SoCal rockers NEVERWONDER make their triumphant return with a critically-acclaimed new album, Really Let It Out, and a high-profile show on the Main Stage at West Hollywood's renowned Viper Room, Friday, April 12. 8852 W. Sunset Blvd. 10 p.m. $10 with discount tickets (or) Neverwonder flyer; all others $15 at the door. 21 and over. Neverwonder (Alima Soul, lead vocals; Scott
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An expanded band lineup and festival experience has been announced for the third annual Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville, April 27 and 28, 2013 at Jacksonville’s scenic Metropolitan Park along the beautiful St. Johns River. As part of the enhanced festival weekend, Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville will also feature the “Corona Light presents the Downtown Rockville Experience”--a Friday, April
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They're a little bit electro, a little bit rock n' roll and now, The Rabid Whole are taking their unique sound on the road once again for their 'Short-Circuit Canadian Tour'. Old fans, get ready for an even more refined and amped up version of TRW you know and love. New fans, brace yourselves to be rocked by the power
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Blacktooth Entertainment and Dungeon Works Productions along with the Heavy Metal Music Association of Canada (H.M.M.A.C.) present legendary American death metal band Vital Remains Eastern Canadian Tour. With a new release in the works, Vital Remains returns to Canada with their 24 years of experience, high-class musicianship and a dedication towards their musical style that is hardly rivaled today and continuously slams a spiked fist
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TESTAMENT will co-headline this year’s edition of the SCION ROCK FEST on June 1st in Memphis, Tennessee. This annual, all-day FREE event has become a highly-anticipated tradition that brings together both metal legends and newcomers in a different U.S. city each year. TESTAMENT label mates MUNICIPAL WASTE and ARSIS are among the over 30 acts scheduled to perform across ROCK
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New York death metal IMMOLATION have posted a lyric video for the track “Kingdom of Conspiracy” below. “Kingdom Of Conspiracy” is the title-track of their upcoming ninth full-length album. The follow up to their 2010 release, Majesty and Decay, will be released on May 14th in North America both digitally and physically via Nuclear Blast. Kingdom of Conspiracy was recorded at
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After hundreds of fans sent in videos performing SLASH’s new single “Anastasia,” SLASH has selected the winning cover artist. Watch the winning “Anastasia” clip below. The winning performer will receive a guitar from Epiphone/Gibson signed by SLASH. http://youtu.be/XEJSNVoAjBY A live video and interactive guitar tabs were created by RealNetworks/Invu and enabled fans to watch SLASH Featuring Myles Kennedy and The
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The Sammus Theory are ramping up for the release of their third official studio album, which takes on the mysterious name of "Entitled Anonymous". The album's street date is slated for April 23rd and will feature the first single, "Numb", due out April 1st. Produced by Evan Rodaniche and artwork by Bryan D. Hughes, "Entitled Anonymous" is loaded with twelve
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After a sold-out summer on the Vans Warped Tour 2012, BANDHAPPY--the first LIVE, online and in-person music education service that offers fans a chance to take music lessons from their favorite bands/musicians--will return this summer and offer the “Bandhappy Behind The Scenes Workshop.” BANDHAPPY is a new way for fans to get that one-on-one interaction with their favorite bands on
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Following 2012’s record-breaking full ship attendance of nearly 2,500 guests from all 50 U.S. states and 20 additional countries, plans are already underway for the next ShipRocked voyage. Produced by ASK4 Entertainment, the ultimate rock music cruise vacation is set for January 26-30, 2014 out of the Port of Miami. Look for the ShipRocked 2014 band lineup and additional details
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Grammy-nominated Norwegian tech-metallers BENEA REACH will release their third full-length offering of epic progressive metal on March 25th via Spinefarm Records. Titled, ‘Possession’, this latest album was produced by Benea Reach & Thomas Wang, then mixed & mastered by Tue Madsen (The Haunted, Mnemic, Raunchy) at Antfarm Studio. Known for his bipolar vocal ability, BR frontman Ilkka Volume veers memorably from
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After two years of shooting, almost 300 hours of footage, and over 40 interviews, the film 'Attack Of Life: The Bang Tango Movie' is nearing completion. Director Drew Fortier plans on having a rough cut of the film -- which also features interviews with with current Joe LeSte fronted line-up of Bang Tango as well as former members Mark Knight,
