Behemoth unveil the video for Alas, Lord Is Upon Me off the group's latest release Evangelion. The video for "Alas, Lord Is Upon Me" was produced and directed by Rafal Szermanowicz and Grupa 13 who also shot Behemoth's videos for Ov Fire and the Void and At the left hand ov God. Fans can also check out a behind the scenes clip from the video shoot : Behemoth - The Making of Alas, The Lord Is Upon Me

Nergal comments on "Alas, Lord Is Upon Me:
"First of all, we've overcome ourselves with this new video clip. Period. It's something we've wanted to do for a very long time. Pretty much no digital intervention, no blue boxes, no fake shit this time, but great filming, good acting, and a fuckin' awesome storyline. It's disturbing, crazy, and evil. We've had over 70 people working for us on this video so we can easily say it was the biggest production so far. I'm beyond excited! Wait and see…"

Dariusz Szermanowicz of Grupa #13 adds; "This time we decided to make something different. We'd like to make video in 'cinematic' style without so many VFX like in last two videos. We found great location, we had dozen of actors and extras and awesome stylizing. During the 16 hours of hard work we've created amazingly killer video!"

In other news: Behemoth set to release Evangelia Heretika DVD this fall; 2disc re-release of early EP's out very early 2011

Behemoth will be unleashing the group's second-ever DVD titled Evangelia Heretika this fall, 2010. Evangelia Heretika will be released in the US via Metal Blade Records, in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records, and in Poland via Mystic Records. Stay tuned to MetalBlade.com for more details, such as DVD content, video clips, and preorder information.

In very early 2011, Metal Blade Records will be releasing Behemoth's EP's Conjuration and Slaves Shall Serve as a 2CD set. More info on this release will be made available in the coming weeks.

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Australia’s masters of metal-core Parkway Drive are set to cement their reputation as one of the most dominant exponents of heavy hardcore on the planet with their spellbinding third album, Deep Blue, which is ready for release on June 29 via Epitaph Records.  Check out the album’s trailer which features new music from Deep Blue here: Deep Blue Trailer. 

The hotly anticipated follow-up to 2007’s Horizons, Deep Blue raises the bar in every conceivable way. While maintaining the band’s uncompromising metallic-hardcore style at its core, it pushes into exciting new realms, drawing from a wider scope of influence, incorporating everything from anthemic pop-punk to bloodcurdling death metal.

With improved musical abilities and a thoroughly inspired approach to songwriting, Parkway Drive has tied the music and lyrics together into one all-encompassing concept.

“It’s basically about the search for truth in a world that seems to be devoid of that,” says vocalist and lyricist Winston McCall, explaining the narrative running through Deep Blue. “The story is told through the eyes of a man who wakes up and realizes that his life is a lie and nothing he believes in is real. So he tries to find the truth within himself and his journey takes him to the bottom of the ocean and back again.”

Having recorded their first two albums with Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage, Deep Blue was tracked and mixed in Los Angeles, CA by Joe Barresi (Queens Of The Stone Age, Bad Religion, Tool), and mastered by legendary mastering engineer Brian Gardner.

Crisp, unprocessed and impossibly heavy, the production on Deep Blue brings out every nuance of Parkway Drive‘s freshly re-focused sound.

“It’s definitely the Parkway record I’m most proud of,” claims Winston. “We felt like were in the deep-end recording with someone new, so to have it come out exactly how we wanted it, and pretty much exceed our expectations, is a big ask, but that’s exactly what Joe did for us.”

With 13 tracks in all, standouts include “Sleepwalker,” “Deliver Me” and “Unrest.”  Bad Religion guitarist and Epitaph Records owner Brett Gurewitz makes a guest vocal appearance on “Home is for the Heartless,” which brings epic punk rock choruses and crazed metallic finger-tapping guitar work into the established Parkway paradigm.

“We figure that song is going to be the most polarizing thing we’ve ever written,” Winston says. “People are either going to like it or they are going to hate it. I think it worked. That’s one of my favorite songs on the record!”

Already one of the most anticipated heavy releases of the year, Deep Blue represents an exciting new chapter in the story of Australia’s most successful hardcore band.

Check out Parkway Drive all summer long on the Vans Warped Tour!

