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TOOL Confirms First Show Of 2015 For Halloween

According to The Pulse Of Radio, TOOL will play its first confirmed concert of 2015 on Halloween (October 31) at a one-day music festival called Monster Mash. The event will take place in Tempe, Arizona and the lineup will also feature PRIMUS and COHEED AND CAMBRIA. The show will mark the first time...

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TOOL's MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN Delivers Speech At 'Phoenix Sparks' / 'Arizona Localism In Action' (Video)

TOOL singer Maynard James Keenan was one of ten of Arizona's most diverse and passionate local thought leaders who took the stage on Wednesday, June 10 at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Phoenix for Phoenix Sparks / Arizona Localism In Action. The event, hosted by Local First Arizona, brought these...

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SLASH, GODSMACK, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS To Headline First Annual 'Food Truck & Rock Carnival'

In the "age of the festival" — whether it be for food trucks, music festivals, beer festivals, etc. — several things are often left desired. Event-goers want fun for all ages, including entertainment that the entire family can enjoy, with activities, music, and refreshments available throughout the...

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TOOL's MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN Undergoes Hip Replacement Surgery

Maynard James Keenan of TOOL, A PERFECT CIRCLE and PUSCIFIER has just undergone total Hip replacement surgery. He posted a post-operation photo on Facebook with the following explanation: "Didn't want to freak anyone out. Wanted to wait until out of the woods. Years of foot stomping left me with no...

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Why Heavy Metal Fans Are Most Loyal

Spotify last month published data that found heavy metal has the most loyal fans across the world of any major genre by a wide margin. The music streaming service put together a series of charts and interactives showing the variety of musical genres online and how these genres vary around the world....

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's JASON HOOK Says 'Alcohol' Is To Blame For Memphis Onstage Meltdown

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Jason Hook says that "alcohol" is to blame for the band's onstage meltdown at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee on May 1. According to multiple reports, the group performed half a dozen songs before the entire band, except vocalist Ivan Moody, wa...

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SLIPKNOT's Next Album Could Arrive In Early 2017, Says CLOWN

"Loudwire Nights" host Full Metal Jackie conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan at this year's Rock On The Range, which was held May 15-17 at MAPFRE Stadium (formerly Crew Stadium) in Columbus. You can now watch the chat below. Asked when fans can expect to see the f...

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LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Talks To ROCK IT OUT! BLOG About His First Photography Exhibit (Video)

Rock it Out! Blog host Sami Jarroush recently spoke to Randy Blythe about the LAMB OF GOD frontman's first photography exhibit, "D. Randall Blythe: Show Me What You're Made Of", which opened on May 2 at Sacred Gallery NYC in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood. Blythe discusses how he got his start as a p...

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LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Gives Tour Of His First Photography Exhibit (Video)

LAMB OF GOD singer Randy Blythe opened his first photography exhibit, "D. Randall Blythe: Show Me What You're Made Of", last Saturday (May 2) at Sacred Gallery NYC in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood. The show features dozens of images captured on the road and in Blythe's hometown of Richmond, Virginia...

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ROB HALFORD: Will There Be Another Great, Big Rock-Star Giant Like OZZY OSBOURNE And AXL ROSE?

JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford believes that the rock scene is "thriving" but admits that the changes in the music industry have made it difficult for new artists to launch their careers. Asked if he thinks any of the newer hard rock artists have a shot at becoming arena-sized acts once the current...

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Video: LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Talks To ARTISAN NEWS About His First Photography Exhibit

LAMB OF GOD singer Randy Blythe opened his first photography exhibit, "D. Randall Blythe: Show Me What You're Made Of", this past Saturday (May 2) at Sacred Gallery NYC in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood. The show features dozens of images captured on the road and in Blythe's hometown of Richmond, Vir...

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TOOL Frontman's Side Project PUSCIFER Almost Finished With New Record

Work may finally be progressing a little more consistently on the new TOOL album, but meanwhile singer Maynard James Keenan has apparently found the time to complete a new disc from his music-and-cabaret act PUSCIFER. According to The Pulse Of Radio, Keenan told Punchdrink.com that a new PUSCIFER se...

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FAILURE: 'The Heart Is A Monster' Cover Artwork, Track Listing

FAILURE will release "The Heart Is A Monster", the Los Angeles-based trio's follow-up to 1996's "Fantastic Planet", on June 30 via INgrooves Music Group's artist services division, INresidence. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Segue 4 02. Hot Traveler 03. A.M. Amnesia 04. Snow Angel 0...

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U2 Fans Get TOOL EP Instead of 'Songs of Innocence' on Vinyl

According to The Pulse Of Radio, an undetermined number of U2 fans in the U.K. who picked up a vinyl copy of the band's latest album, "Songs Of Innocence", as a Record Store Day exclusive on Saturday (April 18) got a surprise: instead of getting the Irish supergroup's current effort, they instead fo...

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INTRONAUT Begins Work On Fifth Album

Los Angeles-based post-progressive metal band INTRONAUT has entered Clearlake Audio with engineer Josh Newell to begin recording its fifth full-length album. The CD will be mixed by Devin Townsend for a late 2015 release via Century Media Records. Commented INTRONAUT vocalist/guitarist Sacha Dunable...