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BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION: Debut Concert To Be Re-Broadcast On PLANET ROCK

BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION — the Anglo/American rock supergroup featuring vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, TRAPEZE),drummer Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN),Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER) and blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa — made its official live debut this past Monday nigh...

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REDEMPTION Working On New Material

Los Angeles-based progressive metal band REDEMPTION, which features in its ranks vocalist Ray Alder of FATES WARNING, is "in the early pre-production stage" of writing material for its new album for a 2011 release. Guitarist/songwriter Nicolas van Dyk states, "It's too early to say too much, but I c...

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ENSLAVED's IVAR BJØRNSON Discusses 'Axioma' Album In New Interview

Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with rhythm guitarist/songwriter Ivar Bjørnson of the progressive/psychedelic Norwegian black metallers ENSLAVED. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Blistering.com: "Vertebrae" was so well received, so how did you not only adapt to its suc...

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Late AVENGED SEVENFOLD Drummer's Huntington Beach Condo Sells For $500,000

According to OC Weekly, the oceanfront condo in downtown Huntington Beach, California where AVENGED SEVENFOLD drummer James "The Rev" Sullivan was found dead has just sold for $500,000. The 968-square foot property was a 2 bedroom-2 bath condo at the Huntington Pacific, located right on the beach. S...

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SLIPKNOT Percussionist Thanks Fans For Their Support

SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan has thanked the band's fans for their support in the months following the passing of SLIPKNOT bassist Paul Gray Gray's body was found on May 24 in a hotel room in a Des Moines, Iowa suburb. A coroner ruled that the 38-year-old musician died of an accidenta...

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TIMES OF GRACE To Film 'Strength In Numbers' Video

TIMES OF GRACE, the brand new project featuring KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz and former KILLSWITCH ENGAGE vocalist Jesse Leach, has tapped director Robby Starbuck (AUGUST BURNS RED, SILVERSTEIN, A STATIC LULLABY, A SKYLIT DRIVE) to helm the video for the song "Strength In Numbers". Th...

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LINKIN PARK's 'A Thousand Suns' Tops U.S. Chart

LINKIN PARK's new album, "A Thousand Suns", sold 241,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 1 on The Billboard 200 chart. "A Thousand Suns" is LINKIN PARK's fourth consecutive chart-topper, following 2003's "Meteora", 2004's "Collision Course" EP with J...

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MARCO MENDOZA Releases Second Solo Album

Bassist extraordinaire Marco Mendoza has unveiled his second solo album, "Casa Mendoza", on Mascot Records. "Casa Mendoza" is a Latin-flavored melodic rock record with a commercial edge that is sure to appeal to fans of any of Mendoza's work. "Being of Latin-American descent, I have always heard mus...

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HEAVENWOOD: New Album Title Revealed

Portuguese dark/goth metallers HEAVENWOOD have set "Abyss Masterpiece" as the title of their fourth album, tentatively due in early 2011 via an as-yet-undetermined record label. The CD was recorded at Ultrasound Studios in Braga, Portugal during August and September 2010 under the guidance of Daniel...

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BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION Plays First Official Gig In London: Video Footage, Review Available

BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION — the Anglo/American rock supergroup featuring vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, TRAPEZE),drummer Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN),Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER) and blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa — made its official live debut last night (Monday, S...

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JANE'S ADDICTION, VELVET REVOLVER Guitarists Record 'You Really Got Me' Cover For HYUNDAI

JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro and VELVET REVOLVER axeman Dave Kushner recently collaborated on a cover version of THE KINKS' "You Really Got Me", to be used in a commercial for Hyundai Motor America's Central Region. Behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions for the song can be...

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BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION Interviewed By ExploreMusic (Video)

ExploreMusic host Alan Cross recently conducted an interview with BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION — the Anglo/American rock supergroup featuring vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, TRAPEZE),drummer Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN),Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER) and blues rock guitarist...

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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Frontman Opens Texas Show With Two-Minute Rant; Video Available

According to Craig Hlavaty of HoustonPress.com, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS was more than an hour late taking the stage last night (Sunday, September 19) at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in in Woodlands, Texas. Opening the show with a two-minute rant (see video below),singer Scott Weiland "seemed off...

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VINCE NEIL: 'Anything That I've Done Wrong, I've Learned From'

MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil told Reuters that he wrote his upcoming autobiography, "Tattoos & Tequila: To Hell and Back with One of Rock's Most Notorious Frontmen", in order to give his side of the storied history of the band, which has sold about 25 million albums in the United States alone...

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Ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Singer GÖRAN EDMAN Featured On STRATOSPHERE Debut

Escape Music has set an October 22 release date for "Fire Flight", the debut album from STRATOSPHERE, the new Swedish band featuring singer Göran Edman (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, GLORY, JOHN NORUM). The brainchild of keyboard virtuoso Jeppe Lund, STRATOSPHERE's lineup is rounded out by guitarist Jonas Larse...