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New HELMET Album Pushed Back To August

Amy Harris of CityBeat recently conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Page Hamilton of the alternative metal legends HELMET. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. CityBeat: What inspired you to get into music at a young age? Page Hamilton: I was always a huge fan of music and lov...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Putting Finishing Touches On New Album Recordings

Massachusetts metallers ALL THAT REMAINS are putting the finishing touches on the recording process for their fifth album, due this fall via Prosthetic Records/Razor & Tie. Commented vocalist Phil Labonte: "The more these songs get into shape, the more excited I get. This isn't 'Overcome Two'. I...

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Former DROWN Frontman Launches LORDS OF RUIN

Orange County, California, the breeding ground for such monumental acts as THE OFFSPRING, NO DOUBT, KORN, LIT, SOCIAL DISTORTION and AVENGED SEVENFOLD, has given birth to its newest spawn: LORDS OF RUIN. The band evolved from Southern California's SIX, who in 2008 released the critically acclaimed a...

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BLEEDING THROUGH: 'Anti-Hero' Video Released

"Anti-Hero", the new video from Orange County, California's BLEEDING THROUGH, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Spencer Nicholson, who has previously worked with THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD and THE BLED, among others. "Anti-Hero" comes off BLEEDING THROUGH's new self-titled a...

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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Frontman: We're Just As Dedicated As We Were When We First Started

ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect.com: Did the reunion tour function as a real catalyst for the new music? Weiland: I actually thought we...

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Turner Network Television Teams Up With AC/DC For 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Turner Network Television (TNT) announced today that it has joined forces with Hall of Fame rockers AC/DC to feature the band's single "T.N.T." as the network's theme song for its 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series coverage. The song will serve as the primary musical bed for all six of TNT's races, which...

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WITHERED To Debut New Material At Atlanta Show

Georgia-based blackened doomsters WITHERED will debut material from their recently completed new album, "Dualitas", on Friday, June 18 at The Drunken Unicorn in Atlanta. Also scheduled to appear are CLINGING TO THE TREES OF A FOREST FIRE, DEATH OF KINGS and DEAD IN THE DIRT. In a recent interview wi...

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WE ARE THE FALLEN Singer Talks About Making Of 'Tear The World Down'

ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with WE ARE THE FALLEN singer Carly Smithson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect.com: Do you feel like [WE ARE THE FALLEN's debut album] "Tear The World Down" came together quite naturally? Carly: We work...

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EXTREME: Audio Interview With GARY CHERONE Posted Online

Classic Rock Revisited's Billy "Pops" Wilson recently conducted an interview with EXTREME vocalist Gary Cherone for the "Decades Of Distortion" show on the Arkansas City, Kansas radio station KACY 102.5 FM. The chat is now available for streaming in two parts below. Part 1: ...

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CYNIC To Tour North America With INTRONAUT, DYSRHYTHMIA

Decibel magazine and reunited progressive rock/metal band CYNIC have announced the inaugural Hall of Fame tour! Historic in every sense, the Hall of Fame tour, titled "Re-Traced / Re-Focused Live", will see the band perform Hall of Fame album "Focus" in its entirety, along with tracks from the group...

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BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR's Main Stage Renamed 'Ronnie Jamed Dio' Stage

MESHUGGAH and DESECRATION are have been confirmed for the 10th-anniversary edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2010 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, United Kingdom. In other news, organizers have renamed Bloodstock's main stage the "Ronnie James Dio" stage. Bloo...

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SLASH Says He Is A 'Twitter Junkie'

Legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) has told Spinner that when it came time for him to promote his self-titled debut solo album, he found he needed to try new things. "Doing this record, I did an independent distribution deal, I started using social networking, I put myself...

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BLEEDING THROUGH Frontman Talks About His Top Five Concerts Of All Time

Vocalist Brandan Schieppati of Orange County, California's BLEEDING THROUGH recently talked to U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine about his five top concerts of all time. Watch the three-minute clip below. The new self-titled album from BLEEDING THROUGH sold around 3,700 copies in the United States in its fir...

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VOLBEAT: New Album Release Date Announced

Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT will release their fourth studio album, "Beyond Hell/Above Heaven", in Germany on September 10 and in most parts of Europe on September 13 by Vertigo/Universal. The CD was once again recorded at Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark with producer Jacob Hansen and is c...

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LEMMY And MOTÖRHEAD Dominate ROCKtropia

Neverdie Studios has launched ROCKtropia, the first virtual music world and the first independently developed virtual planet in MindArk's Entropia Universe. Created by virtual world pioneer and entrepreneur Jon "Neverdie" Jacobs, the planet introduces a revolutionary, highly interactive venue for ar...