The Compulsions (Featuring Guns N' Roses/Ex-New York Dolls Members) Rock Hudson Hotel As Work On New Album Continues
16 May, 2011
The Compulsions, featuring Richard Fortus (Guns N' Roses) on guitar, Sami Yaffa (ex-New York Dolls) on bass and Frank Ferrer (Guns N' Roses) on drums, blew the roof off a packed house at New York City's Hudson Hotel on Thursday, April 28. Front man Rob Carlyle started The Compulsions nearly ten years ...
| Rick Ray Band - Cd Release Concert
16 May, 2011
On Friday, June 3rd, 2011 at 9pm the Rick Ray Band will take the stage at The Winchester Music Hall, 12112 Madison Ave., Lakewood, Ohio 44107. Performing music from the new release "Can't Lie Hard Enough". $10.00 gets you admission and the CD. An evening of psychedelic, progressive, hard rock fusion. ...
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Rockstar Mayhem Tour To Feature Peavey Versarray Sound System
16 May, 2011
The annual Rockstar Mayhem Festival, a summer metal institution four years running, will criss-cross North America from July through August with the ribbon-loaded Versarray 212 line-array sound system from audio innovators Peavey Electronics. As the exclusive sound system of the Jagermeister Mobile ...
| Indianapolis Metal Fest Slated To Invade Indy This October! Old National Centre On October 1, 2011
16 May, 2011
The Indianapolis Metal Fest is returning to the Circle City on Saturday, October 1 at the Old National Centre located at 502 N. New Jersey Street. The event will utilize the entire Old National Centre complex including the Murat Theatre, Egyptian Room and other space throughout the multi-purpose facility. ...
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Iron Maiden 'From Fear To Eternity: The Best Of 1990-2010' Out June 7, 2011
13 May, 2011
UMe is proud to announce the release of From Fear To Eternity: The Best Of 1990-2010. A double-CD set spanning twenty years, this collection follows the huge success of 2010's studio album The Final Frontier, which hit the number one spot in 28 countries around the world. It also became the band's ...
| Dream Theater's John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess Chat New Album, Mangini, Recording, And More!
13 May, 2011
Music Radar has recently joined up with Dream Theater musical beast's John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess at Cove City Studios on Long Island, NY to get their thoughts on everything from Mike Portnoy's departure, Mike Mangini's arrival, recording and more. Photo courtesy of MusicRadar.com There are a ton ...
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Kunvuk Parts Ways With Drummer, Seeks Replacement
13 May, 2011
Sydney, Australia-based metallers KUNVUK have parted ways with their drummer Trina Tuffy and are now actively hunting for a new drummer. Any interested parties can contact the band at [email protected] Kunvuk's debut album "Immute: Jackals" was made available for free download recently from the band's ...
| Aerosmith's Steven Tyler Set To Premiere Video For '(It) Feels So Good' On American Idol On May 12, 2011
12 May, 2011
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler will premiere the new video for "(It) Feels So Good," his first-ever U.S. solo single, on "American Idol" airing Thursday, May 12. The video was directed by Ray Kay (Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, Adam Lambert). Tyler, along with Jennifer Lopez, joined the ...
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OPETH's Fredrik Akesson Gets His Own Paul Reed Smith Signature Guitar
12 May, 2011
Opeth are metal giants with an almost cult-like fanbase and it seems another member has been added to the cult. Paul Reed Smith of PRS Guitars is proud to announce the addition of Opeth's Fredrik Akesson to its lineup of signature artists. A press release from the company reads: "Paul Reed Smith Guitars ...
| Dream Theater's Mike Mangini Talks With Moderndrummer Website
12 May, 2011
Mike Mangini is quickly becoming a household name since being announced as the replacement drummer for Dream Theater - beating out such giants as Virgil Donati, Thomas Lang, Marco Minnemann, Derek Roddy, Aquiles Priester, and Peter Wildoer. Recently he talked with ModernDrummer.com to answer some of ...
