Arch Enemy guitarist Christopher Amott has released two out of three albums from Armageddon, the ever-shifting project he began in 1997 that never released music outside of Japan and Korea. Rather than allow the albums to be lost in time, Amott wanted to expose them.

"I put a lot of work into them when I did them, so I don't want it to go to waste," Amott told Noisecreep about the decision to release the material now and in the U.S. and Europe, finally. 2000's 'Embrace the Mystery' and 2002's 'Three' are the albums that were issued; 1997's 'Crossing the Rubicon' will not be released until rights issues are cleared.

Trivium's music video for the song 'A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation' is the third single from their second album entitled 'Ascendancy,' which was released in 2005.

In one of those moments that make us wonder if it's April Fools Day, Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has announced that original bassist Dave Ellefson is back in the band and will embark on Megadeth's month-long 'Rust in Peace' 20th Anniversary Tour, which begins March 1 in Spokane, Wash. and runs through March 31 in Hollywood, Calif. The shows will feature Megadeth performing 1990's 'Rust in Peace' in its entirety. Megadeth will be joined on all dates by Testament (performing their first album 'The Legacy' in full) and Exodus.

The reunion comes as a bit of a surprise, because after Ellefson left the band in 2002, he and Mustaine became entangled in an ugly battle over band royalties and rights to the group's name. In 2004, Ellefson filed an $18.5 million lawsuit against Mustaine, which was dismissed on Jan. 13, 2005.

"We hope to play music that will turn your face inside out, make your ears go up in flames, cause your heart to detonate and liquefy your brain." That's how Landmine Marathon frontgoddess Grace Perry descriptively summed up her band to Noisecreep. Most metalheads are masochists who like that kind of pain, so get ready to have your brain turned into a pile of useless mush when the band's latest effort, 'Sovereign Descent,' descends on the metal community on March 16.

Perry is known as a bit of a monster on stage and on record, but she doesn't do anything to prepare her voice for performing or recording. She just goes out there and nails it. "People hate me for saying this, but I honestly do nothing," Perry said. "No tea, no preps. And I have never blown out my voice." Sounds like this girl is blessed with a gift and incredible control.

It's official! For weeks now, there have been rumors of a spring Mastodon tour, one that would concentrate on not the U.S. major metropolises, but the secondary markets they didn't reach on their last tour.

According to Mastodon, the shows will "bring the band to the fans in American cities that have yet to experience the 'Crack the Skye' live event." The band will also be offering a limited tour-only color vinyl edition of 'Crack the Skye' during the spring run, which will also feature Between the Buried And Me, Baroness and Valient Thorr.

"Are the vocals loud enough?" producer and musician Wharton Tiers -- whose roster includes An Albatross, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr. and Helmet -- asked the Knitting Factory crowd on Jan. 31. He was being funny. The ensemble consisted of eight people, but not one person made a peep with their mouths (I guess the saxophonist did, but you catch the drift).

"Hey, turn the vocals up!" someone from the crowd shouted after they finished playing. Even though the joke was over, the 'late to the party' irony gave me a chuckle, as did the eclectic lineup for the show. With Marc Edwards/Weasel Walter Group opening the show, Wharton Tiers Ensemble was followed by Rice and then An Albatross.

St. Louis rockers Story of the Year are all about the kids. For 'The Children's Song,' off their new album 'The Constant,' they brought in children to lay down their vocals. "For the album, we haven't made any drastic changes, but it's different in certain aspects, where we tried a few new things," vocalist Dan Marsala told Noisecreep. "One song has a choir of kids singing and the hook is just kids singing and we've never done that. One of the kids was the daughter of Phil [Sneed], our guitarist. Our producer's daughter sang, as well. It was all kids that we know. It sounded really cool, and we made it sound like it was a huge choir of people when it was just a few people. The song is about the future of our planet and has a kid's perspective."

For 'The Constant,' Marsala said it was a smooth process and one that went by in lightning-fast fashion. "It was the fastest we've ever written and recorded," Marsala revealed. "We didn't over-think anything, and we made sure we were having fun and loved the whole experience. Last time, we wrote for a year, and it was too drawn out. By the end, I was thinking, 'I don't want to hear these songs anymore.' This time we had fun."