Blabbermouth reports that Killswitch Engage have donated a shirt design to the Shirts For A Cure Project, the exclusive design was created by Killswitch Engage bassist Mike D'Antonio.

Launched by The Syrentha J. Savio Endowment (SSE), the Shirts For A Cure Project, to give voice to the social concerns of punk bands and their many fans as well as to raise awareness about breast cancer prevention.

You can view the design by Killswitch Engage here

Soulfly have posted the following message on their official website:

“For the first time since 2000, SOULFLY will be making a brief visit to South America to play some music. On April 20th SOULFLY will be playing at Estadio Pepsi Music in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and they will be at Estadio Victor Jara in Santiago, Chile on April 21st. A message from Max [Cavalera, SOULFLY mainman]: 'SOULFLY Tribe, it's time to Downstroy. . . We're finally coming back. It's been too fucking long! We can't wait to be jamming live again so you better get the mosh pit ready, it's gonna be fucking awesome. Do Caralho. Respect.'

“We did our best to line up dates for other countries in South America but we weren't able to secure a decent promoter in time for this visit. Any fans in Brasil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuduador, Uruguay, Costa Rica and anywhere else should try to get a hold of big local promoters in your area and tell them that you want to see SOULFLY, because SOULFLY wants to see you.

“Marc Rizzo has just let us know that he's in the studio finishing up his next record, the follow-up to his 2005 album 'Colossal Myopia', and that he's especially proud of this one. We're still awaiting release information for this. He has also scheduled some solo shows in the Midwest for the first time ever, so if that's where you're at, make sure you make it out this week to check him out. Show dates are:

March 13, 2007 – 8:00P – The Haunt in Ithaca, New York
March 14, 2007 – 8:00P – Scanlans in Rockford, Illinois
March 16, 2007 – 8:00P – The Blue Chalk in Middleton, Wisconsin
March 17, 2007 – 8:00P – Stage 83 in Lemont, Illinois
March 25, 2007 – 8:00P – Ace's Lounge in Johnstown, Pennsylvania

“Right now, at this very moment, Max is at home in Arizona writing like a maniac for the next SOULFLY release, but at the end of the month SOULFLY will be going to Los Angeles to record a cover of the MARILYN MANSON song 'Beautiful People' for an upcoming Kerrang! magazine compilation. We're hoping that we can get Logan Mader [ex-MACHINE HEAD, SOULFLY] to engineer the track, but he's been rather busy lately, so we'll let you know if everyone's schedules work out. You can also expect the two unreleased four-track songs from Max's post-SEPULTURA months to be released via this site and our MySpace page within a short time.”

SOURCE: BLABBERMOUTH

Blabbermouth reports that Jordan Rudess, Dream Theater keyboardist, is preparing for his forthcoming solo piano performances, a video clip of his preparation is available here.

Rock-E-Zine got Roy Mayorga to take some time out of his busy schedule touring with Stone Sour to talk about playing Europe with Stone Sour, Soulfly, and Sepultura, find out what he thinks about Europe, and the writing process. You can read it HERE.

Also online is the premier of the new Stone Sour video for ‘Sillyworld’, available at our video page

http://www.stonesour.com

Blabbermouth reports that a track from the forthcoming Sick Of It All tribute album, will be performed by Hatebreed, who will cover the track ‘Ratpack’. The cover is available from Sick Of It All’s MySpace page

Every week up to the release of ‘Our Impact Will Be Felt’, there will be two new songs for streaming for you guys to listen to and preview the album. Other Roadrunner artists will also be performing on the CD, see full track listing below:

01. RISE AGAINST – “Built To Last”
02. UNEARTH – “Clobberin Time/What's Going On”
03. HATEBREED – “Ratpack”
04. MADBALL – “Give Respect”
05. BLEEDING THROUGH – “The Truth”
06. COMEBACK KID – “Step Down”
07. IGNITE – “Cease Fire”
08. BOUNCING SOULS – “Good Lookin' Out”
09. PENNYWISE – “My Life”
10. KILL YOUR IDOLS – “Friends Like You”
11. SEPULTURA – “Scratch The Surface”
12. HIMSA – “Maladjusted”
13. MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD – “Alone”
14. FIRST BLOOD – “Just Look Around”
15. STRETCH ARM STRONG – “Busted”
16. WALLS OF JERICHO – “Us Vs. Them”
17. SUICIDE MACHINES – “Goatless”
18. BANE – “We Stand Alone”
19. NO REDEEMING SOCIAL VALUE – “World Full Of Hate”
20. NAPALM DEATH – “Who Sets The Rules”

MEGADETH, BUCKCHERRY, SHADOWS FALL, DREAM THEATER and TURBONEGRO have been confirmed for the Download festival, set to take place June 8-10 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, England. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):

BOWLING FOR SOUP
BRING ME THE HORIZON
BUCKCHERRY
DEVIL DRIVER
DIMMU BORGIR
DRAGONFORCE
DREAM THEATER
ENTER SHIKARI
EVANESCENCE
GALLOWS
IRON MAIDEN (June 10 headliner)
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
KORN
LAMB OF GOD
LINKIN PARK (June 9 headliner)
MACHINE HEAD
MARILYN MANSON
MEGADETH
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