Music Maniac

Alexi Laiho the frontman of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM will be at Steve's Music Store to take part in a fan meet-and-greet on September 23 at 4:30 p.m.

Steve's Music Store is located at 51 Saint-Antoine West (Metro Place d'Armes) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. No photos or filming will be allowed. Fans must come early if they want to meet Alexi.

In other news, COB's new album "Skeletons In The Closet", will be released on September 23 through Spinefarm. This album is a selection of cover versions, some of them existing recordings, others specially laid down for this release. Please support them by buying the original one. Stay tuned for more updates.

In his Myspace, Yngwie wrote:

A standalone disc of 20 metal tracks is headed for retailers on October 13

It's been rumored for a while now, but Harmonix officially announced that another Rock Band Track Pack will be coming to retailers this year -- this time around, it'll be focused on the metal genre. For a suggested price of $29.99, the Rock Band Metal Track Pack will feature a total of 20 songs that can either be played on the standalone disc or imported into your other RockBand games.

Rock Band Metal Track Pack, like all Rock Band software, is compatible with all Rock Band instrument controllers, as well as most Guitar Hero® and other third party music video game peripherals and microphones.

Complete Track List:

1. All That Remains - Two Weeks
2. At the Gates - Blinded By Fear
3. Black Tide - ShockWave
4. Blue Öyster Cult - Transmaniacon MC*
5. Bullet For My Valentine -Waking the Demon
6. Children of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet
7. Evile -Thrasher
8. Godsmack - I Stand Alone
9. The Haunted - D.O.A.
10. Hawkwind - Master Of The Universe*
11. I Mother Earth - Levitate*
12. In This Moment - Forever
13. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
14. Lacuna Coil - Closer
15. Lamb of God - Laid to Rest
16. Motörhead - Killed by Death*
17. Nazareth - Hair of the Dog*
18. Queens of the Stone Age - 3’s & 7’s
19. Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade*
20. Yngwie Malmsteen -Red Devil

More news at here.

Dream Theater announces an update about their Lifting Shadows.The biography is now ready for pre-sale. In their my space, Dream Theater wrote :

Just to let you all know that the second edition of the Dream Theater biography, Lifting Shadows, is now available to pre-order!

VERY IMPORTANT - IF YOU BOUGHT THE FIRST EDITION, PLEASE DO NOT ORDER YET, AS YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A DISCOUNT CODE IN YOUR EMAIL BOX LATER THIS WEEK!

Full details of this updated book can be found at www.liftingshadows.com

For the second edition of Lifting Shadows, I've tracked down and interviewed even more people involved in the Dream Theater story. The text has also been thoroughly revised and updated. So there's also a detailed look at the making of the Black Clouds & Silver Linings album, which includes all new interviews with the band. Plus I've also added an appendix which covers the numerous side projects, such as Liquid Tension Experiment, Transatlantic, OSI, G3 and other solo albums, with interviews with the likes of Neal Morse, Jim Matheos, Tony Levin and the DT guys. This is edition is also around 40% longer than the original.

Complete news at here.