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Alice In Chains, Deftones and Mastodon Mega Tour

Alice In Chains will be joined this fall by special guests Deftones and Mastodon on Blackdiamondskye, a monolithic triple bill that is guaranteed to be the hottest ticket of the fall touring season. The rollicking roadshow, produced by Live Nation, launches September 16th at the Charter One Pavilion in Chicago, IL.

Over the course of the past week, message boards across the Internet have been buzzing about the tour following a series of mysterious videos seen here: and the countdown posted on the recently launched blackdiamondskye.com site.

"Rather than launch with a traditional tour announcement, we wanted to engage the fans first," says David "Beno" Benveniste, founder of Velvet Hammer Music and Management Group, who rep Alice In Chains and Deftones. "We gave them a cryptic clip featuring video snippets of each band and they lit up the internet. Now there's an entire online community talking about the tour and speculating about the bands involved. It's thrilling to see them communicate and respond so positively to this exciting tour." - more on this story

The Dead Weather To Premiere New Album Live and Online, Offer Tweet For Song Download

The Dead Weather are going to premiere their new album Sea of Cowards by performing it live in its entirety! The band will premiere the record at the Third Man Records building in downtown Nashville, the same space where they played their very first show in 2009. This exclusive live performance will stream on May 3rd at 3pm PST/6pm EST on MySpace Music and the band's Myspace page.

Prior to Monday's live performance stream, analog will be going digital for the first time! Fans can tune into Screaming Vinyl Live, a 24-hour listening party for Sea of Cowards. Embeddable UStream players located on both Third Man Records and The Dead Weather websites will be playing the new album on vinyl via a live camera and audio stream. Screaming Vinyl Live kicks off Friday April 30th at 10am PST/1pm EST from locations in both Nashville and Los Angeles and will feature surprise guest DJs.

Tweet-To-Download for a free "Hustle and Cuss" MP3 and automatically be entered to win a VIP package and flyaway to Bonnaroo. - Do it here

The Killers, Mumford and Sons, Keane Supergroup and Brandon Flowers Goes Solo

NME reports that members of The Killers, Mumford and Sons, Keane and Noah And The Whale are set to release a collaboration album under the name Mt Desolation.

The band features The Killers' drummer Ronnie Vannucci, Noah And The Whale fiddle player Tom Hobden, banjo player Winston Marshall of Mumford and Sons and Keane's keyboard player/songwriter Tim Rice-Oxley, plus live bassist Jesse Quin.

The NME article simply says the album will be released later this year but they did announce a live date in June. Grab the details here

Meanwhile, The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers plans a new solo album called "Flamino". The band's site is pimping it - here

Stone Temple Pilots, Creed, Godsmack, Hinder Lead Rock N' Rev Festival

Stone Temple Pilots, Creed, Godsmack, Three Doors Down, Wolfmother, and Hinder top the long list of bands combining forces with DC3 Global to hijack the world's biggest, baddest biker event for five full nights of undeniable rock 'n' roll bedlam – Monday, Aug. 9 through Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 at the inaugural Rock N' Rev Festival, part of the legendary Sturgis Rally's 70th Anniversary celebration in Sturgis, SD.

With an unrivaled lineup of 20 bands over five nights and spectacular fireworks displays each night in the nation's largest outdoor amphitheater at the 600-acre Glencoe CampResort, the Rock N' Rev Festival promises to be the hands-down largest party ever thrown at the world's largest motorcycle event, which annually draws over a half million patrons. World famous showman Jim Rose and his side circus are set to emcee the five-day event and give attendees a show they will never forget. Eagles of Death Metal, The Darling Stilettos, Pop Evil, Skillet, and Swayback are just some of the other bands making massive music at this colossal biker bash. Stay tuned for major announcements of many more bands being added in the weeks ahead!

Jim Rose will be Master of Ceremonies at the Rock N' Rev Festival all week and will have his wildly acclaimed modern day sideshow, the Jim Rose Circus, unfurling shows between acts nightly. The sideshow originally came to prominence on Lollapalooza's second stage, this is the first time in almost 20 years that Jim has returned to the stage at a large-scale festival as Master of Ceremonies. - more on this story

Queens of the Stone Age, A Perfect Circle Star Presents Sweethead

Sweethead, the new project from Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age, A Perfect Circle, Failure), will release their debut self-titled album on May 11th through The End Records.

Named after a Bowie B-Side, Sweethead includes Serrina on vocals, Norm Block on drums (Mark Lanegan Band, Plexi) and Eddie Nappi on bass (Mark Lanegan Band, Handsome).

Sweethead have also announced that they will be settling into L.A.'s seminal indie-rock venue Spaceland every Monday in May. The residency will kick off May 3rd, with "Night One" being sponsored by infamous satire bloggers Buddyhead, and wraps on May 24th with a "family night" featuring other QOTSA-related acts such as Mini-Mansions, Alain Johannes and a "very special guest." Ashes Divide, Slang Chickens, Earthlings? and Red Fang are among other acts playing alongside the band during the stint. - more on this story

Princes of Leon: The Black Keys, Built To Spill, The Features, The Stills and The Whigs To Support Kings of Leon Tour

Kings of Leon are happy to announce that special guests The Black Keys, Built To Spill, The Features, The Stills and The Whigs will join them for their upcoming 2010 Live Nation produced tour.

Special guests will appear on select dates.

6/5 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Event Center The Whigs
6/6 Saratoga, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center The Whigs
6/8 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion The Whigs
7/9 San Diego, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre Built To Spill and The Features - more dates

Mike Patton Talks Faith No More Reunion Tour, Lady Gaga Cover

MetalSucks' Gary Suarez recently spoke with Faith No More frontman Mike Patton, whose collection of Italian language cover songs (recorded with a 40-piece orchestra) "Monda Cane" comes out on Tuesday, May 4th. Patton spoke about "Mondo Cane," Fantomas, Tomahawk, the events that led to the Faith No More reunion and whether or not he ever plans to release new Faith No More music. An excerpt follows

How have these reunion shows been for you? Have they been enjoyable for you? Yeah. Of course. I'm not in the business of suffering. I'm not gonna put myself out there and torture myself. I'm just not gonna do it. It feels good. It feels comfortable. In a way, we're sort of… we're revisiting the past but we're also healing some old wounds. We didn't break up under the best of circumstances and this is sort of a chance to get that right. Anyone in their life, if they have a chance to sorta go back to a certain snapshot in their life, and maybe do something different… I think that's what we're doing right now.

With these live shows, whose idea was it to include Peaches & Herb and Lady GaGa covers into the set? [laughs] I don't wanna take complete credit, but… Look, it's something that happens. It's not something where we sat down and said, "Hey, let's do a Lady GaGa cover over one of our tunes." It just kinda happens. A lot of that is my responsibility. We played a certain set of music for a long period of time, and it's only natural to get a little complacent. So, to me, what's fun is injecting other people's tunes over the top of our tunes. I guess it's a live mash-up, if you will. - Read the full interview

All Time Low Announce Red Carpet Event

Hopeless Records announced today that while still going Straight To DVD, All Time Low's new live offering is going to be making a one time theatrical stop in a fancy Hollywood setting to give friends, family and some lucky fans an early look at this live performance and documentary.

The red carpet event will be the world's first look at Straight To DVD set to be released by Hopeless Records on May 25th. The event will feature a screening of the 90 minute feature.

Southern California fans will have two ways to join All Time Low at this very exclusive premiere. The first and best way to get a ticket is to visit surrounding Hot Topic locations in Glendale, Burbank or Hollywood and pre-order a deluxe copy of Straight To DVD. - more on this story

The Haunted Road Kill DVD/CD Finally Gets Release Date

The Haunted, will finally release their long-overdue live Road Kill DVD/CD in North America on June 8th. The DVD features an in-depth, very unique "on the road movie" documentary, an intense recording of The Haunted's current and up-to-date live set (captured in Amsterdam's Melkweg on February 13th, 2009) and the band's recent promotional video clips as bonus.

