A new live recording of OVERLORDE’s track ‘Snow Giant’ is included on the CD collection Metal-Rules.Com Volume 1. Other acts on the disc include JAG PANZER, IMAGIKA and SEASONS OF THE WOLF... SYSTEMATIC’s new album, Pleasure To Burn, is out through Elektra on April 15th. The release features former SLAYER drummer Paul Bostaph and bassist John Mark Bechtel (ex-ECHO 3, MAXIMUM PENALTY)... GOATWHORE’s upcoming US tour kicks off on March 1st at the Shim Sham Club in New Orleans, LA. The dates conclude on March 30th at the Brass Mug in Tampa, FL... KING'S X will name their new album Black Like Sunday. A release is expected through Metal Blade in April or May... RIGOR MORTIS’ new singer is Dave Woodard... Blabbermouth reports that Phil Anselmo (PANTERA, DOWN) is rumored to have seperated from wife Stephanie Opal and that the pair are in the process of divorcing... TOOL drummer Danny Carey’s website, www.dannycarey.org, reports that he is working on a new project with PRIMUS’ Les Claypool and KING CRIMSON’s Adrian Belew... ICED EARTH are recording their new album which will be released this year worldwide on Steamhammer/SPV... BRIGHT-OPHIDIA’s new album, Coma, is out now through Metal Mind. The tracklisting: ‘Life In Fear’, ‘Do You Know My Name?’, ‘Holocaust’, ‘War Is A Blind Falcon’, ‘Ordinary People’, ‘What Have You Done To Me?’, ‘Great Escape’, ‘Time Is Suffering’, ‘My Dance Said Nothing’ and ‘You’ll Never Need To Lie’... CRISIS’ new drummer is Marshall Kilpatric (TODAY IS THE DAY)... ORIGIN drummer John Longstreth will play on SKINLESS’ forthcoming album, Sacrifice To Survival. He will also tour with the band... BIOHAZARD has been forced to drop off the US tour with KITTIE and EIGHTEEN VISIONS as Evan Seinfeld was hospitalized as the result of an undisclosed illness... THE PROJECT HATE’s new vocalist is Ms. Jo Enckell. The band will begin recording a new album in April... TRANSIENT are a new project featuring drummer Brian Fair (SHADOWS FALL), bassist Scott McCooe (OVERCAST) and guitarist/vocalist Tim Hayes (ARISE). The band recently cut a new demo... ADEMA have joined forces with Scott Welch and Mark Botting at Mosaic Media Group for artist management. Look for the band's next full length album later this year... PHILM, a new project that includes drummer Dave Lombardo (SLAYER), guitarist/vocalist Gerry Paul Nestler (CIVIL DEFIANCE/KKLEQ MUZZIL) and bassist Juan Antonio Perez (Kkleq Muzzil), have launched their website at www.philm.org.uk. The band have a string of California dates lined up: February 19 - Sacred Grounds, San Pedro and 20/21 - Knitting Factory, Hollywood... OZZY OSBOURNE and family will appear in the premier of Pepsi Twist’s new commercial, set to air during this weekend’s Super Bowl. The 45 second commercial features Ozzy, Jack and Kelly alongside Donny & Marie Osmond and Brady Bunch mom Florence Henderson. Ozzy is also rumored to be making a cameo appearance in the next installment of the Die Hard film franchise... HATESPHERE’s new album, Bloodred Hatred, will be licensed from Scarlet to Century Media for North America. A release is expected in April... PLATITUDE’s debut album, Secrets Of Life, is set for release through Scarlet. A Japanese version will be out two weeks earlier with a bonus track, ‘Wings Of Time’... Scarlet Records have inked a deal with Italy’s ROSAE CRUCIS. Their debut album, Worms Of The Earth, is due in April. A Japanese edition will feature the bonus track ‘Death Of The Sun’ (CIRITH UNGOL cover)... STORMLORD’s first video, for the track ‘I Am Legend’, can be downloaded at www.stormlord.net... Sweden’s BLINDED COLONY have signed to Scarlet. The band is now working on their debut album. Check out their website www.blindedcolony.tk... DISMEMBER are currently working in the Stockholm-based SAMI studio on their new album. The release will be called Where Iron Crosses Grow, and is due out in Europe through Hammerheart in September. Tracks include: ‘Tragedy Of The Faithful’, ‘Sword Of Light’ and the title track.