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Even with an 8-year break between projects, OLEANDER never broke up, says bassist Doug Eldridge. “We said, 'Let's sit back for a while and enjoy life.'" That they did, and now they’re returning with their fourth album, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, due April 16 on RE_IGNITE Records via Kobalt Label Services. The title track, which is the album’s first single, is now
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EVE TO ADAM is riding high on their new single "STRAITJACKET SUPERMODEL", with a #40 debut at Active Rock -- and rising! The hot single is available at iTunes on March 26, followed by the band's much-anticipated sophomore release, LOCKED & LOADED on May 21. A national summer tour will be announced shortly. Eve To Adam frontman Taki Sassaris, a fan of the
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As the fans proudly and bombastically chant at the opening of every show, “SEVENDUST has arrived!” That mantra has even more meaning as it heralds the release of the band’s new album, BLACK OUT THE SUN, now available everywhere. The Atlanta band (@Sevendust)--Lajon Witherspoon (vocals), Morgan Rose (drums/vocals), Clint Lowery (guitar/vocals), Vince Hornsby (bass/vocals) and John Connolly (guitar/vocals)—released their highly
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Bay Area thrash metallers DEATH ANGEL will enter AudioHammer Studios next month to begin recording the follow up to their 2010 release, Relentless Retribution. Guitarist Rob Cavestany recently checked in to give the following update: “After nearly 3 years of nonstop touring for Relentless Retribution, we are about to enter the studio to record our seventh album! We are playing
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Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the digital release today of "Enshrined in my Memory", the first single off the TIMO TOLKKI'S AVALON new Metal Opera "The Land of New Hope". The song is available for download and legal streaming through all fine shops such as iTunes, Amazon and Spotify all over the World. It is also possible to enjoy
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As Newsted gears up for a summer album release, the band has just confirmed a string of warm up club shows, including May 1st at The Roxy in Los Angeles. Following the announcement last week of Mike Mushok from Staind joining the band, Jason says, "Can’t wait to get out there and crush it for the fans around the
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SLASH has partnered with Guitar World magazine in search of the ultimate “Anastasia” cover artist. After hundreds of fans sent in videos performing SLASH’s new single “Anastasia,” Guitar World magazine editors have chosen the Top 5 finalists; see the videos below. The winner will be hand-picked by SLASH and announced next Wednesday, March 27. The winning performer will be notified
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THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH wraps up the winter leg of its “War Of Change” U.S. headline tour with capacity crowds in multiple markets, including Dallas, TX; Flint, MI; Lancaster, PA; Louisville, KY; Chattanooga, TN and more. Playing its hits and fan favorites, including songs from its independently released, 5-star acclaimed and No. 1 selling Billboard Hard Rock album, The End Is Where We Begin, the tour also featured Korn
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Female-fronted Dutch symphonic metal band EPICA will be celebrating their 10th Anniversary with a special SOLD OUT performance this Saturday, March 23rd, entitled “Retrospect,” which is the band’s self-professed “longest & biggest show ever in EPICA history.” New songs, never-performed tracks, special guest appearances, and special effects are all planned for the memorable evening. Joining EPICA on stage at Klokgebouw
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Dean Markley announces the latest addition to their artist roster, John 5. As one of today’s influential guitarists, Dean Markley USA looks to John 5 to help further expand the company’s market share and help raise John’s visibility in the world of guitar and entertainment. John 5 is playing Dean Markley’s Nickel Steel Signature Series strings. The Nickel Steels are
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Today, Zippo, maker of the windproof pocket lighter, is launching the next phase of the company’s music campaign, Zippo Encore. In an effort to continue to engage fans of the brand and music at every step of their festival experience, Zippo Encore will be expanding through new sponsorships, unique on-site concert activations and other impactful programs to connect with the
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Swedish death metal HYPOCRISY, have just uploaded the third album trailer from their upcoming album End Of Disclosure here: http://youtu.be/ULOWKL0s1PM End Of Disclosure album trailers: Part 1 http://youtu.be/ivvzs8KRsug. Part 2 http://youtu.be/H1vU6SGALVs You can now pre-order End Of Disclosure, the new album from Swedish death metal legends HYPOCRISY! Pre-order the album now with or without an exclusive t-shirt design while supplies last from the
