Trivium's Matt Heafy (file)
Photo: Roadrunner Records

"Ever since the beginning of Trivium, it's been our goal to be the biggest metal band in the world," frontman and guitarist Matt Heafy said about his band of heavy-metal upstarts from the Sunshine State. "The next Metallica. We've had that focus, unfaltering, since day one. A lot of bands say, you know, 'We don't do this for the money' or 'We do this for fun' or 'We don't want to be that big.' Blah, blah, blah. We want to rule the world with our music. We're not stopping until it happens."

Trivium — rounded out by guitarist Corey Beaulieu, drummer Travis Smith and bassist Paolo Gregoletto — are off to a good start in reaching their lofty aspirations. They'll be part of this summer's Ozzfest tour and plan to play off-dates with In Flames and Arch Enemy. "I am beyond stoked, because those are two of my favorite bands ever," Heafy said.

Soon, the band will shoot a video — the third for its Roadrunner Records debut, Ascendancy — for "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation." Heafy said Trivium might head out with labelmates Ill Niño for a U.S. tour this fall, though that hasn't been firmed up yet.

Does Heafy, who said he's already written two songs for the band's next album, think his goal of reaching Metallica-like adoration is just dreaming the impossible dream? "We're working on it, man. We're working on it."

The rest of the week's metal news:

The five members of Brooklyn's progressive jazz-thrashers Candiria were awarded $29 million in damages from injuries they sustained in a near-fatal road accident in 2002. Candiria were on their way to a show in Cleveland when a tractor-trailer barreled into their van, which rolled over at least five times. The destroyed ride's depicted on the group's latest record, What Doesn't Kill You ..., which came out in July. ... Lamb of God's new DVD, "Killadelphia," comes out May 25. The package includes live footage filmed in Philadelphia at two October 2004 shows, as well as hours of behind-the-scenes clips shot during the Ashes of the Wake tour. ...

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi will reunite with singer Glenn Hughes — who sang on Sabbath's 1986 disc, Seventh Star — for a still-untitled collaborative album scheduled for June 28. The 13-song disc was produced by Bob Marlette and will feature drumming by Kenny Aronoff. ... Sonic terrorists Daughters will hit the road with Melt Banana, the Locust, Torche, Mare and An Albatross this month for a slew of dates. Daughters also announced the return of founding guitarist Nick the Dick, whom they've been writing new material with since late December. ...

Swedish death-metal merchants Arch Enemy are in the studio with producer Rickard Bengtsson working on the follow-up to 2003's Anthems of Rebellion. "Maybe the fact that we're all jumping around the studio, headbanging, playing air guitar [and] drums is a good sign?" wrote guitarist Michael Amott (ex-Carcass) on the band's Web site. The still-untitled album's due late this year. ... Grindcore champs Pageninetynine have remixed the entire Document #8 session at Boston's Godcity Studio. Robotic Empire will re-release the seminal disc with expanded artwork this summer. The band's even working on a DVD, which has no release date yet. ... In related news, Malady, which consists of former members of Pageninetynine and City of Caterpillar, have inked a deal with Robotic Empire. They'll be recording songs next month for an EP. ...

The third disc from English grindcore band Gorerotted, A New Dawn for the Dead, will be released June 13. The album, produced by Markus Roedl, is the follow-up to 2004's Only Tools and Corpses. Bassist/vocalist the Wilson tackled all vocals and imbued the songs with a less jokey but equally demented vibe. "You'll find the new material to be darker and more complex both lyrically and musically," the Wilson said. "[It's] still very Gorerotted, [it] just doesn't sound like it got written by Beavis and Butt-head this time around." ... Flotsam and Jetsam, the band that once featured ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted, will release their new album, Dreams of Death, July 26. Tracks include "Parasychic, Paranoid," "Requiescat in Pace" and "Bleed." ...

Leather-lovin' Manowar's upcoming "Hell on Earth IV" features two DVDs and a CD with a song from the band's next album for a total of more than four hours of muscular metal. The package includes 11 live songs filmed during the 2002 Warriors of the World tour. ... If you've got an ear for metal and an eye for art, you might want to take a stab at designing the next album cover for Canadian death-metal vets Kataklysm. Artwork should be centered around the album title, In the Arms of Devastation, and submissions can be sent via e-mail to smdesign@videotron.ca. The deadline for submissions is August 1. The winner will be chosen by the bandmembers and their label and will have his or her art featured prominently on the album cover as well as on merchandise for the record. ...

Indianapolis death metallers Demiricous will start recording their new album in June with producer Zeuss at Planet Z Studios. ... Polish death-metal band Devilyn fired bassist Cyprian because of creative and personal differences. "He did not bring in no ideas in creating new numbers," said frontman Bony in a broken-English press statement. "He was not on them you belong prepared." Bassist Cyprian has been replaced by Cyklon. ... Oakland, California, technical metalcore outfit All Shall Perish will release their debut album, Hate, Malice, Revenge, April 19. ...