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Deep Blue Track Listing:
1. Samsara - 1:46
2. Unrest - 2:19
3. Sleepwalker - 4:01
4. Wreckage - 3:21
5. Deadweight - 3:47
6. Alone - 4:40
7. Pressures - 3:23
8. Deliver Me - 4:14
9. Karma - 3:49
10. Home Is For The Heartless - 4:08
11. Hollow - 3:01
12. Leviathan I - 3:50
13. Set To Destroy - 1:41

Parkway Drive North American Tour Dates:
Jun 25 – Carson, CA – Home Depot Center (Warped Tour)
Jun 26 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Jun 27 – Ventura, CA – Seaside Park (Warped Tour)
Jun 29 – Phoenix, AZ – Cricket Pavilion (Warped Tour)
Jun 30 – Las Cruces, NM – N.M.S.U. Practice Field (Warped Tour)
Jul 1 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center (Warped Tour)
July 2 – Houston, TX – The Showgrounds (Warped Tour)
July 3 – Dallas, TX – Superpages.com Center (Warped Tour)
July 5 – St. Louis, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 6 – Indianapolis, IN – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
July 7 – Burgettstown, PA – Post Gazette Pavillion (Warped Tour)
July 8 – Cleveland, OH – Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
July 9 – Toronto, ON – Arrow Hall (Warped Tour)
July 10 – Montreal, QC – Parc Jean Drapeau (Warped Tour)
July 11 – Hartford, CT – Comcast Theater (Warped Tour)
July 13 – Mansfield, MA – Comcast Center (Warped Tour)
July 14 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake P.A.C. (Warped Tour)
July 15 – Scranton, PA – Toyota Pavilion (Warped Tour)
July 16 – Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center (Warped Tour)
July 17 – Uniondale, NY – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Warped Tour)
July 18 – Oceanport, NJ – Monmouth Park Racetrack (Warped Tour)
July 20 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion (Warped Tour)
July 21 – Virginia Beach, VA – Virginia Beach Amphitheatre  (Warped Tour)
July 22 – Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Charlotte (Warped Tour)
July 23 – St. Petersburg, FL – Vinoy Park (Warped Tour)
July 24 – West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 25 – Orlando, FL – Central Florida Fairgrounds (Warped Tour)
July 26 – Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 28 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center (Warped Tour)
July 29 – Milwaukee, WI – Marcus Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 30 – Detroit, MI – Comerica Park (Warped Tour)
July 31 – Tinley Park, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 1 – Shakopee, MI – Canterbury Park (Warped Tour)
Aug 2 – Bonner Springs, KS – Sandstone Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 5 – Edmonton, AB – Northlands Grounds (Warped Tour)
Aug 7 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah State Fairgrounds (Warped Tour)
Aug 8 – Denver, CO – Invesco Field (Warped Tour)
Aug 11 – Pomona, CA – Pomona Fairplex (Warped Tour)
Aug 12 – Marysville, CA – Sleep Train Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 13 – Nampa, ID – Idaho Center Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 14 – George, WA – Gorge Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
Aug 15 – Hillsboro, OR – Washington County Fairgrounds (Warped Tour)

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'The Powerless Rise' in Billboard's Top 200 Charts for 4th week in a row!

San Diego's Grammy®-nominated group As I Lay Dying are pleased to release their first production video from the band's latest release The Powerless Rise, which just hit streets on May 11. As I Lay Dying chose the song "Parallels" for the band's first music video off their new album, which was shot in Pittsburgh, PA on May 18 with director David Brodsky of MyGoodEye with animation handled by Mike Milyavsky & David Brodsky. Fans can view the video HERE.

In other news: As I Lay Dying's The Powerless Rise, which debuted at #10, has now spent the last 4 weeks in Billboard Magazine's Top 200 Charts coming in at #67! This achievement marks yet another major feat for the metal band that refuses to compromise their sound to conform to the mainstream as they continue to deliver heavy and melodic music to their fans around the world.

On July 12, As I Lay Dying will launch the "Cool Tour" with Underoath, Between the Buried and Me, Blessthefall, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats, and War of Ages. The nationwide trek will launch this summer on July 12 in Orlando and wrap up in San Francisco on August 1. For pre-sale tickets and more information, visit: www.cooltour10.com.