The CD contains the full live show mixed and mastered by long-term band-producer Tue Madsen (Sick Of It All, Dark Tranquillity, Heaven Shall Burn) as well as five rare/unreleased studio bonus songs from the Versus album recording session.

The Haunted's Anders Björler furthermore checked in to comment on the live release and the songwriting status of the next album as follows: "Well, this week started off nicely with the release of the Road Kill DVD/CD, as well as rehearsing new material for the upcoming album. The recordings will commence this fall, so expect something fresh for early 2011. In the meantime we are very much looking forward to the dates with Slayer this summer, as well as festival gigs. Check out 'Little Cage' from the Amsterdam live gig. Enjoy!" - more on this story

The Doors When You're Strange Coming To DVD and Blu-ray

Eagle Rock Entertainment, the UK based independent, has licensed the North American DVD and Blu-Ray rights to When You're Stange: A Film About The Doors from Rhino Entertainment. The documentary uncovers historic and previously unseen footage of the illustrious rock band and provides new insight into the revolutionary impact of its music and legacy.

Directed by award-winning writer/director Tom DiCillo and narrated by Johnny Depp, the film is a riveting account of the band's history. Produced by Wolf Films/Strange Pictures, in association with Rhino Entertainment, the 90-minute film is the first feature documentary about The Doors. Additional credits for the film include producers Peter Jankowski, Dick Wolf, John Beug and Jeff Jampol. When You're Strange had its theatrical debut on April 9 and will be released through Eagle Vision on standard DVD and Blu-Ray on June 29th.

Terry Shand, Chairman of Eagle, said, "We are delighted to continue our visual programming connection with The Doors and to build further on our co-operation with Rhino." - more on this story

Little Steven To Play Previously Unreleased Rolling Stones Track On Underground Garage

Little Steven celebrates the forthcoming reissue of The Rolling Stones' 'Exile on Main Street' by playing a previously unreleased track and other cuts from the album on his nationally syndicated radio show Little Steven's Underground Garage airing on May 2.

Van Zandt will also interview 1960's girl-group legend Lesley Gore – performer of the pop hit "It's My Party" – in honor of her 64th birthday.

The show will feature some of Little Steven's favorite new songs by Peter Wolf, Nick Curran & the Lowlifes, Jesse Malin & the Saint Marks Social, and classic hits by The Ramones, Marvin Gaye, Paul Revere & the Raiders, and more.
- Full schedule of local affiliates and times of show

Singled Out: At The Soundawn

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today At The Soundawn guitarist Andrea Violante tells us about "Caofedian" from their brand new album "Shifting". We now turn it over to Andrea for the story:

'Caofedian' is the heart of 'Shifting'. Or at least to me it is, since I consider this song as the most complete and essential at the same time. The title comes from a metropolis projected by Chinese government intended to be the third millennium city, green and self-sufficient thanx to a so-called "energy tower" placed in the heart of the town and capable of producing energy from wind, sun and water. The project is pretty fascinating but the idea behind it is quite unsettling. It's the same old story of challenging nature and human limits, to go on and on and on at any cost.

This is what the lyrics are about, reporting the story of a man building the highest tower ever (something like Babel also). The most he's climbing high, the less oxygen he can breathe in. However, blinded by his aim, he keeps on going until he blacks out. At this point his instinct forces him to flop down. During the fall he keeps repeating himself: "So far, so good. So far, so good".

The music follow this flow, starting from very far and low echoes and slowly building up the whole orchestration. It's a constant crescendo that finally explodes with huge walls of guitars and tight drumming. That's what I truly love in the song, the fact that music and lyrics are strongly connected.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album - right here!