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• Lamb of God
• Candiria
• Arch Enemy
• Manowar

Hey fellow metalists, what's up? How's it been with you this week? Iann Robinson here with a big helping of metal news for you to feast on, all of it very cool.

The big thing for me this week was the Lamb of God record, As the Palaces Burn. This is a bad-ass record that may just crush everything in its wake. LOG take the best aspects of thrash and death metal and combine them into a sonic fury that hits its zenith by creating killer riffs that are also killer hooks — not an easy job.

I also got to check out the new Katatonia album, Viva Emptiness, which is amazing. Building on the new sounds of their last offerings, Katatonia manage to blend prog-rock, metal and goth music perfectly. It's definitely one of the more sonically dense and experimental records I've heard in the world of metal.

My final thing is a bit of a gripe with the band 16. Now we all know 16 are amazing, we all know their take on ultra-violence hardcore is second to nobody, but they have a new album out in Japan called Zoloft Smile, and I've heard some of it. It's really good work, but YOU CAN'T GET IT IN THE STATES. Please 16, if you love us at all, work on getting it out in the U.S. I tried to get it off their Web site, but it jumps you to a site for the Japanese record label releasing the record, and the whole thing is in Japanese making it impossible to order. I beg you 16, unleash the carnage here, for us! Well, that's it, read on, dig the metal news and remember, if you find yourself giving the devil horns to a fellow frat brother during a "kegger," this ain't the page for you!

You won't see the King when the Jailhouse Rock Part 2 Tour kicks off in June, but you can catch hardcore heavyweights Hatebreed, Agnostic Front, Biohazard, Throwdown and relative newcomers Full Blown Chaos. The short East Coast trek will begin June 5th. ... Meanwhile, Hatebreed will hit the studio on April 26 to start recording their next album. ...

Sick of It All will be releasing a new album this summer titled Life on the Ropes. ... Entombed also return this summer. They will release Inferno on August 4. …

Make more room in the Ozzfest parking lot: The Datsuns have been added to the tour's main stage for five dates, while Revolution Smile and Marz have been added to the Ozzfest second stage. ...

The bands behind the Metal Gods 2003 Tour — Halford, Immortal, Primal Fear and Pain Museum — will hit the HMV Superstore in Toronto on Monday for an autograph session. ...

Day-glow greasepaint manufacturers rejoice: Twisted Sister are getting back together for a reunion tour of military bases. The band will hit one Air Force base and two Army bases in South Korea next month for the tour, presented by the USO. ...

When Candiria take the stage at New York's legendary CBGB's on May 5, it will mark the jazz-metal-hardcore band's first appearance since being sidelined by an auto accident nearly eight months ago. The newly reinvigorated band will be joined by Start The End, Locked in a Vacancy and Most Precious Blood. ... Chimaira also returned to the road this week after a minor bus accident that forced the band to cancel a show in Virginia. The band's bus hit a construction barricade outside of Pittsburgh on Monday, and no one was injured in the crash. The band's new album, The Impossibility of Reason, is due on May 13. …

After their stint opening for Motörhead and the Dwarves this month, High on Fire will gear up for a summer headlining tour. ... Speaking of the almighty Motörhead, the band has tapped New York's HavocHate to open its upcoming tour with Anthrax and Erase the Gray. The tour kicks off on May 7 in Norfolk, Virginia. … Elsewhere on the road, Kataklysm will join The Haunted and Shai Hulud on a full North American tour launching in May. …

Dysrhythmia are set to unveil their Relapse Records debut, Pretest, on May 13. The album was produced by noise master Steve Albini (Helmet, Nirvana, Killdozer, Pixies). ...

Poison the Well have decided to call their major-label debut You Come Before You. Converge vocalist Jacob Bannon, who handled the artwork for last year's Tear From the Red, will return to work on the forthcoming album, which is due in stores June 1. ... Meanwhile, Converge's "The Long Road Home" DVD will arrive in stores on May 20. ...

Stoner rock band Stonerwitch have broken up due to "irreconcilable differences". ... Madball return on June 20 when they team up with Most Precious Blood for a tour that runs through July 12. …

Black metal heroes Impaled Nazarene will start work on their eighth album, titled All That You Fear, on July 1. The album will mark the recording debut of new guitarist Tuomo Louhio. ...

Progressive metal masterminds King's X return to record stores on May 20 with Black Like Sunday. For the album, the band dug up 14 songs written in its earliest days (prior to adopting the name King's X) and recorded them recently for the first time. None of the songs have been recorded before.

