The 2011 line-up for the annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival has been revealed. The tour will make a 26-date trek across North America throughout July and August.

Playing on mainstage are Disturbed, Godsmack, and Megadeth joined by Machine Head, Trivium and In Flames (who'll perform in rotating slots throughout the tour). The Jagermeister stage will feature Unearth, Kingdom Of Sorrow, Red Fang and the Jaggermeister Battle of The Bands Winner. The Extreme stage will spotlight Suicide Silence, All Shall Perish and Straight Line Stitch.

All further information can be found at this location.

Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival 2011:

Jul. 09 - San Manuel Amphitheater - San Bernardino, CA
Jul. 10 - Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA
Jul. 12 - White River Amphitheatre - Auburn, WA
Jul. 13 - Idaho Center Amphitheater - Nampa, ID
Jul. 15 - Desert Sky Pavilion - Phoenix, AZ
Jul. 16 - The Pavilion - Albuquerque, NM
Jul. 17 - Comfort Dental Amphitheater - Englewood, CO
Jul. 19 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Maryland Heights, MO
Jul. 20 - Riverbend Music Center - Cincinnati, OH
Jul. 22 - Comcast Center - Mansfield, MA
Jul. 23 - Parc Jean-Drapeau - Montreal, QC
Jul. 24 - Comcast Theater - Hartford, CT
Jul. 27 - PNC Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, NJ
Jul. 29 - First Niagara Pavilion - Burgettstown, PA
Jul. 30 - Jiffy Lube Live - Bristow, VA
Jul. 31 - Susquehanna Bank Center - Camden, NJ
Aug. 02 - Virginia Beach Amphitheater - Virginia Beach, VA
Aug. 03 - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion - Raleigh, NC
Aug. 05 - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre - Tinley Park, IL
Aug. 06 - DTE Energy Music Theatre - Clarkston, MI
Aug. 07 - Verizon Wireless Music Center - Noblesville, IN
Aug. 09 - Zoo Amphitheatre - Oklahoma City, OK
Aug. 10 - Gexa Energy Pavilion - Dallas, TX
Aug. 12 - Aaron's Amphitheatre - Atlanta, GA
Aug. 13 - 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre - Tampa, FL
Aug. 14 - Cruzan Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, FL

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Source:	rockstarmayhemfest.com
Event:	Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival

"War of the Gods", a brand-new track from Swedish melodeath warriors Amon Amarth, has been made available for streaming below, or over at SurturRising.com.

"War of the Gods" comes off the band's upcoming new album Surtur Rising, which will be released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on March 25th, in the rest of Europe on March 28th, and in North America on March 29th through Metal Blade Records.


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Source:	surturrising.com
Band profile:	Amon Amarth

Rotting Christ will embark on a European headlining tour in April. This will be the last leg of the Aealo Tour 2010-2011.

Support on the trek will come from Omnium Gatherum, Daylight Misery and Dark End on the whole tour. De Profundis will support from 28.04 till 10.05, Arcturon from 8.05 till 15.05, and Riul Doamnei from 10.05 till 15.05.

Rotting Christ will be headlining a North American tour in March and April, with support from Melechesh, Hate and Abigail Williams. Get those dates here.

Rotting Christ - Aelo European Tour:

Apr. 28 - Wiatrak - Zabrze, Poland
Apr. 29 - Melodka - Brno, Czech Republic
Apr. 30 - Colloseum - Kosice, Slovakia
May 01 - Club 202 - Budapest, Hungary
May 02 - Gambrinus - Cluj Napoca, Romania
May 03 - Dublin - Iasi, Romania
May 04 - Silverchurch - Bucharest, Romania
May 05 - Rbf Club - Sofia, Bulgaria
May 06 - Cinemas Sloga - Sarajevo, Bosnia
May 07 - Mmc Slavija - Osijek, Croatia
May 08 - Gala Hala - Ljubljana, Slovenia
May 09 - Escape - Vienna, Austria
May 10 - Kulturfabrik Kufstein - Worgl, Austria
May 11 - Pieffe Factory - Gorizia, Italy
May 12 - Arci Onirica - Parma, Italy
May 13 - Industrie 45 - Zug, Switzerland
May 14 - Rnr Arena - Novara - Italy
May 15 - Init Club - Rome, Italy

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Source:	massive-music.pl
Band profile:	Rotting Christ
Event:	Rotting Christ: Aealo European Tour

Jan Somers - original guitarist of long-running Dutch traditional metal band Vengeance - passed away yesterday afternoon (Friday January 28th). The 46-year-old hard-rocker suffered a fatal heart attack at his home in Mierlo, The Netherlands.

