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Britney Spears' 'Womanizer' Video: Check Out The Uncensored Version!

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 07:46 AM PDT

We have the version ABC wouldn't show on '20/20.'
By Jocelyn Vena and Jem Aswad


Britney Spears on the "Womanizer" set
Photo: Frank Micelotta/Jive Records

By now, every true Britney Spears fan knows that the singer has teamed up with MTV for a documentary -- tentatively titled "For the Record" and airing November 30 -- about her comeback and the recent hardships that led up to it. But that's not all!

It turns out the video for "Womanizer," the first single from her forthcoming album Circus, was a little too hot for ABC, which premiered the clip on "20/20" on Friday night (October 10). Well, it's not too hot for us! We have the full, uncensored clip for your viewing pleasure.

(Tell us what you thought of the too-hot-for-TV video, in the Newsroom blog.)

The biggest difference between the two clips? Well, in two words: more nudity.

Scenes in the video feature Britney lounging, nude, in a sauna, while her boyfriend showers. The ABC version of the clip obscures her body with digitally added steam; the MTV version does not. Obviously there are no explicit shots in the video, but MTV's is certainly more provocative.

The video was shot last month in Los Angeles and was directed by Joseph Khan, who also worked with Britney on her "Stronger" and "Toxic" clips.

It features Britney playing several different roles: nightie-clad girlfriend, naughty secretary, tattooed waitress and a near-topless chauffeur. And, much like "Toxic," she's seeking revenge against a lover who has done her wrong.

Bedroom Britney cooks her man some breakfast. In the office scene, Britney, wearing horn-rimmed glasses and a pencil skirt, woos her office lover with a lap dance. Meanwhile, waitress Britney serves him a drink and then, in the kitchen, dances over him while he lays down on a counter. Chauffeur Britney necks with her love interest while driving the car with her heel.

The characters all come together in the end, when they trap the womanizing boyfriend and give him a good beating.

In an interview on New York's Z100 radio station late last month, Britney said of the song, "['Womanizer' is] basically saying, 'We know what you're up to.' It's about guys cheating on girls. It's a girl anthem. That's why I like it. So, hopefully, the fans will see it that way too!"

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John Legend Gives T.I., Swizz Beatz The 'Green Light' For Remix

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 05:00 AM PDT

'It's kind of a different record, but it still has an element of the original,' singer says of Tip's take on the single.
By Shaheem Reid


John Legend
Photo: MTV News

T.I. and John Legend decided to swap it out — Legend appears on Tip's "Slide Show" from Paper Trail, and the King of the South recently completed a remix of the crooner's current big single.

"T.I. did a remix for me for 'Green Light,' with Swizz Beatz on the production," Legend told MTV News. "That was fresh. That'll be coming up soon. I switched up my lyrics a little bit to ride the beat in a different way. The beat is slower, a little more R&B-ish. Swizz slowed up the beat a little bit. T.I. did a different verse [from Andre 3000's], obviously. It's kind of a different record, but it still has an element of the original."

More importantly, Legend says his now-famous line "Do I have a girlfriend? Technically, no" isn't going anywhere.

"I still kept that one," he said of the playfully playalistic lyric. " 'Technically, no' — that's gonna get me in some trouble. But I kept it."

As for appearing on Paper Trail, Legend said it was smooth sailing. "It was easy," the Grammy winner said. "[T.I.] just laid out the format of the song, what he asked me to do for it. I knocked it out in an hour or something. The chorus was already written, then I wrote a little bridge at the end. That was it."

For the original "Green Light," Legend was able to get Andre 3000 for a verse and an even rarer music-video appearance.

"Well, Andre, he really loved the song 'Green Light,' " Legend said. "He wanted to be a part of it and was proud of his contribution, so he was down to do the video. I was honored. I know he doesn't do a lot of collaborations these days. I know he doesn't do a lot of guest appearances. He chose to do it with my song. I'm grateful, and he helped make the video what it was. He's a creative talent, great performer. We got on the phone and did a conference call before the video. He had a lot of ideas for the video. We had a good time. The people we hired — as far as the extras and dancers — they had a good time."

"Green Light" is the lead cut from Legend's third album, Evolver. The singer said that despite the song being recognized as an undeniable hit now, his circle was worried about it being the album's first single.

"Some people in my camp were kinda afraid," he explained. " 'Man, you've been known as the midtempo-ballad guy. People have seen you on the piano all this time. I don't know if you can come with this uptempo joint with Andre on it. It's gonna throw people off.' I felt like the record spoke for itself. It could get played on all the stations, people would love it in the clubs, and I wanted to make a statement that this album would sound a bit different."

