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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Pulls Out Of Australia's SOUNDWAVE Festival

Orange County, California's AVENGED SEVENFOLD has pulled out of the 2011 edition of Australia's Soundwave festival, set to take place in late February/early March. The band's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "AVENGED SEVENFOLD regretfully announce they will not be performing at the...

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER's 'Jingle Balls' Now Available

Former ACCEPT and current U.D.O. frontman Udo Dirkschneider recently recorded a Christmas song for the biggest European music and merchandise mailorder company EMP. Laid down at DocMaKlang studio in Osnabrück, Germany, the track "Jingle Balls" was written by various staff members of EMP and is a new...

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PORTNOY: There Are 'Things Going On In My Life I Wish I Could Openly And Honestly Talk About'

Former DREAM THEATER and current AVENGED SEVENFOLD touring drummer Mike Portnoy has posted the following cryptic message on his Twitter profile: "There's a lot of things going on in my life I wish I could openly and honestly talk about at the moment, but cannot... but when I can, I will..." AVENGED...

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Records Christmas Song

Former ACCEPT and current U.D.O. frontman Udo Dirkschneider has recorded a Christmas song for the biggest European music and merchandise mailorder company EMP. Laid down at DocMaKlang studio in Osnabrück, Germany, the track "Jingle Balls" was written by various staff members of EMP and is a new inte...

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LINKIN PARK, AC/DC, GODSMACK, DISTURBED Among Top-Selling Hard Rock Albums Of 2010

Billboard magazine has published a list of the top-selling hard rock and metal albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Not all the albums on the list were actually released during 2010.) It is as follows: 01. Dark Horse - NICKELBACK 02. A Thousand Suns - LINKIN PARK 03....

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EXTREME Frontman's HURTSMILE Project To Release Debut Album

Frontiers Records will release HURTSMILE's self-titled debut album on January 21, 2011 in Europe and February 8, 2011 in the U.S. HURTSMILE is a new band featuring singer Gary Cherone (EXTREME, VAN HALEN) who has teamed up with his brother Mark to write his most succinct record to date. The CD is a...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR: PAUL GRAY 'Would Want Us To Keep Going'

SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR vocalist Corey Taylor spoke to NME.com about how he has dealt with the death of SLIPKNOT bandmate Paul Gray — saying he thinks the bassist "would want us to keep going." During the chat, which you can see at this location, Taylor revealed that he took inspiration from HELLYEAH/ex...

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Former DREAM THEATER Drummer Schedules Las Vegas In-Store

Former DREAM THEATER and current AVENGED SEVENFOLD touring drummer Mike Portnoy will take part in a signing session at Sam Ash in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, December 12 at 4:00 p.m. Sam Ash 2747 S. Maryland Pkwy Las Vegas, NV 89109 Phone: 702-734-0007 Drum-cam footage of Portnoy performing the son...

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FIREBALL MINISTRY: Self-Titled Album To Be Made Available On Vinyl

Hard rock foursome FIREBALL MINISTRY will release the 180-gram white vinyl pressing of its March 2010 self-titled album, "Fireball Ministry" on December 22, 2010 via Restricted Release. Known by fans and critics alike as an uncompromising, unpretentious and entirely authentic hard rock force, FIREBA...

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DREAM THEATER Singer JAMES LABRIE: I Care About MIKE PORTNOY Dearly

Steven Rosen of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER vocalist James LaBrie. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: When Mike Portnoy, who's always done a lot of side projects, went out to do the AVENGED SEVENFOLD record, did you sense that anyt...

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MIKE PORTNOY: New AVENGED SEVENFOLD Drum-Cam Footage Posted Online

Drum-cam footage of former DREAM THEATER and current AVENGED SEVENFOLD touring drummer Mike Portnoy performing the songs "Almost Easy" and "Welcome To The Family" with AVENGED SEVENFOLD on November 20, 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden and November 14, 2010 in Paris, France, respectively, can be viewed belo...

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U.D.O.: New Album Pushed Back To May

The release date of "Rev-Raptor", the new album from U.D.O., the German metal band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, has once again been pushed back — this time to May 20, 2011. The delay was caused by the back problems experienced by guitarist Stefan Kaufmann, the same issue that for...

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MIKE PORTNOY: DREAM THEATER Carrying On Without Me Will 'Seriously Damage Our Relationship'

Former DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy recently spoke to Classic Rock Prog magazine about his decision to quit the band he formed and led for 25 years. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Classic Rock Prog: Were you expecting the guys in the band to agree with you that DREAM THEATER ...

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HIM: 'SWRMXS' Official Remix Album Coming In December

"SWRMXS", the official remix album of HIM's "Screamworks: Love In Theory and Practice", will be released on December 7. The LP — featuring HIM songs remixed by Tiesto, Morgan Page, Gavin Russom and more — will be available online on iTunes, Beatport and other digital retailers. The physical album wi...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD, STONE SOUR, HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD To Join Forces For 'Nightmare After Christmas'

AVENGED SEVENFOLD, STONE SOUR and HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD will join forces for "The Nightmare After Christmas" tour in January/February. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Jan. 20 - Reading, PA - Sovereign Center Jan. 22 - Lowell, MA - Tsongas Center Jan. 23 - Baltimore, MD - 1st Mariner Arena Jan. 25...