Krokus Return

For over 2 decades Krokus has been one of rocks most triumphant exports
and now the band's most victorious line-up are back with the release of Hoodoo, to drop in the states on May 25.

Over a period of 4 decades Krokus has released a total of 17 studio albums, 2 "live" albums and 3 "Best of..." albums. In total, Krokus has notched up 10 top-selling albums worldwide and a Diamond Award for selling over 1 million records in Switzerland alone.

In 2008, the band celebrated an astonishing comeback with a reunion concert in Berne's Stade de Suisse where over 10,000 supporters showed up. Encouraged by the overwhelming success and how much they loved playing together again, the band made the most of the flames burning inside and went straight to the studio to record. They spent two years conjuring up a new album filled with rock-n-roll magic, rightly titled Hoodoo.

- See the video for the title track Hoodoo here

Axel Rudi Pell Sets US Release

In times of restless reorientation and a permanent hectic search for ever more spectacular innovations, Axel Rudi Pell has proved to be a constant, solid as a rock, a reliable preserver of his undisputed assets. Confident and courageous at the same time, he has embarked on a consistently traditional course with his band, relying more than ever on traditional values with his new album, The Crest, which will be released in the US on June 1st.

"The Crest sounds absolutely typical of me and my band. In a way, the new tracks mark a return to our roots. And I'm proud to say that there isn't one double bass number on The Crest," comments PELL. The guitarist and songwriter knows that this decision will not be considered archaic, but makes him one of the spearheads of a thoroughly contemporary development.

His 13th studio album is sure to impress with varied compositions at the interface of melodic metal and hard rock. The collaboration between PELL and his American vocalist, Johnny Gioeli, which was established some twelve years ago, has experienced yet another magic moment on The Crest. The American's raw, charismatic voice is a perfect complement to the deeply melodic numbers by the AXEL RUDI PELL BAND, who in turn set the stage perfectly for their front man. "Naturally, I came up with the main features of the melody and lyrics, but I'd be ill advised if I didn't listen to Johnny's suggestions", says PELL, "there's real teamwork in our band." - more on this story

Letterman Joins the Music Biz, Signs Pop Punk Band Runner Runner To New Label

Runner Runner will see its debut album released through a new partnership with EMI Music's Capitol Records, Clear Entertainment/C.E. Music (a new label formed by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants Inc.), and Jack Ponti's MRV label.

The album, now being recorded in Los Angeles with producer Dave Darling (Stray Cats, Brian Setzer, Soulive), will be the flagship release for C.E. Music in its partnership with Capitol Records and MRV.

The self-titled debut will be released in late summer, while the first single, "So Obvious," will go to radio on June 15. Runner Runner kicks off the first leg of an extensive tour beginning in mid-May, with initial dates below - more on this story

Paul McCartney HD Live This Sunday

As part of the blockbuster Spring line-up on HDNet Concert Series, the network will present, "Paul McCartney Good Evening New York City" this Sunday, May 2 at 8:30 p.m. ET.

In this electric concert, filmed at the July 2009 opening of Citi Field in New York City, McCartney effortlessly incorporates dazzling performances of Beatles hits like "Drive My Car," "Back in the USSR," "Hey Jude," "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," and "Paperback Writer" with Wings standards such as "Live and Let Die," "Band on The Run" and "Jet." McCartney also includes his solo works such as "Dance Tonight," and "Flaming Pie."

The concert, performed at the site of the former Shea Stadium held special significance not only for McCartney but also for generations of his fans. The shows were performed on the same hallowed ground that The Beatles played the 34-minute show in 1965 that would set the precedent for the modern day stadium rock show. - more on this story

Avril's Guitarist Evan Taubenfeld Announces Debut Album

Sire Records artist Evan Taubenfeld has announced the release of his debut album Welcome to the Blacklist Club. Welcome to the Blacklist Club will be available exclusively online starting May 18, 2010.

