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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer No Longer Involved With SCARS ON BROADWAY

SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan is no longer involved with SCARS ON BROADWAY, the project led by SYSTEM OF A DOWN guitarist/vocalist Daron Malakian. SCARS ON BROADWAY returned to the live stage on May 2, 2010 after a 17-month absence to play a headlining show at The Troubadour in West Hollywo...

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PAPA ROACH Frontman's Vocal Issues Force Grand Rapids Concert Cancelation

PAPA ROACH was forced to cancel its appearance last night (Tuesday, August 21) at the Grand Rapids, Michigan stop of the Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival tour due to singer Jacoby Shaddix's ongoing vocal issues. Christian hard rockers P.O.D., who have been headlining the second stage during the Uproa...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING Says JEFF HANNEMAN's Recovery Won't Hold Up New Album

California thrash metal legends SLAYER have spent the last year and half touring without guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who is still recovering from necrotising fasciitis, a flesh-eating disease, which he is believed to have gotten from a spider bite. At last year's "Big Four" concert in Indio, California...

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CHIMAIRA Frontman: 'The Age Of Hell Is Over'

Vocalist Mark Hunter of Cleveland, Ohio metallers CHIMAIRA has released the following statement: "The last few years have been bizarre, to say the least. "CHIMAIRA went through an insane amount of changes that would have killed 99% of the bands out there, and all things considered, probably should h...

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Woman Files Lawsuit After Slipping In Vomit At WHITESNAKE Show

According to South Wales Argus, a WHITESNAKE fan is suing the Newport, Wales, United Kingdom council because she was injured after slipping and falling in a puddle of vomit while attending the band's December 2011 concert in Newport. Lindy Butcher, 39, who claims that she was not drinking at the sho...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Explains Guitarist NICK STERLING's Absence From Current Tour

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach spoke to Amber Lee of the Wisconsin rock radio station 93 Rock about guitarist Nick Sterling's recent claim that he was sitting out shows on Bach's current North American tour due to an apparent business disagreement. The 22-year-old Sterling, who played guitar,...

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SLIPKNOT Singer Doesn't Recall Passing Out On Stage In Dallas (Video)

SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor passed out onstage during a performance in Dallas last month, an incident which was attributed to heat exhaustion. According to Taylor, he has no memory of the episode, which happened after the last song of the band's set as part of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festi...

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MIKE PORTNOY Performs With RICHIE KOTZEN In Los Angeles (Video)

Drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB) joined Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON) on stage last night (Tuesday, August 7) at The Baked Potato in Studio City, California to perform a cover version of the BOB DYLAN classic "All Along The Watchtower". Fan-filmed video foota...

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MY DYING BRIDE Guitarist Talks New Album In Video Interview

Video footage of guitarist Hamish Glencross of U.K. doom titans MY DYING BRIDE talking to Terrorizer TV about the band's forthcoming album, "A Map Of All Our Failures", can be seen below. "A Map Of All Our Failures" will be released on October 15 In Europe and October 16 in the U.S. via Peaceville R...

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JOE PERRY Says AEROSMITH's Record Company Doesn't Know For Sure How To Market New Album

Steven Tyler admits he's still amazed how AEROSMITH has managed to keep it together over the past 40 years. The singer, whose decision to take the job as a judge on Fox's "American Idol" caused a major rift between him and AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry, explained to LA Weekly in a new interview ...

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DISTURBED Frontman Weighs In On Chick-Fil-A Gay-Marriage Controversy

DISTURBED frontman David Draiman has weighed in on the Chick-fil-A controversy, claiming that both the "left" and the "right" are wrong in their treatment of the chicken eatery's chief executive and his views on gay marriage. In a recent interview with Baptist Press, Chick-fil-A chief executive Dan...

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RANDY BLYTHE: 'God Bless The U.S.A.!'

LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe landed on U.S. soil this afternoon after spending more than a month at a Prague, Czech Republic prison on manslaughter charges. The singer boarded a direct flight to New York at approximately 1:00 p.m. CEST (Central European Summer Time) and made his way back home t...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman Says RANDY BLYTHE Is 'Innocent'

MACHINE HEAD has been added to SLIPKNOT's first-ever Knotfest, an extraordinary two-date metal and hard rock festival set to take place on August 17 in Council Bluffs, Iowa and August 18 in Somerset, Wisconsin. Commented the festival organizers: "The mighty MACHINE HEAD has been tapped as one of the...

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VEXT Seeking New Bassist, Second Guitarist

Singer Tommy "Vext" Cummings (VEXT, DIVINE HERESY, SNOT) has issued the following update: Due to personal reasons, Andrew Jacobs [ex-MUTINY WITHIN] has been forced to step down from his responsibilities as the bassist of VEXT. "I love AJ like family and we all hope he can resolve the situations he's...

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POSTHUM: New Song Available For Streaming

Norwegian atmospheric black metallers POSTHUM have signed to Indie Recordings for the release of their newest album, "Lights Out". The CD — which will be released on September 25 in North America (September 21 for Europe) — can be described as atmospheric and gloomy with a melancholic undertone, eve...