Evolver comes out October 28, with guest spots from Kanye West, Brandy and Estelle. On November 19 in Minneapolis, Legend starts the first leg of what should prove to be a very soulful tour with Raphael Saadiq. That leg ends December 13, with a second jaunt ramping up January 12 and wrapping up February 9.

John Legend tour dates, according to Sony Music:

» 11/19 - Minneapolis, MN @ Northrop Auditorium
» 11/20 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
» 11/24 - East Lansing, MI @ Wharton Center for Performing Arts
» 11/26 - Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theatre
» 11/28 - Toronto, ON @ Roy Thomson Hall
» 11/29 - Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theatre
» 12/1 - Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theatre
» 12/2 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
» 12/5 - Upper Darby, PA @ Tower Theatre
» 12/8 - Baltimore, MD @ Lyric Opera House
» 12/9 - Washington, DC @ DAR Constitution Hall
» 12/10 - Greenville, SC @ Peace Center Concert Hall
» 12/12 - Charlotte, NC @ Ovens Auditorium
» 12/13 - Durham, NC @ Durham Performing Arts Center

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Kim Stolz Answers Tyra Banks' Dis On 'America's Next Top Model'

Posted: 09 Oct 2008 11:22 PM PDT

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Shirley Manson, Brian Austin Green Talk 'Terminator': 'I'd Love To See Some Robot Sex!'

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 05:04 AM PDT

'She's a very subversive character,' Manson says of her role.
By Jennifer Vineyard


Shirley Manson
Photo: MTV News

BURBANK, California — "Am I safe here?"

Brian Austin Green is standing perilously close to a car that is about to blow up. Firemen are standing nearby, should anything go wrong. But Green isn't so sure he's in a safety zone, so he keeps asking, "We're safe over here, yes?" Five times he asks, and as he continues to get no response, he laughs. "Safety first — just not with me," he jokes. "I ask if I'm safe, and they don't even hear me. If I die today, I'm going to be really pissed!"

Right about now, many television shows are wondering if they're in danger — ratings are low, even for previous hits, such as this one. "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" was a midseason replacement earlier in the year, and when hardly any network had new content on the air (thanks to a little ol' writers strike), the all-new "Terminator" show, like its namesake, was unstoppable. But with most serialized dramas (even "Heroes") in trouble this fall, "Terminator" is embracing danger and risk — by adding more stunts, more effects and new stars, such as Garbage singer Shirley Manson. (Head over to the Newsroom blog for more on what she's been up to.)

Manson plays the most advanced T-1000 yet: a liquid-metal infiltrator model who is successfully running a company acquiring technology that might lead to the creation of SkyNet.

"Shirley's good, right?" asked Green, who plays Derek Reese. (Head over to the Newsroom blog to find out what he says about the revival of "90210.") "Now I take more notice when her songs are on the radio. Megan [Fox]'s always the first to point them out, because she was a huge Garbage fan. She's great on the show."

"It's a great role for her," said Thomas Dekker, who plays John Connor. "She looks very sleek."

Manson shocked viewers in the season premiere, after they'd been lead to believe she was just a corporate executive, when she transformed from the urinal she'd been disguised as (Terminators can masquerade as inanimate objects) and "terminated" an employee — by poking his eye out with a suddenly elongated metal finger.

"Did it catch you by surprise?" Manson asked with glee. "She's a very subversive character: The fact that she's in this male corporate environment, she's this incredibly self-assured, empowered character, it makes her a scary individual [to her unaware employees]. But Terminators have to be scary — they're not supposed to be cuddly and warm. And she's great for business."

While Manson's Catherine Weaver has made a few kills in the show so far, it's usually from behind the desk that she sets things in motion — by hiring people to track down certain machine parts that they don't even understand, for instance. During a scene she shot with Richard T. Jones (who plays former FBI agent Ellison) and Garret Dillahunt (who plays the Terminator Cromartie), she receives something in particular she really wants, "to do with what I want," Manson cackled. "And I do something very, very nasty." (The episode airs November 17).

Hmmm. Could that mean some robot sex is in a future episode? "We don't know, we don't want to know," laughed Leven Rambin, who plays John Connor's new love interest, Riley. "She might bite his face off."

"Can Terminators do it?" Manson asked. "Apparently, I am capable of having sex. They've got the mechanics for it. And I can just have better sex because I'm more highly evolved. My technique's better! I'd love to see some robot sex."

