For those of you who want advice on how to be the next American Idol, check out this MTV article, which includes tips from the previous winners of the competition.

You can view the cover for The Always Open Mouth, from Fear Before The March of Flames right here. The album hit stores September 19th.

"Seize The Day" will be the next single from Avenged Sevenfold's latest album, City of Evil.

A little update from Nora is below.

Nora Update

we just started recording 6 songs as a first pass for preparations for doing this whole "new record" thing. I like 'em, and i suspect that when we get vocals in there, they'll be (as the spanish say) muy excellente.

According to Friends Or Enemies, Lifetime not only reunited for those few shows, but have apparently inked a deal with Fueled By Ramen / Decaydance Records.

From HitsDailyDouble: Victory Records has asked for a summary judgment against former distributor Koch Entertainment, seeking an outstanding balance of $51,246.40, attorney's fees of $25,690 and an additional amount of $257,817.29 Canadian in unaccounted inventory for a total of $300k in a New York Supreme Court motion filed yesterday. The suit claims "Koch's failure to meet its payment obligations is a breach of the contract." Koch distributed Victory product in Canada from 1998-2001, and the agreement was then extended to June 2005. Victory is now distributed north of the border by Universal Music Canada. Victory head Tony Brummel has already racked up another $1.75 in angry e-mails...

The Higher is now being managed by The CT Mafia. The Higher is still looking for a label.