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SLIPKNOT: Anniversary Reissue Track Listing Revealed
The track listing has been revealed for the upcoming 10th anniversary reissue of SLIPKNOT's self-titled major label debut, due out on September 29. The CD/DVD set will feature all-new digipack packaging and a total of 25 songs, including the original album plus several previously unreleased cuts and...July 26, 2009
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CLUTCH's 'Strange Cousins' Cracks U.S. Top 40
"Strange Cousins From the West", the ninth studio album from Maryland rockers CLUTCH, sold 13,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 38 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous studio CD, "From Beale Street To Oblivion", opened with around 15,000...July 25, 2009
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'Crüe Fest 2' Kicks Off In Camden: Video Footage Available
The sequel to last summer's biggest touring rock festival premiered on Sunday night with the kick-off of Crüe Fest 2 at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, New Jersey. Crüe Fest 2 stars MÖTLEY CRÜE with GODSMACK, THEORY OF A DEADMAN, DROWNING POOL and CHARM CITY DEVILS. Celebrating the 20th anniv...July 21, 2009
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EPICA Completes Work On New Album, Announces North American Tour
Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA entered Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany on March 2 with producer Sascha Paeth to begin recording the follow-up to 2007's "The Divine Conspiracy", tentatively due in September/October via Nuclear Blast Records. Commented EPICA guitarist Mark Jansen: "I...July 20, 2009
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HYDROGYN: Video Footage From FLIGHT OF THE VALKYRIES Festival Posted Online
Video footage of Ashland, Kentucky rockers HYDROGYN performing at this year's Flight Of The Valkyries, the premier festival in the U.S. for metal bands with female lead vocals, on June 27, 2009 at Station 4 in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota can be viewed below. HYDROGYN will return to the studio this...July 17, 2009
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SLASH, STEVEN ADLER, FLEA In The Studio; Photos Available
Photos of RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS bassist Flea and ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler in the studio laying down tracks for Slash's new solo album have been posted on Adler's MySpace page. The VELVET REVOLVER and one-time GUNS N' ROSES axeman wrote in an online post, "Steven Adler played on the firs...July 17, 2009
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BILLY SHEEHAN: Free Bass Clinics Announced
Bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, NIACIN, TALAS, DAVID LEE ROTH) has scheduled the following free clinics: July 20 - Boston/Springfield MA - Falcetti Music 413-543-1002 July 21 - Weymouth, MA - South Shore Music 718-331-3333 July 23 - Freehold, NJ - Freehold Music 732-462-6860 July 24 - O'Fallon, MO -...July 16, 2009
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MELECHESH Mainman Jams With Turkish Pop Star; Video Available
While staying in Turkey for the past two weeks to explore the country's spiritual sides and sites, Ashmedi, frontman of Sumerian thrashing black metallers MELECHESH, also met up with several renowned Turkish musicians. One of them, famous Turkish pop/rock star Harun Kolcak, who has a deep interest i...July 16, 2009
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POWER QUEST Forced To Pull Out Of PROGPOWER USA X Festival
U.K. metallers POWER QUEST have been forced to cancel their appearance at the ProgPower USA X festival in Atlanta, Georgia on September 11. The bandmembers were denied their U.S. working visas and will be unable to enter the country to play the event. Commented keyboardist Steve Williams: "We are ab...July 16, 2009
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DARK FOREST Signs With IRON KODEX
England's DARK FOREST has inked a deal with Iron Kodex for the worldwide release of the band's new EP, "Defender", and as-yet-untitled second album. Formed in 2002 in the West Midlands, DARK FOREST "combin[es] the great legacy of classic NWOBHM acts like TYRANT, ELIXIR, MAIDEN or TREDEGAR with the p...July 16, 2009
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SLASH Issues Update On Solo Record
VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash has issued the following update: "It has been a pretty productive summer so far. My [solo] record should be done next month and the recording has gone smoothly and sounds fucking great. "Steven Adler [ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer] played on the first of t...July 15, 2009
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AC/DC Makes A Dream Come True
Tim Saunders of Look To The Stars reports: A young rock fan in England had his dream come true when he met AC/DC courtesy of the U.K. Make-A-Wish Foundation. Six-year-old Hendrix of Walsall, West Midlands, is fighting acute monocytic leukemia and has been a huge fan of the famous rockers since the a...July 15, 2009
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NILE Announces 'Those Whom The Gods Detest' U.S. Tour
Masters of extreme technical death metal NILE are partnering up with longtime friends IMMOLATION and KRISIUN as well as ABIGAIL WILLIAMS and DREAMING DEAD for the first round of American tour dates in support of their new album, scheduled for worldwide release this fall on Nuclear Blast Records. Con...July 15, 2009
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SLIPKNOT's CHRIS FEHN Forced To Miss Last Two Shows Of Band's European Tour
SLIPKNOT percussionist Chris Fehn was forced to miss the last two shows of the band's most recent European tour — July 10 in Madrid, Spain and July 11 in Barcelona, Spain — due to a "tragic death in his family." Fan-filmed video footage of SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor addressing Fehn's absence dur...July 14, 2009
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CLUTCH: '50,000 Unstoppable Watts' Video Released
"50,000 Unstoppable Watts", the new video from Maryland rockers CLUTCH, can be viewed below. (Note: Video stream may not be available to some non-U.S. residents.) The song comes off the band's ninth studio album, "Strange Cousins From the West", which is available for streaming in its entirety at AO...July 13, 2009
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