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SLIPKNOT, FAITH NO MORE, JUDAS PRIEST, SOUNDGARDEN Confirmed For Australia's SOUNDWAVE

JUDAS PRIEST, SLIPKNOT, FAITH NO MORE, SOUNDGARDEN, LAMB OF GOD and FEAR FACTORY are among the confirmed bands for Australia's Soundwave XV festival, set to take place February 21-22 at Bonython Park in Adelaide and Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne and February 28- and March 1 at Olympic Park in S...

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JOE PERRY: First 'Rocks: My Life In And Out Of Aerosmith' Book-Signing Appearances Announced

AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry will release his long-awaited memoir, "Rocks: My Life In And Out Of Aerosmith", on October 7 via Simon & Schuster. Perry worked with author David Ritz, who has written books with B.B. King, Jerry Wexler and Bettye LaVette. In the tradition of the mega-bestseller "Li...

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SOUNDGARDEN's KIM THAYIL Takes Slight Jab At SMASHING PUMPKINS' BILLY CORGAN

Did SOUNDGARDEN guitarist Kim Thayil take a slight jab at SMASHING PUMPKINS mainman Billy Corgan in a recent interview with the Dallas Observer? Thayil seemed to be continuing the low-level war of words between the two acts when he remarked that SOUNDGARDEN wasn't the kind of band that is "led by on...

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EVERGREY's TOM S. ENGLUND Says 'Hymns For The Broken' Album Is '100% What We Wanted'

Not too long ago EVERGREY was almost dead. Long live EVERGREY. Yes it's true, one of the most original metal bands to come out of Sweden almost called it quits. It wasn't a decision vocalist/guitarist Tom S. Englund had spent hours or weeks brooding over, but as time passed following the band's "Glo...

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SLAYER: Fan-Filmed Footage Of Entire Stockholm Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of SLAYER's entire May 30 performance at STHLM Fields at Gardet Royal Park in Stockholm, Sweden can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. World Painted Blood 02. Hate Worldwide 03. Necrophiliac 04. Captor Of Sin 05. War Ensemble 06. Mandatory Suicide 07. Disc...

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Splinters

Greg Mackintosh from PARADISE LOST was obviously shaken to the core by the loss of his father. Mackintosh dedicated the first album of his brutal side project, VALLENFYRE, "A Fragile King", to his dad. Now Mackintosh conjures up "Splinters", a harsh, depressing and noisome affair designed for bloodl...

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Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves

Though "Tourniquets, Hacksaw and Graves" has been out a few months, it still seems like only yesterday AUTOPSY's previous album "The Headless Ritual" hit the metal masses. It as if AUTOPSY has set out to hurriedly make up for the lost time of their fifteen year hiatus. Since 2010, this band has chur...

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SULLY ERNA Says NIKKI SIXX Is 'On The Downslide Of His Career' And Is Looking For 'Cheap Publicity'

GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna says that he refuses to speak publicly about his long-running feud with Nikki Sixx because he doesn't want to give the MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist "the kind of cheap publicity that he's looking for." In May of this year, Sixx said that MÖTLEY CRÜE was ready to turn down an oppor...

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AC/DC's 'Thunderstruck' Is One Of Most Expensive Songs In Cinematic History

Variety's Artisans series sat down with several music supervisors from some of the most musically iconic films in recent memory and asked them about the most amount of money they'd ever spent on a track for inclusion in a film. Thomas Golubic, who has done music placement for shows such as "Breaking...

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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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ELUVEITIE: 'Origins' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

"Origins", the new album from Swiss folk metallers ELUVEITIE, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Switzerland: #1 Germany: #6 Austria: #22 Finland: #37 France: #52 Canada: #60: USA: #104 Belgium: #141 UK: #163 Says the band: "What's even better than #6 in Germany? That's right:...

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EVERGREY: 'King Of Errors' Video Released; New Lineup Unveiled

"King Of Errors", the new video from Swedish metallers EVERGREY, can be seen below. The clip was helmed by Swedish director Patric Ullaeus of the Revolver Film Company AB, who has previously worked with IN FLAMES, HAMMERFALL, DIMMU BORGIR, EUROPE and LACUNA COIL, among many others. "King Of Errors"...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's JOHNNY CHRIST Speaks To 97.1 THE EAGLE ROCKS (Audio)

Clo Raborn of the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas radio station 97.1 The Eagle Rocks recently conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny Christ. You can now listen to the chat below. AVENGED SEVENFOLD will reissue its breakthrough second album, "Waking The Fallen", in a new special edition...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Is 'Forever In Debt' To ROBIN WILLIAMS

The world is reeling from the death of comedian and actor Robin Williams, and among those grieving the Oscar winner is Ozzy Osbourne. The Prince of Darkness once told VH1 Radio Network's Dave Basner how great Robin was when Ozzy's wife, Sharon, was sick in 2002. "I'm forever in debt to Robin William...

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SLAYER: Fan-Filmed Footage Of HEAVY MONTREAL Performance

Fan-filmed video footage of SLAYER's August 10 performance at the Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be seen below. SLAYER surprised the capacity crowd at this past April's Revolver Golden Gods awards in Los Angeles with an unannounced performance, kicking off the show with a th...