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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Manager: Plan Was Always For PORTNOY To Play With Band Only Through 2010

AVENGED SEVENFOLD manager Larry Jacobson has told LA Weekly's "West Coast Sound" blog that there is no correlation between drummer Mike Portnoy's departure from the band and the cancelation of the group's participation in the Australian Soundwave festival. He writes, "The plan had always been for Mi...

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KEEP OF KALESSIN: Hollywood Footage Available

Video footage of Norwegian metallers KEEP OF KALESSIN performing the song "The Awakening" live at the Key Club in Hollywood, California on November 16, 2010 during the band's U.S. tour with NILE, EX DEO and PSYCROPTIC can be viewed below. KEEP OF KALESSIN guitarist Obsidian C.'s tour blog can be fou...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD: It's Time For Us To Find Another Drummer For 2011 And Beyond

Orange County, California's AVENGED SEVENFOLD has released the following statement: "For the past few months, we've been blessed with Mike Portnoy's talent and humanity. "When Mike agreed to tour with us, it was only through the end of 2010. We always knew we'd need to find another solution for 2011...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Singer: PORTNOY Was Too 'Press Release-Happy' Regarding DREAM THEATER Split

AVENGED SEVENFOLD frontman M. Shadows told The Pulse Of Radio that the band was not happy about the public way in which drummer Mike Portnoy's split with his former group DREAM THEATER was played out, which may have soured Portnoy's relationship with AVENGED, ultimately causing his departure from th...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Pulls Out Of Australia's SOUNDWAVE Festival

Orange County, California's AVENGED SEVENFOLD has pulled out of the 2011 edition of Australia's Soundwave festival, set to take place in late February/early March. The band's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "AVENGED SEVENFOLD regretfully announce they will not be performing at the...

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GUNS N' ROSES, SCORPIONS, ANTHRAX, RATT, CINDERELLA Drummers To Pay Tribute To JOHN BONHAM

Due to the overwhelming success and positive feedback from the audience and drummers at the first "Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same" John Bonham tribute show on September 25, 2010, Brian Tichy and Joe Sutton agreed to look into doing it again. The problem was Tichy would be on tour next year with...

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ONE-WAY MIRROR Working On New Album

ONE-WAY MIRROR — the French band featuring Guillaume Bideau (MNEMIC),David and Franck Potvin (LYZANXIA, PHAZE I),Dirk Verbeuren (SOILWORK) and Loic Colin (SCARVE, WATCHA) — is working on material for its sophomore album, tentatively due mid-2011. ONE-WAY MIRROR's self-titled debut album was releas...

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SLIPKNOT, MACHINE HEAD Members Featured In Newly Released 'Dimebash 2010' Rehearsal Clip

Video footage of MACHINE HEAD members Robb Flynn and Phil Demmel, along with SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison and ex-STATIC-X bassist Tony Campos, rehearsing the PANTERA classic "A New Level" on October 28, 2010 at Swinghouse rehearsal studios in Hollywood, California for the following night's Dimebas...

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STONE SOUR: 'Hesitate' Video Released

"Hesitate", the new video from STONE SOUR — the band featuring SLIPKNOT members Corey Taylor (vocals) and Jim Root (guitar) — can be viewed below. (UPDATE: The clip that was apparently prematurely leaked to YouTube is not the "final" version and it has since been removed by the group's record label,...

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CONDEMNED?: New Album Details Revealed

Northern California-based crossover veterans CONDEMNED? will release their brand new album, "Condemned 2 Death", on February 11, 2011 in Europe and March 8, 2011 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Prairie Sun Recording Studios with producer Billy Anderson (NEUROSIS, M...

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'Lemmy' Documentary: First Round Of U.S. Screenings Announced

The already-larger-than-life Lemmy Kilmister is headed to the big screen this winter, as the acclaimed new documentary "Lemmy: 49% Motherf**ker, 51% Son Of A Bitch" (Damage Case Films/Megaforce) is confirmed for theatrical bookings around the country. The first round of screenings to be announced in...

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RHINO BUCKET To Release 'Who's Got Mine?' In February

Fresh off the success of their first European tour in 20 years, RHINO BUCKET immediately returned to the studio with ace producer Doug Boehm (DIRTY SWEET, THE VINES) at the helm. The hard-rockin' result is "Who's Got Mine?", the band's sixth studio album and third on Acetate Records. Recorded at leg...

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RANDY RHOADS' Sister, Brother Interviewed On 'The Zloz Hour'; Third Part Posted Online

Kathryn Rhoads D'Argenzio and Kelle Rhoads — who are sister and brother, respectively, to late OZZY OSBOURNE/QUIET RIOT guitarist Randy Rhoads — were recently interviewed on "The Zloz Hour", the new video series hosted by legendary rock photographer Neil "Zloz" Zlozower. You can now watch the first...

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MICHAEL MONROE, GLENN HUGHES, CLIFF EVANS Interviewed For 'Classic Rock And Metal Podcast'

Michael Monroe (HANOI ROCKS),Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION),Cliff Evans (TANK) and John Wetton (ASIA) were interviewed for the December 2010 edition of the "Classic Rock And Metal Podcast". You can now stream the podcast using the audio player below. According t...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Frontman Interviewed By METAL WARZONE (Video)

Metal Warzone conducted an interview with vocalist Hansi Kürsch of German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN on December 9, 2010 in Hollywood, California. You can now watch the chat below. "At The Edge Of Time", the tenth studio album from BLIND GUARDIAN, sold around 4,400 copies in the United States in...