watch the video below!
In other Late Night news, Megadeth will be appearing on Jimmy Fallon’s show on Thursday, September 17th. That should be an awesome performance!

Rodrigo y Gabriela have added a number of October dates to their upcoming North American tour. With the new album, 11:11, being released on September 8th, the tour begins in mid-September and now runs through most of October.
Starting today, Rodrigo y Gabriela are offering a free mp3 to their fans.  “Atman” is a Sanskrit word meaning the only deathless part of the human being.  The song is dedicated to Dimebag Darrel and Alex Skolnick of Testament guests on the track with a guitar solo.  Rod says:
“Dimebag is the best guitarist ever…and having Alex Skolnick playing on this track (Atman) was …read more

Alice in Chains is now streaming their single “Check My Brain” via their MySpace page. Their first studio album in over 10 years, Black Gives Way To Blue, is due out September 29th.
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Shadows Fall’s King of Nothing is now available to download at Windows MySpace… hurry up and grab it, as this offer ends on Wednesday, August 5th.
Frontman Brian Fair said of the track:
“This song opens with my favorite riff on the record. It came out of Matt’s late night drunken riff bag, and the song built itself around the heavy vibe that it created. It is a four minute beat down!! The lyrics of this song are about the overwhelming self-medication of our world. There is a prescription for every mood these days, and people are turning into zombies. It’s time …read more

Dirge Within have made the title track from their debut album available for free. They recently finished wrapped up a video for the song “Forever the Martyr” in Charlotte, North Carolina, and I personally think that’s a fantastic name for a song.
Force Fed Lies is due out September 1st, and is being released by E1 Music, and the band is going to be on the “Into the Mouth of Hell We Tour” in September and October with Trivium, Whitechapel and Darkest Hour.
Check out this video, and tell me what you think of Dirge Within. Download their title track here.
[via: Blabbermouth]