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Doom metal pioneers Pentagram, welcome the return of riff master Victor Griffin, and confirm that they will be playing the Roadburn festival in Tilburg, Holland in April of 2011.  Though Pentagram never broke through the mainstream, they have a core fan base of severly die-hard fans, fans who give them as much credit to the doom/slughe metal genre as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Witchfinder General.  No word yet on if the re-activiated line-up will record or release an album, but additional info to be posted in the coming days.

GWAR's "newest and sickest," album: Bloody Pit of Horror will be released on November 9th, via Metal Blade Records! Lead singer, Oderus Urungus is very excited about the album:

"This year sees no end to the torment, and delight, we shall heap upon you ungrateful slobs. Our new album has got some of the heaviest shit we have ever played, and our show is packed with brand-new, never-seen-before acts of violence, bestiality, and political in-correctness."

The album features new songs like, "Hail to Genocide", "Storm is Coming", and "Tick-Tits".

In the meantime, check out GWAR on the Bloody Tour of Horror with: The Casualties, Ifernaeon, and Mobile Deathcamp!! The tour starts on October 2nd in Baltimore, Maryland. 

Modern Metal Giants Return to North America to support their critically acclaimed album ' Omen '

The tour is set to kick off in Hollywood, California and hit select cities across the country before

finishing off in Houston, Texas. Check out the tour dates here: http://www.tourtracker.com/artist/soulfly/1261256

Black Diamond Skye is a tour featuring the likes of great rock artists, featuring: Alice in Chains, The Deftones, and Mastodon. The tour, which was named one of the top 25 tours by Spin Magazine, is making its way across the U.S. for the next few weeks.

For those of you who are into filmmaking, the members of Alice in Chains are offering a real treat. Basically, they are holding a contest for fans to create their own video trailer for the tour!

Entries will be judged by BDS.com and Alice In Chains themselves, and the entrant with the best trailer will win the following:

- A PAIR OF VIP TICKETS TO A BLACKDIAMONDSKYE TOUR DATE OF YOUR CHOICE

- THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET ALICE IN CHAINS

- A LIMITED EDITION BLACKDIAMONDSKYE TOUR POSTER SIGNED BY ALICE IN CHAINS, DEFTONES AND MASTODON

- AN OFFICIAL, PERSONALIZED BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE GOLD RECORD FROM ALICE IN CHAINS

Three runners up will also win a pair of VIP tickets to the tour, plus a BDS tour poster signed by each band.

For more information, go here!: http://www.blackdiamondskye.com/category/access/

And if you win, someone PLEASE find out why they're using the illustrious Triforce from The Legend of Zelda as their logo, and let me know ;)

for now, check out an awesome song by The Deftones: