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SLASH: More First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash's all-star collaborations album, simply titled "Slash", has registered the following first-week chart positions: Sweden: #1 Canada: #1 Finland: #2 Switzerland: #3 USA: #3 Norway: #4 Denmark: #6 Poland: #11 Spain: #26 United Kingdom: #30 "Slash" scored...

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JUNGLE ROT: 'Worse Case Scenario' Video Released

"Worse Case Scenario", the new video from Wisconsin death metallers JUNGLE ROT, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Jason Meudt and Emmet Austin of Vision 4 Films and it features crushing old-school death metal, leaving nothing but a blood-soaked battlefield in its wake; if you're a fan of...

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TOOL Frontman's 'Blood Into Wine' Documentary: DVD/Blu-Ray Release Pushed Back To September

The DVD/Blu-ray release of "Blood Into Wine", the critically-acclaimed documentary about TOOL/PUSCIFER frontman Maynard James Keenan and his Arizona wine exploits, has moved to September 4. Demand for theatrical screenings in both the U.S. and internationally have far surpassed the film company's (D...

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LILLIAN AXE Signs New Record Deal

Louisiana-based rockers LILLIAN AXE have inked a new deal with Love & War Records/MRI Associated for the release of their tenth album. Due on July 20, "Deep Red Shadows" will include a special guest appearance by KING'S X guitarist Ty Tabor. LILLIAN AXE's last album, "Sad Day On Planet Earth", w...

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SLASH On CBC's 'Q'; 20-Minute Video Interview Available

Jian Ghomeshi of CBC's cultural affairs show "Q" conducted an interview with legendary VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash during his recent visit to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 20-minute chat can be viewed below. Slash's all-star collaborations album, simply titled "Slash", scored th...

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SLASH Cracks U.S. Top 5

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash's all-star collaborations album, simply titled "Slash", scored the highest new entry on this week's The Billboard 200 chart, with first-week U.S. sales of around 60,000 copies. The set landed at position No. 3. "Slash" was released in North America on...

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TEXTURES Keyboardist Quits

Keyboard player Richard Rietdijk has left Dutch progressive metallers TEXTURES to pursue other interests. He explains in a statement, "After ten awesome years playing synths in the band, I've decided to leave TEXTURES. There are other projects (music and other) I've been wanting to do for a while no...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Says His Addition To JANE'S ADDICTION Was 'A Natural Fit'

Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED) spoke to RollingStone.com about his stint as the new bassist in JANE'S ADDICTION. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On being hired by JANE'S ADDICTION: "We're from the same musical time, the same town, the same era....

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LILLIAN AXE: New Dates Announced

Louisiana-based rockers LILLIAN AXE have scheduled the following dates: July 23 - Corpus Christi, Texas - Zero's Hard Rock Club July 24 - Houston, Texas - BFE Rock Club LILLIAN AXE's latest album, "Sad Day On Planet Earth", was released on June 30, 2009 via the Swedish label Blistering Records. The...

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AVANTASIA Lands On German Chart

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project released its new epic masterpiece on April 3 as regular CDs ("The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babylon"),two separate double picture vinyls, and as a beautiful collector's edition with an AVANTASIA picture book. The deluxe box set features two CDs...

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SLASH: New Audio Interview Available

Jon Wiederhorn of the MTV Music Blog recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES). The podcast can now be streamed using the audio player below. As spreviously reported, Slash was joined by WOLFMOTHER frontman Andrew Stockdale for a performance o...

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SHINEDOWN Interviewed In Quebec City

MusikUniverse.net conducted an interview with SHINEDOWN when the band played Quebec City, Quebec, Canada on April 10, 2010. Watch the chat below. SHINEDOWN's iTunes sessions, featuring acoustic versions of eight of the band's songs, was made available exclusively on iTunes on April 6. The track list...

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SLASH Performs On 'Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson'; Video Available

Legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) was joined by WOLFMOTHER frontman Andrew Stockdale for a performance of Slash's new solo single, "By The Sword", on this past Friday night's (April 9) edition of CBS-TV's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson". Watch video of the appearance...

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REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS: VIP Room Photos Posted Online

The Revolver Golden Gods Awards took place April 8 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles featuring appearances by hard rock and metal royalty. Upstairs in the VIP room you could hang out with the likes of MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine, ALICE IN CHAINS' Jerry Cantrell, Marilyn Manson, SLAYER, Vinnie Paul...

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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Signs New Deal With UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING

Billboard.biz reports that Universal Music Publishing Group has signed a worldwide, deal encompassing the entire STONE TEMPLE PILOTS song catalog, including the group's upcoming self-titled, sixth-studio album coming out on May 25. The deal consists of signing up the group's frontman Scott Weiland t...