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Parkway Drive Announces New Album “Ire”
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Parkway Drive has announced their latest studio album, Ire, which is set to be released on September 25th via Epitaph. This is the fifth album from the metal core band. Their last album, Atlas, ...
Lamb Of God Reveal Track Listing For ‘VII: Strum Und Drang’
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Lamb Of God have revealed the track listing for their much anticipated new studio album, VII: Sturm Und Drang set for release this July, their first new studio album in three years since 2012’s ...
No Sleep Records Announces “Summer of the Reaper” Compilation
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Indie label No Sleep Records has announced that a new compilation, titled Summer of the Reaper, will be released on Tuesday June 9th. No Sleep Records, a California-based record label known for bands like ...
Slipknot: ‘Dangerous’ Summer Tour, New Lineup, and Regrets
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Slipknot’s No. 6, percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan, sat down with RollingStone.com recently, discussing their second tour for their first record without Paul Gray and his dream of the Slipknot legacy carrying on years after ...
Riot Fest: Chicago, Denver and Toronto Line-ups Announced
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The first wave of Riot Festival: Chicago, Denver and Toronto have been announced. Riot Fest is an alternative music festival that made its début in 2005 in the city of Chicago. Since it’s début, Riot ...
Bill Nye Reveals Fun Fun Fun Fest 2015 Lineup
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This year marks the 10th anniversary of Austin’s own Fun Fun Fun Fest. The lineup has officially been announced and festival has enlisted Bill Nye the Science Guy for an informative and hilarious teaser trailer: ...
Fucked Up Releases New Video Loop For “Year of the Hare”
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Fans of Canadian hardcore and experimental punk band, Fucked Up, have been gearing up with anticipation of the new Chinese Zodiac series EP. Year of the Hare will be released on Deathwish Inc. Records ...
Korn’s Munky Talks New Album and Performing Debut Album Entirely
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Korn are still celebrating twenty years since their debut self-titled album, and guitarist and founding member Munky recently sat down with Full Metal Jackie at the 2015 Welcome to Rockville Festival to discuss his feelings about ...
Asking Alexandria Confirm New Lead With New Single
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Denis Shaforostov, formerly of Make Me Famous, has been confirmed as the new lead vocalist of Asking Alexandria, debuting a brand new song “I Won’t Give In.” The confirmation comes four months after Danny ...
Altitudes & Attitude Finishing First Full-length Album
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Altitudes & Attitude, the project between Megadeth bassist, David Ellefson, and Anthrax bassist, Frank Bello, are making finishing touches on their first full-length album, following their self-titled EP, which was released back in January 2014. ...
Echosmith And Twenty One Pilots Extend Fall Tour
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This fall, Echosmith are set to support twenty one pilots on their “Blurry Faces” tour through North America starting in Washington on September 8th. Now the bands have added five more dates in Dallas, ...
Anthrax Working On “Worship Music” Follow Up
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Anthrax has revealed a tentative release date of late 2015 or early 2016 for their follow-up to Worship Music, confirming with TulsaWorld.com that a solid amount of material is currently being worked on. With ...
Bullet For My Valentine Announce 5th Studio Album “Venom”
Derek Oswald
UK metal act Bullet For My Valentine have officially announced details about their highly anticipated fifth studio album “Venom“, due for release on August 14th via RCA Records. Announced yesterday via the reveal of ...
Tim McTague of Underoath Talks ‘Tired Violence’ and Possible Reunion
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Alternative Press has uploaded a beautifully honest interview with lead guitarist Tim McTague of Underoath after crowdfunding has confirmed the DVD Tired Violence for release in May. The film touches on the events leading up ...
Paramore, Josh Homme and Jimmy Eat World Kickstart “The Sweet Stuff Foundation”
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Queens of the Stone Age singer Josh Homme has teamed up with members of Paramore and Jimmy Eat World to launch The Sweet Stuff Foundation, a charity supporting disabled musicians: “The mission of The ...
Essential Playlist: Mike Shinoda’s Legendary Influences
Derek Oswald
Listen to a curated playlist of artists that inspired Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, submitted to us by Mike Shinoda himself. When we first spoke to Linkin Park and Stone Temple Pilots’ Chester Bennington ...
Papa Roach Premieres “Gravity” Video Featuring Maria Brink
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Papa Roach and Billboard premiered the music video for “Gravity” off their latest album F.E.A.R (Face Everything and Rise), the song of a dysfunctional relationship a duet featuring In This Moment’s Maria Brink. On ...
Stone Sour To Release Two More Cover EPs
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Stone Sour have confirmed two more cover EPs following their Record Store Day exclusive Meanwhile In Burbank… featuring covers of legendary artists Black Sabbath, Metallica, KISS, Judas Priest and Alice in Chains. The two upcoming EPs ...
AC/DC Continue Forward for Malcolm Young
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A recent interview with The Telegraph in the United Kingdom has AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson revealing the touching drive behind the past months of several exciting events for the band, including opening the 2015 ...
Breaking Benjamin Release “Angels Fall”
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A second single has been unveiled for anxious Breaking Benjamin fans, “Angels Fall”, following on the heels of “Failure” off the upcoming album Dark Before Dawn, which is due out on June 23rd. The album is ...
