Alice In Chains: "A Looking In View" Out Now

The new single "A Looking View" off the forthcoming "Black Gives Way to Blue" is out on iTunes and Amazon retailers. Holy Jesus it's good!

William Duvall does Layne Staley justice and Jerry Cantrell in company deliver a tune that is darker and heavier than anything the band has put out.

If the rest of the album sounds this good, it could be a heavy contender for album of the year. I heard the video comes out tomorrow so I will post it ASAP when it does.

Alice in Chains is back. Staley would be proud.

UPDATE: No video yet. Not sure when it's going to be released. But you can listen to the song now below.

UPDATE 2: The video has arrived. Very professional looking and fits the song.

Morbid Angel and Immortal Are Still Kicking Ass!

Saw these two clips of recent live performances from Morbid Angel and Immortal. Make sure to listen to The Metal Show tonight from 8-9 p.m. on KRUI 89.7FM!

New Metalocalypse Fall 2009!

The latest rumors say that a new Metalocalypse album will be out Fall 2009 and then shortly after a the third season will start up on Adult Swim. The last half of season 2 was killer, so hopefully the third will be more of the same metal hilarity.

UPDATE: Here is what was posted in the comments section thanks to Holkie!

No rumor. As per Adult Swim:

Dethalbum II will be out Sept. 8th.

Season 3 will begin in November.

2nd tour will possibily be in October.

Dark Horse Comics will be releasing a one-shot comic, The Goon Vs Dethklok on July 22nd with a Metalocalypse comic "later 2009".

UPDATE #2 Track listing revealed:

01. Bloodlines
02. The Gears
03. Burn the Earth
04. Laser Canon Deth Sentence
05. Black Fire Upon Us
06. Deth Support
07. The Cyborg Slayers
08. I Tamper with the Evidence at the Murder Site of Odin
09. Murmaider II: The Water God
10. Comet Song
11. Symmetry
12. Volcano

Thursday Night Dance Party

The merengue version of Metallica's "Enter Sandman". Courtesy of metalsucks.

Godsmack: "Whiskey Hangover" and Asphyx show us "Death... The Brutal Way"

Godsmack put the new song "Whiskey Hangover" online and its a decent radio rocker without too many surprises as expected.

Sully Erna still sounds the same and Tony Rombola continues to abuse the Wah pedal in a way that would make Kirk Hammett proud.



In other decent metal tune news, reformed Dutch death metal band Aspyhx released the video for "Death... The Brutal Way", which won't break any boundaries, but is worth checking out.



Oh and Loudness continue to prove they are biggest thing since Godzilla to come out of Japan in the video for "Hit the Rail".

CONCERT ALERT: Metal for the Masses

On Saturday June 27 (this weekend) Iowa metal bands Dark Mirror, Identity Crisis, Ageless and Awaiting Punishment will be taking over the Industry, 211 Iowa Ave, in order to deliver one of the better metal shows this summer in Iowa City - let's face it, the town isn't known for its metal scene.

All the bands play from different genres of metal so there should be something for everyone. Plus tickets are only 5 bones! Check out more about the bands by clicking on the links below.

Dark Mirror - Thrash and Power Metal
Official Web site
MySpace

Identity Crisis - Melodic Death Metal
MySpace

Ageless - Symphonic Black Metal
MySpace

Awaiting Punishment - Death Metal
MySpace

Dio is "Killing the Dragon" Again

In 2002 Dio released its ninth studio album "Killing the Dragon", which also happened to be one of the band's best.

The epic title track proved that frontman Ronnie James Dio rocks harder at 60+ than some 20-year-olds. Songs like "Scream" and "Rock 'n' Roll" are great and the album is rockin' the whole way through.

Now Night of the Living Vinyl Dead is putting out 500 limited edition vinyl versions of the album. Check out the site for more details and listen to some Dio below!