VICTORY RECORDS SIGNS OTEP!
CHICAGO, IL. (Top40 Charts/ VICTORY RECORDS) - VICTORY RECORDS has signed Los Angeles recording artist OTEP. OTEP's all encompassing musical approach coupled with her shaman like artistic qualities and other creative musings have lead to over half a million albums sold over the course of three studio ...
| Vyking Recordings Releases George Arriola's Progressive Instrumental Rock CD 'All I Wanna Do'
El Paso, TX. (Top40 Charts/ Vyking Recordings) - Instrumental albums tell stories about life, worldly feelings and personal emotions, if done right the listener will catch these things and be whisked away. "All I Wanna Do" shows off the hidden truth in music, soft touches, in your face guitars and a ...
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MASTODON Crack The Charts With New Studio Album 'CRACK THE SKYE'
BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - Atlanta-based hard-rock iconoclasts MASTODON have just released their long-awaited fourth studio album, CRACK THE SKYE, on March 24th to a litany of impassioned reviews and critical accolades worldwide: "Mastodon are a bunch of doom-haunted, myth-obsessed, ...
| Megaforce/Anthrax On Metallica's Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame Induction
NEW YORK, NY (Top40 Charts/ Megaforce Records) - Megaforce Records congratulates Metallica on their induction into the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame. It's astoundingly poignant that this band that crossed our path in 1983, and in many ways was the impetus for Megaforce even starting as a label, would reach ...
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PAPA ROACH'S METAMORPHOSIS DEBUTS AT NUMBER 8 ON BILLBOARD TOP 200
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ DGC/ Interscope Records) - Papa Roach's album of the decade Metamorphosis debuts at number 8 this week on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart with 44,456 units sold. First week sales of Metamorphosis exceed that of their 2006 The Paramour Sessions which sold 36,742 units - that's ...
| Seventh Void & Newbury Comics Announce Exclusive Pre-Sale Offer For Their Debut Album At NewburyComics
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Big Vin Records/ Luthier PR) - SEVENTH VOID, formed by TYPE O NEGATIVE guitarist Kenny Hickey and drummer Johnny Kelly, will release its debut album HEAVEN IS GONE on April 21, 2009 via Big Vin Records, the label formed by ex-PANTERA/DAMAGE PLAN/HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie ...
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Activision's GUITAR HERO METALLICA Explodes Onto Retail Shelves Across North America
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top 40 Charts/ Activision Publishing) - Having pioneered and expanded the heavy metal genre while gaining critical and popular success over the past 25 years, Metallica invites gamers to "Ride the Lightning" with them and over 20 other rocking artists in Activision Publishing, Inc.'s ...
| The Son Also Rises - And Rocks With Led Zepagain At L.A.'s House Of Blues Sunset Strip!
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Luck Media & Marketing) - Speculation ran wild throughout 2008 about a full-on Led Zeppelin reunion tour in the wake of a blazing performance by the three surviving band members with drummer Jason Bonham - filling the role of his father, John Bonham, who died at age 32 ...
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Meliah Rage Founder Anthony Nichols To Collaborate With Metal Church Singer Ronny Munroe
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Meliah Rage Official Website) - Meliah Rage has announced that founding member Anthony Nichols has composed the music for three tracks on the upcoming solo record being released by Metal Church front man Ronny Munroe. Nichols and Munroe developed a relationship when their two ...
| Scream Machine's Much-Anticipated New Industrial Album 'Nona' Available In Online Music Stores Now!
HELL, Virginia (Top40 Charts/ Scream Machine Official Website) - Scream Machine's long-awaited sophomore album 'Nona' is available for .mp3 download and on hard copy through iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Napster and many other online digital distribution outlets. Already big hit on the Web, this album is ...
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Trevor Phipps & Ken Susi Of UNEARTH And Jonny Davy Of JOB FOR A COWBOY Set To Present At First Annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards!
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ REVOLVER) - America's first-ever hard rock and heavy metal music award show-the first annual EPIPHONE REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS, presented by the Honda Fury-will take place Tuesday, April 7 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles and be broadcast on MTV2 as a one-hour ...
| Roadrunner Records Bands Invade Download!
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Roadrunner Records) - OPETH, MESHUGGAH, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, DIR EN GREY, LAWNMOWER DETH, YOU ME AT SIX and STEADLUR have been confirmed for this year's Download festival, set to take place June 12-14 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. The festival ...
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Nickelback Live At Sturgis 2006 DVD Available Now
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ E1 Entertainment) - This hard-rockin' set of twelve completely uncensored greatest hits recorded at the world-famous 'Rockin' The Rally' show in Sturgis, South Dakota. Arriving in stores shortly following the launch of Nickelback's highly anticipated 'Dark Horse Tour,' the Nickelback ...
| Disturbed Breaks New Ground with Exciting Launch of Its Official Digital Bootleg Series
BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - Best-selling hard-rock band Disturbed are thrilled to announce an exciting offer in conjunction with their upcoming Music As A Weapon IV Tour. The band is launching an Official Bootleg Series, in which fans will be able to purchase a digital-download ...
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Crue Fest 2 Line Up Announced Today
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Rogers & Cowan) - Motley Crue announced the line up today for their second annual Summer Festival tour, Crue Fest 2 at the Fuse TV studio in New York City. The follow-up to the most successful Rock Festival of last summer stars Motley Crue with Godsmack, Theory of a Deadman, ...
| Dream Theater Announces 10th Studio Album 'Black Clouds & Silver Linings'!
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Roadrunner Records) - Progressive metal veterans Dream Theater have announced Black Clouds & Silver Linings as the title of their tenth studio album. The band commenced work on the album-their second for Roadrunner Records, following up 2007's Systematic Chaos-in October ...
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World's Largest Led Zeppelin Collection Acquired By Rockaway Records
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Rockaway Records) - Rockaway Records is thrilled to announce its recent purchase of one of the world's largest Led Zeppelin collections. The collection includes more than one ton - 2,500 pounds - of Led Zeppelin records (LPs and 45s), CDs, books, magazines, concert programs ...
| Ana Kefr 'I Think, Therefore I Am Infidel'
Riverside, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Ana Kefr Official Website) - Philosophy-metal band ANA KEFR has posted an EPK film titled "The Uprising" on the band's MySpace page, allowing a special glimpse into the band's confrontational and controversial message, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the making of ...
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Zero Illusions - 'Enter Eternity' Independent Metal
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Zero Illusions Official Website) - This Swedish band is one of various examples of a band who wants to be more powerful and complex. In Metal history, there were bands that started out as something new after being under a process of evolution. Of course, each band defines ...
| Grammy Nominated Songwriter Kara DioGuardi Makes Her Video Debut In Theory Of A Deadman's 'Not Meant To Be'
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Roadrunner Records) - Grammy-Award nominated accredited songwriter/producer and "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi makes her music video debut in Theory of A Deadman's hit tune "Not Meant To Be." DioGuardi, who co-wrote the song with the band's frontman Tyler Connolly, ...
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