New York progressive-metallers Dream Theater are preparing to release the DVD of a lifetime. "Chaos In Motion 2007/2008," will document the band's incredibly ambitious world tour, which kicked off June 3, 2007 at the Monsters of Rock festival in Milan, Italy and traversed "115 shows in 105 cities in 35 countries on 5 continents to hundreds of thousands of fans," before concluding over a year later on June 4, 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Talk about luck! The DVD for Summer Slaughter 2007 is almost available... just in time for Summer Slaughter 2008! The disc will feature performance footage from all of the bands that performed on the inaugural trek last summer, including (deep breath) Necrophagist, Decapitated, Cephalic Carnage, Cattle Decapitation, The Faceless, As Blood Runs Black, Arsis, Ion Dissonance, and Beneath the Massacre.

The masked marvels from Iowa are at it again. Slipknot have revealed the track list and artwork for All Hope Is Gone just when we all thought we couldn't go one second longer without them. I have to say, the artwork is actually quite classy. Behold Judas:

There is certainly no shortage of Iron Maiden tribute albums in the world, but apparently Kerrang! magazine feels like we really need one more. Their collection - known as Maiden Heaven - will be given away free with the July 16 issue of the magazine. Included on the disc will be some killer tunes from some heavy hitters ... as well as a few mediocre efforts from some suspect choices.

Exodus are undoubtedly one of the most important and influential bands in the history of thrash metal (and metal as a whole). None of their releases are held in higher esteem than Bonded By Blood, their first full-length album, which was released way back in 1985.