German rockers Scorpions have revealed the tracklisting for their upcoming live Blu Ray release.

Released on December 6th, ‘Get Your Sting and Blackout’ was recorded in Saarbrücken, Germany, and includes many of the band’s best loved tracks:

01. Intro
02. Sting In The Tail
03. Make It Real
04. Bad Boys Running Wild
05. The Zoo
06. Coast To Coast
07. Loving You Sunday Morning
08. The Best Is Yet To Come
09. Send Me An Angel
10. Holiday
11. Raised On Rock
12. Tease Me Please Me
13. Dynamite
14. Kottak Attack
15. Blackout
16. Six String Sting
17. Big City Nights
18. Still Loving You
19. Wind Of Change
20. Rock You Like A Hurricane
21. When The Smoke Is Going Down

The Blu Ray was filmed using state-of-the-art technology and 11 cameras. The soundtrack to the concert will be available in both stereo and 5.1 sound. It is not yet known whether a standard 2D version of the concert will also be issued.

Read a review of the Scorpions 1972 debut ‘Lonesome Crow’ here.

Cavalera Conspiracy are among a slew of new bands added to the line-up of Australia’s 2012 Big Day Out festival.

The band – featuring ex-Sepultura men Max and Igor Cavalera – are to join Soundgarden, Noel Gallagher, My Chemical Romance, Royksopp and Aussie favourites The Living End as part of the Antipodean travelling festival between January and February next year.

The Big Day Out dates:
Jan. 20 – Auckland, NZ
Jan. 22 – Gold Coast, AUS
Jan. 26 – Sydney, AUS
Jan. 29 – Melbourne, AUS
Feb. 03 – Adelaide, AUS
Feb. 05 – Perth, AUS

Rock legend Alice Cooper has been confirmed for the line-up of next year’s Bloodstock Festival.

Following live shows to promote his 2011 release ‘Welcome 2 My Nightmare’, Alice will appear as one of the headline acts at the UK festival next August.

So far, the confirmed bill features the following:
ALICE COOPER
ANVIL
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY
DIMMU BORGIR
HATEBREED
PARADISE LOST
WATAIN
ANAAL NATHRAKH
ORANGE GOBLIN

More acts to be confirmed.

The Bloodstock Festival 2012 takes place between August 10-12 at Catton Hall in Walton On Trent, Derbyshire, England.

Read a review of Alice’s ‘Welcome 2 My Nightmare’ here.

Australian progressive metal band Circles have released a video for their track ‘Eye Embedded’, which can be seen below.

The track comes from the band’s debut EP ‘The Compass’ which was released on Basick Records in June 2011.
In addition to the final video clip, the band have also issued a “making of” video, which can be viewed here.

Following their October/November tour of small venues to road-test new material, indie-pop band The Maccabees have announced their first dates for 2012.

Following the release of the band’s third album ‘Gone To The Wild’ on January 9th, the band take to the road once again and have been confirmed to appear at the following venues at the end of that month:

Glasgow Queen Margaret’s Union (23rd)
O2 Academy? Newcastle (24)
O2 Academy Brixton (26)
HMV Birmingham Institute (27)
Manchester HMV Ritz (28)