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OPETH: Entire 'Pale Communion' Album Available For Streaming

"Pale Communion", the highly anticipated eleventh studio album from Swedish progressive metallers OPETH, can be streamed in its entirety at Pitchfork.com. The follow-up to 2011's "Heritage" will be released on August 26 via Roadrunner Records. The cover artwork was once again created by Travis Smith...

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DUFF MCKAGAN To Join PEARL JAM Guitarist MIKE MCCREADY For Performance With SEATTLE SYMPHONY

Duff McKagan (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) has revealed to VH1 Radio Network's Dave Basner that he will join Mike McCready for the PEARL JAM guitarist's performance with the Seattle Symphony in January at Seattle's Benaroya Hall. McCready will be taking part in a series called "Sonic Evolution",...

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NIKKI SIXX: I Want To Compliment GENE SIMMONS For Publicly Apologizing

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following message on his Facebook page: "I wanted to take a moment to address the media that's been picked up by everybody from Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Times, NME, Billboard and many more around Gene Simmons' comments telling depressed people to kill...

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PIERCE THE VEIL Recording New Album

California-based progressive post-hardcore band PIERCE THE VEIL has been sequestered at Dan Korneff's Sonic Deris Recording Studio in New York writing and recording a brand new album for a January 2015 release via Fearless. As yet untitled, the follow-up to 2012's "Collide With The Sky" is once agai...

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FOO FIGHTERS To Release 'Sonic Highways' Album In November; Details Revealed

FOO FIGHTERS has confirmed the worldwide release date of the band's long-awaited follow-up to the four-time-Grammy-winning, international No. 1 "Wasting Light". The band's eighth studio CD of all-new material will be titled "Sonic Highways" and will be released globally on Monday, November 10. The c...

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GENE SIMMONS: 'A Lot Of Young People Have Stupid Ideas Because They Are Young'

In a brand new interview with MLive.com, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons was asked what keeps the group going after all these years when he and his bandmates could all just easily give touring up and enjoy retirement. "A lot of young people have stupid ideas," Simmons replied. "And a lot of young...

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Video: CHTHONIC Performs With Classical Oriental Orchestra At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR

Having appeared twice before at Wacken Open Air in Germany, Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC performed for the third time at this year's edition of the music festival — and for the very first time, it played on the main stage Blackstage on August 1. The works of CHTHONIC stand out in the ring of metal...

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Heavy Metal At The Gates Of Paleontology

A collision from deep time to present: a half-meter long worm with deadly jaws that lived 420 million years ago, and paleontologist Mats E. Eriksson (Lund University) who discovered its impressive and never-before-seen remains. A diehard fan of Scandinavian metal legend King Diamond, Eriksson dubbed...

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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...

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FOO FIGHTERS Complete Work On Eighth Album

According to The Pulse Of Radio, FOO FIGHTERS have finished work on their eighth album, which the band recorded in eight different iconic studios in eight different cities over the past year. Producer Butch Vig tweeted the good news, saying, "We are officially done with the new FOO FIGHTERS album. 2...

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QUEEN: 'Live At The Rainbow '74' Trailer

A trailer for the forthcoming "Queen: Live At The Rainbow '74" package can be seen below. Sunday March 31, 1974 is a landmark date in the history of rock music. It is now celebrated in the multi-format release of a rare recording made at legendary London venue The Rainbow, of a concert by a then-up-...

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Once More 'Round the Sun

MASTODON's continued inching toward an accessible rock sound is no doubt going to be met with enmity by some, which sucks, considering they play at a higher level than damned near anyone in metal music. Rare is the occasion when a band as complex and progressive as MASTODON is sacrifices none of the...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'I Want To Make A Record That You Can Listen To The Rest Of Your Life'

Anna Zurek of Myglobalmind webzine recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Myglobalmind: So what would you say is the main difference between the tracks on your new album, "Give 'Em Hell", and older ones on, for exa...

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CHTHONIC To Perform With Classical Oriental Orchestra At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR

Having performed twice at Wacken Open Air in Germany, Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC will have its third performance at the music festival — and for the very first time, it will perform on the main stage Blackstage on August 1. The works of CHTHONIC stand out in the ring of metal bands around the wor...

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DAVE GROHL Blasts Singing Competition Shows

According to The Pulse Of Radio, FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl blasted singing competition shows like "American Idol" and "The Voice" when he appeared at a press event for TV critics last week to promote his upcoming documentary series on HBO. Grohl told journalists at the event, "I don’t want my...