Also available, but limited to only 50 pieces worldwide, is a Motorhead “Ace of Spades” playing card hand-signed by Lemmy himself. At press time the standard edition of the Lemmy Icon figure was slated to be available at Spencer Gifts, Hot Topic, Virgin Mega Stores, Hastings, FYE, HMV, Diamond, independent record and specialty collectible toy stores...

Releases…
Overdrive’s Let The Metal Do The Talking is out now… as is Kreator’s At The Pulse Of Kapitulation DVD… Black Tide’s Light From Above debuted at #73 on the Billboard Top 200…. Heavy metal photographer Stephen Jensen has launched the long-awaited, limited edition and autographed photo book, Music Photography – Volume 1. Familiar faces include music legends ranging from Dimebag Darrell and Alice Cooper to Trent Reznor. The book is available at www.f3studios.com for $39.95 plus shipping and handling…

Firewind’s The Premonition is due any day… Whitesnake’s Good To Be Bad will be available Apr. 22, while Testament’s The Formation Of Damnation comes out Apr. 29… Puscifer, the artist collective helmed by Maynard James Keenan (Tool/A Perfect Circle) will release a 13-song remix album titled V is for Viagra: The Vagina Remixes to be available Apr. 29 via Puscifer Entertainment…

Evergrey’s next one is Torn… Dokken’s Lightning Strikes Twice hits US stores on May 13… Soothsayer’s Have A Good Time is being reissued May 15… On May 21, White Wolf is set to release Live In Germany … American Dog has a new live DVD called Hard On The Road…

Ex-Crimson Glory vocalist Midnight has re-recorded “Painted Skies” with Savatage’s Jon Oliva and “Lost Reflection.” The tracks are now streaming at www.myspace.com/t42midnight...

Random quote of the month…
“I feel kinda like Ozzy felt when he discovered Randy Rhoads.” Megadeth leader Dave Mustaine on the hiring of former Jag Panzer guitarist Chris Broderick.

I fought the law…
Poison drummer Rikki Rockett was recently taken into custody on alleged rape charges filed by a woman in Mississippi. At press time, no further details were available… UFO bassist Pete Way has been denied entry into the US due to visa issues and, therefore, cannot accompany the band on their US tour. UFO has tapped Spread Eagle bassist Rob DeLuca to fill in for Way …

And, in another boneheaded move, Candlemass guitarist Mats “Mappe” Björkman has been sentenced to two years in a Swedish prison for grand theft. He was convicted of stealing CDs with a retail value of SEK 3 million (approximately $490,000). According to prosecutor Mats Jansson, Björkman and his accomplice Stefan Håkansson skimmed CDs from Entertainment Network Scandinavia AB (ENS), where they both worked at the warehouse. ENS handles product distribution to retail outlets and wholesalers throughout Sweden for four major labels. Over a period of several years, Björkman and Håkansson shipped the stolen merchandise to two Stockholm retail outlets, which were also allegedly involved in the scheme.

In November 2005, a music company contacted ENS regarding a discrepancy in Björkman’s reported sales. ENS investigated the matter and discovered that someone had manipulated the company computer on 301 occasions. By checking Mats’ employee/entry card, ENS determined that the musician’s log-in information had been used to access the company’s computer system in 279 of these instances. According to the band, this will have no affect on their impending US tour nor on their immediate plan to record an EP titled Lucifer Rising.

Tours…
If you’re headed to Sweden in early June, you’ll have a chance to catch the Sweden Rock Festival, which boasts an incredible lineup featuring Satyricon, Airbourne, Judas Priest, Disturbed, Testament, ELO, Primal Fear, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Ace Frehley, Saxon, Poison, Triumph, Blue Öyster Cult and Ratt among several others…

Hatebreed and Type O Negative are set to headline this year’s Jagermeister Music Tour, which hits The Palladium on May 27… Drowning Pool, Black Tide and Egypt Central are at the Ridglea April 5… Doro Pesch is there Apr. 12…

Bon Jovi is at American Airlines Center Apr. 14… Megadeth and Children Of Bodom hit Nokia Live the following night… UFO is scheduled for the House of Blues on Apr. 23… Van Halen is “supposed to” play American Airlines Center on Apr. 24… Symphony X graces the Ridglea stage with Epica and Into Eternity on Apr. 27… Candlemass will be there June 7… Overkill is set to play the Ridglea on Sep. 27.