Music News & Notes

The Black Dahlia Murder Reveals "Deflorate" Cover Art


THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER has revealed the cover art for their upcoming new album, "Deflorate," to be released on Metal Blade Records in Europe on September 11/14 and September 15 in the USA.

"A Selection Unnatural," the first single, is streaming on RevolverMag.com.

"Deflorate" was recorded at the famed Audiohammer Studios by production wizard Jason Suecof (DevilDriver, Trivium, Job For A Cowboy, Daath) and engineering talent Mark Lewis (Trivium, Bury Your Dead, All That Remains).

"Deflorate" will be released on September 11/14 in Europe as a limited first edition double digipak including bonus-dvd and as a regular jewelcase CD. The album will be released on September 15 in the USA.

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She Has Survived

Gloria Gaynor is re-releasing her massive disco hit "I Will Survive" on October 27 to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Such releases are very popular in England and sometimes lead to a whole new round of charting for older songs, but that has never been the case here in the U.S. Still, it is a symbolic gesture for a song that seems to have grown beyond standard Disco love/hate to an anthem.

The new recording will have an updated version of the song in both English and Spanish along with the gospel ballad "He Gave Me Life (I Will Survive)." Gaynor is planning a full gospel album for next year.

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Rolling Stone Poll

The Rolling Stone reader's poll over the past weekend asked people to name their favorite supergroups, those formed by members of other popular groups.

Here are the top 15 as picked by the readers of Rolling Stone.

1.Cream

2.Velvet Revolver

3.Audioslave

4.Raconteurs

5.Traveling Wilburys

6.Temple of the Dog

7.Derek & The Dominos

8.Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

9.Oysterhead

10.Blind Faith

11.The Dead Weather

12.Bad Company

13.Chickenfoot

14.Foo Fighters

15.Mad Season

No ELP, Asia? I am sure there are more, but these groups would rank higher for me than some of the others on this list.....

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Muse Reveal 'The Resistance' Artwork

Muse have today unveiled the artwork to their forthcoming fifth studio album 'The Resistance'.



The typically intergalactic image shows a solitary figure staring at planet Earth from space surrounded by a kalaeidoscopic mosaic. You can see it in higher resolution below.

Muse release 'The Resistance' on September 14th, with the single 'Uprising' preceding it a week before.