—Compiled by Iann Robinson, Ryan Downey, Jon Wiederhorn and Robert Mancini

• The Datsuns
• Revolution Smile
• Sick of It All
• Lamb of God
• Halford

Nappy Roots gave props to their native digs, so it's only right that the love is reciprocated. Kentucky Governor Paul Patton will appoint the collective as colonels of the state at a ceremony in their hometown on September 16, which is being declared Nappy Roots Day. ... Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson will show off his charitable side on September 28 at a benefit breakfast in Downtown Disney in Anaheim, California. Admission is $100, which includes grub, a meet 'n' greet with Richardson, a souvenir ticket, entry into a raffle and an autograph, while proceeds will benefit Richardson's environmental organization, Just Within Reach, and Wildlife on Wheels. ... The members of experimental metal band Candiria canceled their tour with 40 Below Summer after their tour van was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer near Buffalo, New York. Guitarist John LaMacchia suffered a broken collarbone, and singer Carley Coma was cut and bruised, but not severely injured. ...

The Chemical Brothers, Box Car Racer, Bright Eyes/Desaparecidos, Les Claypool's Frog Brigade, the Used, the (International) Noise Conspiracy and American Hi-Fi are just some of the hundreds of acts who will play this year's annual CMJ Music Marathon (October 30-November 2) in New York. Also performing are Sigur Ros, the Soundtrack of Our Lives, Pedro the Lion, the Polyphonic Spree, Auto-Pilot Off, the Bangs, Dirtbombs, Murphy's Law, the Music, Ugly Casanova, Von Bondies and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. ... Metallica are set to release a book of lyrics on October 1, and they will reissue their 1993 box set, Live Sh--: Binge and Purge, on DVD on November 12. The set will contain a three-CD Mexico City concert as well as DVDs of shows in San Diego and Seattle. ...

Michelle Branch, the Pretenders, Gloria Estefan and Chaka Kahn are the first performers announced for Lifetime's annual Women Rock concert. Jennifer Love Hewitt will perform at and host the event, which will be filmed October 10 at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre and air October 25 on Lifetime. ... Meanwhile, Chrissie Hynde & Co. will release their eighth album, Loose Screw, on November 12 through Artemis Records. The Pretenders will promote the record when they open for the Rolling Stones on select dates this fall. ... Lou Barlow's revamped Folk Implosion are recording a new album with producers Mickey Petralia (Beck, Eels) and Wally Gagel (Sebadoh, Juliana Hatfield) that is expected early next year. Barlow will tour solo acoustic this fall — beginning October 8 in Visalia, California, and ending November 19 and 20 in Los Angeles — to promote the new record from his side project, Sentridoh, titled Free Sentridoh Songs From Loobiecore. ...

Bruce Dickinson sang the aeronautic anthem "Aces High" nearly 20 years ago, and now that the Iron Maiden singer is employed by charter airline Astraeus, he's able to launch into the soaring tune at 20,000 feet. An experienced pilot since the 1990s, Dickinson serves as first officer of Boeing 737s traveling from the U.K. to destinations in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. ... As for Dickinson's other "day job," Iron Maiden will release a six-disc box set of early live recordings called Eddie's Archive on November 5. The set will feature material from shows staged between 1979 and 1988 and will include a compilation called The Best of the B-Sides. ... Jerry Cantrell and Mad at Gravity have booked a 30-date tour kicking off October 9 in Corpus Christi, Texas, and wrapping November 16 in Houston. Mad at Gravity, fresh off a tour with Creed, are promoting their debut, Resonance. ... Fresh off his tour with fellow ex-Van Halen singer David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar will release his new studio album, Not 4 Sale on October 8. In addition to the first single, "Things've Changed," the 10-track album will feature the cuts "Halfway to Memphis," "Whole Lotta Zep," "The Big Nail," "Stand Up," "The Big Square Inch," "Karma Wheel" and "Hallelujah." ...

If you go to Filter's upcoming 11-date Rellim Tour, that guy you hang with backstage might just be singer Richard Patrick. The low-dough outing kicks off on October 2 at the Quest in Minneapolis and allows fans to enter the venue through the backstage area, chow down on pizza and check out the bands' dressing room and lounge areas. ... Dave Navarro and Slash, who teamed up at San Diego's Street Scene Festival as part of a Jimi Hendrix tribute band, plan to reteam with another all-star band at an undisclosed location for a party on Halloween. The two hot-shot guitarists previously hit the stage with Moby, Robbie Williams and members of the Cult at an L.A. night club. ... Undisputed light heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr., considered by most to be the best pound-for-pound boxer, is hoping he can sing as well as dance in the ring on November 16. Jones, on the heels of his debut LP, Round One: The Album, will perform his first concert in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the main event prior to the quarterly fight series "Rumble in the Rock." ...

