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PERIPHERY Drummer To Sit Out European Tour

Drummer Matt Halpern of Maryland-based experimental, progressive metallers PERIPHERY will sit out the band's October 2012 European tour with BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME and THE SAFETY FIRE after getting into an "unfortunate accident" on Saturday (September 29) and suffering a dislocated shoulder. The...

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TREMONTI Performs Unreleased Track In West Chester; Video Available

Fan-filmed video footage of ALTER BRIDGE and CREED guitarist Mark Tremonti performing an unreleased track called "Gone" on September 26 at The Note in West Chester, Pennsylvania can be seen below. "Gone" was recorded during the sessions for Mark's solo album, "All I Was", which came out this past Ju...

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ORGY: Photo From 'Grime Of The Century' Video Shoot

ORGY — the reactivated "death pop" band from California — filmed more footage for its "Grime Of The Century" video this past Friday, September 28 in Los Angeles. Helming the shoot is Matt Zane, an acclaimed adult-film director and frontman for the metal band SOCIETY 1. A photo from the "Grime Of The...

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'Definitive Book' On GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire Released

University Press Of New England has just released "Killer Show - The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert", which is described as "the definitive book on The Station nightclub fire on the 10th anniversary of the disaster." The official book description: "On February 20, 2003, the...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Singer Joins FOZZY On Stage In Hollywood; Video, Photos Available

AVENGED SEVENFOLD singer M. Shadows joined FOZZY on stage last night (Thursday, September 27) at the Roxy in West Hollywood, California to perform the song "Sandpaper". Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below. Check out a photo from CNC Photos. Shadows previously appeared on the...

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ALICE COOPER Drummer Performs VAN HALEN Classic With STEEL PANTHER (Video)

ALICE COOPER drummer Glen Sobel — whose other credits include Vivian Campbell, SIXX: A.M. , BEAUTIFUL CREATURES and Paul Gilbert — sat in with STEEL PANTHER this past Monday night (September 24) to play VAN HALEN's "Hot For Teacher", at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood, California. Also joining...

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3 INCHES OF BLOOD Completes Recording DAYGLO ABORTIONS Cover; Photos Available

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada metallers 3 INCHES OF BLOOD entered the studio last week to record a cover of a DAYGLO ABORTIONS track, to be included on the upcoming DAYGLO ABORTIONS tribute album, due out in 2013. The song was recorded with Reversed Records founder, producer/engineer/manager R...

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ORGY Members Discuss 'Grime Of The Century' Single (Video)

A two-and-a-half-minute clip in which the members of ORGY — the reactivated "death pop" band from California — talk about their new single, "Grime Of The Century", can be seen below. "Grime Of The Century", the first new single in over seven years from ORGY, was recorded at NRG Recording and Entoura...

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STATIC-X: New Video Interview Posted Online

On September 23, Jeremy Lafrentz of Backstage Entertainment conducted an interview with STATIC-X frontman Wayne Static and Wayne's wife Tera Wray at the Sokol Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska. You can now watch the chat below. Bassist Brent Ashley left STATIC-X earlier in the month. His final show with...

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BLACK ROBOT To Release New Single

Los Angeles -based hard rock band BLACK ROBOT will release the first single from its forthcoming album, "Woman", on October 19. The song "Circles" will be available as a free download exclusively at the group's web site, www.blackrobotmusic.com. "'Circles' is song about my lifelong struggle facing d...

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NAILS Preparing To Record New Album

Southern California's NAILS will enter Godcity Studios in Salem, Massachusetts in late December with CONVERGE's Kurt Ballou to begin recording its new album, "Abandon All Life", for a spring release on Southern Lord. Following the release of the band's split seven-inch single with SKIN LIKE IRON tha...

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MASTODON's BRENT HINDS Readies WEST END MOTEL's Sophomore Release

MASTODON guitarist Brent Hinds is gearing up for the release of his sophomore album with side-project WEST END MOTEL. Due October 30 on Warner Bros. Records, "Only Time Can Tell" is the highly-anticipated follow-up to Hinds' acclaimed 2011 debut, "Don't Shiver, You're A Winner" which SPIN dubbed "a...

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DUFF MCKAGAN To Host This Year's 'Classic Rock Roll Of Honour'

Duff McKagan (DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) will host this year's Classic Rock Roll Of Honour awards gala in London on November 13. LYNYRD SKYNYRD will perform and ZZ TOP will receive the Living Legend Award at the event, which will be held at the Roundhouse, Camden. Says Mc...

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Three Quarters Of DOKKEN's Classic Lineup Reunites In T&N; Debut Album Details Revealed

Rat Pak Records has set an October 31 release date for "Slave To The Empire", the debut album from T&N (formerly TOOTH AND NAIL),the new project featuring current and former members of DOKKEN: George Lynch, Jeff Pilson (bass) and Mick Brown (drums). "Slave To The Empire" contains eight new orig...

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TRENT REZNOR's HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS Signs With COLUMBIA RECORDS

HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS — the project featuring NINE INCH NAILS mainman Trent Reznor and his wife Mariqueen Maandig (ex-WEST INDIAN GIRL) along with frequent NIN collaborator Atticus Ross and NIN's longtime graphic designer Rob Sheridan — has inked a deal with Columbia Records for the release of a new...