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VINNY APPICE Says It's 'Unfortunate' BLACK SABBATH Didn't Use BILL WARD On '13' Album

Brazil's Wikimetal podcast recently conducted an interview with legendary drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL). You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he still has contact with any...

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STRAIGHT LINE STITCH To Release 'Transparency' EP

Knoxville, Tennessee band STRAIGHT LINE STITCH will release a new EP, "Transparency", on June 30 via Pavement Entertainment. The group is currently taking part in the "Civil Unrest Tour", which kicked off on May 31 in Wichita, Kansas and wraps up June 28 in Corona, California. "Transparency" pre-ord...

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HELLYEAH Guitarist TOM MAXWELL Forced To Sit Out Rest Of European Tour After Breaking Foot

HELLYEAH guitarist Tom Maxwell broke his foot in three places and will not be able to participate in the rest of the band's European tour. HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott states: "We will carry on, with [HELLYEAH's other guitarist] Chris Brady holding down the guitar force. Tom will rejoin us fo...

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BREAKING BENJAMIN's 'Failure' Single Notches Third Week At No. 1

According to The Pulse Of Radio, BREAKING BENJAMIN's "Failure" has just notched its third straight week at No. 1 on Active Rock radio, giving the band the third No. 1 single of its career after 2007's "Breath" and 2009's "I Will Not Bow". As he has done in the past, BREAKING BENJAMIN frontman and ch...

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SLIPKNOT, FAITH NO MORE, DEFTONES, SHINEDOWN, JANE'S ADDICTION Set For AFTERSHOCK Festival

The fourth annual Monster Energy Aftershock festival will feature a spectacular music lineup of hard rock, alternative and metal artists, as well as an expanded festival site with onsite camping Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25 at its new home at Gibson Ranch just outside Sacramento, Cali...

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Two Men Missing After Attending ROCKLAHOMA Festival

According to Fox23.com, two 20-year-old music fans who attended this past weekend's Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, Oklahoma are missing. Cody Parrick and Ben Babar were last seen Saturday (May 23) when they were supposed to leave the event for work but never made it. They were also seen the previous...

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Man Dies After Falling From Catwalk During CHEVELLE Concert

According to the Chicago Tribune, a 24-year-old man fell to his death from a catwalk at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on Friday during a CHEVELLE concert. Kyle Kirchhoff was killed around 10:20 p.m. when he and two friends made their way through a door on the Aragon's second-floor balcony and came...

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LINKIN PARK, VOLBEAT Performances At ROCKLAHOMA Canceled Due To Inclement Weather

Due to the continued inclement weather in Pryor, Oklahoma, the organizers of this weekend's Rocklahoma festival have canceled the rest of the performances scheduled for Saturday night (May 23),including those by LINKIN PARK and VOLBEAT. The organizers say in a statement: "We want all our patrons to...

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OTEP Has Been Writing 'Amazing' New Songs For Upcoming Album

OTEP, the band led by singer, poet, illustrator, author and activist Otep Shamaya, will enter the studio in the coming months to begin recording its seventh album. Speaking to the 107.5 The Rock radio station, Otep said (hear audio below): "We've been doing a lot of writing, and there are plans [to...

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SEBASTIAN BACH To Appear On New AXS TV Show 'Breaking Band'

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach is taping an appearance this evening (Monday, May 18) in the Los Angeles area on the AXS TV show "Breaking Band". In each episode of this brand new series, up-and-coming bands are surprised by famous musicians who influenced their music during their first live t...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Donates $10,000 To Student Musicians Who Covered 'Crazy Train'

After watching a video of Louisville Leopard Percussionists perform a cover version of the Ozzy Osbourne classic "Crazy Train", the BLACK SABBATH singer donated $10,000 to the group. "Myself, my whole family and my fans all loved your rendition of 'Crazy Train'," Ozzy wrote in the note accompanying...

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Hope Within Hatred

Texas-based sextet SHATTERED SUN has been around for about a decade and are just now releasing their debut full-length album, "Hope Within Hatred". Along the way, the band dropped four EPs and ran the ruts of personnel changes before being signed to the Breaking Bands, LLC management team, spearhead...

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SLASH Saw AEROSMITH 'In A Different Light' After Touring With Them Last Year

In a brand new interview with The Aquarian Weekly, former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash spoke about what it was like spending his "summer vacation" last year with a band which influenced him when he was growing up, AEROSMITH. "Well, if you remember, this is the second time I've toured with them," he...

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KISS's PAUL STANLEY, GENE SIMMONS Receive ASCAP Founders Award

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) presented rock heavyweights KISS with the prestigious ASCAP Founders Award at its 32nd annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards on April 29 in Hollywood. The exclusive, invitation-only gala took place at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles,...

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SLIPKNOT Will Never Tour Without Masks, Says JIM ROOT

SLIPKNOT guitarist Jim Root told The News-Press in a new interview that he didn't think it was likely that the band would ever go on tour without the members wearing masks. Root said: "Well, for one thing, KISS has already done that. And two, that's something you do when maybe the career's in ...