Megadeth.com reports:

Universal Music will release “The Big Four: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria” DVD and Blu-ray containing footage of the June 22, 2010 Sonisphere cinecast from the Sofia, Bulgaria leg of the touring rock festival featuring the “Big Four” of 1980s thrash metal — Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax. The DVD hits the streets on October 15 in Northern Europe, October 18 in most of the rest of the world, October 19 in North America and the full shows from all four bands will be included in the two-disc set along with behind-the-scenes and interview footage. In addition to the two-DVD set and the corresponding Blu-ray, there will be a limited-edition “super deluxe” box set including the DVD set, five CDs with ALL the music, a 24-page booklet, a poster, photos of each band, and a “Big Four” guitar pick.

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Megadeth‘s Rust In Peace Live DVD/Blu-ray comes out in less than two weeks. The release features the band as they play their Rust In Peace album live at the Hollywood Palladuim. Below you can catch the first look at it as they play Holy Wars…The Punishment Due, which premiered at Noisecreep. Classic sounding Mustaine solo at 4:59. Look for Rust In Peace Live on September 7th. Set-list after the fold.

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Octillian are an instrumental progressive band of many influences. They release an Ep this year called In The Key Of Bees that only has three songs on it. The title track, a 10 minute and 16 second cornucopia of genres is an amazing track and I highly suggest and encourage you to take advantage of the free download at Last.FM. The song dips in and out of many different rock and cultural genres in it’s ten minutes plus time frame. This isn’t metal in particular, but if you love music that is different, progressive and out of the ordinary, this might be something of interest. Of course you can always listen before you download it. Download link is below.

Download Octillian – In The Key Of Bees at Last.FM

I’ll be in the process of moving for the next couple of weeks. In an effort to be much closer to my new place of employment (took a promotion a few weeks ago) and rent a cheaper home in a town with a population of 606. Now, if I can only find 60 more people to move there! Anyway, things might get a little slow around here as I realize that I own way too much shit and wonder how the hell I’m going to fit it all in the new house. As always, thanks for reading HookInMouth.

When Opeth did their 20th anniversary run they recorded their show at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London. They’ve taken that concert footage and put it in to a limited edition box set of quadruple vinyl and DVD’s. The limited run vinyl box set will run you $123.49.  The set is also available in a less costly 3 CD, 2 DVD  set ($25.99) or just the DVD set ($14.99). Here are all the details of the vinyl box from the Roadrunner Store. There is also a video of Mikael Akerfeldt talking about the box set. Read the rest of this entry »

If “The Satch” can win or at least win a settlement lawsuit against Coldplay, then I think the Stone Temple Pilots have a pretty fair chance at suing the pants, costumes and make-up off of Lordi for steeling the intro riff from Sextypething. Listen for yourself. It’s not note-for-note but it’s very similar and if Coldplay can’t get away with it, why should Lordi?

Iron Maiden is a band that has a long legacy of being the be-all, end-all band when it comes to heavy metal. Whenever you hear of a new Maiden album you get the a feeling you did when you were a teenager. No, not that feeling. The feeling of angst. You want it and you want it now! Does The Final Frontier deliver the goods?

Yet another highly anticipated album from a band that is always highly anticipated. Iron Maiden’s The Final Frontier is an album that I have been excited about for a few months now and it’s finally here. While the band will never be able to make epic albums like they once did long ago, they continue to make solid Iron Maiden albums.

Since the return of Bruce Dickinson, the band has released 4 albums. I didn’t even bother with the Blaze Bailey albums during that time because I knew it just wouldn’t work for me. I did check out those two albums later on and unfortunately I was right. When Brave New World came out, I was even hesitant then. It had been 8 years since the last record and it was a new era of music. I didn’t get around to A Brave New World for a little while but I was very pleased when I did. The following two albums didn’t do much for me, though they were solid albums. They just didn’t have the catch factor that most Maiden albums have. The booming choruses and such. The Final Frontier is a step back in to that realm. Read the rest of this entry »

Ever heard of Enos, the last chimpanzee to go in to space before John Glenn became the first American in orbit. Enos and Ham were unsung heroes of NASA. Chimpanzees were sent into orbit to test the effects of weightlessness and g-force before sending a human Astronaut in to space. These days are often forgotten about in the history books. Almost half a century later a UK band pays tribute to the Enos with a progressive rock sound.

ENOS is a Brighton based UK band formed in 2008 after the split of Dollar Sent. Sparky Rogers on drums along with Chris Razzinski on guitars and vocals came together to form Enos, rounding out the band with George ‘Bungle’ Cobbold on bass guitar. The story of Enos the chimp is told through their music and comic, which is very nicely put together. You can preview Enos’ sound by checking out Enos’ Myspace or Enos’ Last.fm. To download the album and comic all in one shot, visit Thee Big Black.

In mid 2009, Metal Blade re-released The Ocean‘s 2004 release Fluxion. I was offered a promo download and at the time I didn’t give it a good listen and immediately forgot about it. The band didn’t catch my interest again until I heard everyone gushing over how great their latest album, Heliocentric was. I remember thinking to myself “I don’t think I liked that band”, but something made me listen to the album anyways. I was surprisingly pleased at what I was missing and was quickly a fan and seeking out older releases. The Ocean is a band that doesn’t get nearly enough of the credit and recognition that they deserve. The ocean also have a tendency to make 2 part albums and Anthropocentric is the follow up second part to Heliocentric. The album is set for a November release on Metal Blade records. Below is the details from the press release on Anthropocentric. Read the rest of this entry »