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Canadian Post-hardcore Band Silverstein To Join Line Up At Rockapalooza, June 25
12 May, 2011
Rockapalooza will welcome its neighbors from the north as Canadian post hardcore band Silverstein takes the stage June 25, at the Jackson County Fairgrounds, Jackson, Michigan. "I am looking forward to having Silverstein play. They are a very unique addition to Rockapalooza." offers promoter Tim Corser, ...
| Sixx:A.M. Scores First Top 10 Album Debut With 'This Is Gonna Hurt'
12 May, 2011
Sixx:A.M.'s second album, This Is Gonna Hurt – the follow up to 2008's The Heroin Diaries – has sold over 30,000 copies in its first week and gave the band their first Top 10 debut on The Billboard 200 chart. The 11-track CD that Billboard proclaims 'redefines the meaning of beauty' and ...
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Steven Tyler Makes Rare Stop At Sixx Sense With Nikki Sixx For In Depth Interview With Old Friend & Fellow Rock Icon
12 May, 2011
Steven Tyler made a rare stop to appear with old friend and fellow rock icon Nikki Sixx on Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx for an intimate conversation broadcast last night. Tyler gave Sixx his first in depth radio interview - connecting on a personal level about their common goal of finding and breaking ...
| Titans Eve Post Free Download To Celebrate Best Metal Nomination At Vancouver's Urban Culture Awards
11 May, 2011
Titans Eve has been nominated at Vancouver's Urban Culture Awards in the Best Metal category alongside fellow Vancouver metal bands 3 Inches of Blood, Bison B.C, Quartered and more. In celebration of their nomination the band is giving fans a free download of their track "Tides of Doom" available at ...
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Urge Overkill Release New Album Today - Their First In Over 15 Years!
11 May, 2011
After over 15 years since their last full-length, Urge Overkill release their long-awaited new album Rock&Roll Submarine today. After releasing their first single," Effigy," to the roaring approval of both fans and critics, the band is now sharing the album's opening track, "Mason/Dixon," which you ...
| Dave Mustaine Joins The Twits Over At Twitter - New Info Revealed!
10 May, 2011
Dave Mustaine has hit the studio recently and thanks to this thing called the 'world wide web' this is no secret to Dave and Megadeth fans alike. The guitar God has been updating fans on Twitter with sneak peaks into his recording process and teasers as to what we can expect. Is the information definite? ...
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Tons Of New Free Shit & Updates From DragonForce!
09 May, 2011
It's that time again- we here at Roadrunner Records have loaded up on the Free Shit section of their site and want to give you some prizes!!! First off- and ending in only 1 WEEK!- is the DragonForce contest where we will be giving away 13 Ultra Beatdown posters signed by all members of the band! ...
| Metal Radio Show 'Powerchord' Celebrates 25 Years With Epic Concert On May 21, 2011
06 May, 2011
Metal radio show Powerchord is celebrating 25 years on the airwaves on Vancouver's CITR 101.9FM. Founded by Metal Ron and Gerald Rattlehead in 1985 and now continued by DJs Geoff "The Metal Pimp", Marcia "The Mistress of Metal", and Andy, Powerchord is Vancouver's longest running metal show. Over the ...
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Smashing Pumpkins Won't Reform!
06 May, 2011
Billy Corgan has confirmed that he will never reunite the original Smashing Pumpkins. The lineup on the band's first album Gish featured Corgan alongside drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, guitarist James Iha and bassist D'arcy Wretzky. Billy Corgan told to Rolling Stone: "The things that have happened between ...
| Dream Theater's John Petrucci Talks About The New Mike Behind The Kit!
05 May, 2011
It seems like just yesterday Mike Portnoy was hammering away on the drums with Dream Theater, but times they are a changin' and Portnoy packed up for a tour with Avenged Sevenfold while DT moved forward and selected a new Mike to replace the old Mike on the skins. Just this past Friday (April 29th) ...
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