And if that's going to be the case, Manson recommends that they get another rock star Terminator on the show to match up with her (after all, at one point Billy Idol was considered for the T-1000 in T2.) "I think James Hetfield from Metallica might make a great Terminator," she suggests. "I'd like see James as a robot. Maybe there could be some robot love."

Until then, there's plenty of robot hate — what with Cameron's constant malfunctioning ever since surviving a car bomb in the season finale. "The word for this whole new season is evolution," Dekker said, "because everybody and everything is changing and nobody and nothing can be trusted."

"What's really dangerous about her," explained Summer Glau, who plays the protector Terminator Cameron, "is that she's pre-programmed with an agenda," to terminate John Connor, which Connor had overridden. "And she's going through some programming complications which make her very volatile."

That volatility in Cameron, and the addition of Manson's Terminator, have lead to some of the biggest stunts and effects this season — such as Glau stapling her face back together or tipping over a car, and Manson going all liquid-metal gooey in a guy's mouth when he tries to make out with her, in effect killing him. Which was the goal, of course. "She gets to do whatever she wants to do," Manson laughed. "She's totally, in her own way, a total punk. That's what I love."

Will anyone be able to stop her? Manson doesn't think even Glau's Terminator would have a chance. "She's younger, but I'm more sophisticated," she smiled. "It'd be an interesting kickoff."

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Janet Jackson Well Enough To Resume Rock Witchu Tour

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 06:40 AM PDT

Singer will take the stage Saturday, after recovering from undisclosed illness for a week.
By Gil Kaufman


Janet Jackson
Photo: Jim Spellman/ WireImage

Whatever it was that was ailing Janet Jackson appears to have passed. The singer, who canceled six concerts on her Rock Witchu Tour after falling ill during a sound check in Montreal on September 29, will be back onstage on Saturday in Uncasville, Connecticut, according to Access Hollywood.

"Janet, who has been under her doctor's care and recuperating over the last week, is excited about getting back on the road and again being able to share with her fans what she feels is one of her best stage shows ever," reads a statement from tour promoter Live Nation.

Janet, 42, was forced to cancel the show in Montreal, as well as gigs in Boston, Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Philadelphia and Greensboro, North Carolina, after she took ill at the Canadian date and was rushed to the hospital. When the three additional shows were canceled last week, Jackson's spokespeople said she was under a doctor's care and was advised to rest until she had fully recovered.

One victim of Ms. Jackson's illness is her planned October 16 show at New York's Madison Square Garden, which has been rescheduled for November 1.

Last week, Jackson -- who is in the midst of her first North American tour in seven years -- appeared ready to hit the road again for the show in Greensboro, but her publicist put out a statement saying the singer was not quite healed.

"Janet was hoping to resume her tour in an effort not to disappoint her fans," read the statement the night before the North Carolina show. "However, after arriving in Greensboro, it became evident that she is not fully recovered. A local doctor advised that she not perform tomorrow."

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Connecticut Supreme Court Overturns Gay-Marriage Ban

Posted: 09 Oct 2008 11:19 PM PDT

State, which previously granted civil unions, becomes third to allow same-sex marriage.
By Gil Kaufman


Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Following a 4-3 ruling Friday morning (October 10) by its Supreme Court, Connecticut became the third state in the U.S. to allow gay marriage. Citing the equal-protection clause of the state constitution, the justices in the case ruled that civil unions for gay and lesbian couples were discriminatory and that the state's "understanding of marriage must yield to a more contemporary appreciation of the rights entitled to constitutional protection," according to the Hartford Courant.

"Interpreting our state constitutional provisions in accordance with firmly established equal-protection principles leads inevitably to the conclusion that gay persons are entitled to marry the otherwise qualified same-sex partner of their choice," the majority opinion in the case stated. "To decide otherwise would require us to apply one set of constitutional principles to gay persons and another to all others."

In 2005, Connecticut passed the first civil-union law in the nation that was enacted without a court mandate, and while Governor M. Jodi Rell said she disagreed with the court's decision to overturn the ban on gay marriage, she vowed to uphold it. "The Supreme Court has spoken," Rell said. "I do not believe their voice reflects the majority of the people of Connecticut. However, I am also firmly convinced that attempts to reverse this decision — either legislatively or by amending the state constitution — will not meet with success. I will therefore abide by the ruling."

