Megadeth’s ‘Countdown To Extinction’ is to get reissued in November as a 2CD expanded edition.

The band’s 1992 masterpiece and most critically successful album is to be remastered and coupled with a partially unissued live set from Cow Palace (also recorded in 1992) on November 6th.

The previous reissue of ‘Countdown’ featured a new mix by Dave Mustaine and a handful of demos as bonus tracks. While, regrettably, those demos are absent from this new deluxe set, the album’s original mix is said to have been restored. That mix has been given a new remaster by Mustaine himself.

CD 1

01. Skin O’ My Teeth
02. Symphony Of Destruction
03. Architecture Of Aggression
04. Foreclosure Of A Dream
05. Sweating Bullets
06. This Was My Life
07. Countdown To Extinction
08. High Speed Dirt
09. Psychotron
10. Captive Honour
11. Ashes In Your Mouth

CD 2 Live At Cow Palace, 1992

01. Intro
02. Holy Wars…The Punishment Due
03. Skin O’ My Teeth
04. Wake Up Dead
05. Hangar 18
06. Countdown To Extinction
07. Foreclosure Of A Dream
08. This Was My Life
09. Lucretia
10. Sweating Bullets
11. In My Darkest Hour
12. The Conjuring
13. Tornado
14. Ashes In Your Mouth
15. Symphony Of Destruction
16. Peace Sells
17. Anarchy In the UK

A release date of October 20th has been confirmed for the upcoming new EP from punk legend Jello Biafra.

‘Shock-U-Py!’, recorded with The Guantanamo School of Medicine, will be released on the Alternative Tentacles label and features three new tracks: ‘Shock-U-Py!’, ‘Barackster O’Bummer’ and ‘We Occupy (Jello Biafra Remix)’.  ‘We Occupy’ features DOA, with whom Biafra previously released a full-length LP ‘Last of the Missing Neighbors’ in 1990.

The digital version of the new EP features a bonus track, ‘Shock-U-Py! (Rock-a-Long Mix)’.

Virtuoso guitarist and sometime member of Mr. Big, Paul Gilbert releases a new solo album next month.

‘Vibrato’, unbelievably Gilbert’s 15th solo outing will feature some original material alongside classic covers of songs originally recorded by Yes, Muddy Waters and AC/DC, as well as a rendition of jazz man Dave Brubeck’s ‘Blue Rondo a la Turk’.

Confirmed tracklist:

01 – Enemies (In Jail)
02 – Rain And Thunder And Lightning
03 – Vibrato
04 – Put It On The Char
05 – Bivalve Blues
06 – Blue Rondo A La Turk
07 – Atmosphere on the Moon
08 – The Pronghorn
09 – Roundabout
10 – I Want To Be Loved
11 – Go Down

Italian fantasy-metallers Elvenking are back with a new album.

‘Era’ – their seventh studio record – is released in Europe on September 14th. A video clip for the new track ‘The Loser’ can be seen below.

In 2011, vocalist Davide Moras embarked on a side project, Hell In The Club, where he indulged in trashy hard rock. A review of the album can be found here.

Rival Sons will be releasing their awaited second album ‘Head Down’ on September 17th.

The US hard rock/blues rock band’s 2011 full-length debut ‘Pressure and Time’ was well received by the rock press and during that year the band picked up a strong UK fan following, thanks to support slots with Judas Priest and two performances at the 2011 High Voltage Festival.

Ahead of the new album’s release, the band have issued a thirteen minute video clip which you can view below.