The surviving members released the following message: "We deeply regret the suddenly passing away from our dearly beloved band member and personal friend Jan Somers. Jan was one of the bandmembers from the FIRST hour of the band Vengeance. We wish his family, friends and fans the strength to rock on. The family's request is to give them peace and quitness for the next two days."

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vengeanceonline.nl

Audio samples from the forthcoming Burzum album, Fallen, are available for streaming below.

Fallen marks the second studio album from the controversial recording artist since his release from prison in May 2009.

Fallen was recorded and mixed in only two weeks at the Grieghallen Studios. The album will be released in Europe on March 7th through Byelobog Productions and in North America on April 5th through Candlelight Records. More album details were previously reported over here.


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Source:	burzum.org
Band profile:	Burzum

Swedish folk metallers Yggdrasil will release their new album Irrbloss (trans: "Will-o-Wisps") on April 25th via Grand Master Music. The awaited follow-up to 2008's Vedergällning was recorded, mixed and mastered at Grand Master Audio in Sweden.

To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the band, the first two albums Kvällningsvindar Över Nordrönt Land and Vedergällning will be re-issued also on April 25th. The new editions will include previously unreleased bonus material and expanded booklets including, for the very first time, all lyrics in both English and their original Swedish.

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Source:	yggdrasil-sweden.com
Band profile:	Yggdrasil

US thrash/tech death metal band Revocation are currently recording their new as-yet-untitled full-length album at Damage Studios in Southbridge, Massachusetts with engineer Pete Rutcho. The follow-up to the band's break-through Relapse debut Existence Is Futile is expected to see its release in summer 2011.

Guitarist/vocalist David Davidson recently checked in from Damage Studios with the following: "We are currently wrapping up the recording process for our third studio album and we firmly believe that this is our strongest material to date. The songs on the new release are incredibly varied and all have the own character. They range from technical thrash to groove laden death metal, there's even a song with a full horn section this time around. We can't wait for people to check it out!"

Additionally, Revocation has recorded a cover of Death's classic "Pull the Plug" track for Decibel Magazine's monthly Flexi Series. Revocation's take on "Pull the Plug" will be included in the March 2011 issue of Decibel, on sale in early February, and is streaming online at this location.

Davidson commented as follows: "We are extremely honored to be a part of the Decibel tribute to Death. Anyone who knows us is well aware that we're huge Death fans and we're very pleased with the way the song came out."

In other news, Revocation has recently announced that they will join legendary technical metal band Atheist for a handful of US tour dates in March. Revocation will also be performing regionally in the northeast surrounding their dates with Atheist. A listing of confirmed tour dates can be found here.

Continues Davidson: "We're also very excited to hit the road with another legendary death metal band, Atheist. Growing up I never thought I'd actually see them play, let alone tour with them. We can't wait to share the stage with them as well as A Life Once Lost and Last Chance To Reason. It's gonna be a killer tour indeed!"

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Revocation

Finnish battle metal warriors Turisas will be releasing their upcoming album Stand Up And Fight through Century Media Records on the following dates:

Finland, Japan: February 23, 2011
Germany, Austria, Switzerland: February 25, 2011
Rest Of Europe: February 28, 2011
Australia, New Zealand: March 4, 2011
North America: March 8, 2011

A preview of the album, as well as some in-depth interview snippets with vocalist Mathias Nygård and violinist Olli Vänskä, can be watched below. The title track off the band's highly anticipated new album is still available as a free download at this location. More album details were previously reported over here.

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Part 2

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Source:	turisas.com
Band profile:	Turisas

An eleven-minutes preview of the new Aurora Borealis album, Timeline: The Beginning And End Of Everything, is available for streaming below.

Timeline: The Beginning And End Of Everything will be released in mid-February and will only be available through the band by PayPal. The album will also be made available as a free download at the band's website.

Timeline: The Beginning And End Of Everything, which was recorded at Nightsky Studios and produced by Aurora Borealis vocalist/guitarist Ron Vento, marks the recording debut of drummer Mark Green. The album will consist of nine tracks and two narratives. Timeline: The Beginning And End Of Everything is described as a conceptual effort that starts from the beginning of all existence and continues through until the very end of universe and the eventual retraction and rebirth of it all.

Timeline: The Beginning And End Of Everything cover art] tracklist:

01. Our Legacy
02. Crucible Of Creation
03. Formation
04. Stygian Depths
05. A Creature Called Human (Among Other Things)
06. The Evolution After Evolution
07. The Only Space Race That Matters
08. Beyond The Oort Cloud
09. Tearing Holes In The Fabric Of Time
10. Prelude To Cessation
11. The Rebirth


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"Veil Of Flies", a brand-new track from US black metal band Necronoclast, has been made available for streaming over at MySpace.

"Veil Of Flies" comes off the band's upcoming new album Ashes, which will be released on February 22nd through Moribund Records.

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Portuguese gothic doom metal band A Dream Of Poe will release their debut full-length, The Mirror Of Deliverance, on February 25th through ARX Productions.

The Mirror Of Deliverance was recorded between January and December 2010. A Dream Of Poe mainman Miguel Santos added: "All instruments were recorded by me, the vocals were recorded by João Melo and lyrics written by Paulo Pacheco. In the making of this album I had help from several guest musicians, they were Nelson Félix and Paulo Bettencourt on solos and António Neves and Paulo Pacheco on additional vocals."

The track "Lady Of Shalott" is available for streaming online over at MySpace, together with 30-second clips of all other songs appearing on the album.

The Mirror Of Deliverance cover art] tracklist:

01. Neophyte
02. Os Vultos
03. Lady Of Shalott
04. Liber XLIX
05. The Lost King Of The Lyre
06. Chrysopoeia

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myspace.com

"The Big Bad Wolf", a brand-new track from US death metal band Macabre, has been made available for streaming, exclusively at Noisecreep.

"The Big Bad Wolf" comes off the band's upcoming new album Grim Scary Tales - a concept album about the world's most infamous serial killers and mass murderers - which will be released in Europe on January 31st through Hammerheart Records and in North America on February 8th through Willowtip Records.

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Source:	noisecreep.com
Band profile:	Macabre

The day of the last apocalypse has finally arrived! Hellfest Open Air has announced the final batch of 50 names for the 2011 edition, set to take place June 17-19th in Clisson, France.

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The new bands are: Iggy And The Stooges - Rob Zombie - Apocalyptica - Cavalera Conspiracy - Disturbed - Alter Bridge - Kyuss Lives! - Monster Magnet - The Cult - Mr Big - U.F.O. - Cradle Of Filth - Morbid Angel - Meshuggah - Clutch - Corrosion Of Conformity - Goatsnake - Buzzov?en - Destruction - Municipal Waste - Whiplash - Maximum The Hormone - Hammerfall - Crucified Barbara - Black Rain - Suicide Silence - Hail Of Bullets - Gorguts - Morgoth - Tsjuder - Turisas - Grand Magus - Lock Up - Anal Cunt - Total Fucking Destruction - Terror - D.R.I. - US Bombs - The Dwarves - Architects - Times Of Grace - Knut - Kruger - Deez Nuts - Lyzanxia - Sup - Klone - Svart Crown - Impureza - Hangmans Chair + 2 Surprise Acts

There are only 2 surprise acts left to be announced during the following weeks to complete this year's line-up. Unfortunately Street Dogs and Satanic Warmaster were forced to cancel their appearance.

All ticket info is available here. An up to date festival billing is available over here.

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Source:	hellfest.fr
Event:	Hellfest Open Air 2011

Warmen - the band led by Children Of Bodom keyboard player Janne Wirman - has started putting together new material for the follow-up for the band's critically acclaimed 2009's studio effort Japanese Hospitality.

The band hopes to find time to work intensively on the album in 2011 despite Children Of Bodom's hectic touring schedule. Warmen is looking to have their fifth album completed by the end of the year for an early 2012 release.

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Source:	warmen.org
Band profile:	Warmen

Henrik Ostergaard - lead singer for San Francisco-based hard-rockers Dirty Looks, and current FnA Recording Artist - passed away this morning, Thursday January 27th, 2011 at 9:18 am. The cause of death at this time is unknown and the results of an autopsy are pending.

Ostergaard, who was of Danish descent, lived in Erie, Pennsylvania. In 1985, Henrik started the band Dirty Looks. Three independent albums and an EP would soon follow, which led to Dirty Looks getting signed by Atlantic Records. Later in Henrik's career, he would be signed to Sony Records and most recently FnA Records where he released a new album, I.C.U., in 2010. Ostergaard is survived by his 2 children.

The rock world will sadly mourn the loss of this 80's hard rocker.

UPDATE

According to GoErie.com, an Erie County Coroner declared that Henrik Ostergaard died of "natural causes" while under hospice care. He was 47 years old.

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dirtylooksmusic.com