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This year’s edition of the SCION ROCK FEST will be unleashed on June 1st to fans of extreme music in Memphis, Tennessee. This annual, all-day FREE event has become a highly-anticipated tradition that brings together both metal legends and newcomers in a different U.S. city each year. With today’s partial list announcement, two of Nuclear Blast’s Virginia-based bands, MUNICIPAL WASTE
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THE POODLES are excited to announce the anticipated return with the release of the band's fifth album "Tour de Force" on May 17th in Europe and May 22nd in North America. “Tour de Force” is the eagerly awaited follow-up to their Swedish No. 1 album from 2011, “Performocracy”. Behind the wheel, taking on the duties of producer for a fourth time,
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The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Elizabeth Doran, Executive Director) in association with Todd Gershwin and Daniel Chilewich of One Night Productions, LLC, the Estate of Janis Joplin and Jeff Jampol of JAM, Inc. announced that Los Angeles critics are raving about ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN, highlighted by the Los Angeles Times review by David C. Nichols:
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UK-based melodic metallers CODE OF SILENCE are offering a free download of the track ‘Tame The Tempest‘. The song is taken from the band’s debut album ‘Dark Skies Over Babylon’ which has already received glowing reviews. This track is now available as a free download for signing up to the band’s Reverbnation mailing list. The track started out as a piece written by guitarist Ben Randall
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Canadian death metallers INSURRECTION are reaching out to fans for their forthcoming and third full length release 'Prototype' by crowd funding the album via Indiegogo.com. Having unleashed 2010's Fracture and 2009's Prologue along with multiple Quebec/ Ontario tours and sharing the stage with a long list of names such as Lamb of God, Napalm Death, Annihilator, Hatebreed, Voivod, Cryptopsy, Fuck the Facts, Martyr and many more. The band
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The daily schedule for Paul Gilbert’s Great Guitar Escape has been announced. Full details are listed below and can be found below The second annual Paul Gilbert’s Great Guitar Escape--featuring acclaimed guitarist Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big, Racer X)--will take place July 8-12 at Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY. Guitar players of all ages, levels and styles are invited
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Joe Satriani confirms the release of his 14th studio album, Unstoppable Momentum, on May 7, 2013 through Epic Records. The album was recorded at Skywalker Sound in the Bay Area and produced by Satriani and Mike Fraser (AC/DC). The album features an amazing array of talented players including Vinnie Colauita (Sting, Jeff Beck) on drums, Chris Chaney (Janes Addiction) on
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World renowned Finnish heavy metal band CHILDREN OF BODOM (COB) have selected Halo Of Blood as the title of their eighth studio album due out on June 11th in North America. Artwork was created by artist Sam Saramäki, known for his classic COB album covers for Follow the Reaper (2001), Hate Crew Deathroll (2003), and Are You Dead Yet? (2005).
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A Pink Floyd 'Dark Side Of The Moon' 40th Anniversary Concert, as performed by renowned Pink Floyd Tribute Band US NOT THEM, takes place Saturday, March 23 at Beckton Theatre, 960 River Road (on the Fairleigh Dickinson Campus) in Teaneck. Showtime: 7 p.m. Tickets $!5 advance, $20. door. Info: (201) 569-7710. Purchase tickets at www.garagetheater.org. In keeping with the evening's
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Maryland Christian metalcore act My Ransomed Soul is set to release their debut Red Cord Records album Falsehoods. The ten track offering features guest vocals from Rick Armellino of This Or The Apocalypse and will be released next Tuesday, March 26th. The album’s first single was “Call To Arms” and the lyric video may be streamed on YouTube. http://youtu.be/nqc4JK5vfLw Hailing
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Des Moines’ rockers Dead Horse Trauma have released a music video for “Reckoning Day” the first single off their new album Vi Ops (set to release 04/20/2013). The video was filmed in their native Des Moines, IA under the direction of H&Y Design. With both the video and new album Dead Horse Trauma has proven themselves as one of the
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DEVOUR THE DAY was born from the brain trust of former Egypt Central members Joey “Chicago” Walser (bass, backing vocals, songwriter) and Blake Allison, who steps out from behind the drum kit to sing lead vocals and play guitar, in addition to being a producer and co-songwriter. Their debut album, TIME & PRESSURE, will be released May 7 on Fat
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Whitesnake fans worldwide can watch the exclusive worldwide premiere of the video for “Fool For Your Loving” below, taken from their forthcoming CD/DVD package MADE IN JAPAN. The new DVD/live CD package is set for release on April 23rd in North America and will be available in several formats: a deluxe 2CD/DVD edition, Blu-ray and a standalone DVD. The performance footage