Opponents of the decision said the court had "usurped democracy" in the state and "redefined marriage by judicial force,'' according to Peter Wolfgang, executive director of the Family Institute of Connecticut. The organization will now join with similar groups to help promote an initiative on the November 4 ballot asking whether the state should convene a constitutional convention to allow "direct initiatives," which would presumably allow anti-gay-rights groups to seek a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.

The case stemmed from a group of eight same-sex couples who were unsatisfied with the civil-union decision and sued after being denied marriage licenses in 2004, the Courant reported. Arguing that civil unions already provided all the rights and protection of marriage, the state won the case in a Superior Court ruling in 2006, which the couples appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that civil unions were a "less prestigious, less advantageous institution." Lawyers for the couples also argued that same-sex marriage was a fundamental right guaranteed under the ban on sexual discrimination in the constitution and that the couples were being discriminated against based on sexual orientation.

The Courant reported that the court's ruling will likely be the final judicial judgment on the case because it's based on the state constitution, but opponents could still seek a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.

Before Friday's ruling, only Massachusetts and California had allowed same-sex couples to marry. Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that would outlaw same-sex marriages in California, will be put to a vote on November 8. According to The Associated Press, groups supporting the ban have reportedly taken in more than $25 million so far in their efforts to pass the measure, while a number of celebrities — including Fall Out Boy, Brad Pitt and Steven Spielberg — have donated large sums to oppose the ban.

Chris Cornell Debuts Timbaland-Produced Track 'Ground Zero' During 'Life On Mars'

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 05:00 AM PDT

'When I listen to this album, it sounds nothing at all to me like other Timbaland productions,' singer says.
By Chris Harris


Chris Cornell
Photo: Sergio Dionisio/ Getty Images

NEW YORK — You may not have realized it, but you got a sneak peek of Chris Cornell's upcoming solo LP Scream on Thursday night — so long as you caught the series premiere of "Life on Mars," ABC's Americanized remake of the popular British cop drama, which stars Jason O'Mara, Michael Imperioli of "The Sopranos," Gretchen Mol and Harvey Keitel.

Cornell's tune, "Ground Zero," was not only featured in all the commercials leading up to Thursday night's premiere, but was also played over the pilot's action-packed opening sequence.

A few weeks ago, Cornell was in Brooklyn to shoot a video for the song, which, when finished, will feature tons of footage from "Life on Mars."

"We shot it on the street there, and we didn't have any extras or anything," Cornell told MTV News of the video for the September 11-inspired track. "It was really just a small crew and me, and a lot of it's just me on the streets of Brooklyn, intercut with footage from 'Life on Mars.' So it's kind of like I'm in the same neighborhood, and the footage was shot in a way so it can be intercut with footage from the show, which will have a vintage '70s feel to it. And I interacted with people on the street during the shoot, unbeknownst to them, so it was pretty funny. I'd just walk up to people and shake their hand or start talking to them. Everyone was really polite and didn't know what to do. Most of them were just trying to figure out what the hell we were doing down there."

But don't feel bad if you didn't recognize the former Soundgarden/Audioslave frontman's work. In fact, when fans actually get their hands on the Timbaland-helmed Scream they're going to immediately notice that the album sounds nothing like Cornell's past material. Beat-driven and sprinkled with elements of hip-hop, the album is a drastic departure for Chris — but to his ears, the record is just the next logical step in his ever-evolving career.

"For me, it was sort of a natural thing, to go out and make a record I hadn't made before," Cornell said. "It wasn't a situation where I sat for a long time and thought about what my next move should be. It was quick, and the idea came to me after Timbaland had done a couple of remixes from the Carry On album. It got back to me that he was actually a fan and was interested in doing original material, and I got on the phone with him, and I suggested we go make a whole album. He was interested in that idea, and before I knew it, we were in the studio."

Six weeks later, Cornell and Timbaland were finished writing Scream, and six months later, the record was completely tracked. Unlike Cornell's previous offerings, the disc is one "piece of music with orchestration that ties all the songs together and turns it into this album-oriented piece that, in some ways, I think is similar to albums of the '70s, where people still played an entire album at once."

While several tracks from the record are available for preview on sites like YouTube, Cornell said he's puzzled by the perception that Scream is a complete shift away from the sound his fans expect from him.

