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Written by: JD
7/21/2008 5:04 PM

Mudvayne have covered up the contents of their myspace page and replaced it with a mysterious flash video that simply states “It’s happening, it’s coming, are you ready?” accompanied by static and music in the background. The flash video itself is titled “Serial Killer”, which could be a track title, album title, or something else completely.

A new studio album is tentatively due out in November.

Slipknot’s video for their single “Psychosocial” is now online, check it out here.

Staind recently hit the road again for the first time in nearly two years, joining 3 Doors Down and Hinder on a summer bill that extends into August. After that, the New England-based group will headline on their own before going to Europe with Nickelback in the fall. We asked Staind frontman Aaron Lewis how it felt to get back out on tour again after a lengthy layoff: "It feels good right now, you know. It's always a bittersweet thing, you know. In order to go back out on the road, I have to leave my wife and three daughters at home. You know, I can't imagine me doing anything else, but it's a double-edged sword for sure."

Following its European tour with Nickelback, Staind is expected to launch a new North American run with Seether later in the year.

The group is promoting the arrival of its sixth studio album, The Illusion of Progress, which is due out on August 19th.

Five Finger Death Punch drummer Jeremy Spencer told Altitude TV that co-headliner Disturbed is "stealing" the Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour. Asked if any bands on the bill have surprised him, Spencer said, "We toured with Disturbed (before), but the production was a little more scaled down then compared to this, so seeing them in that set-up, to me, they're stealing the festival, man. I love it." Five Finger Death Punch vocalist Ivan Moody added, "I hate to say it, but they're handing even (co-headliner) Slipknot their ass."

Slipknot percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan told us before the tour began that he wasn't interested in what the other bands on the bill were doing: "It's a Slipknot tour, man. I've been off for two years, so what I think is, get out of our way, leave us alone, we're here to do what we do, we do it to the best of our ability, and I don't care about anybody else or anything. I think every band is a great band, I think what they do is awesome, but I don't care. This is all about the 'Knot, period."

In addition to Disturbed, Slipknot and Five Finger Death Punch, the inaugural Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour also features Dragonforce, Mastodon, Airbourne, Machine Head, Black Tide, Underoath and others.

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