DVD by SOULFLY 'The Song remains insane' will release in early 2005 through Roadrunner. There will be live recordings from overe the world, interviews with the band and all their videos.

SLAYER, SOULFLY, MOTORHEAD, DOWN, HATEBREED, and ARCH ENEMY are among the artists confirmed to appear at Beast Feast 2002, a two-day festival set to take place on December 14-15 at Makuhari Messe Event Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

The full lineup of acts currently scheduled to perform at the event is as follows:

SLAYER
SOULFLY
MOTORHEAD
DOWN
HATEBREED
ARCH ENEMY
CONVERGE
BURNT BY THE SUN
BATCAVE
COCOBAT
PULLING TEETH
SUNS OWL
UNDOWN
UNITED
YELLOW MACHINEGUN

Here is how the metal/hard rock genre fared in the German Media Control (Top 100) chart for the week ending August 19th:

06. LINKIN PARK - Reanimation
16. DIE TOTEN HOSEN - Auswärtsspiel
19. DEF LEPPARD - X
26. SYSTEM OF A DOWN - Toxicity
27. PAPA ROACH - Lovehatetragedy
32. FILTER - The Amalgamut
34. NIGHTWISH - Century Child
36. SILVERCHAIR - Diorama
39. BÖHSE ONKELZ - Dopamin
48. KORN - Untouchables
55. NICKELBACK - Silver Side Up
56. MANOWAR - Warriors Of The World
57. PUDDLE OF MUDD - Come Clean
60. P.O.D. - Satellite
67. OZZY OSBOURNE - Live At Budokan
68. SOULFLY - 3
98. JUDAS PRIEST - Live In London (DVD)

Here is how the metal/hard rock genre fared in the German Media Control (Top 100) chart* for the week ending July 22nd (as reported by Rock Hard magazine):

01. (new) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - By The Way
11. (6) PAPA ROACH - Lovehatetragedy
15. (13) NIGHTWISH - Century Child
17. (12) KORN - Untouchables
30. (24) MANOWAR - Warriors Of The World
37. (77) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Californication
38. (23) SOULFLY - 3
40. (32) BÖHSE ONKELZ - Dopamin
43. (41) ROBERT PLANT - Dreamland
49. (51) DIE TOTEN HOSEN - Auswärtsspiel
51. (53) DONOTS - Amplify The Good Times
56. (60) SYSTEM OF A DOWN - Toxicity
59. (57) PUDDLE OF MUDD - Come Clean
87. (50) SUB7EVEN - Free Your Mind
99. (90) OZZY OSBOURNE - Live At Budokan

* number in parenthesis indicates last week's chart position

SOULFLY have enlisted veteran producer Terry Date (i.e. PANTERA, DEFTONES) to remix their recently-recorded third full-length effort, entitled III, for a tentative June 25th release through Roadrunner Records.

The group's first album to be produced by mainman Max Cavalera, III will tentatively include the following track listing:

01. Downstroy
02. Enterfaith
03. Seek And Strike
04. Last Of The Mohicans
05. Throwdown
06. Brasil
07. Call To Arms
08. Maracatu
09. Stomp
10. Soulfly III
11. Tree Of Pain (featuring Max's stepson Richie)
12. One Nation (SACRED REICH cover)
13. Sangue De Bairro (CHICO SCIENCE cover)

In addition, SOULFLY's previously recorded demo version of PAILHEAD's "I Will Refuse" (featuring ex-SACRED REICH drummer Greg Hall) will likely appear as a bonus cut on the digipak version of the CD.

SOULFLY have set a tentative release date of May 20th (Europe) and May 21st (US) for their as-yet-untitled third full-length effort, which was recently produced by mainman Max Cavalera and engineered by Otto D'Agnolo at Phoenix's (Brill Street) Chaton Studios. At this time, no decision has yet been made with regards to the identity of the person that will mix the album, but it is expected that work on the CD will proceed concurrently with the group's upcoming US tour with STATIC-X and SOIL, which is scheduled to begin on January 30th in Portland, Oregon. Among the known song titles that are set to appear on the forthcoming album are the following:

01. Downstroy
02. Enterfaith
03. Seek 'N' Strike
04. Last of The Mohicans
05. Brazil
06. Soulfly III
07. Sangue De Bairro (CHICO SCIENCE cover)

As previously reported, SOULFLY have recorded several B-sides during the sessions, including a cover of PAILHEAD's "I Will Refuse" and SACRED REICH's "One Nation" (featuring guest appearances by original SACRED REICH drummer Greg Hall and guitarist Wiley Arnett).

