IN FLAMES’ Reroute To Remain album will be available on limited digi-pak CD, limited edition LP and picture disc LP from September 2nd through Nuclear Blast... On September 8th, IMPIOUS will release a limited edition of their Killer album on LP. It’s out via Hammerheart... STORMWITCH’s Dance Of The Witches album is available on limited edition colored vinyl LP in Europe... UDO’s Man & Machine album is available on limited edition colored vinyl LP and picture disc LP in Europe... Former MEGADETH mates, guitarist Marty Friedman and bassist David Ellefson recorded on a recently discovered Buddy Holly track, at The Saltmine studios in Phoenix, August 11. The song was discovered by Buddy Holly's widow among the tapes that he had recorded in his apartment before his death, that were never released. The song was sung by country artist Steve Richards who wanted the tune 'rocked up'because 'that's the way Buddy would have wanted it'... Swedish prog metallers WOLVERINE have signed a four-album deal, and will start recording their debut for Elitist at the end of 2002. The track ‘Towards Loss’ can be downloaded at: http://www.wolverine-overdose.com/towards_loss.mp3... BLINDED BY FAITH will begin recording their first album on August 22nd at Quebec City’s New Rock Studios. 32 days have been reserved for the recording, with 16 days set for mastering. Tracks to appear on the release include: ‘Tear The Purple Curtain’, ‘A Perfect Imperfection’ and ‘Submit To The Summit’. A December release is expected... DIAMOND REXX has just finished recording their Crash Music debut at Pumpkin Studios in Orland Park, Illinois. The band will be shooting a video next month for the song ‘Sick’... MALEVOLENT CREATION’s The Will To Kill album is out in North America through Crash Music on October 22nd. The band will hit the road on a full US tour in support of the album in November... ANNIHILATOR’s website, www.annihilatormetal.com, has the first six songs from the band's May 13th show in London available for download. The tracks are: ‘Murder’, ‘Ultramotion’, ‘The Box’, ‘Denied’, ‘The Blackest Day’ and ‘King Of The Kill’... LOUDNESS’ Biosphere album is out in Japan on September 4th... RIOT vocalist Mike Dimeo will chat live on-line at 10am (EST) on September 15th at http://www.riotsweb.com... VICIOUS RUMORS’ Geoff Thorpe, along with bassist Ira Black and drummer Max Garcia, has written and performed three songs for the Hooter's Pro Cup Racing computer game. Vicious Rumors will appear on more video games in the future. Check out http://www.viciousrumors.com for short clips of the new songs ‘Fight’ and ‘Broken Wings’, both from the upcoming album Immortal... PIG Productions will present the Windsor Extreme Music Festival 2002 on November 16th/17th. Headliners CRYPTOPSY will be joined by 21 other bands at the Diesel Lounge/Concert Hall in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Bands or businesses wishing to take part in the event can contact windsorextremefest@hotmail.com or log onto the site at www.pitbullgrin.com/METALFEST.html... LUCA TURILLI’s Demonheart EP and Prophet Of The Last Eclipse album (CD and Limited Edition CD) will be out soon in Europe... On September 7th, PAUL SAMSON’s album, Live - The Blues Night, will be released in Europe... The album WWIII - When God Turned Away is out now through Sony Europe. The release features members of WARRIOR... HELLION have released their album Cold Night In Hell - Live 1994, in Europe... LACUNA COIL’s new single, ‘Heaven’s A Lie’, is out through Century Media in Europe on September 2nd... ALL THAT REMAINS, featuring former SHADOWS FALL vocalist Philip Labonte, will tour the US in support of their Behind Silence And Solitude album. Also on the tour will be SWORN ENEMY and BLOODLET. The dates will run from September 15th - 26th... The release of PARADISE LOST’s forthcoming album, tentatively titled Deus, has been pushed back to October 14th in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Scandinavia. Other countries will get the album shorty thereafter. The band are currently finishing up work on the release at UK’s Chapel Studios with producer Rhys Fulber... According to an article in the New York Post, AUDIOVENT’s bus critically injured a 65 year old woman as she crossed a Midtown street on August 14th. The woman was injured when the bus hit her as it turned from Eighth Avenue onto 34th Street. The driver was not charged... MESHUGGAH’s new album, Nothing, has landed at #6 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart, at #165 on the magazine’s Top 200 and at #30 on the Hard Music chart. In the US, the album sold more than 6,500 copies in it’s first week out... DROWNING POOL singer Dave Williams has died... LUNARIS’ debut album, ...The Infinte, will be released on September 16th. The band has also revamped their website. Go to: http://www.lunarisweb.com... FOREST STREAM have finished recording their debut album, Tears Of Mortal Solitude. The band’s website is online at: http://www.mmz.ru/fs/... RAKOTH’S third album, Tiny Deaths, will soon be finished. The tracklisting: ‘Intro’, ‘The Crypt/Planekeep’, ‘Fevered’, ‘Dawn’, ‘Trust This’, ‘Edge’, ‘June 3’, ‘Horizon’, ‘Just Another Lament’, ‘Vicious Life’ and ‘Tiny Deaths’... EPHEL DUATH have now completed some live in the studio demos with their brand new line-up in preparation for the actual recording of the forthcoming Painter's Palette album... WITHOUT FACE are looking tobook some shows in Europe up until the end of the year. If you can help the band with some shows, or in any other way, please contact them at:withoutface@withoutface.34sp.com...

TWISTED TOWER DIRE have released a color 7” vinyl single for ‘The Dagger’s Blade’ in Europe... HAGALAZ RUNEDANCE’s Frigga’s Web album is out now on limited edition picture disc (500 copies only) through Hammerheart... ANVIL’s Still Going Strong album is out now on limited edition LP through Massacre...