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MIKE PORTNOY Launches First Full-On Metal Project, Lays Down 'Most Brutal Drum Performance' Of His Career

Drummer Mike Portnoy (THE WINERY DOGS, DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB) has launched his first full-on metal project. He writes on Facebook: "I just laid down the most brutal drum performance of my career! Picture 'Angel Of Death' [SLAYER] meets 'Dyers Eve' [METALLICA]… I FINALLY ha...

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LAMB OF GOD Fan Files Lawsuit Against LIVE NATION For Spinal Injuries Allegedly Sustained At 2012 Show

According to TMZ.com, a LAMB OF GOD fan has filed a lawsuit against Live Nation, the world's largest concert promoter, after sustaining an injury during the band's November 23, 2012 show at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, Connecticut. The fan claims he was trampled by the crowd in the standing-r...

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SCORPIONS: More 'Return To Forever' Album Details Revealed

"There's something unreal about the number," reckons Klaus Meine. The video for "Wind Of Change" has been viewed more than 108 million times on YouTube to date. VEVO meticulously recorded the view requests and certified them. With this, the SCORPIONS are the first German band cracking the 100 millio...

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COREY TAYLOR On SLIPKNOT's New Stage Show: 'There's So Much Stuff Going On, It's Insane'

Mistress Carrie of the Worcester/Boston, Massachusetts radio station WAAF conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor before the band's December 7 concert at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts. You can now watch the chat below. Asked whether SLIPKNOT's current stage show is the...

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SOUNDGARDEN Planning To Reissue Remixed First Album

SOUNDGARDEN has already released a deluxe 20th anniversary reissue of its 1994 album, "Superunknown", this year and has a three-CD collection of B-sides and rarities called "Echo Of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across The Path" on tap for next week. But the band isn't done restoring its old catalog yet....

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DEE SNIDER's 'Rock & Roll Christmas Tale': Video Highlights

Broadway In Chicago has uploaded a one-minute collection of video highlights from "Dee Snider's Rock & Roll Christmas Tale", starring and written by the iconic TWISTED SISTER rocker, directed by Adam John Hunter and produced by John B. Yonover, which is playing the Broadway Playhouse at Water To...

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Drummer SEAN REINERT Forced To Leave DEATH TO ALL Tour; GENE HOGLAN Steps In

Drummer Sean Reinert (pictured) has been forced to leave DEATH TO ALL's "Swamp Leper Stomp '14" North American tour due to health reasons. He is being replaced for the remainder of the trek by fellow DEATH alumnus Gene Hoglan (also of TESTAMENT, DARK ANGEL, DETHKLOK). The current lineup of DEATH TO...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Tap RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's BRAD WILK For Upcoming Shows

SMASHING PUMPKINS have recruited RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE drummer Brad Wilk and KILLERS bassist Mark Stoermer for their upcoming dates in support of their new album, "Monuments To An Elegy", which is due out December 9. "We're absolutely thrilled and humbled to have Brad and Mark helping us out with...

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SAMMY HAGAR: 'The Record Business Is Kind Of Done'

VH1 Classic's syndicated radio show "On Tap With Nik Carter" (web site) conducted an interview with legendary rocker Sammy Hagar (VAN HALEN, CHICKENFOOT) at last week's Classic Rock Roll Of Honour event in Hollywood. You can now watch the chat below. Asked to clarify the recent comments he made to R...

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BLACK VEIL BRIDES' Self-Titled Fourth Album Cracks U.S. Top 10

The self-titled fourth studio from Los Angeles theatrical rockers BLACK VEIL BRIDES sold around 30,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 10 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, "Wretched And Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones", opened wi...

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STEEL PANTHER's MICHAEL STARR: What Separates Us From A Band Like SPINAL TAP

Brian Aberback of Patch.com recently conducted an interview with singer Michael Starr of Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Patch.com: Would you say that your high-caliber musicianship sets you apart as being more than a simple novelty ac...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR Says 'Fans Love' Camel Dung As Official KNOTFEST Smell

SLIPKNOT singer Corey Tayor says that fans "love" the fact that the band chose to use the aroma of "camel dung" as the official smell of the group's upcoming two-day Knotfest event, explaining that it was it was personally selected by SLIPKNOT's creative mastermind, percussionist Shawn "Clown" Craha...

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TED NUGENT Urges Americans To 'Ammo Up' In Preparation For 9/11 Anniversary Attack From 'Allahpuke Zombies'

Outspoken conservative rocker Ted Nugent has generated a fresh wave controversy after urging Americans to "ammo up" in preparation for a 9/11 anniversary attack from "4th world allahpuke zombies." Writing on his Facebook page, Nugent predicted that "helpless Americans and Europeans will be viciously...

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SEETHER's SHAUN MORGAN Interviewed By MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX (Audio)

SEETHER frontman Shaun Morgan was interviewed on a recent edition of the "Sixx Sense" radio show hosted by MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX: A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx. You can now listen to the chat below. According to The Pulse Of Radio, Morgan has opened up in a new interview with Music Radar why SEETHER has no...

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RAMMSTEIN Guitarist's EMIGRATE: More 'Silent So Long' Album Details Revealed

EMIGRATE, the side project of RAMMSTEIN guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe, will release its sophomore album, "Silent So Long", on October 21 via Spinefarm. The CD, which was produced by the EMIGRATE bandmembers themselves and mixed in February/March by Ben Grosse (MARILYN MANSON, DISTURBED),features gues...