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Frontiers Records is excited to announce the release of TIMO TOLKKI’S AVALON stunning new Metal Opera entitled "The Land of New Hope" on May 17th in Europe and May 21st in North America. Hailed by fans and press as one of the forefathers of the Power Metal genre with his songwriting for the band STRATOVARIUS in the late 90’s and
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After years as one of the U.K.’s most successful unsigned acts, London modern metal mob THE DEFILED have signed a worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment and will release their second album Daggers this summer. To whet the appetites of fans, a lyric video for “Sleeper,” the first song from the album, has been posted below: http://youtu.be/EwcKNNOP2Qk The “Sleeper” single
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Swedish death metal legends HYPOCRISY have made the brand new song “Tales of Thy Spineless” available for streaming below. “This time I wanted to go back to basics,” commented Tägtgren previously about End Of Disclosure. “I felt like we lost it for the last couple of albums. This one is straight to the point and more HYPOCRISY than ever! Fast,
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AMARANTHE, the fast-rising modern metal sextet, are streaming their new album; ‘The Nexus’ is due for release on March 25th 2013 via Spinefarm Records. Watch Amaranthe’s latest single/video for title track, 'The Nexus', here: http://youtu.be/SxOybZcRXhI This video has racked up over one million views in just one month! UK headline dates are currently being lined up, marking the band's fifth visit to UK shores, and
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Swedish metallers VINDICTIV will release their new album Cage Of Infinity on May 10th via Escape Music. The cover artwork was done by Carl-André Beckston and the CD was mixed by Lars Chriss (LION’S SHARE), and mastered by Mike Lind. Cage Of Infinity track listing: The Chosen Cage Of Infinity Down In A Black Hole Choices Astronaut Human Emergency Resistance
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St. Louis, Missouri metalcore band TEAR OUT THE HEART is streaming “Coffin Eyes” featuring Dan Marsala (STORY OF THE YEAR), from their forthcoming album Violence exclusively on Absolute Punk. Listen to the song stream here. “Violence turned out amazing and I'm super excited to be a part of it. The mix of Tyler's brutal scream with Isaac's amazing singing voice
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Finland's youngest thrash export LOST SOCIETY have made their entire upcoming debut album Fast Loud Death available for streaming! Bang your heads in thrashing fury while checking out the tunes. Find out why thrash legends like Mille of KREATOR, Schmier of DESTRUCTION, Andreas Kisser of SEPULTURA and many others praise LOST SOCIETY today! LOST SOCIETY’s debut album Fast Loud Death
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ARSIS have revealed the cover art and track listing for their upcoming fifth full-length album, Unwelcome. Artwork was handled once again by longtime collaborator Mark Riddick. The follow up to their 2010 release Starve for the Devil, will be released on April 30, 2013 in North America via Nuclear Blast records. "So, we've had Unwelcome finished for quite some time now
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The Living Infinite, the ninth studio & first dual-disc album by Swedish melodic metal band SOILWORK, has debuted at #60 on the American Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, #11 on the Independent Albums chart, and #2 on the Hard Music chart with 7,854 copies sold the first week following its March 5th release. The Living Infinite also debuted at #1 in
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Premiering the music video for “NO MONEY, NO LOVE” marks HEAVEN & EARTH’s first music video from their new album 'Dig,’ which is available April 23rd on Quarto Valley Records. The video--directed by acclaimed photographer Glen Wexler, who has worked with Van Halen, Black Sabbath, and Michael Jackson--features performance footage of the band, along with an old hotel packed with a
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Berlin-based classic/psychedelic hard rock trio KADAVAR, have shared the first round of track-by-track commentaries regarding their upcoming second studio album “Abra Kadavar”. Vocalist/guitarist Lupus Lindemann, bassist Mammut and drummer Tiger provide you with background information on the album’s first four tracks below: 01. - Come Back Life “On `Come Back Life´ we’ve tried to write similar melody lines for the
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Virginia’s speed metal punks MUNICIPAL WASTE are proud to announce their first trek to New Zealand and their return to Australia! Tony Foresta, vocalist for the band, shares: “I am really stoked to play New Zealand for the first time ever… Heaps!!! The first MUNICIPAL WASTE tour in Australia was one of my all-time favorite trips I've ever been on.
