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SOUNDGARDEN: Footage Of Intimate New York City Show

According to The Pulse Of Radio, SOUNDGARDEN blasted through 23 songs in front of 1,000 people at New York City's Irving Plaza nightclub on Tuesday night (November 13),in the first of three such shows to celebrate the arrival of the band's first album in 16 years, "King Animal". The show included a...

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DEFTONES' 'Koi No Yokan' Projected To Sell 60K-65K First Week

DEFTONES' seventh studio album, "Koi No Yokan", is likely to sell between 60,000 and 65,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day sales reports compiled after the record arrived in stores on Novem...

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SOUNDGARDEN's 'King Animal' Projected To Sell 70K-75K First Week

"King Animal", the first collection of all-new material in 16 years from grunge legends SOUNDGARDEN, and first since the group reunited in 2010, is likely to sell between 70,000 and 75,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The...

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ROADRUNNER RECORDS President 'Steps Down'

After more than 20 years at Roadrunner Records, including 12 as president, Jonas Nachsin is stepping down from that post. In Nachsin's exit letter to his staff, which Billboard.biz has obtained, he wrote, "Twenty-plus years ago I was hired as U.S. director of sales and marketing at an upstart Europe...

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TODD LA TORRE-Fronted Version Of QUEENSRŸCHE Releases First Trailer For Forthcoming Album

The first trailer for the forthcoming album from the Todd La Torre-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE can be seen below. The group is scheduled to enter the studio in December to begin recording the CD for a tentative early 2013 release via an as-yet-undetermined record label. In a posting on his offici...

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THOR: New Album 'Thunderstryke' To Be Released Next Week

"Thunderstryke", the new studio album of THOR — the Canadian heavy metal band led by vocalist, performer and bodybuilder Jon Mikl Thor — will be released next week in Europe via Rock Saviour Records. Jon Mikl Thor has an impressive discography that includes a bunch of albums (among them the legendar...

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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Guitarist Interviewed In Austria (Video)

Profanity TV conducted an interview with guitarist Paul Waggoner of progressive rock/cutting-edge metal innovators BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME on October 24 at Szene in Vienna, Austria. You can now watch the chat below. BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME's new album, "The Parallax II: Future Sequence", sold 17...

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BLAZE BAYLEY: Footage Of Entire Ukraine Concert Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of former IRON MAIDEN and current WOLFSBANE singer Blaze Bayley's entire November 3 performance at Liverpool in Donetsk, Ukraine can be seen in three parts below. Bayley is working on songs for a new classical EP with guitarist Thomas Zwijsen. The five-song effort will inclu...

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CONVERSE Collaborates With SOUNDGARDEN To Release Limited-Edition Sneaker

Converse has announced a limited-edition, exclusive collaboration with legendary alternative band SOUNDGARDEN in celebration of the band's highly anticipated new album, "King Animal", available on November 13. The limited-edition Soundgarden Chuck Taylor All Star sneaker will be available exclusivel...

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New DEFTONES Album Out, Could Be Best Of Band's Career

DEFTONES issue their seventh studio album, titled "Koi No Yokan", on Tuesday (November 13). The disc follows up 2010's "Diamond Eyes", the band's biggest hit since 2002's "White Pony", and is already riding a wave of advance critical acclaim. The LA Music Blog called it "the best album from DEFTONES...

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SOUNDGARDEN Performs Surprise Set During CHRIS CORNELL's Hurricane Sandy Benefit Concert

SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell played an acoustic benefit concert last night (Monday, November 12) at New York City's Bowery Ballroom, with all proceeds going to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City to help victims of Hurricane Sandy. Cornell's SOUNDGARDEN bandmates surprised fans in attendan...

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SOUNDGARDEN Performs On 'Late Show With David Letterman', Unleashes 'King Animal'

SOUNDGARDEN releases its first album in 16 years, titled "King Animal", on Tuesday (November 13). The disc is the first collection of all-new studio material since 1996's "Down On The Upside" and the first fresh recordings by the legendary Seattle grunge act since they reunited in 2010. Drummer Matt...

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METAL BLADE RECORDS CEO Talks About Label's 30th Anniversary (Video)

Metal Blade Records CEO Brian Slagel recently spoke to Fuse about 30 years of the label's history, with stories about METALLICA, SLAYER, GWAR and CANNIBAL CORPSE. Check out the ten-minute chat below. In a 2007 interview, Slagel estimated that Metal Blade has released around 2,000 records. In additio...

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THE 69 EYES: More 'Borderline' Video Details Revealed

Finnish gothic metallers THE 69 EYES recently filmed a video for the song "Borderline" in New Orleans, Louisiana with Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company, who has previously worked with DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES, SONIC SYNDICATE and KAMELOT, among others. Commented THE 69 EYES singer...

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PORTNOY, SHEEHAN, MACALPINE, SHERINIAN: Tokyo Show To Be Recorded For CD, DVD Release

The new supergroup featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD),bassist Billy Sheehan (STEVE VAI, DAVID LEE ROTH),guitarist Tony MacAlpine (neo classical-metal style, STEVE VAI) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, PLANET X, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION) will have its No...