That’s right, there’s no denying. The Great Cessation by the almighty Yob is UNDOUBTEDLY the most pissed release of 2009. And by “pissed,” I mean serious childhood issues coming brutally to light through the heaviest of heavy imaginable. And these guys are from fucking Eugene??!! Frank Black and Yob reside in the same college town…go figure.

Yea, the internetz are above with rumors that badass, hyper-influential prog band Faith No More will be reuniting, and yes, MTV has confirmed their reformation with singer Mike Patton’s publicist. I know we’re all super stoked, but before you start singing the chorus to Epic, understand that they’re coming together ONLY for a European tour.

This has also been quoted from multiple insiders to mean that although Patton is set to stop by and play a set at Coachella, there won’t be the full FNM crew along for the ride. Or maybe they will… who knows. Coachella is weird about adding last minute acts, so get your hopes up for all I care. I’mma go find some Mexican food, you should read the story from MTV below.

For some reason, news of two ginormous rock reunions has been buried at the end of press releases in recent weeks.

First, there was an e-mail from the Recording Academy, which casually announced that Blink-182 would be reuniting at the Grammy Awards to present an award — which the band of course used to announce their reunion. And now, thanks to a press release touting singer Mike Patton’s involvement in the “major motion film ‘Crank 2: High Voltage,’ ” we know that Faith No More — the much-celebrated, much-missed art-rock act that he fronted from 1989 until its dissolution in 1998 — are finally reuniting.

That news was, er, broken, in the final line of the press release sent late Monday night, which listed Patton’s upcoming performance schedule, including a stop at the Coachella festival and “the highly anticipated reunion tour with Faith No More in Europe this summer.” Needless to say, long-suffering FNM fans were pumped.

But is the news true? MTV News contacted Patton’s publicist, who told us that yes, the Faith No More reunion is happening … and no, they’re not going to be playing any dates in the U.S. (sorry, Coachella fans). This is will be a strictly European affair.

Patton won’t be doing any interviews to promote the tour, and it’s not exactly clear who will be in FNM this time around: Presumably mid-’80s singer Chuck Mosely (who Patton replaced after Mosely was booted for erratic behavior) won’t be on board, although it’s unclear whether epically-maned guitarist Jim Martin, who left the band in the early ’90s under less-than-friendly circumstances, will be coming.

Ok, NOW start singing the chorus to Epic.

Sebastian Bach with a goatee?

Far off….in the distance….do you hear it? What is that? Is that a stampede of majestic buffalo coming our way? The galloping of the four horsemen of teh Apocalypse? A westward roaring ice storm? No. Nope. Just FUCKING IRON MAIDEN.

April 21st, 2009, the documentary titled “IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666,” chronicling their ambitious 2008 tour, will own aging hessian the world over.

They played in 13 countries, also landing in Azerbaijan and Papua New Guinea en route for fuel stops, traveling 70,000km and performing to almost half a million fans – a schedule that was only made possible by having their own “magic carpet” enabling them to go where they wanted with all the key elements of band, crew and equipment on board one plane, which was christened Ed Force One. Even more remarkable was that lead singer and Airline Captain Bruce Dickinson was not only to perform 23 shows, but he was also the pilot flying the plane for much of the way.

Bruce Dickinson: Renaissance man. Full press release and tour dates after the jump. Afterward, call upon the gods and visit www.ironmaiden.com.

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Lamb of God have to be one of the best live metal bands I’ve seen. There’s nothing like Redneck or Black Label being blasted from 5 sweaty dudes as strobe lights cast their shadows on the violent souls of the circle pit.

Headbanger’s Ball, that show that was once the coolest program on TV, is releasing clips from Lamb of God’s new DVD set via their blogsite. The double disk, Walk With Me in Hell, follows the band around as they tour in support of Sacrament. The 2nd disk captures the making of Sacrament as well as the entire 2007 Download Festival performance to a crowd of 72,000 people.

Although Headbanger’s Ball kinda has the rights to the stream, due to the fact that the show sucks way more than it did back in the old days, I give you Synthesis Presents: Lamb of God.

Me and my esteemed colleague Daniel James Taylor have been singing the praises of Prong’s metal masterpiece “Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck” from their all around boss album Cleansing all day. So I looked up this video and instantly got reminded of the badd assery that Prong brought to the table almost FIFTEEN years ago. This was back when some of the best heavy shit was hot; Pantera, Sepultura, Helmet, Danzig etc. All of those bands still get regular rotation on my itunes, something I can’t say about a lot of the metal that is coming out today. I can’t say that I will be rocking the As I Lay Dying album that came out recently fifteen years from now.

Listen to the molten scooped solid state tone on the crunches and enjoy.