"It makes me happy that there's this perception that I have a group of fans that I'm now sort of throwing a curve at and what their reaction will be," he said. "But I've been in this situation so many times already that, to me, it doesn't really seem any different. When I put out [1999's] Euphoria Morning, my main goal was to create an album that sounded like nothing I'd done in Soundgarden, and I did that. And I got the same questions then. I also had that with Temple of the Dog, where I showed up with songs that weren't necessarily riff-based. And then, of course, the pairing of me and other members of Rage Against the Machine to do a band and everyone sort of speculating about what that would sound like — what Soundgarden and Rage fans would think. It feels like I've done this so many times that, when it's presented to me as being a departure and as being a new concept, I feel that's a misconception. I feel like that's my theme at this point."

According to Cornell, he wanted to be able to do things differently and learn a completely new style of songwriting. The idea of working with Tim excited him and helped him achieve the goal he's always strived toward: not repeating his past.

"It's the most prolific I've been in such a short period of time, because I was working with someone who does nothing but create music," Cornell explained. "I was told by other people to be prepared. I actually felt like they were concerned that I would be some rock guy who would come in and lag behind, because Tim is a workaholic. I knew that was the right partner to make an album with when I heard that, because I've always been that way and rarely have I been in a position where I worked with somebody else who had that type of focus. And when I listen to this album, it sounds nothing at all to me like other Timbaland productions."

Cornell said Scream is a record that combines various influences that "I don't think have ever been put together before." Working with Timbaland helped shape his lyrics as well, because the "mood of the music is so different from anything I've written, so it brought stories and characters out of me that never really had a voice before."

Before judging, Cornell challenges fans to listen to Scream in its entirety, because the album was designed to be an experience.

"It's a musical journey — like watching a great movie — where you sort of forget about the normal format and get lost in the experience of the album," he said, adding that he's already conceived another album's worth of material during his sessions with Timbaland. "We have a lot more songs than are on this record, and he's already talking about doing more. Every time we sat down to write a song, we'd come up with something we both really liked."

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Dimmu Borgir Release Live DVD; Plus Led Zeppelin, Brujeria, & More News That Rules, In <i>Metal File</i>

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 05:00 AM PDT

'It shows the intense live side of the band, as opposed to the perfection and the cleanness of how we sound on our albums,' guitarist says.
By Chris Harris


Dimmu Borgir's Silenoz
Photo: Nuclear Blast

On October 14, Dimmu Borgir — who just happen to be Demi Lovato's favorite black-metal band — will release a a three-disc DVD/CD set called "The Invaluable Darkness," the band's first visual offering since 2002's "World Misanthropy." Boasting live footage shot last year, during gigs in Norway, Germany and England, "The Invaluable Darkness" demonstrates the unbridled furor of seeing Dimmu live, guitarist Silenoz said.

"It shows the honest rawness and atmospheric darkness of our concerts," the Norwegian told Metal File last week, after dismissing recent online rumors that his band's next LP would be coming out through Roadrunner Records. "Basically, it shows the intense live side of the band, as opposed to the perfection and the cleanness of how we sound on our albums. It's just a different side to the band, basically."

Dimmu Borgir began thinking about "The Invaluable Darkness" two years ago, but didn't start capturing footage until last summer, Silenoz explained, adding that the band will use its current stint on the Blackest of the Black Tour — which got underway Thursday night in Miami Beach, Florida, and also features the tour's founder, Danzig, along with Moonspell, Winds of Plague and Skeletonwitch — to promote the DVD. Dimmu Borgir will not, however, use the tour to write material for their next LP.

"It's our first time on Blackest, but Glenn [Danzig] had wanted to bring us out before [on the tour], but we weren't available until now," Silenoz said. "We've done Ozzfest before, but we're looking forward to this tour more. We did the main stage on Ozzfest, playing in f--_ing broad daylight. This tour will let us play in bigger places, but at the same time showcase more of what the band's about, visually. We are going to concentrate on the tour for now. Some years ago, we tried putting [material] together on the road, but once we got home, we listened back to it, and were like, 'What the f--- is this?' So, we just scrapped it all. We find it's so much better to totally focus on one thing at a time, and then, when that's over, you move on to the next [thing]. We don't really feel like we need to rush things, anyway, so we'll just take our time, and it's going to be what it's going to be."

Dimmu Borgir hope to reconvene in late December to begin writing the follow-up to 2007's diabolically titled In Sorte Diaboli. "We have some ideas floating around already, but we haven't arranged any material yet," he said. "We'll start doing that once the touring for this DVD is over." The band's frontman, Shagrath, is also due to marry soon — he's engaged to actor Nicolas Cage's ex-girlfriend, Christina Fulton, so that may have an effect on when Dimmu finish their next album, which Silenoz said could be out this coming spring.