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Once upon a time, in a haunted small town in England, a young occultist set off on a spiritual journey to explore The Mystery Of Time. A video preview with snippets of tracks from AVANTASIA’s upcoming album is now up on Nuclear Blast’s YouTube channel http://youtu.be/JTq8Q94eLDk AVANTASIA’s latest rock opera will be released in North America on April 30th and
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Rising California hard rockers Blacklist Union, are set to hit the road in two weeks supporting their newest album, Til Death Do Us Part. Pre-empted by a few warm up gigs in Seattle and Las Vegas, the band's sixteen date run kicks off at the legendary Club Red in Tempe, AZ on Friday, March 22 and then travels east from
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In Tune Partners, the renowned music education company, publishes Cool Jobs In The Music Business, a guide for anyone interested in a career in the today’s and tomorrow’s rapidly changing music business. The book is distributed by Hal Leonard, the musician’s best source of books on the music business, audio technology, instrument history, and more. Industry veteran and chair of
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SLASH has partnered with Guitar World magazine in search of the ultimate cover artist. Starting today, Wednesday, March 13, musicians can upload a YouTube video of themselves performing SLASH’s new single “Anastasia,” using the interactive guitar tab feature found here: http://www.slashonline.com/videos and email the link to: SlashSignedGuitar@gmail.com. The live video and interactive guitar tabs for the song were created by RealNetworks/Invu
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Wisconsin death metal contenders JUNGLE ROT are proud to unveil “Terror Regime”, the title track from their forthcoming album. Listen Below: “The album is a heavy, soul-taking, fist pounding work of art, that we all built with a 100% confidence”, comments Matrise. See JUNGLE ROT on the Despise The World tour, starting April 4th in Long Island, NY alongside SUFFOCATION and EXHUMED. Click here for a full listing of
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On April 23, Deadline Records (a division of Cleopatra Records) will release a special edition of THE FLESH AND BLOOD SESSIONS from War & Peace. The collection includes an unreleased track and liner notes from Jeff Pilson. War & Peace is the all-star line-up of Jeff Pilson (Dokken, Dio, Foreigner) on lead vocals and guitar, Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Dio,
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Legendary rockers THE WHO and Elvis Costello & The Imposters performed an intimate concert Thursday, February 28 at New York City’s Theater at Madison Square Garden to raise funds for Teen Cancer America. The benefit concert raised more than $1.6 million for the Teen Cancer America Unit at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Teen Cancer America is
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Boston based metal / punk crossover outfit Mongrel is pleased to announce that Mike Ariza has joined the band as the new full-time bassist. Ariza previously played for the Las Vegas alternative band Vault'd and was looking for a new band after his return home to Massachusetts not long ago. Guitarist, Adam Savage stated, "We found Mike online, reached out,
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Rocklahoma--proud to be presented by Bud Light--will celebrate its seventh year May 24, 25 and 26 with a stellar rock lineup including Guns N’ Roses, Alice In Chains, Korn and many more. The three-day camping festival features the top current active rock artists and classic bands at “Catch the Fever” Festival Grounds in Pryor, OK. The Miss Rocklahoma competition returns
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Swedish rockers, SISTER SIN have released a music video for the high energy-fueled track, "Fight Song" from their newest release, Now and Forever. Powerhouse frontwoman Liv Jagrell delivers an absolute TKO performance, providing the ultimate soundtrack for showing the world exactly what you're made of. SISTER SIN show how merciless they can be as Jagrell reminds her enemies, "God forgives
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DREAM THEATER has always had strong fan support outside of the United States, and in order to bring their international fans closer to the band, they have reached out to fan sites all over the world to create translated versions of the DREAM THEATER news page. Argentina, Israel, Italy and Venezuela are the first to join the band in creating
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St Louis, Missouri’s dynamic five-piece band, TEAR OUT THE HEART have released a music video for "Infamous Last Words", from their forthcoming album, Violence, out March 19th. Watch as your wildest nightmares come true with help from a haunted castle, a possessed little girl and a monster out for blood. http://youtu.be/RbGRRm-A3XQ Directed by Victory Records’ Eric Richter (AIDEN, EMMURE, TAPROOT,
