Gus G. is a very busy man. In addition to his main gig in Firewind, whose latest CD is Few Against Many, he's also Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist. Gus thought he would have the summer off from that gig with the planned Black Sabbath reunion, but Tony Iommi's illness has delayed that,and Gus was happy to step in as part of Ozzy and friends. Marcus Jervis spoke with Gus G. about Firewind's new album, the upcoming Ozzy shows and other subjects.

Read the complete Firewind Interview

(photo courtesy Firewind, Ltd.)

Megadeth's history has been an interesting and turbulent one. From Dave Mustaine's bitter exit from Metallica to becoming one of thrash metal's Big 4 and their continuing success (and controversy) today, Megadeth has been anything but boring. Their early days are captured in the photo book Megadeth: Another Time Another Place. Bill Hale, who photographed many of the biggest name bands in the '80s, was able to do several photo shoots with Megadeth in their first few years of existence. Candids, posed photos and live shots of Mustaine, David Ellefson, Chris Poland, Gar Samuelson and others are included. Mustaine himself writes the intro to the book, and Ellefson contributes part of a chapter as well.

Read the complete Bill Hale - Megadeth: Another Time Another Place Book Review

(book cover courtesy VH-1 Classic)

Death metal veterans Six Feet Under have been plying their trade for more than 15 years, but are rejuvenated on their ninth release Undead. The band shook things up with several lineup changes, and the addition of new blood (even though a couple of them have already departed), helped spice up their sound a bit as well. SFU's trademark death metal style is intact, but it's a bit more refined and the songwriting is much improved over the past few albums.

Read the complete Six Feet Under - Undead Review

Other Recent Heavy Metal CD Reviews:
Blind Guardian - Memories Of A Time To Come
Burzum - Umskiptar
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Pinata
Ides Of Gemini - Constantinople
Royal Thunder - CVI
Sonata Arctica - Stones Grow Her Name
West Of Hell - Spiral Empire

(CD cover courtesy Metal Blade Records)

Here are the new heavy metal CD releases for this week.   For the most detailed and up-to-date schedule, check out our complete Heavy Metal CD Release Date calendar.

May 22, 2012
Affector - Harmagedon (InsideOut)
Antigama - Stop The Chaos (Selfmadegod)
Blind Guardian - Memories Of A Time To Come (EMI)
Burzum - Umskiptar (Candlelight)
Cardiac Arrest - Vortex Of Violence (Ibex Moon)
Children Of Bodom - Holiday At Lake Bodom CD/DVD (Spinefarm)
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Pinata (Sensory)
Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today Re-Release (Metal Blade)
Emptiness - Error (Dark Descent)
End Of September - End Of September (Ulterium)
Firewind - Few Against Many (Firewind, Ltd.)
Freak Kitchen - Land Of The Freaks Re-Release (Lasers Edge)
The Great Commission - Firework EP (Ain't No Grave)
Great White - Elation (Frontiers)
Gun Barrel - Brace For Impact (Massacre)
Hardline - Danger Zone (Frontiers)
Havok - The Point Of No Return EP (Candlelight)
Kill Devil Hill - Kill Devil Hill (SPV)
Kraanium - Post Mortal Coital Fixation (Comatose)
Malice - New Breed Of Godz (SPV)
Martyrdod - Paranoia (Southern Lord)
Mutilation Rites - Empyrean (Prosthetic)
Offending - Age Of Perversion (Deepsend)
Order Of Nine - Seventh Year of the Broken Mirror (Nightmare)
Pseudogod - Deathwomb Catechesis (Hells Headbangers)
Royal Thunder - CVI (Relapse)
Sabaton - Carolus Rex (Nuclear Blast)
Saint Vitus - Lillie: F-65 (Season Of Mist)
Saxon - Heavy Metal Thunder Live: Eagles Over Wacken CD/DVD (EMI)
Six Feet Under - Undead (Metal Blade)
Slash - Apocalyptic Love (EMI)
Sonata Arctica - Stones Grow Her Name (Nuclear Blast)
Stalwart - Manifest Of Refusal (PRC)
Superchrist - Holy Sh** (Hells Headbangers)
Tesseract - Perspective EP (Century Media)
UFO - The Chrysalis Years Volume 2: 1980-1986 (EMI)
Unisonic - Unisonic (Armoury)
Vorkreist - Sigil Whore Christ (Agonia)
Winterfylleth - The Ghost Of Heritage Re-Release (Candlelight)
Witchtrap - Vengeance Is My Name (Hells Headbangers)