FOO FIGHTERS mainman Dave Grohl (ex-NIRVANA) recently posted a message on the band's site describing the experience of working with MOTORHEAD mastermind Lemmy on a song called "Shake Your Blood", which will appear on an upcoming album by Grohl's metal side-project PROBOT. In his diary message, Grohl makes obvious his clear admiration for the rock'n'roll elder, referring to him as "the coolest person I've ever recorded with in my entire life…He is God. He is the reason. He is the last man standing and no one even comes close. That guy is a true rock 'n' roller. Everyone else is just trying. I can't even begin to explain how f.cking life-altering a day in the studio with Lemmy really is. He walks in, kicks the sh.t out of a song and then he's gone… like the goddamned Lone Ranger."

As previously reported, PROBOT's upcoming CD will include a dozen-or-so tracks featuring some of metal's most celebrated and respected vocalists, including Lemmy, Cronos (VENOM), King Diamond (MERCYFUL FATE/KING DIAMOND), Tom G. Fischer (ex-CELTIC FROST), Snake (VOIVOD), Eric Wagner (TROUBLE), Tom Araya (SLAYER), Max Cavalera (SOULFLY), Mike Dean (C.O.C. ), Wino (ex-THE OBSESSED) and Lee Dorrian (CATHEDRAL). Among the tracks that are set to appear on the effort are the following:

01. Dictatorsaurus (feat. Snake)
02. Centuries Of Sin (feat. Cronos)
03. Access Babylon (feat. Mike Dean)
04. Sweet Dreams (feat. King Diamond)
05. Ice Cold Man (feat. Lee Dorrian)
06. My Tortured Soul (feat. Eric Wagner)
07. Big Sky (feat. Tom G. Fischer)
08. Emerald Lies (feat. Wino)
09. Shake Your Blood (feat. Lemmy)

In related news, FOO FIGHTERS are scheduled to perform at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, which starts February 8th and runs through February 24th. The FOOs will be making their appearance on February 11th.

SOULFLY have enlisted former skinsman Roy Mayorga to replace the recently-departed Joe Nunez. The newly revamped group are currently at Phoenix, Arizona’s (Brill Street) Chaton Studios recording their third full-length effort, which is scheduled to be produced by mainman Max Cavalera and engineered by Otto D’Agnolo, who had previously collaborated with Cavalera on the two NAILBOMB releases (Point Blank and Proud To Commit Commercial Suicide) and SOULFLY’s cover of BLACK SABBATH’s “Under The Sun” for the Nativity In Black II tribute CD. According to a posting on the Roadrunner Records web site, SOULFLY have completed tracking about five songs so far, and they expect to be done recording in about five weeks. Although it has yet to be confirmed, sources indicate that SOULFLY are hoping to once again enlist producer Andy Wallace to mix the effort, which is tentatively scheduled to be released in the spring. Among the titles set to appear on the CD are "Downstroy" and "Enterfaith", both of which were recently demoed with former SACRED REICH drummer Greg Hall pounding the skins.

Drummer Joe Nunez is strongly rumored to have left SOULFLY after a disagreement with band manager Gloria Cavalera over the financial terms of his most recent arrangement with the group. According to a source close to Nunez, the skinsman had signed a contract with SOULFLY that had barely enabled him to survive during the “down” periods between recording sessions and tours, effectively forcing Joe to continue to cohabit with his mother in his hometown of Chicago, a situation that had grown progressively more intolerable in the recent months. After confronting Cavalera about renegotiating the terms of his contract, Nunez was reportedly told that no further negotiations would take place, leaving the drummer no choice but to quit the band. Although presently unconfirmed, sources indicate that SOULFLY are still hoping to hold on to Nunez for the imminent recording sessions for the group’s third full-length effort, which will reportedly take place at Phoenix’s (Brill Street) Chaton Studios with SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera in the role of the producer and Otto D’Agnolo engineering the entire project. A relative unknown in metal circles, D’Agnolo had previously collaborated with Cavalera on the two NAILBOMB releases (Point Blank and Proud To Commit Commercial Suicide) and SOULFLY’s cover of BLACK SABBATH’s "Under The Sun" for the Nativity In Black II tribute CD. We will have more information on this as it becomes available. Source: BLABBERMOUTH.NET

Los Angeles' MEDICATION, featuring former MACHINE HEAD / SOULFLY guitarist Logan Mader, ex-UGLY KID JOE / LIFE OF AGONY vocalist Whitfield Crane, ex-ADAYINTHELIFE guitarist Blunt, and ex-SOULFY drummer Roy Mayorga, are reportedly self-financing the recording of a full-length CD, to be released through an as-yet-undetermined label later in the year. Song titles set to appear on the as-yet-untitled CD include: 01. Clouded 02. Something New 03. Number 8 04. Underwater 05. I Am The Same 06. Chosen 07. Xanax