New Linkin Park Single 'Iridescent' To Be Featured In Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Film
20 April, 2011
Through their official website www.linkinpark.com, LINKIN PARK has announced their new single, "Iridescent," will be featured as the end title song in Paramount Pictures' upcoming Michael Bay film, Transformers: Dark of the Moon. The track is a fresh take of the song "Iridescent," which originally appeared ...
| Dream Theater: An Exclusive Look Into The Band's Search For A New Drummer!
19 April, 2011
A little more than a month after original drummer Mike Portnoy's sudden departure from Dream Theater, the band held three days of auditions in New York City. Over an amazing and productive three-day period, the band played, jammed and spoke candidly with seven of the world's greatest drummers, ...
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Music Connection Magazine Joins Sponsors Of Goodnight Kiss Song Competition
19 April, 2011
Music Connection Magazine, the premier Los Angeles music industry trade for independent musicians, has been announced as an official media sponsor for the 2011 Goodnight Kiss Songwriting Competition. Other sponsors include Broadjam.com, the host for online entries, TuneVid.com music video production ...
| Gold Rush: Five Finger Death Punch Make History With Two Simultaneous Gold Albums
19 April, 2011
In today's music industry, fewer artists reach the hallowed "Gold Record" mark than ever before. Even fewer have two albums go gold at the exact same time. Five Finger Death Punch - one of the biggest success stories in metal and hard rock of the last five years - have done just that. Their second album, ...
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My Chemical Romance Sing It For Japan
18 April, 2011
After receiving thousands of Tweets on its official Twitter feed from fans around the world asking the band to express its support for earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan, My Chemical Romance has responded by recording the song "#SINGItForJapan," which has been released exclusively via iTunes today, ...
| Stephen King Still Listens Metallica & Anthrax To Black Sabbath
16 April, 2011
Horror author Stephen King admits that he still listens to heavy metal! He enjoys listening to bands like METALLICA while working on stories and novels, according to a new interview. Asked what he prefers putting on while working, King said, "METALLICA, ANTHRAX, I still listen to those guys. There's ...
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Female Fronted Melodious Metal/hard Rock Band Oblivious Signal Added To Line Up For Rock Al Parque:
15 April, 2011
One of the largest most successful music festivals in the world, Rock Al Parque, has invited Florida's Oblivious Signal to join this summer's lineup. Taking place 4th of July weekend in Bogota, Columbia, South America, the 3 day festival is free to the public. Rock Al Parque is known for hosting ...
| Metal Innovators Korn Set To Release Double-CD Spanning The Band's Decade At Immortal/Epic Records
13 April, 2011
Two-time Grammy Award and two-time MTV VMA-winning band Korn, Los Angeles' innovators of a new post-grunge metal genre, are the newest inductees into Legacy Recordings' prestigious Essential series of double-CD collections. Spanning their first decade as a major label powerhouse (1994 - 2004), with ...
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Freak Show Metal Collective The New Jacobin Club Announce 15th Anniversary Celebration
13 April, 2011
Freak show metal collective The New Jacobin Club has announced they will be celebrating their 15th Anniversary show on May 14th in their hometown of Saskatoon, SK at The Fez (834B Broadway Ave.). Born out of the Canadian prairies, their shocking theatrics and one of kind metal Broadway spectacle ...
| New York Times Bestselling Author Nikki Sixx Releases New Book 'This Is Gonna Hurt' Today
13 April, 2011
Two-time New York Times bestselling author Nikki Sixx has released his new book This Is Gonna Hurt: Photography And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx (William Morrow) today. As a real artist who through quality of content has achieved international success on multiple platforms in a world ...
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Hard Rock The Vote - You Decide Who Joins The Lineup At Hard Rock Calling 2011
13 April, 2011
They have knocked out local competitors, wowed music industry experts and even had veteran rockers Little Steven Van Zandt and Pete Wentz in their corners, now the top 40 acts from Hard Rock's global 2011 Battle of the Bands are ready to face their toughest critic - YOU! Beginning Tuesday, April ...
| AC/DC Live At River Plate World Premiere In London On May 6, 2011
13 April, 2011
AC/DC devotees from all over the globe will descend upon London's legendary HMV Hammersmith Apollo for the exclusive world premiere of AC/DC Live At River Plate on Friday May 6, 2011. Shot entirely in HD with 32 cameras, fans will experience the thunderous excitement and intensity of AC/DC Live At ...
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'Metallica Presents: Big 4 Radio' Launches On SiriusXM
12 April, 2011
Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that it will launch "Metallica Presents: Big 4 Radio," the commercial-free music channel featuring the music of four of heavy metal's biggest legends: Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer. The channel's launch leads up to the long-awaited "Big 4 Festival," ...
| Hawkwind Guitarist Huw Lloyd-langton 'Hard Graft' - June 21
12 April, 2011
Legendary Hawkwind Guitarist Releases Lloyd Langton Group's Latest Effort "Huw emerges from the Hawkwind shadows..." - Classic Rock Magazine Huw Lloyd-Langton's music history spans over 40 years. He has been on the road with various bands since 1967 - all catalogued in his biography. Huw has been associated ...
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Hemoptysis Announces Album's European Release
12 April, 2011
Metallers Hemoptysis have announced that their debut album "Misanthropic Slaughter" will be available in stores throughout Europe on May 27, 2011. The album is being released throughout Europe via Rock It Up Records, and the European version will include the music video for "Shadow of Death" as ...
| The Dear Hunter Pre-order Available Now For 'The Color Spectrum' 9-EP Collection Set For Release June 14
12 April, 2011
Pre-orders of the Limited Edition Vinyl Box Set of THE DEAR HUNTER's epic nine-EP collection, THE COLOR SPECTRUM, are available now at https://bit.ly/ekotDH. It's due out June 14 on Triple Crown Records. Each box set contains a 16-page booklet, digital download card of the complete collection, and ...
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Guitar Player Magazine's Guts & Glitter Names The Great Kat '20 Extraordinary Female Guitarists'
11 April, 2011
"THE GREAT KAT'S FEROCIOUS PASSION is unleashed in the service of a divine mission: zapping her ultra-virtuosic, 22nd-century shred classical concept into the synapses of what she calls the 'moron masses.' To accomplish this, the Juilliard-trained violinist and guitar shredder transforms classical ...
| Dallas Cowboys Players Moonlight As Heavy Metallists In Free Reign And Announce Texas Record Release Performance On April 16, 2011
11 April, 2011
With the April 19th release fast approaching of the full-length debut by Free Reign, Heavier Than Metal (via DC Rightside Music), the band - which is comprised of two Dallas Cowboys, singer Marc Colombo and bassist Leonard Davis, and a Miami Dolphin, drummer Cory Procter - has announced a special ...
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Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival Pre-sale Tickets On Sale Now!
11 April, 2011
The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival is set to carve a path through the United States once again! This year's bill features Disturbed, Godsmack, Megadeth, In Flames, Trivium, Machine Head, Suicide Silence, All Shall Perish, Straight Line Stitch, Unearth, Kingdom of Sorrow and Red Fang and The ...
| Opeth Part Ways With Keyboardist Per Wiberg
08 April, 2011
Keyboardist Per Wiberg has been relieved of his duties in Opeth as part of a mutual decision with the band. Keyboard duties on upcoming tours will be handled by a musician who is already rehearsing with the band. Said musician's identity will be released at a later date. Vocalist/guitarist Mikael ...
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