On November 8th 2011, Eagle Rock are to release a lavish five disc DVD box set of Twisted Sister live shows.

‘From The Bars To The Stars’ will include the ‘Live at Wacken’ and ‘Live at Reading’ DVDs, alongside ‘Double Live’, which includes NY Steel ’01 and North Stage ’82.

Perhaps of most interest to the hardcore Twisted Sister fan, however, is an exclusive Christmas show from Las Vegas.

Track listing:

Disc 1

01. What You Don’t Know (Sure Can Hurt You)
02. The Kids Are Back
03. Stay Hungry
04. Destroyer
05. Like A Knife In The Back
06. Under The Blade
07. You Can’t Stop Rock ‘N’ Roll
08. The Fire Still Burns
09. Shoot ‘Em Down
10. We’re Not Gonna Take It
11. The Price
12. Burn In Hell
13. I Wanna Rock
14. S.M.F.

Disc 2

01. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
02. White Christmas
03. Shoot ‘Em Down
04. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
05. You Can’t Stop Rock ‘N’ Roll
06. Deck The Halls
07. The Price
08. Come All Ye Faithful
09. Burn In Hell
10. Silver Bells
11. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
12. I Wanna Rock
13. 12 Days Of Christmas
14. We’re Not Gonna Take It

Disc 3

01. What You Don’t Know (Sure Can Hurt You)
02. Destroyer
03. Tear It Loose
04. Bad Boys (Of Rock ‘N’ Roll)
05. Lady’s Boy
06. Leader Of The Pack
07. Under The Blade
08. Shoot ‘Em Down
09. Sin After Sin
10. I’ll Never Grow Up, Now
11. You Can’t Stop Rock ‘N’ Roll
12. You Know I Cry
13. It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll
14. Rock ‘N’ Roll Saviors

Disc 4

01. What You Don’t Know (Sure Can Hurt You)
02. The Kids Are Back
03. Stay Hungry
04. Burn In Hell
05. You Can’t Stop Rock ‘N’ Roll
06. Under The Blade
07. Shoot ‘Em Down
08. Come Back
09. You Know I Cry
10. I Wanna Rock
11. We’re Not Gonna Take It
12. The Price
13. S.M.F.

Disc 5

01. What You Don’t Know (Sure Can Hurt You)
02. Sin After Sin
03. Bad Boys (Of Rock ‘N’ Roll)
04. Destroyer
05. Shoot ‘Em Down
06. Tear It Loose
07. Under The Blade
08. It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll

Alternative rock/post-hardcore heroes Helmet have released a new video for their track ‘So Long’.

The original track comes from their 2010 album ‘Seeing Eye Dog’ and was written and produced by Helmet mainman Page Hamilton. The album also features contributions from guitarist Chris Traynor, formerly of Orange 9mm and – as of 2010 – member of Bush.

Watch the video below:

Having already received many awards for his rock-based work with Led Zeppelin and beyond, Birmingham’s golden god Robert Plant has been given a musical award of a different kind.

On Sepember 13th 2011, Plant was nominated at the Americana Music Association Awards for his 2010 release ‘Band of Joy’.

It was a particularly noteworthy night for musician Buddy Miller – whom features extensively on the Plant disc – since he also received the award for “Artist of the Year”.

Read a review of Robert Plants award winning ‘Band of Joy’ album here.

Nu-metallers KoRn have announced the full tracklist for their 2012 album ‘The Path of Totality’.

The album – a collaboration with various dubstep DJs – features the following tracks:

‘Bleeding Out’
‘Chaos Lives In Everything’
‘Kill Mercy Within’
‘My Wall’
‘Narcisstic Cannibal’
‘Illuminati’
‘Burn The Obedient’
‘Sanctuary’
‘Let’s Go’
‘Get Up!’
‘Way Too Far’

DJs Skrillex, Downlink, Excelsior and Noisia are among the fatured contributors.
‘The Path of Totality’ is released in the UK on December 5th and in the US on December 6th.

It is reported that The Muppets will perform a cover of ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ as part of their upcoming new movie.

Twenty years after the original Nirvana hit, The Muppet Barbershop Quartet will put their own stamp on the seminal grunge track as part of the Jason Segal-penned ‘The Muppets’, due out in February 2012.

In other Nirvana-related news, Dave Grohl is set to make a cameo appearance in the movie.

Read a review of The Muppets tribute disc, ‘The Green Album’ here.