GLEN DROVER (EIDOLON, MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND, TESTAMENT) has issued the following update:

"Hello All! As of Yesterday, I finished proofing all of the video editing for the new Glen Drover Band live DVD! This was the Magna Carta/Metalworks webcast that we played last summer, and Im super happy with the end result! The DVD consists of the entire concert we did on September 25th, 2011, as well as a bonus clip we did for the song 'Mirage' after the event had finished.

For fun, we also played a version 'Symphony Of Destruction' with me singing it. WOOO HOOOO!

Also, all of the mixing and mastering for audio was done in my recording studio, before being handed over for the synching process of audio and video. I'm not 100% on the exact release date, but im told by the record company (Magna Carta) that it should be sometime in June 2012. I'll let you all know as soon as its confirmed....

Aside from all that good stuff, I have just started the initial editing of songs for the next GDB album. We have a bunch of really cool material from Jim, Paul and myself that im very excited about. This album will most likely continue down the same path of style as Metalusion, but will also have more “metal” style songs this time around.

The recording process should start within the next month or 2, and hopefully have a new album ready sometime later in the year.. I'm also happy to say that Chris Sutherland is back on drums. We had some personal issues, which led to us deciding that we should part last summer, but just recently, Chris and I met up and had a nice talk (we both teach at MWI in Toronto) and seemed to have ironed out our issues and decided that we really need to get back together and carry on with the next album. It was very clear after seeing a lot of the video footage of the webcast DVD I was telling you about earlier, that we have a really good chemistry and want to forge ahead and see if we can move forward without anything get in our way this time around.

As far as the recording process, we spent a long time on the last album, not necessarily working consistently on the album, but also doing a lot of reflecting on the songs, making sure the songs were going in the right direction, and would grow on us over a period of time, which they all did. We will probably continue with the same process, as it seemed to work great last time around. Metalusion is really one of the very few albums I have ever been a part of that I can say I enjoy from beginning to end. We are all very proud of that album indeed.

On that note, Im heading to Montreal in a few days for the Heavy MTL battle of the bands contest that im judging. The contest is a battle between 20 Montreal based bands, spread out of 5 months, with 4 bands playing per month, I believe. The winner will play the festival this summer. What an amazing opportunity that will be for the winner!!!!!!

Should be a great time. The event is next Wednesday, February 8th. Hope to see you there and best of luck to all the bands for this amazing contest!"

Montreal's heaviest and loudest bands will take to the stage once again to battle out in Round 2 for a chance to win one of two prized spots on the Heavy MTL 2012 lineup at Parc Jean-Drapeau from August 11th to 12th.

Round 2 will take place on Wednesday, February 8th, at Katacombes (1635 St. Laurent) with guest judge guitarist Glen Drover, who recently joined the allstar lineup of HAIL!, which features vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (DIO DISCIPLES, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH), guitarist Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA) alongside a rotating list of musicians, including drummers Paul Bostaph (Testament, SLAYER, EXODUS, FORBIDDEN), Mike Portnoy (ADRENALIN MOB, DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD); bassists James Lomenzo (Megadeth) and David Ellefson (Megadeth).

Note: Battle Of The Band showcases will be every second Wednesday of the month leading to Heavy MTL 2012.

Show Details:

Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012 – Progressive/ Modern Death Thrash Metal Night

18+, 8:30 PM

$12 - Tickets available at Admission.com and Labyrinthe (486 Ste. Catherine West)

Check out a Facebook event page at this location.