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Chester Bennington will be a busy man this autumn as he continues to work on Linkin Park’s fourth studio album, and also looks to promote the Dead By Sunrise debut album. After many delays, Dead By Sunrise will finally release its debut album ‘Out of Ashes’ in September, and the album is all set to feature a total of 10 tracks.

Chester Bennington wrote these tracks whilst working on the follow-up to Linkin Park’s ‘Minutes to Midnight’ album, and realising that they weren’t right for the band; decided to use them in a side project rather than drastically altering them for inclusion on the fourth Linkin Park studio album.

Bennington is joined by members of Orgy/Julien-K on the ‘Out of Ashes’ album, and for Chester Bennington fans wanting to hear him doing something a little different, this album should definitely impress. It’s always nice to hear artist’s branching out and trying different things, and that’s exactly what Chester Bennington is doing with Dead By Sunrise.

If you’d like to take a listen to the music of Dead By Sunrise, the track ‘Morning After’ is currently available for streaming at the Dead By Runrise MySpace page .

Metallica has announced the support acts for the North American tour later this year, stating the following:

While we are still enjoying our European summer vacation, a quick note here about the Fall shows in North America. Our French friends Gojira will be joining us, along with Lamb of God, for shows September 14 – October 18, while Lars’ brethren from Denmark Volbeat will hanging for the shows October 26 – December 12. One other quick thing – unfortunately Lamb of God cannot continue on with us in December, so we’ll have more news about those shows for you later.

Fans will likely be disappointed that Lamb of God will be joining Metallica for just one month; it’s certainly one hell of a line-up between September 14th and October 18th though, and I’m sure that all that attend those dates will thoroughly enjoy themselves.

The following are the tour dates that Metallica currently has planned for the rest of the year:

07/11/2009 Barcelona, ESP The Forum - Sonisphere
07/13/2009 Madrid, ESP Palacio de Deportes
07/14/2009 Madrid, ESP Palacio de Deportes
07/16/2009 Zurich, CHE Hallenstadion
07/18/2009 Hultsfred, SWE Folkets Park - Sonisphere
07/20/2009 Copenhagen, DNK Copenhagen Forum
07/22/2009 Copenhagen, DNK Copenhagen Forum
07/23/2009 Copenhagen, DNK Copenhagen Forum
07/25/2009 Pori, FIN Kirjurinluoto - Sonisphere
07/27/2009 Copenhagen, DNK Copenhagen Forum
07/28/2009 Copenhagen, DNK Copenhagen Forum
07/30/2009 Oslo, NOR Spektrum
08/01/2009 Dublin, IRL Marlay Park
08/02/2009 Stevenage, GBR Knebworth House - Sonisphere
09/14/2009 Nashville, TN Sommet Center
09/15/2009 Cincinnati, OH US Bank Arena
09/17/2009 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
09/19/2009 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
09/20/2009 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
09/28/2009 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
09/29/2009 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
10/01/2009 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center
10/03/2009 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
10/04/2009 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
10/12/2009 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
10/13/2009 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
10/15/2009 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
10/17/2009 Charlottesville, VA JPJ Arena
10/18/2009 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
10/26/2009 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
10/27/2009 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
10/29/2009 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
10/31/2009 Quebec City, QC Colisee Pepsi
11/01/2009 Quebec City, QC Colisee Pepsi
11/03/2009 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
11/09/2009 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena Limited Tix Available
11/10/2009 Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena
11/12/2009 Albany, NY Times Union Center
11/14/2009 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
11/15/2009 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
12/05/2009 Las Vegas , NV Mandalay Bay
12/07/2009 Boise, ID Idaho Center
12/08/2009 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
12/10/2009 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
12/12/2009 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion

Photo by Rob Sheridan

Nine Inch Nails will later this year play a number of live shows, and Trent Reznor has announced that these will be the last the band will ever play.

The band will be performing in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, as well as headlining the Virgin Festival in Canada. The Horrors will be supporting Nine Inch Nails at some of the New York shows, Mew meanwhile will provide support in all three cities.

Specific dates are yet to be announced, the first show is all set to take place on August 22nd however, and if you’re a major fan of the band then I’m sure that you’ll be hoping to get along to at least one of the shows.

When the tickets do go on sale they’re sure to sell out fast, and if you’d like to attend any of the shows then you’ll definitely have to get in there quick.

These are sure to be live shows to remember, let’s just hope though that Trent Reznor changes his mind and decides to play plenty more Nine Inch Nails shows in the future.

American rock band Paramore has officially unveiled the artwork for its third studio album ‘Brand New Eyes’. ‘Brand New Eyes’ is to be released at the end of September, and will consist of eleven tracks in total.

‘Ignorance’ is to be the first released single from the album, and can be listened to right now at the official Paramore MySpace page . If you’re a fan of the band then it’s definitely worth streaming the new single as it really is a hugely impressive track. Featuring the unmistakable voice of Hayley Williams; ‘Ignorance’ suggests that ‘Brand New Eyes’ will be another excellent album from Paramore, and many copies will no doubt be sold when the album is released later on this year.

‘Brand New Eyes’ has been produced by Rob Cavallo, and here is the official artwork for the album:

Panic at the Disco members Ryan Ross and Jon Walker have officially quit the band in order to concentrate on a new, as yet unnamed, musical project. Walker only joined the band in 2006 as a replacement bassist for Brent Wilson, Ryan Ross was a founding member of the band however, and his decision to quit will hit the band hardest as he was actually the main lyricist.

It’ll be difficult for Panic at the Disco to continue without the creative spark of Ryan Ross; Brendan Urie and Spencer Smith will be sticking at it though, and continuing to perform under the Panic at the Disco name.

A third studio had been in the works with a planned release date of September 2009, quite what will happen now though with regards to a new studio album we’ll just have to wait and see.