Rockstar Mayhem Festival

Norma Jean's highly anticipated album, Meridional, is officially available for presale.  Presale packages will be available in four tiers.  Regardless of what package fans choose, when ordering from www.normajeannoise.com, all presales include an instant download of "Deathbed Atheist," the second new song from the album after "Leaderless and Self Enlisted."??The standard package for $10 includes the Meridional physical CD as well as the ability to digitally download the album on release day, July 13th.

Korn shot Oildale on location and you can see what went on behind the scenes during the making of their latest music video. Check it out after the jump

Check out Five Finger Death Punch's video premiere of "Bad Company". According to the band " This is Five Finger Death Punch's video for "Bad Company," off the album, War Is The Answer! This is Five Finger Death Punch's video for "Bad Company," off the album, War Is The Answer! The video features footage from 5FDP's recent trip to Iraq for the troops, and is a salute to the brave men and women to dedicate their lives to protecting our freedom." Check it out after the jump

Check out a sneak peak at the new covers for Revolver's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival issue coming out on Tuesday of next week. The issue features all of the bands on this year's tour but four exclusive covers have been made available for your viewing pleasure featuring Korn, Lamb of God, Rob Zombie, and Five Finger Death Punch. See the covers after the jump.

Think you have what it takes to be Revolver TV's new host at Mayhem?. You have to be 18 and over, live in the US and submissions have to be in by 7/1. To enter, just upload your audition videos (between 1-3 minutes) on why you would be the best choice to be our new host at Mayhem. Revolver TV will select 10 finalists (from the Top 100 eligible submissions) to compete for the grand prize of becoming Revolver TV's host. These 10 videos will be posted on the www.revolvermag.com/revolvertv site where fans can vote for the winner. The winner will also get 2 VIP backstage passes along with tickets to the show. The outrageous outtakes and funniest videos will appear exclusively on the Revolver TV Mobile channel. All the details here

There are 24 local bands opening up Mayhem shows on the Jagermeister Stage this summer and they are ALL listed on the Mayhem site now!! From Sangre at the San Bernardino to Upon A Burning Body in Oklahoma City, lots of great local talent this summer on the Jagermeister stage. See all the bands here

Motivated by the BP disaster and its devastating effects, heavy rock outfit KORN, who have sold more than 30 million records worldwide, take a stand by launching a boycott against using the company's gasoline while on tour this summer.  The band has formally announced that it will not be fueling any of its touring vehicles with BP products and is strongly encouraging other touring artists to do the same.

Metal Injection is giving away a pair of tickets for each Mayhem stop this summer. Enter now, what are you waiting for!! Details and more here

From SF: "Shadows Fall is adding even more amazing dates to their summer touring plans! Not only is Shadows Fall set to perform in several cities in South America this summer, they are also poised to appear with Chimaira  at select pre-Mayhem Festival shows and one Mayhem Festival off-date, and will be joined by Winds Of Plauge on several Mayhem Festival off-dates" Additional details here

Note to fans attending or planning on attending the Tampa show. The Ford Amphitheatre  is now known as the 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre

Whats up Metal Heads!!!
    I am proud to announce, that I will be going on tour with Mayhem Music Festival this summer!
    I will be joining the tour for three weeks, July 8th through July 28th.  I will be  interviewing the bands.....and document all the fun...the hard work..and the insanity that goes into making Mayhem Festival a reality.
    I will be posting up all of the content here on the official Mayhem site everyday, so you can see all that goes on; on stage, back stage, the bands and my daily routine... as well as all the amazing crazy fans that will be joining us.
Here on the Mayhem site, you can find out about the bands on tour, the
dates near you, watch the video clips I will be posting daily, and how

you can get tickets!
    And of course don't forget to check in
with
my daily video blogs on the site as soon as the tour launches.
  
 If
you want to find out more about me,

Mayhem Fest's own Big Jay Oakerson guests on Full Metal Jackie's syndicated metal radio show this weekend! Go to FullMetalJackieRadio.com to find a radio station near you airing the show. And be sure to "Like" Jackie on Facebook and become a fan of Big Jay on his Mayhem profile here

From AOL Noisecreep " The last time we interviewed Korn guitarist James 'Munky' Shaffer on camera in our studio, he was thoughtful and articulate as he talked about the creation of their album, 'Korn III: Remember Who You Are,' being back in the studio with producer Ross Robinson for the first time in almost 15 years and the power and spirituality of making music. Remembering what a good interview subject he was, we got Munky back on the phone for this week's podcast, along with Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jatsta."

Get the whole piece here and check out the video after the jump

SUNDAY IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO: Wanna win a sick Ibanez guitar signed by the bands playing Mayhem Fest this summer and show off your guitar skills to the world? If you think you have what it takes show us. Upload a video, (up to 3 minutes) of you playing your favorite song on guitar from one of the bands on Mayhem Fest this year. Upload your video to this group and the winner will be announced at the end of the tour. The winner will receive a Custom Ibanez RG321MHBK guitar with Rockstar Mayhem Festival artwork and autographed by some of the artists on the tour. Enter here and check out one of the videos submitted after the jump

Get a FREE, 9-song 2010 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival Tour iTunes digital sampler, featuring Mayhem artists: Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch, Lamb of God, Atreyu, Hatebreed, Norma Jean, In This Moment, Winds of Plague, 3 Inches of Blood. It's FREE and you can be listening to 9 free tracks in just a few minutes. What are you waiting for? Additional tech note after the jump

Audio samples for EVERY song on Korn's new album are available and you can listen to them on Amazon. Korn III: Remember Who You Are, hit's the streets July 13th and you can stay up to date with all the latest news right here!!

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For the month of June, Live Nation is offering tickets with NO service fees at Live Nation owned and operated amphitheaters. This is for all the Mayhem shows except for Clarkston, Cincinnati, Boise, Montreal and Oklahoma City. Any questions about the offer that you can't find on the site, please contact LN customer service at 1-800-745-3000. All the details can be found here . Mayhem tickets themselves can be grabbed here

From our friends at Fuel TV, Enter to win a chance to ride with the tour and see bands such as Korn, Rob Zombie, Lamb of God, Five Finger Death Punch and many more. The prize pack includes a flight to Detroit to join the tour, ride with the Mayhem for 2 nights, meet and greet with the Mayhem bands, VIP laminates, Mayhem gift bag, access to backstage and Metal Mixers, autographed Mayhem Ibanez guitar, Tama drum kit and a one year free subscription to Revolver. Enter here