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NIKKI SIXX Helps Save Christmas For Children With Cancer

On December 4, five video game systems were stolen from Carolinas Medical Center in North Carolina. Surveillance cameras captured footage of a man taking the systems, which are used by young patients undergoing cancer treatment. When MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx heard what happened at the treatmen...

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STONE SOUR Frontman's Holiday Single Fails To Topple SIMON COWELL

According to The Pulse Of Radio, STONE SOUR and SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor's satirical holiday single, "XM@$", failed to stop the latest Christmas offering by Simon Cowell's current "The X Factor" winner from hitting No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart for the week before Christmas. Winner Matt Card...

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COREY TAYLOR Vows To Swim With Sharks For Christmas Number One

According to Roadrunner Records, STONE SOUR and SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor has posted a video message on his official YouTube channel announcing that he will swim with sharks if fans get him to the No. 1 spot in the U.K. this weekend with his charity Christmas single called "XM@$". Taylor appare...

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New Issue Of REVOLVER Magazine Pays Tribute To Hard Rock And Metal's Fallen Heroes

As we bid farewell to a year full of tragedy, the new issue of Revolver magazine — available on newsstands everywhere on December 21 — remembers many of hard rock and metal's most dearly departed. The cover features a stunning painting by legendary comic-book artist J.G. Jones (Superman, Batman, Wan...

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SLIPKNOT, MACHINE HEAD Members Featured In Newly Released 'Dimebash 2010' Rehearsal Clip

Video footage of MACHINE HEAD members Robb Flynn and Phil Demmel, along with SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison and ex-STATIC-X bassist Tony Campos, rehearsing the PANTERA classic "A New Level" on October 28, 2010 at Swinghouse rehearsal studios in Hollywood, California for the following night's Dimebas...

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COREY TAYLOR Talks Christmas Single In New Video Interview

Video footage of STONE SOUR and SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor talking to the Artisan News Service about his recently released Christmas single called "XM@$" can be viewed below. Taylor has promised fans an "unbelievable" surprise if "XM@$" makes No. 1 on the U.K. chart for the holiday. According to...

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DEATH's 'The Sound Of Perseverance' To Be Reissued With Bonus Material

DEATH's seventh and final album, "The Sound Of Perseverance", will be reissued on February 15, 2011 in North America (February 21 internationally) via Relapse Records. The first in a series of official DEATH reissues slated for 2011, "The Sound Of Perseverance" has been remastered and expanded to in...

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AARON LEWIS, COREY TAYLOR To Join Forces For New Year's Eve Concert

STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis and SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor will join forces for a special concert on New Year's Eve (December 31) at Carol Morsani Hall at The Straz Center in Tampa, Florida. For more information, go to this location. Lewis's forthcoming five-song CD, "Town Line" marks h...

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GIRLSCHOOL Re-Recording Classic 'Hit And Run' Album

Veteran British female hard rockers GIRLSCHOOL are currently in the studio re-recording their classic 1981 album "Hit And Run". The new version of the LP will be released in 2011 to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary. "Hit And Run" was originally made available in March 1981, followed a short ti...

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STONE SOUR Frontman Wants Christmas Single To Top U.K. Chart

STONE SOUR and SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor has just released a new Christmas single called "XM@$" and has promised fans an "unbelievable" surprise if the song makes No. 1 on the U.K. chart for the holiday. According to The Pulse Of Radio, Taylor said, "I'm actually planning something right now. I...

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WENDY DIO Donates More Than $100,000 To Cancer Research Program In Houston

According to 39 News, Wendy Dio, the widow and manager of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, DIO, RAINBOW, ELF),was back in Houston, Texas on Wednesday (December 8) to present a $117,000 check to Ronnie's physician, Dr. Ajani, at M.D. Anderson Cancer Ce...

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GEEZER BUTLER Says BLACK SABBATH Reunion With OZZY Won't Happen Before 2012

AOL's Noisecreep recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal bassist Geezer Butler (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Noisecreep: The show [for HEAVEN & HELL's "Neon Nights" DVD] was filmed on July 30, 2009. How long after that did...

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Former ANNIHILATOR Touring Drummer Dies Of Cancer

Guitarist/mainman Jeff Waters of Canadian metal veterans ANNIHILATOR has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "A few weeks ago (while I was touring in Europe),I got word that we lost a former member of ANNIHILATOR's touring lineup, Dave Machander. He passed away from cancer...

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Neon Nights: 30 Years of Heaven & Hell

It has been thirty years since the release of BLACK SABBATH's landmark album "Heaven and Hell", the first with vocalist Ronnie James Dio (RAINBOW, ELF, DIO) and a turning point in both the band's career and the direction that heavy metal would take in the '80s. The equally brilliant, heavier/darker...

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WENDY DIO Says RONNIE JAMES DIO's Upcoming Autobiography Will Feature 'Great Stories'

"Rainbow In The Dark: The Autobiography Of Ronnie James Dio", the revealing memoir of the heavy metal master, will be published in the spring of 2012 via MTV Books. With nearly five decades of worldwide success and album sales in the tens of millions as the front man of ELF, RAINBOW, DIO, BLACK SABB...