Produced by John Fields (Jonas Brothers, Switchfoot, Lifehouse), Welcome to the Blacklist Club is a self-assured set of thoroughly addictive, radio-ready pop-rock anthems that showcase Taubenfeld's melodic gifts, driving rhythmic sensibility, and engaging personality on such tracks as first single "Pumpkin Pie," "Boy Meets Girl" and "Cheater of the Year." "Pumpkin Pie," a quintessential song for summer, premieres today on AOL Music's JSYK.com. It hits radio in June.

Fans of Avril Lavigne will already be familiar with Taubenfeld's musical talent. The 26-year-old Baltimore native was Lavigne's musical director and lead guitarist from 2001 to 2004. He co-wrote several tracks on her last two albums, including the gold single "Don't Tell Me" from Under My Skin and "Hot" from her latest release The Best Damn Thing, and toured the world with her in support of her 6x-platinum debut Let Go. He has also collaborated on her upcoming release. - more on this story

Pierce The Veil Announce Selfish New Release

Pierce The Veil will release their sophomore album, Selfish Machines, via Equal Vision Records on June 22, shortly before kicking off Warped Tour on June 25.

Recorded with producer Mike Green (Paramore, Set Your Goals) at his studio in Los Angeles, the 12-track set features catchy pop hooks paired with metal tinged guitars and aggressive vocals. It's the follow up to 2007's critically acclaimed A FLAIR FOR THE DRAMATIC, which was recorded with Casey Bates (Chiodos, Portugal. The Man).

Fans itching to hear new music sooner than later can log onto the band's Myspace page where "The Boy Who Could Fly" is currently streaming. - more on this story

Killing Machine To Make Russian Debut

US metal band Killing Machine, currently stirring up a lot of interest in Europe, will make their first ever appearance in Russia with a show at the Club B1 Maximum, Moscow on Saturday 19th June 2010.

Killing Machine have lined up a series of high profile European festival appearances throughout the summer with more expected to be added.

Killing Machine recently added bass guitarist Jari Kainulainen (Evergrey / Stratovarius) to their ranks. Jari completes the band line up of Csaba Zvekan (Sardonyx) - Vocals, Peter Scheithauer (Temple of Brutality / Belladonna) - Guitar, Jari Kainulainen (Evergrey / Stratovarius) - Bass Guitar and Jon Dette (Slayer / Testament) - Drums. - more on this story

Coliseum Go Blind In One Eye

A song written in a room where someone committed suicide, recorded in a funeral home, on an album titled after a horror film, and centered around the struggle to resist the darkest desires of the human psyche should have the marks of doom and gloom, not the sound of a musical rebirth.

Not if the song in question was penned by Coliseum. The Louisville, Kentucky-based trio has always done things according to its gut instinct, not by others' expectations.

"Blind In One Eye," the first track written for the band's third and latest album, House With a Curse (Temporary Residence 6-22-10), cements a new beginning for the band, one that takes cues from the sounds and ethos of the band's early-era Dischord and Touch and Go musical roots, and pushes the boundaries of conventional rock and punk. - more on this story

Warbringer Keeping Busy on The Road

Warbringer continue their relentless touring schedule as they wrap up the final week of Overkill's 25th Anniversary Killfest Tour alongside Vader, God Dethroned, Evile and Woe of Tyrants. Next on the battle plan, after playing the 5th Anniversary Thrasho De Mayo Festival in Los Angeles on May 8th, is to journey for the first of the band's performances in Asia.

Hitting Japan for three shows as part of Extreme the Dojo alongside Municipal Waste and Toxic Holocaust, before venturing out on their own headline dates in Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines (see below).

John Kevill (vocals) further states: "It'll be our first time ever in that part of the world, and we're very excited to see these places and are planning on getting some total ragers going for all you headbangers out there!" - more on this story

Inside The Black Involve Fans In New Album

Hollywood rock band Inside The Black today announced plans to involve fans in the entire process of writing and recording their second album, beginning with a blog post of a raw demo.

