Bullet For My Valentine have announced dates for their upcoming North American tour. They will be supported by Bleeding Through, Cancer Bats or Black Tide on selected dates.

JULY
14 The Rave, Milwaukee, WI
15 House of Blues, Chicago, IL
16 Myth, Minneapolis, MN
17 The Venue, Fargo, ND
19 Shrine, Billings, MT
21 The Big Easy, Spokane, WA
22 Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA
23 Roseland, Portland, OR
25 Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
27 House of Blues, San Diego, CA
28 House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
29 Marquee, Phoenix, AZ
31 House of Blues, Dallas, TX

AUGUST
1 Stubbs, Austin, TX
2 Verizon Wireless, Houston, TX
5 Rams Head Live, Baltimore, MD
6 House of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ
8 Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY
9 Hampton Beach Casino, Hampton Beach, NH
11 Metropolis, Montreal, QC, Canada
12 Kool Haus, Toronto, ONT Canada
14 House of Blues, Cleveland, OH
15 Orbit Room, Grand Rapids, MI
16 The Fillmore at State Theatre, Detroit, MI

Wanna watch Metallica making their new album? If you answered yes, reach for your wallet.

It seems nobody likes Australia (personally, I blame the koalas). Drowning Pool have announced that their Australian tour will be postponed to allow time for vocalist Ryan McCombs’ strained vocal chords to heal.

Lacuna Coil have been forced to reschedule their Australian tour; due to kick off this June; because of “matters completely beyond [their] control”.

The band will be playing in Australia at the Soundwave festival in February next year.

Ever get a burning urge to download a new album from one of the greatest bands of all time for free with out breaking any laws? Well Nine Inch Nails have kindly relieved you of your burning urge (and let’s face it, it ain’t the first time) by releasing their new album ‘The Slip’ on their website, along with the following comment:

as a thank you to our fans for your continued support, we are giving away the new nine inch nails album one hundred percent free, exclusively via nin.com.

the music is available in a variety of formats including high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless at CD quality and even higher-than-CD quality 24/96 WAVE. your link will include all options – all free. all downloads include a PDF with artwork and credits.

for those of you interested in physical products, fear not. we plan to make a version of this release available on CD and vinyl in july. details coming soon.

Buy it Download it here!.

Did I mention it’s free?
The only possible downside is that you don’t get to feel like you’re a badass pirate who’s f*cking the system by downloading music illegally while humming Breaking the Law a la Beavis and Butthead. You’ll probably miss that feeling.

w00t for dotcommunism!

Lamb of God have signed with Roadrunner Records for international releases (though they will still be using Epic for North American releases). They join an impressive list of bands signed to Roadrunner including Megadeth, Trivium and Slipknot (but not Sanctity!!!). Their first release on the label will be “Walk With Me In Hell”, a dvd set for release this Summer.