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SIXX:A.M. Members Join DISTURBED On Stage For U2, THE WHO Covers (Video)

SIXX:A.M. members Nikki Sixx and James Michael joined DISTURBED on stage on May 27 at this year's Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, Oklahoma to perform cover versions of U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and THE WHO's "Baba O'Riley". Video footage of their renditions can be seen below. D...

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Video: THE HAUNTED Performs At MARYLAND DEATHFEST

Fan-filmed video footage of Swedish metallers THE HAUNTED performing at the Maryland Deathfest in Baltimore, Maryland on May 27 can be seen below. THE HAUNTED frontman Marco Aro told The Age Of Metal about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to 2014's "Exit Wounds" albu...

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FEMME FATALE's Long-Awaited Second Album Finally Sees Light Of Day

FEMME FATALE's long-awaited second album, "One More For The Road", has just been released via FnA Records. The LP was recorded back in 1989/90 with the original band members and has never seen the light of day…until now. In 1988, FEMME FATALE made some big noise on radio and MTV with two very popula...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Pays Surprise Visit To Birmingham Children's Hospital (Video)

According to Birmingham Updates, Ozzy Osbourne visited Birmingham Children's Hospital in Birmingham, England on Thursday (May 26) in support of the bid to raise £3.65 million for the hospital’s Star Appeal, which will help build a pioneering Rare Disease Centre. Ozzy said: "My son Louis was in Birmi...

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Video: DIO DISCIPLES Perform New, Original Music At 'Ride For Ronnie' Event

DIO DISCIPLES, which pays tribute to Ronnie James Dio and is fully supported by Dio's widow/manager, Wendy, performed three new, original songs during the band's May 22 appearance at the "Ride For Ronnie" motorcycle rally and concert for Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund in Encino, Cal...

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Ex-SLIPKNOT Drummer JOEY JORDISON And DRAGONFORCE's FRÉDÉRIC LECLERCQ Announce More SINSAENUM Album Details

Frédéric Leclercq, virtuoso bass player of London-based power metallers DRAGONFORCE, and Joey Jordison, formerly of SLIPKNOT and currently of VIMIC, have revealed details of their collaboration on an exciting new project, SINSAENUM. Having worked on some material that owed more to death metal than t...

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Ex-AC/DC Drummer SIMON WRIGHT Says AXL ROSE 'Seems To Be Doing Okay' Singing For The Band

Former AC/DC drummer Simon Wright has weighed in on the strange situation regarding AC/DC and singer Brian Johnson. The legendary Australian rock band postponed the last ten dates of its recent North American tour after doctors told Johnson he faced "total hearing loss." AC/DC has since announced th...

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Video: PAPA ROACH's JACOBY SHADDIX Joins DISTURBED For RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Cover

Jacoby Shaddix of PAPA ROACH joined DISTURBED on stage at this past weekend's Rock On The Range festival in Columbus, Ohio to perform a cover version of the RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE classic "Killing In The Name". Video footage of their rendition can be seen below. DISTURBED has been a playing a few...

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DISTURBED Allows Deaf 'Dancing With The Stars' Contestant To Use Band's Cover Of 'The Sound Of Silence'

Nyle DiMarco and Peta Murgatroyd's freestyle dance on Monday night's (May 23) "Dancing With The Stars" was set to DISTURBED's take on SIMON & GARFUNKEL's "The Sound Of Silence". The pair used the track after Nyle, who is deaf, penned a letter to the band asking their permission to incorporate th...

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NIKKI SIXX's 'The Heroin Diaries' Inching Closer To Being Turned Into Broadway Play

MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX:A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx's memoir, "The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star", is inching closer to being turned into a Broadway play. Sixx tells Nuber of the Columbus, Ohio radio station 99.7 The Blitz (see video below): "[The play is] almost complete. And...

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Ex-SLIPKNOT Drummer JOEY JORDISON Joins Forces With DRAGONFORCE's FRÉDÉRIC LECLERCQ In SINSAENUM

Former SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison has launched a brand new extreme metal supergroup called SINSAENUM. Joining him in the new project are MAYHEM and SUNN O)))'s Attila Csihar along with former DÅÅTH and CHIMAIRA vocalist Sean Zatorsky, DRAGONFORCE bassist Frédéric Leclercq on guitar and SETH's He...

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CRASHDÏET Is 'Not Actively Searching For A New Singer Right Now'

Brian Rademacher of RockEyez recently conducted an interview with CRASHDÏET guitarist and SWEET CREATURE frontman Martin Sweet. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Speaking about vocalist Simon Cruz's sudden departure from CRASHDÏET in January 2015, Sweet said: "Well, he left t...

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Former SLIPKNOT Drummer JOEY JORDISON's VIMIC: 'She Sees Everything' Video

Former SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison has launched a new band called VIMIC. He is joined in the group by singer Kalen Chase Musmecci, who has toured with KORN as a backing vocalist and percussionist, and Joey's former SCAR THE MARTYR bandmates Jed Simon (guitar),Kyle Konkiel (bass) and Matthew Tara...

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Former SLIPKNOT Drummer JOEY JORDISON Launches New Band VIMIC

Former SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison has launched a new band called VIMIC. He is joined in the group by singer Kalen Chase Musmecci, who has toured with KORN as a backing vocalist and percussionist, and Joey's former SCAR THE MARTYR bandmates Jed Simon (guitar),Kyle Konkiel (bass) and Matthew Tara...

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Video: QUIET RIOT Performs At M3 ROCK FESTIVAL

Fan-filmed video footage of QUIET RIOT's April 30 performance at the M3 Rock Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland can be seen below. In a 2014 interview with MLive.com, QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali spoke about the band's decision to enlist Jizzy Pearl (LOVE/HATE, L.A. GU...