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SKID ROW's DAVE 'SNAKE' SABO: 'We Made The Necessary' Lineup Changes 'In Order For It To Be Enjoyable'

SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo says that the band "made the necessary changes" in its lineup in order to ensure that playing music was still an "enjoyable" experience. Sebastian Bach fronted SKID ROW until 1996, when he was fired. Instead of throwing in the towel, the remaining members took a...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Is Focusing On Writing 'The Best' And Most 'Honest' Songs Possible

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH drummer Jeremy Spencer believes that radio support is essential to a band's success these days and he credits radio airplay for helping each one of the first three FIVE FINGER albums go gold in the U.S. for sales of 500,000 copies or more. "I've certainly seen a share of nega...

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BUSH's GAVIN ROSSDALE Wanted To Get 'Heavier' On 'Man On The Run' Album

Earlier this week, BUSH frontman and songwriter Gavin Rossdale was interviewed on "Elliot In The Morning", the morning radio talk show hosted by DJ Elliot Segal. You can listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. BUSH's sixth album, "Man On The Run" will be released on October 21 via Zuma Rock Re...

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HAMMERFALL: '(r)Evolution' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

"(r)Evolution", the new album from Swedish metallers HAMMERFALL, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Sweden: #1 Germany: #4 Czech Republic: #4 Switzerland: #5 Finland: #10 Austria: #13 France: #67 Belgium: #84 Netherlands: #105 UK: #110 "(r)Evolution" sold around 1,900 copies in...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Has Already Recorded Four New Songs For Next Studio Album

Las Vegas metallers FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH have begun tracking brand new compositions for the follow-up to last year's two-album set, "The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell". "We're at the studio right now, and we're recording some new material," FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH drummer Je...

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BUSH: New Single 'The Only Way Out' Available For Streaming

Alt-rock band BUSH has set an October 21 release date for its new album, "Man On The Run" (Zuma Rock Records/RAL). The group's sixth studio CD is being introduced via lead single "The Only Way Out", which can be streamed below. Frontman Gavin Rossdale tells USA Today about the song: "It's a good gat...

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AMORPHIS To Perform Entire 'Tales From The Thousand Lakes' Album On 20th-Anniversary Tour

Finnish melancholic dark metal forerunners AMORPHIS will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their legendary 1994 release "Tales From The Thousand Lakes" by performing the album in its entirety on a short tour in December. Support on the trek will come from Swedish metallers AVATARIUM. Comments AMORPH...

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Former METAL MANIACS Magazine Editor KATHERINE LUDWIG Is Battling Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma; How You Can Help

Katherine Ludwig, former editor of the long-running heavy metal magazine Metal Maniacs, is battling non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which has spread in pockets throughout her body. A Facebook page has been launched to "relieve some of the burden to ease costs that go along with all of the guts and glory tha...

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The Return

Seventeen years in the life and a new album cover liberally borrowing from the "Spiderman" movie poster art, Florida rockers NONPOINT are back with their latest offering, "The Return". Bringing aboard Grammy-nominated producer Johnny K (DISTURBED, STAIND, MEGADETH) for the second album in a row, let...

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(r)Evolution

Power metal favorites HAMMERFALL are back and back to basics, it would seem. Their old mascot, Hector, returns, in art form and in ode on the band's latest album, "(r)Evolution". Hector was last seen on HAMMERFALL's debut, "Glory to the Brave", which was produced by Fredrik Nordström. After sixteen...

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Maximum Overload

DRAGONFORCE is a band you either appreciate or you don't. It's a fact. Normally a band bearing such insane talent would rule the world, though no one will ever deny DRAGONFORCE is lacking a substantial audience. They're one of the fastest, most precise bands out there, but they have their share of h...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND's CASUALTIES OF COOL: Quality Fan-Filmed Video Footage Of London Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of CASUALTIES OF COOL, the collaboration between Canadian multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and producer Devin Townsend and Vancouver artist Ché Aimee Dorval, performing on September 4 at Union Chapel in London, United Kingdom can be seen below. CASUALTIES OF COOL's...

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SANCTUARY/NEVERMORE's WARREL DANE Says His Upcoming Solo Album Will Include DEPECHE MODE, XTC Covers

David Priest of The Metal Priest recently conducted an interview with vocalist Warrel Dane (SANCTUARY, NEVERMORE). Asked if fans can ever expect to hear a follow-up album to his 2008 debut solo effort, "Praises To The War Machine", Dane said: "Yes, yes, yes, there is going to be another solo record....

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RUSSELL ALLEN And JORN LANDE's 'The Great Divide' Collaborative Album: More Details Revealed

Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and Russell Allen (SYMPHONY X, ADRENALINE MOB) will release the fourth ALLEN / LANDE collaborative album, "The Great Divide", on October 17 in Europe and October 21 in North America via Frontiers Music Srl. Following three successful discs written, played an...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's 'Waking The Fallen: Resurrected' Cracks U.S. Top 10

The special edition reissue of AVENGED SEVENFOLD's second album, "Waking The Fallen", sold around 22,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 10 on The Billboard 200 chart. The 2003 disc was the first to feature guitarist Synyster Gates and bassist Johnny...