While fans are accustomed to hearing demos when albums are reissued, they are rarely, if ever, treated to demos as an album is being written.

"We plan to show fans everything we go through to write and record this second album. This will include the posting of incomplete song ideas, demos, rehearsals, recording sessions and whatever else that happens that might be insightful and interesting," said Scott Hunter of Inside The Black.

The band's first post of an untitled demo can be found - here.

Versaemerge Set Debut

Versaemerge Has Announced The Release Of Their Full-Length Debut. "Fixed At Zero" Arrives In Stores And At All Online Retailers On June 22nd.

"Fixed At Zero" Will First Be Available For Pre-Order At The Versaemerge Merchandise Booth As The Florida-Based Band Travels North America On Its Current Tour.

Fans Will Receive A Special Limited Edition Laminate, Signed By Each Member Of The Band With A Code For Digitally Downloading The Album – As Well As Two Bonus Tracks – On June 22nd. The Collectible Laminate Can Then Be Used For Future Versaemerge Offers, Including Merch Booth Discounts And A Cut-The-Line Pass At The Band's Upcoming Vans Warped Tour Signing Sessions. - more on this story

Gwar's Crack-A-Thon A Complete Disaster

After a week and a half of utter silence (and even less interest) GWAR's much-touted "Crack-a-Thon 2010" was today revealed to be a "complete disaster", doing nothing to alleviate lead singer's Oderus Urungus' crack debt, which grew to four times its pre-Crack-a-Thon size. The MF Gallery, which hosted the event, was left in flaming ruin, until a squad of evil dwarfs emerged from the rubble, rebuilding the structure overnight.

Despite stellar performances (Andrew WK, Kembra Phaler of The Voluptuos Horror of Karen Black), compelling interviews (Jamey Jasta, Mecronos of the band DETHRACE), and exceptional bartending (Balsac the Jaws of Death), the highly-anticipated fund-raising drive actually ended up "losing millions", according to Betty Fizzbin, Crack-a-Thon official and part-time rodeo animal. She continued--

"We actually made a ton of money...I mean the phones were ringing off the hooks, and cash was literally pouring into the box office! But then Oderus locked himself in the receipt booth and smoked it all up. He didn't even try to buy crack, he just smoked the money..." - more on this story

Nonpoint's Miracle Week

Nonpoint are gearing up to release their new album, Miracle on the band's own 954 Records in partnership with Rocket Science Ventures / RED / Sony on May 4.

32 independent music retailers nationwide are participating in Nonpoint's "Miracle" Week. Fans who purchase the record from a participating retailer will be handed an envelope with a prize announcement inside.

Prizes range from a limited edition art rock 'Miracle' poster to a Jackson guitar, Fender amp, EVH strings, an Ovation acoustic guitar, a Zoom Q3, EMG pickups and Sabian cymbals. The participating retailers are Bull Moose, Disc Exchange, Dimples, Down In The Valley, Looney Tunes, Park Ave, Rolling Stone, Vintage Vinyl and Zia. - more on this story

Maynard James Keenan Announces More Blood Into Wine Screenings

Blood Into Wine, the documentary that shares the story of Maynard James Keenan (front man for Tool, Puscifer and A Perfect Circle) and vineyard partner Eric Glomski's mission to bring notoriety and credibility to Northern Arizona's burgeoning wine industry, has added two additional New York City screenings: May 28 at City Winery NYC and May 29 at Uniondocs in Williamsburg (Brooklyn).

The previously announced date at City Winery NYC is May 27 and is accompanied by a Q&A featuring guests from the film. The May 28 screening will feature an assortment of wines from Keenan's vineyards.

City Winery is the brainchild of Michael Dorf, founder of the downtown music mecca the Knitting Factory, and comprises a music club and operational winery in the heart of Soho, NY. - more on this story