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Serious Nirvana fans might want to put their bids in on eBay item #1765388613, the four-bedroom, two-bath home where late leader Kurt Cobain lived from age 11 to 15. As yet no one has offered the first bid of $200,000 for the modest Montesano, Washington, home with Cobain's unchanged, nautical-themed "captain's quarters" bedroom. ... Stone Sour, fronted by unmasked Slipknot front man Corey Taylor, will launch their first-ever U.S. tour on September 27 at Pop's in Sauget, Illinois. The outing will feature support from Sinch and Chevelle and is currently scheduled to run through an October 16 show at the NorVa in Norfolk, Virginia. ... Staind will release a DVD of their MTV "Unplugged" performance, recorded last July, on November 12. The DVD will feature two songs that were not included when the show aired, along with favorites like "It's Been Awhile" and "Outside." ...

Early recordings of later favorites by John Mayer, Matchbox Twenty, Train, Five for Fighting, Vertical Horizon and others are featured on Aware Greatest Hits, due October 29. All of the songs are culled from the nine Aware compilations that helped break the artists. ... Producer Damon Elliott, the man behind recent hits by Destiny's Child, Pink and Kylie Minogue, has signed on to compose tracks for and music supervise the upcoming "Fat Albert" movie. Elliott is also producing Beyoncé Knowles' title track for her next movie, "The Fighting Temptations," as well as music for Jamie Kennedy's "Malibu's Most Wanted" and Bernie Mac's "Lil' Pimp." ... New Bomb Turks, an influence on the garage's resurgence and a ceaselessly energetic live act, are ready to cease touring. The group's current outing to support its new album, The Night Before the Day the Earth Stood Still, will be its last, but the Turks will continue to put out records. ...

10 Years in the Life, a compilation of tracks recorded and produced by BT, is due Tuesday (September 10). Remixes of hits by Madonna, the Crystal Method and Paul Oakenfold are included. ... Also due Tuesday is the soundtrack to the Susan Sarandon/Goldie Hawn flick "The Banger Sisters," which features Tommy Lee's cover of David Bowie's "Fame" and Ben Folds handling Jackson Browne's "Doctor My Eyes." Also included on the album are original songs from Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson, Who singer Roger Daltrey, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora and the now-defunct Buckcherry, who also appear in the film. ... Let's Roll: Together in Unity, Faith and Hope, a benefit album featuring DC Talk, Chaka Khan, Steven Curtis Chapman and others, is also set to arrive on Tuesday. ...

Former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, Phish bassist Mike Gordon, Rusted Root, moe., Gov't Mule and Blind Boys of Alabama are among the performers scheduled for the third annual Jammy Awards on October 2 at Roseland Ballroom in New York. Gordon will perform with guitar virtuoso Leo Kottke to promote their collaboration album, Clone, due October 8. ... "1 Giant Leap," a fusion of music and images from around the world by Faithless's Jamie Catto, will be screened on an upcoming college tour that will also feature Rusted Root and former Soul Coughing singer Mike Doughty. Michael Stipe, Robbie Williams and Brian Eno are among those who participated in "1 Giant Leap." ... Rocket From the Crypt will release their seventh album, Live From Camp X-Ray, on October 22 through Vagrant Records. The disc is neither live, nor was it recorded at Camp X-Ray.

• Nappy Roots
• Michelle Branch
• Candiria
• Box Car Racer
• Iron Maiden

Candiria
Photo: Colin Held

Brooklyn jazz-metal experimentalists Candiria are holed up in a studio with producer Mike Barile, working on a new album titled 300 Percent Density. "The new songs are filled with some of the wildest music we have ever written," guitarist John Lamacchia said in a statement. "At the same time, they flow quite naturally. We are exploring new directions on this album, without compromising the sound that is Candiria." The LP, Candiria's first since signing with the U.S. arm of Germany's Century Media Records, is their fourth and is due May 1.

Candiria's multitextured hard-rock sound hinges more on jazz theory, funk and an artfully passionate inventiveness than on the testosterone angst of the rap-metal currently grimacing up the charts. Mosh-inducing guitar frenzies and growling vocals coexist alongside fluid, acrobatic hip-hop prose, with the band often dipping into straight-ahead free jazz, all built atop a solid foundation of chugging rhythm.

Candiria began exploring their varied musical territory on their Surrealistic Madness debut, self-released in 1995. Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Too Damn Hype Records) followed two years later, garnering the band respect from underground hardcore and metal press.

The five-man band, which also loosely includes rappers, artists and musicians from the group's "COMA" crew, had to search for a new home following the disappearance of MIA Records, which released 1999's dense and creative Process of Self Development. Century Media, Candiria's new home, is known for aggressive, extreme metal acts such as Norwegian black-metal band Emperor, Seattle's Nevermore and Indiana's Iced Earth.

• Candiria