Unbelievably, it’s been ten years since Killswitch Engage released ‘Alive or Just Breathing’. With original vocalist Jesse Leach now firmly back in the band, Killswitch are to embark on a US tour celebrating the album in November.

Support at all shows will come from Shadows Fall and Acaro.

The conformed dates are as follows:

November 24, 2012 San Bernardino, CA NOS Event Center
November 25, 2012 San Francisco, CA Slims
November 27, 2012 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
November 28, 2012 Portland, OR Hawthorne
November 30, 2012 Boulder, CO Fox Theater
December 1, 2012 Kansas City, KS Beaumont Club
December 2, 2012 Dallas, TX Trees
December 4, 2012 Tampa, FL State Theater
December 5, 2012 Pensacola, FL Vinyl
December 7, 2012 Asheville, NC Orange Peel
December 8, 2012 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
December 10, 2012 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
December 11, 2012 Columbus, OH Alrosa Villa
December 12, 2012 Toronto, ON Opera House
December 14, 2012 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom
December 15, 2012 Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club
December 16, 2012 Brooklyn, NY Willamsburg Music Hall
December 18, 2012 Burlington, VT Higher Ground
December 19, 2012 Northampton, MA Pearl Street
December 20, 2012 Portland, ME State Theater

Arizona punks Horace Pinker will a short run of US dates later this month. Still in support of their ‘Local State Inertia’ LP from 2011, the band are confirmed to play:

October 17, 2012 Indianapolis, IN The Hoosier Dome
October 19, 2012 Coram (Long Island), NY O’Brien’s Ale House [1]
October 20, 2012 Philadelphia, PA Cloud City [2]
October 21, 2012 Trenton, NJ The Mill Hill [3]
October 27, 2012 Gainesville, FL The High Dive (Fest 11) [4]

[1] support from Laura Stevenson & The Cans, Iron Chic, Bear Trade
[2] support from The Headies, Wringer
[3] support from All Eyes West, Gameday Regulars
[4] support from Red City Radio, Plow United

Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris has released a new video for ‘This Is My God’, which can now be viewed below.

The track is taken from his first solo album ‘British Lion’, released in September 2012.  While the album gathered a few very positive reviews, it has been a record which polarised fan opinion.

A review of ‘British Lion’ can be found here.

On 26th September, Rock My Monkey TV posted a new video interview with Paradise Lost’s Nick Holmes on YouTube, which can be seen below.

The interview took place during the band’s US visit on the ‘Epic Kings & Idols’ tour, which also features Devin Townsend and Katatonia. Earlier on the tour, the Age of Metal webzine had a chat with Paradise Lost’s guitarist Aaron Aedy, which can be viewed here.

Paradise Lost’s last album ‘Tragic Idol’ was released in April 2012.

Promoting her ‘Theatre Is Evil’ album with her Grand Theft Orchestra, Amanda Palmer returns to her native Australia for a short run of live shows.

The former Dresden Dolls vocalist will play six dates in all, some of which will be all ages shows.

Confirmed dates:

Fri 1 Feb Forum Theatre Melbourne
Thu 7 Feb Enmore Theatre Sydney *
Sat 9 Feb The Northern Byron Bay
Sun 10 Feb The Tivoli Brisbane
Thu 14 Feb Astor Theatre Perth
Sun 17 Feb Thebarton Theatre Adelaide *

*All ages shows. All other performances are 18+.

In other related news, Palmer recently appeared in the Flaming Lips video for their cover of ‘First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ – a NSFW clip – which can be viewed here.