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LONDON-BASED rockers, Turbogeist, release their brand new 5-track EP, ‘Ancient Secrets’, today (March 11th 2013) via Spinefarm Records. In celebration, ‘Ancient Secrets’ will be available to stream via SoundCloud for a limited time. Says vocalist / guitarist Jimmy… “‘Ancient Secrets’ pertains to our obsession with all things fantastical and cryptic. It's an abstract title, but these are abstract times. We didn't wanna make an oi oi punk angst record,
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Live Photos of BUCKCHERRY at Viper Room March 7th, Hollywood CA Click here to read the Review of Buckcherry at the Viper Room. http://buckcherry.com/ https://twitter.com/Buckcherry https://www.facebook.com/buckcherry
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IMMOLATION have posted the first in a series of video clips detailing the making of their upcoming ninth full-length album, The Kingdom of Conspiracy here: http://youtu.be/uRQ16nVOvFs The follow up to their 2010 release, Majesty and Decay, will be released on May 14th in North America both digitally and physically via Nuclear Blast. The album was recorded at Sound Studios in Millbrook,
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Grab your tattered flag and your full-face respirator for the celebration, ‘cuz it’s finally here: MUNICIPAL WASTE’s Toxic Revolution Stout Ale, “a black liquid wall of death in your mouth.” Thank science. Yes, science. Who else perfected the brewing arts of malting, mashing, boiling, fermentation, aging, and bottling? Next, give an extra-special thanks to Virginia’s speed metal punks MUNICIPAL WASTE
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THE SMASHING PUMPKINS will launch a world tour March 23 through August 11 with concerts in the U.S., Europe, U.K., Japan and Mexico. The band--singer/guitarist BILLY CORGAN, guitarist JEFF SCHROEDER, drummer MIKE BYRNE and bassist NICOLE FIORENTINO--will perform songs encompassing their iconic body of work including songs from their acclaimed 2012 album OCEANIA, which entered the Billboard Top 200 Albums
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The Kennedy Veil have announced that they will be taking part in select dates for the return of Unique Leader's annual Extreme Metal tour, Bloodletting North America. The Kennedy Veil will be helping to kick things off on the West Coast, opening for their label mates, French tech death metal masters, Gorod, Inanimate Existence, Kamikabe, and Vale of Pnath (Willowtip). Drummer Gabe Seeber had the following to say about the band being
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Today marks the kickoff of “The Seduce And Destroy Tour” as Austin power duo ONE-EYED DOLL hits the road with OTEP and PICTURE ME BROKEN. Since the initial tour announcement, ONE-EYED DOLL has revealed additional dates rounding out the full run of shows to which they will provide direct support. Starting today, Friday, March 8th in Sacramento, CA, the 38-date
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The Women’s International Music Network (The WiMN), an organization aimed at bringing together women who work in all facets of the music industry, announces a new showcase event scheduled during the upcoming ASCAP “I Create Music” Expo in Los Angeles, CA. Taking place on Thursday, April 18, 2013 from 9pm to 12am at the Lobby Bar of the Loews Hollywood
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Since leaving L.A. Guns last December, guitarist Stacey Blades has been busy, partnering with music and tech companies, creating his own online community, and working on new music. Stacey’s ten years with L.A. Guns cemented him as a must-watch guitar player, and his final record with the band, HOLLYWOOD FOREVER, earned him critical acclaim for his exceptional fretwork. To that
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THY ART IS MURDER, have uploaded the second part of their track-by-track video series. Watch the band discuss the inception of such songs as “Shadow Of Eternal Sin”, “Immolation” and “Infinite Forms” here: http://youtu.be/4y4QMgvNlkM Part 1 can be viewed here: http://youtu.be/5n18hRSwdWE THY ART IS MURDER’s second album, Hate, was recently released in their homeland where it has been smashing boundaries
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Local business owners, art aficionados and music fans raised $52,280 to support arts and music education initiatives in Los Angeles as part of the Gibson GuitarTown on The Sunset Strip charity auction held Feb. 22 at Bonhams. The proceeds will directly benefit the Los Angeles Fund for Public Education’s “Arts Matter” campaign, which supports art and music education in L.A.
