It has been announced that Bruce Springsteen’s 2012 release is to be called ‘Wrecking Ball’.

The album – Springsteen’s first release since the death of close friend and band saxophonist Clarence Clemons – is to be released on March 5th and the tracklisting is as follows:

‘We Take Care of Our Own’ 
‘Easy Money’ 
‘Shackled and Down’ 
‘Jack of All Trades’ 
‘Death to My Hometown’ 
‘This Depression’ 
‘Wrecking Ball’ 
‘You’ve Got It’ 
‘Rocky Ground’ 
‘Land of Hope and Dreams’ 
‘We Are Alive’ 
‘Swallowed Up’ (Bonus Track) 
‘American Land’ (Bonus Track) 

In the build up to the release of Soulfly’s eighth album, ‘Enslaved’, the band are taking to the road.  Across the US in March and April, Soulfly can be seen in the support slot on the Five Finger Death Punch spring tour.

The dates are as follows:
Mar. 23 – Las Vegas, NV – The Joint 
Mar. 24 – Pomona, CA – The Fox Theater 
Mar. 26 – Fresno, CA – Rainbow Ballroom 
Mar. 27 – Modesto, CA – Modesto Centre Plaza 
Mar. 28 – Redding, CA – Redding Convention Center 
Mar. 30 – Yakima, WA – Yakima Valley Sun Dome 
Mar. 31 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theater 
Apr. 02 – Dawson Creek, BC – EnCana Events Centre 
Apr. 04 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall 
Apr. 05 – Edmonton, AB – Shaw Conference Center 
Apr. 07 – Regina, SK – Agribition 
Apr. 09 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre 
Apr. 11 – Rapid City, SD – Rushmore Plaza Civic Center 
Apr. 12 – Casper, WY – Casper Events Center  

During this run of dates, Soulfly also have three headline appearances of their own:
Mar. 22 – San Diego, CA – 4th & B 
Mar. 29 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater 
Apr. 01 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre 

‘Enslaved’ is released on March 13th in the US and one day earlier in the UK.

After suggesting that The Mars Volta would be releasing new material in 2012, it has now been officially announced that the band will, in fact, be releasing a new album much sooner than many would have predicted.

The Mars Volta’s sixth album, ‘Noctourniquet’ will be released on March 26th.

It will be the band’s first release since 2009’s ‘Octahedron’ and features the following tracks:
‘The Whip Hand’
‘Aegis’
‘Dyslexicon’
‘Empty Vessels Make the Loudest Sound’
‘The Malkin Jewel’
‘Lapochka’
‘In Absentia’
‘Imago’
‘Molochwalker’
‘Trinkets Pale of Moon’
‘Vedemalady’
‘Noctourniquet’
‘Zed and Two Naughts’

The news comes just shortly after the announcement that Omar and Cedric’s previous band At The Drive-In had reformed.

Legendary British rock/classic metal band Iron Maiden have revealed they will be releasing another live album in March.

The Maiden back-catalogue already has more than its share of live releases, but ‘En Vivo!’ is set to bring their touring history up to date.

The concert was filmed in front of a 50,000 strong audience in Chile on the ‘Around The World in 66 Days’ leg of their ‘Final Frontier’ world tour. The complete tour saw the band visit 36 different countries and play 98 shows.

DVD and blu-ray details:

DVD Disc One – “Live At Estadio Nacional, Santiago” (approximate running time: 120 minutes)

01. “Behind The Beast” documentary
02. “Satellite 15…The Final Frontier” promo video (director’s cut)
03. “The Making of Satellite 15…The Final Frontier” promo
04. “The Final Frontier World Tour” Show Intro

REAL GONE says: Great stuff…but where’s the third instalment of the Maiden documentary and ‘Maiden England’ on DVD? It must be due at some point!

US/Brazilian metallers Soulfly have unveiled the artwork for their upcoming album ‘Enslaved’, which can be seen below.

‘Enslaved’ is the band’s eight album, the follow up to 2010’s well-received ‘Omen’.

The official tracklisting can be viewed here.

‘Enslaved’ is released on Roadrunner Records on March 13th in the US and one day earlier in the UK.