Progressive metal bands Symphony X and Iced Earth have announced they are to embark on a joint headlining tour of the US in 2012.

The tour is to support the release of both bands’ 2011 releases and is to take in over thirty dates between January and March:

Jan. 31 – Hartford, CT @ Webster Theater
Feb. 01 – Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
Feb. 03 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
Feb. 04 – Quebec City, QC @ Albert Rousseau
Feb. 05 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
Feb. 06 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix
Feb. 09 – Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick
Feb. 10 – Saskatoon, SK @ Louis Pub
Feb. 11 – Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room
Feb. 12 – Calgary, AB @ Flames Central
Feb. 14 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
Feb. 15 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox Market
Feb. 16 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
Feb. 17 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
Feb. 18 – Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia
Feb. 20 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
Feb. 21 – Anaheim, CA @ The Grove
Feb. 22 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
Feb. 24 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
Feb. 25 – Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall
Feb. 26 – Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theater
Feb. 27 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
Feb. 28 – Austin, TX @ Emos East
Feb. 29 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues
Mar. 02 – Ft Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
Mar. 03 – Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
Mar. 05 – Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theater
Mar. 06 – Charlotte, NC @ The Filmore Charlotte
Mar. 07 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
Mar. 09 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
Mar. 10 – New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater
Mar. 11 – Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights

Symphony X’s most recent album ‘Iconoclast’ was released in June via Nuclear Blast Records, while Century Media released Iced Earth’s ‘Dystopia’ in October.

Released as part of the career spanning retrospective ‘Part Lies, Part Truth, Part Heart, Part Garbage’, REM’s final single ‘We All Go Back To Where We Belong’ has two video clips to support the release.

The minimalist videos – clearly influenced by I Am Kloot’s ‘Proof’ clip, starring Christopher Eccleston – feature performances by John Giorno and Kirsten Dunst. You can see them both below.

Read a review of REM’s last studio album, ‘Collapse Into Now’ here.

To celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary, legendary prog-metallers Queensryche are to perform their ‘Rage For Order’ album in its entirity at a special gig.

The show – to be held at New York’s Highline Ballroom on October 31st – will mark the first time the band has ever played the album in such a way. The remainder of the set is said to be filled with other favourites from the band’s catalogue.

Said frontman Geoff Tate: “‘Rage For Order’ was only our second full studio album and it’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years. We plan to let the good times roll on Monday night and hope you come join us in the Big Apple for what we promise to be a memorable show.”

Watch a couple of rare bootleg clips from the original ‘Rage For Order’ below:

To promote his book ‘Rockers ‘n’ Rollers: A Full Throttle Memoir’, AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson is to embark on a spoken word tour of the US next February.

You can catch Johnson telling anecdotes at the following venues:

Feb. 07 – Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theatre
Feb. 08 – Atlanta. GA @ Center Stage Theatre
Feb. 10 – Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre
Feb. 11 – Richmond, VA @ The National
Feb. 13 – Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theatre
Feb. 15 – Millvale, PA @ Small’s Funhouse
Feb. 16 – Covington, KY @ Small’s Funhouse
Feb. 18 – Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at ONC
Feb. 21 – Madison, WI @ Overture Center
Feb. 22 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater

UK progressive/math metal band Tesseract have released a new video for ‘Eden’.

The original version of the track was featured on the band’s debut album ‘One’, but there have been changes in the Tesseract camp since the album’s release. To celebrate the arrival of new vocalist Elliot Coleman, the band have re-recorded the track and shot a video with director Ganesh Rao.

The video can be seen below.