Boston-based thrash metallers Wargasm have announced that they will perform live at the Middle East in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Saturday, September 13. The show, which is happening in conjunction with Rawkstars, a music education-based non-profit, is part of the 20th anniversary celebration of the release of the band’s classic album Why Play Around. Also performing will be Steel Assassin, Raw Radar War, Superpower, and Razormaze.

Wargasm’s set will be recorded for their forthcoming release Why Play Alive. Get your tickets here.

Slipknot have announced that they will debut their new video for “Psychosocial,” the first single off their highly anticipated new album All Hope Is Gone, on MTV’s F’n MTV on July 18 at 8 p.m. The new album is due in stores on August 26 via Roadrunner.

System of a Down vocalist Serj Tankian has released a brand-new digital EP entitled Lie Lie Live via Rhapsody. The five-song effort includes the following track listing:

1. Lie Lie Lie (Live From MySpace's "The List")
2. The Unthinking Majority (Live From MySpace's "The List")
3. Empty Walls
4. Sky Is Over
5. Empty Walls

Dowload the EP here.

Justin Hawkins, former frontman for the Darkness, has formed a new four-piece band called Hot Leg. While the band is currently putting the finishing touches on its 2008 debut album, they are gearing up for a four-date UK tour in August. The dates are as follows:

08/08 - London, UK - Proud Galleries
08/09 - Birmingham, UK - Barfly
08/10 - Manchester, UK - The Roadhouse
08/11 - Glasgow, UK - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut

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California-based mathcore band Heavy Heavy Low Low have posted their new song “H.D.EYE Hybrid Cyborg” off their forthcoming album Turtle Nipple and the Toxic Shock here. The album is scheduled for release on August 19 through New Weathermen/Ferret.

Canadian death-metal kings Cryptopsy have posted a “mock track” on their MySpace page. The song, entitled “It’s Dinner Time,” pokes fun at the group’s former fans who have criticized the band’s recent “dynamic” shift in musical direction.

Revolver recently sat down with drummer Flo Mounier and vocalist Matt McGachy to talk about the controversial new album. Read the interview in its entirety here.

Finnish fantasy metallers Battlelore have revealed the cover artwork for their forthcoming fifth album, The Last Alliance. The album, due this fall via Napalm Records, was recorded at Sound Supreme Studios in Hämeenlinna, Finland, with producer Janne Saksa. Check out the artwork below:

Slayer have added Swedish death-metal band Amon Amarth to their Unholy Alliance: Chapter III tour along with Trivium and Mastodon. The tour will hit Europe and the UK later this year.

Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe will be appearing in the upcoming thriller The Graves, which will be screened for distributors this fall. The film stars Tony Todd (Candyman) and Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects) and was written and directed by former comic-book writer Brian Pulido. Blythe will play the part of Deacon Luke, an evil man of the cloth. See what the metal legend himself had to say about his venture into film:

“I recently returned from the blazing hot Arizona desert where I was trying my hand at 'acting' (insert rolling of many eyes and 'Great, ANOTHER musician who thinks he's an "actor"' quote here) in the upcoming film The Graves. My buddy Brian Pulido wrote and directed it. Brian is a longtime comic-book author (creator of "Lady Death" and "Evil Ernie" and founder of Chaos Comics) who put down the pen long enough to yell and scream at me and the production assistants, er, I mean direct his first feature film. He also happens to be a metalhead from waaaaay back—his character Evil Ernie is partially based on my pal Bobby Blitz of Overkill fame. Brian and I met at Ozzfest '04 through our mutual friend James "The Metal Legend" Collins and have been friends ever since. JC had mentioned to me that Brian was making a movie, so the next time Lamb rolled through Phoenix, Brian came out, and I pressured him into giving me a shot at a part. A few auditions later and I had the part of Luke, an upstanding citizen of the town of Unity, Arizona, where the film is set.

“Without giving too much away, the movie is about two sisters who road trip through the desert and wind up in Unity. Something not so nice is happening there, and the man behind it appears to be the local reverend, played by Tony Todd (Candy Man, Platoon, and a ton of other stuff). Luke is basically the Rev's right-hand man, an enforcer of sorts. The two (smokin' hot) sisters get caught up in the mix, and as often happens in horror movies, some blood is spilled here and there. Luke definitely gets his hands dirty. For more details, look up The Graves at www.imdb.com.

“Acting was a lot harder than I thought it would be—an incredible amount of work goes into capturing just 30 seconds of film. It was also a hell of a lot of fun. (I mean, c'mon- who's gonna have a bad time on the set of a horror movie?) The film is being edited right now, then will be shopped for distribution, with a tentative October premiere. Keep your eyes out for The Graves, coming soon to a theater near you! And be sure to let the audience know there are metalheads in attendance and scream real loud when I hit the screen! See ya on the road in '09!”

“I knew innately that Randy has the chops and the fury for acting,” said Pulido. “He’s a perfectionist. We worked together on the character of Deacon Luke, and he knocked it out of the park. Lamb fans will get a kick out of Randy playing a murderous church Deacon.”

Slipknot have revealed their new look, in an exclusive partnership with AOL Music, at Spinner.com. The debut of the band’s new masks is in preparation for the forthcoming release of their highly anticipated new album, All Hope Is Gone.