on 5 October, in Luleå, Sweden. In a partnership between Earache Records and RapidShare, the Irish thrash metal band Gama Bomb made its third studio album, Tales from the Grave in Space, available for free download on 5 November 2009. Steven Tyler is laid off from Aerosmith on 14 November 2009. The lay-off was due to multiple factors, being redundancies in the singing-songwriting division, and rising rehab fees that have cost the group millions. Mercenary parts ways with drummer Mike Park, vocalist Mikke Sandager and keyboard player Morten Sandager. Death and Control Denied's former guitarist Shannon Hamm suffers a heart attack at home on 1 October,. Ronnie James Dio is diagnosed with stomach cancer, and is being treated at the Mayo Clinic. On 28 December, The Rev, the drummer of Avenged Sevenfold, was found dead at his home in Huntington Beach. Books ECW Press will release a book looking at the work of producer Rick Rubin, entitled Rick Rubin: In the Studio, written by biographer Jake Brown on 11 August,. Former Stratovarius member Timo Tolkki is to publish his autobiography, Hymn to Life – Entr'acte on 2 November, through Goldenworks Ltd./Blacksmith Ltd. At the End of the Day, a book charting the career of Blaze Bayley is to be released on 25 September,. All That Matters, a Metallica biography written by Paul Stenning is to be released in October via Plexus Publishing. Led Zeppelin: Good Times, Bad Times: A Visual Biography, a book examining the public and private lives of the members of Led Zeppelin, is to be released on 1 October, via Abrams Publishing. Rock photographer Neil Zlozower releases Mötley Crüe: A Visual History, 1983–2005 via Chronicle Books. A limited-edition book, Vintage Kiss Photos: 1974–1981 compiled by Marc Scallatino, is releaded, charting Kiss's early days. Cradle of Filth frontman Dani Filth and Gavin Baddeley are to release The Gospel of Filth, a book exploring the history of the band and more general topics of the dark side of humanity, on 31 October,. New book announced on the history of metal titled Louder Than Hell: The Unflinching Oral History of Metal. Rudolf Schenker of the Scorpions will release his autobiography, entitled Rock Your Life in Germany on 14 October,. Heavy metal magazine Decibel will release Precious Metal: The Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces in July. The book pays tribute to the 25 most influential extreme metal albums of all