In a brief e-mail, Anvil's singer/guitarist Steve "Lips" Kudlow wrote that the follow-up to 2007's This is Thirteen has been written but not recorded.

A producer has not been selected, but Lips is hoping to land master knob-twirler Chris Tsangarides again. Tsangarides produced Metal on Metal in 1982, as well as This is Thirteen.

The CD, Juggernaut of Justice, still has no release date.

What can fans expect from the new material? Lips simply said: "More Anvil!"

Anvil will hook up with Saxon and SuidAkrA for a UK tour starting November 4, then on to Australia for the Soundwave Festival in February 2010.

The dates are as follows:

November 4, 2009 — Civic Hall — Whitehaven, England
November 5, 2009 — The Empire — Middlesbrough, England
November 6, 2009 — The Picture House — Edinburgh, Scotland
November 7, 2009 — The National Exhibition Centre — Birmingham, England
November 8, 2009 — KOKO — London, England
November 9, 2009 — Rock City — Nottingham, England
November 10, 2009 — O2 Academy Leeds— Leeds, England
February 20, 2010 — RNA Showgrounds — Brisbane, Australia
February 21, 2010 — Eastern Creek Intl. Raceway — Sydney, Australia
February 26, 2010 — Melbourne Showgrounds — Melbourne, Australia
February 27, 2010 — Bonython Park — Adelaide, Australia
March 1, 2010 — Steel Blue Oval — Perth, Australia

Forming in 1992 in San Diego during the dreadful grunge era, the American Power Metal band Cage stood alone, despite being unknown and unrecognized.

After "Unveiled" was released in 1998, the band steadily gained popularity by playing prominent European festivals, such as Dynamo and Wacken. Five releases and more than a decade later, Cage is ready to catapult to new heights within the global metal community. Its new release "Science of Annihilation," improves the band's chances to dominate the metal scene.

Kelley Simms caught up with vocalist Sean Peck, read the complete interview... [Here]. Interview also includes 9 FREE songs. Don't miss out!

The Duke (Jorn Lande) has returned to the ranks of Masterplan.

Yep, it’s taken a bit of time to do the business, but AFM Records can confirm that Jorn Lande is currently in residence at Roland Grapow’s Slovakian Studio putting the final touches on a brand new set of Masterplan songs and that the singer, who has a ‘Best Of…’ (“Dukebox”) released by AFM on September 1st, has finally confirmed that he is the new Masterplan singer.

Earache Records, the original home of many of the bands who created the grindcore genre, is set to release a special 118-track, 3-CD compilation called GRIND MADNESS AT THE BBC (THE EARACHE PEEL SESSIONS), featuring some of the first ever grindcore recordings.

The tracks are all taken from the legendary JOHN PEEL's early BBC radio sessions, which were recorded at the Maida Vale studios in London, UK between 1987 and 1990, and mark a historic moment in the world of extreme music... [More]

Rocklahoma, known for its abundance of 80s hair metal bands, begins its third annual festival July 9th. Hosted on a 400-acre farm site in the sweltering summer humidity in Oklahoma, USA.

Bands playing on the main stage this year include Anthrax, Saxon, Overkill, Anvil, RATT, Lizzy Borden, Metal Church, Twisted Sister, Thin Lizzy and many, many more.

Metal Mayhem will cover all four days with live, real time blogs, photo galleries and interviews. Visit the Metal Mayhem Rocklahoma site... [Here]

British thrash masters EVILE are ready to reveal to the world their brand new album, INFECTED NATIONS, which is due to be released on September 21st in Europe and on September 22nd in the USA.

Following EVILE's 2007 debut, ENTER THE GRAVE - an homage to the thrash of past - the band are now hitting out and marking a new milestone of their own with INFECTED NATIONS... [More]

Ozzy Osbourne is suing Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi for 50 per cent ownership of the Black Sabbath name.

Ozzy's lawyers have filed a suit with the U.S. Patent And Trademark office based on claims that Iommi illegally took sole ownership of the moniker... [More]

Rhino.co.uk has two tickets to their sold out Brixton show on 10th June to win. All you have to do is suggest a name for the shark that features on the cover of the new Best Of before 4pm UK time on Friday 5th June. Our favourite entry will win a copy of the new albums, a 12x12 flat and two tickets to the show of a lifetime.

Send your suggestion in an email to rhino.d2c@warnermusic.com with 'Name The Shark' in the subject line!

View the album HERE

"That’s difficult to answer because I wanted to write an album about WWI, but I didn’t want to refer to a certain country. I didn’t want to take a political stand. I didn’t want to say something good or bad about a certain country, so I tried to write the whole album from a neutral point of view, which made it difficult. I had to write lyrics about objective things that happened during WWI without referring to a certain country, so I tried to pick out certain events and describe them!"

Darren Cowan speaks to Henri Sattler of God Dethroned... [More]

BLOOD MORTIZED, the Swedish Death Metal group supreme with members from bands such as Amon Amarth, Crypt of Kerberos, Arcana and Excruciate, has unleashed their skull-crushing debut album via Vrykoblast Productions. The self-titled debut... [More]

Mutiny Within check-in with their latest update:

"1 week left to go and we're right on schedule! Chris and Drew only have a couple of songs left to record, and simultaneously, Dan and Brandon are going to explore some additional guitar textures.... [More]

POWER QUEST are sorry to announce that after 10 months, Bill Hudson and Power Quest have parted ways. The split was extremely amicable and was down to the fact that both parties were struggling with the logistics of Bill being based in LA and the rest of the band being in Europe.... [More]

Ibanez, producers and twitter!

Mutiny Within checks in and gives us the latest.... [More]

Hungarian Black/Death Metal band Neochrome have just finished working on a new video for "The Reckoning", a track taken from their second album.

View in High Def HERE
View in Standard Def HERE

UK thrashers EVILE, who recently announced their first full headlining UK tour, are currently hard at work on the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2007 debut album, ENTER THE GRAVE.

Lead guitarist OL DRAKE checks in with some details on the band's highly anticipated second offering.... [More]

Reuben Archer, lead singer of '80s hard rock outfit STAMPEDE is set to reform the band after 26 years. A date of September 19, 2009 at The Robin 2 in Bilston, Wolverhampton has been set for the reunion gig.

The band line-up will feature original members Reuben Archer (vocals), Laurence Archer (guitar) and Colin Bond (bass). Clive Edwards, formerly of Pat Travers, Wild Horses and UFO, will replace Eddie Parsons on drums as Eddie's whereabouts is unknown.... [More]

Following the departure of long standing bassist Steve Scott in early January 2009, Power Quest are pleased to announce that the search for a replacement is now over. A large number of applications were received from all over the world. Thanks to everyone who expressed an interest.

The new Power Quest bassist is.... [More]