"I'm sure [Shagrath] won't let anything get in the way [of] the band — I think, I hope," the guitarist said. "We don't need a Yoko [Ono] situation."

While Dimmu have been at it going on 15 years now, Silenoz said he doesn't think their forthcoming material will be much of a departure from their previous black-metal offerings.

"And we have always been about more than just that term, 'black metal,' " he said. "Luckily for us, the older you get, the less concerned you get with the categorization and putting labels on your music. Things start getting more and more limitless with us, and we know that we operate within certain frames. But we try not to analyze things too much, because it's just going to be working against you in the end. When we write new stuff, we don't think about what we should write — we just get together, and put material together, and if we like it, we keep it. That's the formula, if we even have a formula."

Dimmu Borgir are definitely getting older — guitarist Galder will be missing Blackest because of a recent addition to his family, and Susperia's Cyrus will be filling in for him; while former Vader drummer Dariusz Brzozowski takes over for Hellhammer, who had to leave the band in 2007 after sustaining a neck injury that's now limited the use of his right arm. As Dimmu has gotten on in years, Silenoz admits they have failed to keep pace with some of the more extreme black-metal acts that have followed in their wake.

"We helped open doors for the more extreme bands out there," Silenoz said. "I'm sure we helped open doors for bands like Watain, [insomuch as] people that had maybe started listening to us first then went on to the more extreme stuff. Let's face it — we're not as extreme as Watain and other bands like that, but we're fine with that."

The Blackest of the Black Tour continues through November 10 in San Francisco.

The rest of the week's metal news:

Dimmu's tourmates on Blackest, Winds of Plague, have announced ex-Azusa drummer Art Cruz has joined their ranks — he replaced Jeff Tenney. According to the band's blog, "Art has already added a new spark to the band and has provided us with a solid backbone that will allow us to continue our rampage stronger than ever." ...

What the world really needs is another Led Zeppelin box set, so, on November 4, Rhino Records will issue the Led Zeppelin Definitive Collection Mini LP Replica CD box set. For just $200, you'll get 1969's Led Zeppelin, 1969's Led Zeppelin II, 1970's Led Zeppelin III, 1971's Led Zeppelin IV, 1973's Houses of the Holy, 1975's Physical Graffiti, 1976's Presence, 1976's The Song Remains the Same, 1979's In Through the Out Door and 1982's Coda, as mini-LP replicas, with artwork from the original U.K. LP sleeves. Now, you know what you can get your dad for Christmas. ...

Former Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach and current Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz have teamed up for a new project they're calling Times of Grace, and they've already started working on material for their debut album. According to Leach, "We have two songs to go and we will be finished with all of the vocals. Adam has taken lead vocals in three songs as of yet and he is doing a great job. We also worked on a track yesterday that is so epic — we trade vocals and do two different melodies at the same time. This album went from a melodic metal album to an epic mix of metal/rock/pop/shoegaze and punk. So all of your metal expectations will be incorrect — we are pushing genre boundaries." To quote "Meet the Parents," we'll look forward to that, Greg. ...

The Funeral Pyre and Early Graves will be hitting the road together next month, starting November 7 in South Lake Tahoe, California. Dates are booked through November 21 in Hollywood. ...

The latest incarnation of Brujeria, which features Carcass frontman Jeff Walker and Napalm Death's Shane Embury, have lined up several U.S. dates for this winter. The band will begin its brief trek November 28 in Denver, and wrap things up in Dallas on December 7. ... Demiricous will be touring with the Gates of Slumber starting November 9 in Denver, for a jaunt that's scheduled to run through December 6 in Indianapolis. ...

Nearly three years after Roadrunner Records' Roadrunner United concert, which took over the Nokia Theater in New York's Times Square, the label is now releasing footage from that special night as "Roadrunner United: The Concert." The DVD, which hits stores December 9, will boast two discs and 24 live tracks, including Life of Agony's "River Runs Red," King Diamond's "Abigail," Killswitch's "My Last Serenade," Type O Negative's "Black No. 1" and Sepultura's "Refuse/Resist." ...

According to Blabbermouth, Verrot, bassist for Swedish black-metal outfit Elimi, committed suicide on October 3. In a statement, the band said, "Verrot was a very good friend, brother, an excellent bass player/musician and an important part of Elimi; we respect his decision and hope he'll find his way with the dark gods of Chaos. Let your black flame be a part of what brings forth the day of wrath."

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