After much speculation, the tour featuring double headliners Lamb of God and animated Adult Swim band Dethklok has been officially announced. The tour – featuring support at all dates from French melodic death metallers Gojira – takes in thirty-two North American dates, stopping at the following venues:

Aug. 01 – Seattle, WA – WaMu Thater
Aug. 02 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theater
Aug. 04 – Calgary, AB – Big 4
Aug. 05 – Edmonton, AB – Shaw Conference Centre
Aug. 07 – Winnipeg, MB – Convention Centre
Aug. 09 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
Aug. 10 – Columbus, OH – LC Pavilion
Aug. 11 – Toronto, ON – Heavy TO
Aug. 12 – Montreal, QC – Heavy MTL
Aug. 14 – Grand Rapids, MI – Delta Plex
Aug. 15 – St. Louis, MO – Family Arena
Aug. 19 – Kansas City, MO – Midland Theater
Aug. 21 – Chicago, IL – Congress Ballroom
Aug. 22 – Detroit, MI – Compuware Arena
Aug. 23 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
Aug. 24 – Charlotte, NC – Time Warner Cable Uptown Amphitheater
Aug. 25 – Norfolk, VA – Constant Convocation Center
Aug. 26 – Baltimore, MD – Pier 6 Pavilion
Aug. 29 – New York, NY – Roseland Ballroom
Aug. 30 – Lowell, MA – Tsongas Arena
Aug. 31 – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Presents Oakdale Theater
Sep. 01 – Philadelphia, PA – Outside at the Electric Factory
Sep. 02 – Asbury Park, NJ – Asbury Park Convention Hall
Sep. 04 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
Sep. 05 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
Sep. 07 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
Sep. 08 – San Antonio, TX – Sunken Garden
Sep. 09 – Dallas, TX – Verizon Wireless Theater
Sep. 11 – Denver, CO – The Fillmore
Sep. 13 – Phoenix, AZ – Comerica Theater
Sep. 14 – Los Angeles, CA – Gibson Amphitheater
Sep. 15 – San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic

Rock band Rival Sons have been working incredibly hard over the past couple of years to build a loyal fan base. Their album ‘Pressure & Time; gained very positive notices and the band have played countless live shows to build their fanbase. Last summer, Rival Sons were featured on the bill at the UK High Voltage Festival in a mid afternoon slot on the main stage, but later found themselves filling the headline slot on the small stage after Electric Wizard were unable to attend.

In the summer of 2012, fans in Europe will be given the chance to see Rival Sons supporting Guns N’ Roses on two shows during GN’R’s lengthy European tour. Rival Sons will provide the main support at The Rotterdam Ahoy on June 4th and then at Warsteiner Hockey Park in Mönchengladbach, Germany on June 8.

The remaining Rival Sons tour dates:

May 18 – St. Catharines, ON – Barracuda Pretty
May 19 – Columbus, OH – Rock on the Range
May 20 – Grand Bend, ON – Motorplex

May 28 – Landgraaf, Netherlands – Pinkpop Festival
May 31 – Leffinge, Belgium – Zwerver
Jun. 01 – Nuremberg, Germany – Rock im Park
Jun. 02 – Nürburg, Germany – Rock am Ring
Jun. 03 – Den Bosch, Netherlands – W2
Jun. 05 – Aarhus, Denmark – Voxhall
Jun. 07 – Sölvesborg, Sweden – Sweden Rock Festival
Jun. 10 – Castle Donington, UK – Download Festival
Jun. 12 – Hamburg, Germany – Stadtpark (w/ EVANESCENCE)
Jun. 14 – Dortmund, Germany – Westfalenhalle (w/ EVANESCENCE)
Jun. 16 – Bulle, Switzerland – Ebullition
Jun. 19 – Prague, Czech Republic – MeetFactory (w/ EAGLES OF DEATH METAL)
Jun. 22 – Milan, Italy – Gods of Metal Festival
Jun. 23 – Roeser, Luxembourg – Rock A Field Festival
Jun. 30 – Owen Sound, ON – Big Music Fest
Jul. 06 – Turku, Finland – Ruisrock Festival
Jul. 14 – Joensuu, Finland – Ilosaarirock Festival
Jul. 19 – Tonsberg, Norway – Slottsfjell Festival
Jul. 20 – Tromso, Norway – Bukta Festival
Jul. 21 – Njordfordeid, Norway – Malakoff Rockfestival

The day after her 26th April interview with Metal Trails, Delain vocalist Charlotte Wessels took time out for a similarly lengthy chat with German website Kalle Rock.

The resulting interview was posted on YouTube via Kalle Rock’s channel, and you can now watch and listen below.

[By visiting the Kalle Rock YouTube channel, you can watch other interviews and video clips].

To watch the Rock Trails interview with Charlotte, click here.

Following being dropped by their record label after 2011’s ‘Gold Cobra’ fell short of expectations, Limp Bizkit have found a new home at the US hip-hop label Cash Money Records.

Reports are circulating that Durst and co are working on new material for release before the end of the year. In addition to a follow up to 2005’s ‘Unquestionable Truth’ EP, fans can expect a new full length album.

While none of this news is open to question, REAL GONE suspects that the proposed album title – ‘Stampede of the Disco Elephants’ – is nothing more than a rumour.

Until this can be confirmed, you can read a review of the last Limp Bizkit LP here.

Ahead of the release of their debut album ‘The Land’, Leeds outfit The Wind-Up Birds have released a new video for their track ‘Cross Country’, which can be seen below.

The ‘Cross Country’ single – plus two b-sides – can be downloaded from The Wind Up Birds’ BandCamp page on a “pay what you want” basis. To download, visit this page.

‘The Land’ is released via Sturdy Records on Monday 14th May.