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KORN

Boycott Use of BP Oil On Buses/Vehicles During Summer Touring Season

New York, NY:  Motivated by the BP disaster and its devastating effects, heavy rock outfit KORN, who have sold more than 30 million records worldwide, take a stand by launching a boycott against using the company’s gasoline while on tour this summer.  The band has formally announced that it will not be fueling any of its touring vehicles with BP products and is strongly encouraging other touring artists to do the same.

“The daily images are hard to watch,” says Korn frontman Jonathan Davis. “We need to do our part to let BP know there are consequences for causing something like this. We want to send a message to corporations like BP so that they will take more preventative measures in the future.  The more costly their punishment, the more money they will spend to make sure disasters like this don’t happen again. It’s plain and simple capitalism.”

In a timely coincidence of life imitating art, Korn’s new album artwork, photography and stage set imagery reference the band’s hometown area near Bakersfield, CA and its bleak landscape littered with oil rigs. The video for the first single "Oildale "Leave Me Alone" reveals a poverty-stricken area situated among the rich oil fields and tells a story of a young boy’s desire to escape.  The video story echoes the band’s own struggle out of Bakersfield.  Davis adds, “It was one thing for us to grow up near such poverty. But the situation in the Gulf takes things to a whole new level where people’s lives and livelihoods are affected forever.”

Korn will spend their summer as a headliner on the third annual Rock Star Energy Drink Mayhem Festival playing in 14,000 to 30,000 seat amphitheaters. “We urge the other acts on Mayhem and anyone on tour this year to be with us on this,” Davis also said.

Korn is touring to support their upcoming album, due out July 13, 2010.  The title, Korn III – Remember Who You Are, is a reference to the band’s past and is a nod to their roots.

On Saturday, less than a week after Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was found dead in an Iowa hotel room, his bandmates released a lengthy tribute video to their late friend, a man who helped form the group some 15 years ago.

The video is little more than a series of interview clips from Gray, but the effect of hearing him speak at length about his childhood, his adopted hometown of Des Moines and his "family" in Slipknot is palpable: He truly was a man who loved his life, his fans and, most of all, his bandmates.

"All these guys, I've know 'em forever ... we've all played together in different bands, different shows, all these people I've known forever," Gray says in the video. "Like I said, they're my family. Every person in this band ... we couldn't have the band without [them]. I mean, we've done shows without people, obviously, when people have gotten hurt, or Shawn [Crahan] had some family problems, and it's never the same. It does not feel like the band until everybody's there. Everybody makes up this whole thing.

"We've all got each other's back, and always have a shoulder for someone to put their head on," Gray continues. "We're family. We do need each other."

In the interview, Gray also speaks about moving to his beloved Des Moines as a teenager and says the city not only led him to form Slipknot, but kept him and his family alive.

"I was born and raised in L.A., and I love Los Angeles ... but I've met the greatest people out here, I have some of the best friends in the world out here, so, yeah, I'd never move from here," he says. "This town actually saved my family in a way, saved my family's life in a way, and mine, so ... I owe this city and this state. So, I'm not leaving."

Gray goes on to describe his "crazy," troubled childhood and how he'd been living on his own since he was 14. "I grew up poor," he says. "We had no money, living in sh--ty, f---in' roach-infested apartments my whole f---ing life. The little bit of money [my mother] had was enough for a down payment on a house out here, our first actual house."

Gray also recalls the day he met vocalist Anders Colsefini at a local music shop, and inadvertently — mostly because he was new to town and didn't know a soul — helped form Slipknot, volunteering to play bass even though he'd never touched the instrument in his life.

"I got out here and ... I didn't know anybody for about six months, actually. I was down in a music store, and I met our original singer for Slipknot down there," he said. "They were talking about needing a bass player for a band, and I'd never played bass in my life, and I was like, 'I don't know anybody, so f--- it, I can play bass.' I never played bass before in my life."

The video closes with a written message from Slipknot, who call Gray their "brother," saying, "This world will be a different place without him."

At press time, the cause of Gray's death remained unclear. Last week, an initial autopsy, revealed no signs of foul play or trauma, and the Polk County medical examiner is awaiting results of toxicology testing, which may not be available for four to six weeks.

Watch the tribute video here