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Following three previously announced dates, Mötley Crüe unveil today three additional shows for their first US run of 2013. The CRÜE are currently rounding out eight shows in Australia with Kiss before heading out on their biggest headlining Canadian run ever with special guests, Big Wreck. The seven US dates begin on May 16th in Bangor, ME and will also be
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We are pleased to announce three impending California appearances of Sweden’s mighty female foursome, Crucified Barbara, later this month. The group will be taking the West Coast by storm with their feisty brand of rock n’ roll, proving that a Y chromosome is not required to kick some serious hard rock booty. @ The Whisky (8901 W Sunset Blvd.,
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SOILWORK skinsman Dirk Verbeuren will be filling in for Jeff Loomis’ drummer Anup Sastry for the final eleven shows of the upcoming “Living Infinite World Tour.” States Verbeuren: "It's truly an immense honor to be asked by the incredible Jeff Loomis to fill in on drums for the final dates of our North American tour together! As some of you
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Once in a while an authentic and organic collaboration between artists and brands comes along… After introducing his first two music apps last year, Grammy-winning, iconic guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee SLASH got a call from Rovio, the creator of the popular mobile game Angry Birds. A longtime fan of the game since it debuted, SLASH
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If there’s one fatal flaw in a non-mainstream music lover, it’s that we can be pretty obnoxious about our knowledge of killer bands that not everyone knows about yet. Hubris: we have it in spades, but we can’t hide what we know… and why should we? If you’re headed to this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas (March 8th –
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Lynch Mob "River of Love" from the CD Unplugged...and from the soon to be released Episode 35 of Live From Sugar Hill Studios! Featuring George Lynch (Guitars), Oni Logan (Vox), Robbie Crane (Bass), Brian Tichy (Guitars) and Tyson Sheth on percussions. http://youtu.be/jEiYLqLwPgM Produced by Rat Pak Records, Sugar Hill Studios and Zenfilm. Executive Producer: Dan Workman Producer: Gina Miller Engineer:
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Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of bluesy hard rockers Burning Rain’s third studio album, EPIC OBSESSION, on May 17th in Europe and May 21st in North America. Burning Rain was founded by current Whitesnake axeman Doug Aldrich together with singer Keith St. John (ex-Montrose). The line-up for the new album is rounded out by Sean McNabb on
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In anticipation for their upcoming release and dates at SXSW, London based rock band, Turbogeist, has premiered their long-awaited debut EP, Ancient Secrets, at RollingStone.com. Set for release on March 12th in the U.S. via Spinefarm Records, Ancient Secrets features five intrepid tracks inspired by ‘70’s punk and ‘80’s hardcore. Stream Ancient Secrets in it’s entirety at RollingStone.com: http://rol.st/YLAvy8 “London's
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Scotty Dunbar is set to release his new single"Here's To Rock N Roll" The single will be available for purchase this Friday 3/8/13 @ "The Station Fire Memorial Foundation Comedy Show" (Hosted by: Dee Snider of "Twisted Sister") which is taking place @ the "Providence Performing Arts Center" in Providence, RI. 100% of CD sales will be donated to the fund!
