KISS: Oberhausen Soundcheck Photos Posted Online KISS' official web site has been updated with photos of the band's soundcheck for tonight's (May 9) European tour-opening show in Oberhausen, Germany.

DEICIDE: Entire New Album Available For Streaming Death metal legends DEICIDE have made their entire brand new album, "Till Death Do Us Part", available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.

WITHIN TEMPTATION Pulls Out Of Israel's ANTHEM METAL FESTIVAL Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers WITHIN TEMPTATION have issued the following update: "Due to scheduling conflicts that include promotional activities for our new DVD, we are very sorry to tell you that we have to move our show in Tel Aviv that was previously scheduled on August 14th.

COFFINS: New Songs Available For Streaming Tokyo, Japan's COFFINS has released two tracks from its upcoming album, "Buried Death", on the group's MySpace page.

VADER: Baltic, Scandinavian Dates Announced In October, unstoppable Polish killing machine VADER will kick off the next part of The Anniversary Tour, promoting band's newest album "XXV" (out on Regain Records soon).

MOTÖRHEAD Fan Club CD Detailed The MOTÖRHEAD fan club Motörheadbangers has produced a limited-edition CD for the fans.

'Working Class Rock Star' Documentary To Premiere Next Month The exclusive world premiere of the "Working Class Rock Star" documentary will take place on June 9 at Bloor Cinema in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Heavy Metal And Violence: More Than A Myth? James Donkin of CNN.com reports: Violence and heavy metal seem to have been inextricably entwined since the dawn of the metal genre.

MERCILESS DEATH: 'Realm Of Terror' Available For Streaming "Realm of Terror", the sophomore effort from thrash metal purveyors MERCILESS DEATH, is being streamed in its entirety on the web site of Heavy Artillery Records.

Federal Appeals Court Reinstates Part Of RUSH Guitarist’s Lawsuit Naples Daily News reports: A federal appeals court reinstated part of RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson's lawsuit last week, ruling that it's up to a jury to determine whether lies and embellishments by a Ritz-Carlton night manager caused Collier County sheriff’s deputies to use force and Tasers to subdue guitarist Alex's son, Justin, during a 2003 New Year’s Eve party.

Emo Music Blamed For Suicide Of MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Fan The Pulse of Radio reports that a British coroner has raised concerns that emo music played a role in the suicide of 13-year-old MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE fan Hannah Bond (photo), according to NME.com.

ELUVEITIE: New Audio Interview Available Andy Osborn of the KSUB radio station in Seattle conducted an interview on May 5 with guitarist/vocalist Chrigel Glanzmann of the Swiss folk metal band ELUVEITIE.

SCARS ON BROADWAY Signs With INTERSCOPE According to The Pulse of Radio, SCARS ON BROADWAY, the new band from SYSTEM OF A DOWN guitarist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan, has signed with Interscope Records and will release its self-titled debut on July 29.

P.O.D. Performs On 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'; Video Available Spiritual rockers P.O.D.

LINKIN PARK Singer's DEAD BY SUNRISE To Perform At Club Tattoo Anniversary Celebration As Saturday, May 10, the date for the 13th-anniversary celebration of Club Tattoo, draws near, the organizers of the event — Club Tattoo founders Sean Dodwell and Chester Bennington (LINKIN PARK) in conjunction with Guerilla Union — have announced the additions of Bennington's DEAD BY SUNRISE solo project, THE DELTA FIASCO and COMFORT FOR CHANGE.