The new album will follow-up their hugely successful 2008 album “obZen,” which became the most commercially successful album of their career. The album peaked at #59 on the US Billboard Top 200, #16 on the Swedish charts and sold 50,000 copies just six months after its release in the United States. The album also was nominated for a Swedish Grammy Award and its release was followed by the band’s first world tour.

The band issued the following statement on their website a couple of hours back:

Although the bands’ first two records with Jesse Leach were successful and thrust the band to the forefront of the metalcore scene in the States, it was with their first album with Howard Jones, 2004′s “The End of Heartache,” that the band made their commercial breakthrough, with the title song being nominated for a Grammy in the “Best Metal Performance” category . “The End of Heartache” along with its follow-up, 2006′s ”As Daylight Dies,” were both certified Gold in the US.

While Howard’s departure would be a painful blow for the legions of Killswitch Engage fans across the globe, let us all look at the brighter side – at least the rest of the guys are still together. This move also paves the way for original vocalist Jesse Leach to rejoin the band, something that I have been personally looking forward to for a long time now. The guys have been on good terms with Jesse ever since his departure. Killswitch Engage mainman Adam D. collaborated with Jesse Leach to create Times of Grace and released their debut record only last year. So, Jesse Leach is, undoubtedly, the #1 contender to regain his job. My second guess would be Phil Labonte from All That Remains. Both Phil & Jesse filled-in for Howard as the vocalists for the band during their tour last year after Howard Jones suffered a back injury.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 34,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 13 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

Butch Vig himself plays drums in the rock band Garbage, who achieved their share of success in the mid-to-late nineties.

Nirvana

Nirvana's Nevermind

On September 24, 1991, exactly twenty years ago, the greatest rock album of all time was released. Here’s to the album that gave voice to an entire generation, the album that changed the course of modern music, and most importantly, the album that literally changed my life. Ladies and gentlemen, raise a toast to Nirvana’s Nevermind!

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Words by Kurt Cobain

Lacuna Coil - Dark Adrenaline

Italian Gothic metallers LACUNA COIL have announced the release date for their new album “Dark Adrenaline.” The album will be released via Century Media Records on January 23, 2012 in Europe and a day later in North America. Don Gilmore, who has worked with the likes of PEARL JAM, LINKIN PARK and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, and who handled production duties on their 2009 album “Shallow Life,” returns once again as the album’s producer. While the band’s last collaboration with Don Gilmore resulted in a sound leaning more towards their American Alternative rock/metal influences, the new album has a heavier sound that will please their old-school Gothic metal fans, as revealed by frontwoman Cristina Scabbia in recent interviews.

Regarding the new album, Cristina Scabbia commented, “As some of you know, the release for ‘Dark Adrenaline’ was postponed a bit…and this made me even more nervous because I had to wait even more to spit it out! I am so thrilled I can finally say something about this album – ha! I simply love it. I feel this is the best work we have ever done, and it absolutely captures the essence of who we are. The atmosphere of the record will make a lot of old-school fans very happy, and the newer fans will enjoy the vibrant energy and the dark blood running through the songs. I really believe the ‘Dark Adrenaline’ will wake you up. Ladies and gentlemen, get ready to enjoy the trip!”

Speaking to UK’s TERRORIZER magazine, she added, “I can definitely say that it’s heavier and more obscure. I think that during the songwriting, we go with the flow and do whatever we like, and we realized that what we enjoy the most when we perform is the heaviness and that melancholic feeling of the darker songs. That’s us, and that’s what came out in this album.”

“Dark Adrenaline” track listing:
1. Trip The Darkness
2. Against You
3. Kill the Light
4. Give Me Something More
5. Upsidedown
6. End of Time
7. I Don’t Believe in Tomorrow
8. Intoxicated
9. The Army Inside
10. Losing My Religion
11. Fire
12. My Spirit

The lead single, “Trip The Darkness” will be released digitally on October 17th in Europe and on October 18th in the US. LACUNA COIL will embark on their “Darkness Rising Tour,” headlining dates in the UK this November in support of the new single, while also playing some Italian dates in late October. Keep checking as more shows are added to the tour.

Lacuna Coil - Darkness Rising Tour 2011

Lacuna Coil - Trip the Darkness Single

“Don’t want no revenge
Ain’t no pay back time
It ain’t called getting even
Here comes the reckoning day.”

“Reckoning Day” by Megadeth

Words by Dave Mustaine

As revealed by frontman Dave Grohl in recent interviews following the success of the single, he decided to put the final version as the last track of “Wasting Light” because it “sort of makes sense to the album’s theme of time and second chances”, and to “end the record on a positive note.”

Well, Mr. Grohl, it sure is one hell of a positive note! The song dethroned the FOO FIGHTERS lead single “Ropes,” also from “Wasting Light,” on the Billboard Rock Songs chart to reach the top, a very rare feat indeed. The song is also #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart for three consecutive weeks and on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart for two consecutive weeks now.

The music video also won the Best Rock Video award at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.

Foo Fighters - Walk Single Cover

Foo Fighters - Walk

TW LW TWA WO Song Name Artist

1 1 1 14 Walk, Foo Fighters [#1 for 3 consecutive weeks]
2 3 4 9 Not Again, Staind
3 2 3 9 The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie, Red Hot Chili Peppers
4 4 2 18 Lowlife, Theory Of A Deadman
5 5 6 15 Blow Me Away, Breaking Benjamin
6 6 8 12 Tonight, Seether
7 7 12 7 Under And Over It, Five Finger Death Punch
8 11 13 20 The Last Time, All That Remains
9 15 16 7 The Sound Of Winter, Bush
10 13 14 14 Monster You Made, Pop Evil
11 10 10 27 Country Song, Seether
12 9 9 29 Lies Of The Beautiful People, Sixx: A.M.
13 12 11 25 Sick, Adelitas Way
14 8 7 23 So Far Away, Avenged Sevenfold
15 16 19 13 It’s Not Me It’s You, Skillet
16 17 17 5 What You Want, Evanescence
17 14 5 22 Ghost Of Days Gone By, Alter Bridge
18 19 20 9 No Matter What, Papa Roach
19 20 18 17 Every Time You Go, 3 Doors Down
20 18 15 20 Get Up!, Korn Featuring Skrillex
21 23 28 4 This Is Gonna Hurt, Sixx: A.M.
22 22 22 16 Wicked World, Cold
23 24 25 10 That Fire, Black Tide
24 21 21 20 Killing Me Inside, Crossfade
25 27 26 5 Blame It On The Boom Boom, Black Stone Cherry
26 30 36 3 Get Through This, Art Of Dying
27 31 29 4 Irresistible Force, Jane’s Addiction
28 35 38 3 A Warrior’s Call, Volbeat
29 32 32 5 Make It Stop (September’s Children), Rise Against
30 25 23 18 Bounce, Emphatic
31 38 0 2 The Collapse, Adelitas Way
32 26 24 11 Every Lie, My Darkest Days
33 34 34 5 Lie To Me (Denial), Red
34 29 30 5 Undone, Aranda
35 28 27 7 Gimme Shelter, Puddle Of Mudd
36 37 33 4 Big Foot, Chickenfoot
37 33 31 6 Up All Night, Blink-182
38 36 0 2 Curl Of The Burl, Mastodon
39 39 0 2 The Devil You Know, Anthrax
40 RE-ENTRY 9 Never Lookin’ Back, The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band

TW: This Week

LW: Last Week

TWA: Two Weeks Ago

WO: Weeks On Chart