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SHINEDOWN: 'For Your Sake: Inside The Making Of Amaryllis' Walk-Through Video

The release of SHINEDOWN's fourth studio album, titled "Amaryllis", was accompanied by an e-book called "For Your Sake: Inside The Making Of Amaryllis", a 75-page, "completely interactive" e-book that contains commentary, photos, video footage and other content exclusively chronicling the creation o...

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MEGADETH To Perform Entire 'Countdown' Album In Santiago

MEGADETH will perform its 1992 album, "Countdown To Extinction", in its entirety on September 7 at Teatro Caupolican in Santiago, Chile. MEGADETH's fifth LP, "Countdown To Extinction" was released on July 14, 1992 through Capitol Records. The band's best-selling full-length CD to date, it was certif...

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MICHAEL KISKE, KAI HANSEN Talk UNISONIC In New Video Interview

A new video interview with former HELLOWEEN and current UNISONIC members Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen can be seen below. In addition to Kiske and Hansen, UNISONIC features in its ranks Dennis Ward (bass) and Kosta Zafiriou (drums) of Germany's PINK CREAM 69 and Swiss guitarist Mandy Meyer (who has p...

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BLACK SABBATH Confirmed For LOLLAPALOOZA Festival

The reunited BLACK SABBATH has been confirmed for this year's edition of the Lollapalooza festival, which takes place on August 3-5 at Grant Park in downtown Chicago. BLACK SABBATH was supposed to tour the U.S. this year as part of a worldwide trek in support of a new album, but guitarist Tony Iommi...

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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN At 'The Devil's Carnival': More Interview Footage Posted Online

SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan made his acting debut in "The Devil's Carnival", the new project Darren Lynn Bousman directed that is being seen as a companion piece of sorts to "Repo! The Genetic Opera". 2008's "Repo! The Genetic Opera" was hailed by The Hollywood Reporter as "the next...

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BUSH's GAVIN ROSSDALE Calls Tabloid Readers 'Sour Parasites'

According to The Pulse Of Radio, BUSH frontman Gavin Rossdale called people who read gossip tabloids "sour vicarious-living parasites" in a new interview with Spinner. The private life of Rossdale and his wife, NO DOUBT singer Gwen Stefani, has been tabloid fodder in recent months due to previously...

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FEIST: 'It's A Wet Dream' To Have MASTODON Cover One Of My Songs

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will release a split seven-inch single with Canadian singer-songwriter Feist to celebrate Record Store Day on April 21. This very exclusive and highly anticipated pressing features MASTODON covering the Feist song "A Commotion", while Feist covers MASTODON's "B...

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MASTODON: New Video Interview With TROY SANDERS

UpVenue recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON. You can now watch the chat below. MASTODON is currently taking part in a spring North American tour in support of their current album "The Hunter", which was released by Reprise Reco...

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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN Talks About His Role In 'The Devil's Carnival' (Video)

SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan made his acting debut in "The Devil's Carnival", the new project Darren Lynn Bousman directed that is being seen as a companion piece of sorts to "Repo! The Genetic Opera". 2008's "Repo! The Genetic Opera" was hailed by The Hollywood Reporter as "the next...

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FLYING COLORS: Debut Album First-Week Sales Revealed

The self-titled debut album from FLYING COLORS — the spectacular new virtuoso prog/pop/metal rock band formed by drummer Mike Portnoy (ex-DREAM THEATER) and guitarist Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE) — sold 6,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 81 on The Bil...

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GODSMACK's Cover Of JOE WALSH's 'Rocky Mountain Way' Available For Streaming

GODSMACK's cover of JOE WALSH's "Rocky Mountain Way" can be streamed at Banana1015.com. The song will be featured on GODSMACK's first-ever concert album, "Live And Inspired", which will also contain a bonus disc of four newly recorded cover songs. According to Loudwire, the disc will contain 13 tune...

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VINCE NEIL Discusses Incident Which Led To Palms Ban

MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil spoke to the Las Vegas Sun about his decision not to visit the Palms in Las Vegas again after he got into a Twitter war of words with the hotel-casino because he was told that booths at Palms' Little Buddha restaurant were for parties of four ...

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UNISONIC's Self-Titled Debut To Receive U.S. Release In May

The self-titled debut studio album from UNISONIC — the band featuring former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske, guitarist Kai Hansen (GAMMA RAY, ex-HELLOWEEN) alongside guitarist Mandy Meyer (ASIA, GOTTHARD and KROKUS),bassist Dennis Ward and drummer Kosta Zafiriou (both of Germany's PINK CREAM 69)...

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AEROSMITH's BRAD WHITFORD Guests On JOE BONAMASSA's New Album

On May 22, internationally renowned guitar superstar Joe Bonamassa will release a brand new solo album, "Driving Towards The Daylight" (J&R Adventures) — his "lucky" 13th CD. The effort was produced by Kevin "Caveman" Shirley (BLACK CROWES, AEROSMITH, LED ZEPPELIN) at Studio At The Palms in Las...

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SHINEDOWN's 'Amaryllis' Cracks U.S. Top 5

SHINEDOWN's fourth studio album, titled "Amaryllis", sold 106,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 4 on The Billboard 200 chart. SHINEDOWN landed the biggest debut of its career in July 2008 when its third album, "The Sound Of Madness", sold 50,000 cop...