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HIM To Release Limited-Edition Box Set Plus Four Deluxe Titles
Finnish "love" metallers HIM will release a limited-edition box set, "Lashes To Ashes, Lust To Dust: A Vinyl Retrospective '96-'03", on November 25 via The End. The box set includes the rare debut 1996 EP "666 Ways To Love: Prologue" on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl for the first time ever, along with...September 15, 2014
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COREY TAYLOR: SLIPKNOT 'Couldn't Find A Direction' Following PAUL GRAY's Death
SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor says that the band had a hard time finding a "direction" in the four years since the passing of the group's bassist Paul Gray and credits the SLIPKNOT fans for helping the band get through the pain of losing one of its key members. "There were a handful of moments wher...September 15, 2014
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COREY TAYLOR: SLIPKNOT Is Using Internet As Tool To Build Excitement For New Album
SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor believes that the band has been able to successfully use the Internet to build anticipation for its long-awaited fifth studio album, ".5: The Gray Chapter", calling the process "a lost art" which not enough other artists are taking advantage of. Asked in a recent inter...September 13, 2014
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COREY TAYLOR On ROBIN WILLIAMS: 'He Was One Of My Original Comic Heroes'
SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor says that he was "heartbroken" when he found out that Robin Williams had died, calling the Oscar-winning actor and comedian "one of my original comic heroes." Williams' body was discovered on August 11 by an assistant in a bedroom at the actor's Californ...September 11, 2014
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EXTREME/Ex-VAN HALEN Singer GARY CHERONE To Release New HURTSMILE Album 'Retrogrenade' Next Month
HURTSMILE, the band led by the third VAN HALEN frontman, Gary Cherone (also of EXTREME),who took over when Sammy Hagar left the group (or was fired, depending on whom you ask) in 1996, will release its sophomore album, "Retrogrenade", in North America on October 7 via Cherone's own Slipkid Records....September 8, 2014
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W.A.S.P. Guitarist DOUGLAS BLAIR To Introduce SIGNAL2NOISE Project To Finnish Audiences
With the next W.A.S.P. release — tentatively titled "Golgotha" — and the band's subsequent tour slated for spring of 2015, Douglas Blair, the group's American lead guitarist, stands poised to finally introduce his long-mothballed "main" project, the aptly named power duo SIGNAL2NOISE, to Finnish aud...August 28, 2014
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AEROSMITH's JOE PERRY: 'I Don't Know If It's Worth Going In And Sweating Blood Over A New Record'
In a brand new interview with Michael Christopher of Boston magazine, AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry was asked about his wavering stance in regards to new music and whether he thinks there will be another full-length album from the band anytime in the future. "With us being off the record label, we'r...August 27, 2014
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SLIPKNOT To Tour North America With KORN, KING 810
SLIPKNOT has announced the next phase of its uncompromising history — the release of ".5: The Gray Chapter", the fifth studio album from the Grammy Award-winning group, which arrives on October 21. The band's North American "Prepare For Hell" tour, promoted exclusively by Live Nation, is set to kick...August 25, 2014
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'GODSMACK Day' Proclamation Covered Live On WAAF; Video Footage Available
Mayor Martin J. Walsh officially declared Wednesday, August 6 "Godsmack Day" in the city of Boston at Newbury Comics, where the first 500 fans to buy GODSMACK's sixth full-length album, "1000hp" (One Thousand Horsepower),received a wristband that allowed them to get their copy signed by the band. T...August 24, 2014
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SLASH: Reunion Of Classic GUNS N' ROSES Lineup Is Not 'In The Cards'
Mistress Carrie of the Worcester/Boston, Massachusetts radio station WAAF recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Slash. You can now watch the chat in four parts below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whom he would like to play him if a movie is eve...August 23, 2014
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DREAM THEATER To Release 'Breaking The Fourth Wall (Live From The Boston Opera House)' DVD, Blu-Ray
Progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER will release "Breaking The Fourth Wall (Live From The Boston Opera House)", a live Blu-ray/DVD set of the band's one-of-a-kind performance from the Boston Opera House on March 25, 2014. Produced by the band's own John Petrucci, filmed and directed by Pierre and...August 21, 2014
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AC/DC Biographer Doesn't Expect To See MALCOLM YOUNG With Band Again
According to The Pulse Of Radio, AC/DC biographer Jesse Fink has told a Boston radio station that he doesn't expect to see founding guitarist Malcolm Young return to the band. AC/DC announced earlier this summer that Malcolm was stepping down from the group after 40 years due to unspecified health i...August 7, 2014
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GODSMACK: Fifth '1000hp' Studio Webisode Available
The fifth and final webisode featuring footage from the recording sessions for GODSMACK's new album, "1000hp" (One Thousand Horsepower),can be seen below. The series takes fans behind the scenes into the group's custom-built studio and rehearsal facility near Boston and to Ocean Way Studios in Cali...August 6, 2014
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'NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990' Book Due In November
"NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990", Tony Rettman's ambitious oral history, captures ten years of struggle, including the scene's regional rivalries with D.C. and Boston, the birth of moshing, the clash and coming to terms of hardcore and heavy metal, the straightedge movement, and the unlikely infl...August 4, 2014
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City Of Boston Proclaims August 6 'GODSMACK Day'
Recognizing GODSMACK as international ambassadors for Boston and in recognition of their long success within the music industry, honorable Mayor Martin J. Walsh has officially declared August 6 "Godsmack Day." The Mayor will officially present the band with this distinction in the Newbury Comics sto...August 4, 2014
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