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Danger Angel are very excited to release the first video out of the new "Revolutia" album, titled "When I'm Gone", also featuring Jeff Scott Soto "Revolutia" is the sophomore release by Danger Angel, following their debut, same titled album of 2010. "Revolutia" was produced by Jeff Scott Soto and engineered by John Ellis. It is released via Perris Records. http://youtu.be/Qa3AALoy7EY
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SCORPION CHILD from Austin, Texas, will be bringing their live swagger to stages across the U.S. and Canada this month supporting tour headliners Clutch. Openers include the U.K.’s Orange Goblin and Lionize from Washington D.C. The 34-date trek will launch this Friday in Cincinnati and end in Baltimore on April 20th, 2013. SCORPION CHILD's full-length debut will be released this
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Lynch Mob “Unplugged” (Live From Sugar Hill Studios) was recorded at historic Sugar Hill Studios in downtown Houston,Texas during the filming of “Slow Drag”, the video from the band’s highly successful Rat Pak Records release “Sound Mountain Sessions”. Produced by renown Houston engineer Dan Workman, “Unplugged” features rare acoustic versions of “Wicked Sensation”, “River Of Love”, “Where Do You Sleep
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Danish Rockers PRETTY MAIDS released today "Sad to See You Suffer", the second digital single off the forthcoming album "Motherland" due for release on Frontiers Records on March 22nd in Europe and March 26th in North America. The song shows a more melodic side of the band compared to the initial single/video "Mother of All Lies" which got so far
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RIVAL SONS will appear this Thursday, March 7 on ABC-TV’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” broadcasting from their Los Angeles hometown (11:35pm/10:35pm CT). The band will perform “Keep On Swinging,” the first single from their upcoming album HEAD DOWN, out March 19. The song has been #1 in Canada for six weeks and is hitting U.S. radio soon. The video for “Keep
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HYPOCRISY have uploaded a short documentary detailing the making-of the “End Of Disclosure” video clip, which recently took place in Stockholm, Sweden. Watch the footage here: http://youtu.be/B195M02nmq4. The final music video for the title-track of their upcoming masterpiece End Of Disclosure can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJsdZ2FR3WM. The clip was directed by Ville Lipiainen (AMORPHIS, NIGHTWISH, THE 69 EYES). http://youtu.be/B195M02nmq4 HYPOCRISY will
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Paris, France’s, AS THEY BURN have released a music video for “Dream Collapse”, from their new studio album, Will, Love, Life (2/19). An introduction to their blend of groove-oriented technical-death metal, “Dream Collapse” is an ode to crashing dreams and forgotten plans for the future. Watch the music video for “Dream Collapse” here. http://youtu.be/4h-i7hWNiSs Directed by Tuan Nguyen of PING
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Virginia-based melodic tech-death metal masters, ARSIS, have announced Unwelcome as the title of their upcoming fifth full-length album. The follow up to their 2010 release Starve for the Devil, will be released on April 30, 2013 in North America via Nuclear Blast records. "At this point ARSIS has more than a few releases in our catalogue and we are about
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Fresh off the back of their 11 date UK headline run, US rockers Anberlin have released a new video for 'Unstable'. Taken from the iTunes version of their 2012 album 'Vital', 'Unstable' is the fourth single from the record to be released by the Floridian quintet. Director Jonathan Desbiens (Deftones, Underoath, The Getaway Plan) describes the video as: "the result
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AMARANTHE, the fast-rising modern metal sextet, are streaming brand new track, ‘Mechanical Illusion’ from their sophomore album, ‘The Nexus’ on amaranthe.se. ‘The Nexus’ is due for release on March 25th 2013 via Spinefarm Records. Watch Amaranthe’s latest single/video for title track, 'The Nexus' here: http://youtu.be/SxOybZcRXhI This video alone has racked up an impressive 870 thousand views in just one month!
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Finnish masters of melacholic dark metal, AMORPHIS, have released the first single off the band's upcoming album, Circle. Check out the lyric video for “Hopeless Days” at http://youtu.be/gdKt1aw4BK8. “Hopeless Days” is also available now as single and can be exclusively purchased digitally here: http://bit.ly/amorphishd. http://youtu.be/gdKt1aw4BK8 Circle is set to be released on April 19, 2013 (Europe) and April 30 (North America) via
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Words Of Love” is from BENTO’s debut album, DIAMOND DAYS, which was released October 26, 2012 on Gillies’ own Diamond Day Records label (MGM Distribution). http://youtu.be/eOwJ2xvEwHs DIAMOND DAYS presents twelve bristling and glistening rock & roll songs, with Gillies up front, singing his heart out, singing his own songs, and opening up like you’ve never heard him before. “It’s an
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GuitarWorld.com has posted an exclusive new video of ADRENALINE MOB recording their cover of ‘Romeo Delight’ (originally by Van Halen) for their new covers album Coverta, hitting stores on March 12, 2013. ADRENALINE MOB, featuring Russell Allen (Symphony X), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), John Moyer (Disturbed) and Mike Orlando (Sonic Stomp), will release a series of these in-depth recording videos
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