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Korn Album Leak

Fans have the chance to hear Korn's new album a full week before it hits stores as the band has announced that, Korn III: Remember Who You Are, is now streaming in full online.

Korn III - Remember Who You Are, the band's 9th studio effort, marks a return to form for the modern metal powerhouse. Enlisting famed producer Ross Robinson, the man who helmed the boards on their first two albums, guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer explains the dynamic, saying, "Teaming up with Ross has brought that raw, emotional feeling back to the music.

"Ross is the only person in the world that's ever been able to draw us to that place. He reminds us why we're here, why these songs are important to our fans and why what we do as a band relates. He made us remember how our music saves lives, and he came into the picture at the perfect time. We had no record label and just wanted to make a great album. Ross stepped in at the right moment to hit the reset button."
- Listen to the album here

Mustaine Equates Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Shows With A Car Crash

While that headline is true, his meaning was actually positive. Rock Radio has the report: Dave Mustaine of Megadeth says the historic Big Four shows – which saw thrash giants Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and his own band share a stage for the first time – felt like one big car crash to him.

And he believes the most memorable moment for the metal community at the Sonisphere festivals and cinema showing wasn't the music or the all-star jams, but the moment he and Metallica frontman James Hetfield hugged at the end.

"Standing on stage flanked by so much tremendous talent was great. It's one of those things where in the moment it doesn't seem as enormous as it really is," Mustaine says. "It's like when you survive a car crash. You don't think it's such a big deal until you watch it in slow motion. Then you're thinking, 'I can't believe I survived.' - He has a lot more to day here

Slipknot's Clown Releases Dirty Little Rabbits Debut

Shawn 'Clown' Crahan of Slipknot's Dirty Little Rabbits released their self-titled debut album this week on The End Records.

Dirty Little Rabbits may be best known as the brain child of, but their secret weapon is front woman Stella Katsoudas. The UK's RockSound Magazine gave the Rabbits' debut a 7 out of 10 and said "The supremely versatile vocal stylings of Stella K are particularly striking ...enticing you to bust out your best disco moves before committing murder on the dance floor."

Fans can catch the Dirty Little Rabbits live this summer when they appear on the Warped Tour. - dates

Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd Unleashes The Wild Trapeze

We received some more info on the new solo album from Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd, which was released this week. Here is the announcement:

Epic Records are pleased to announce the July 6th release of Brandon's first solo album entitled, The Wild Trapeze. Fans can purchase a limited edition CD that ships with a personal letter and T-shirt featuring hand drawn artwork by Brandon at www.thewildtrapeze.com. The album is also exclusively available digitally on the iTunes Store.

"This group of songs was born of a very different process than the many my band and I have been employing for our almost two decades at work now. The Wild Trapeze began as pot induced meanderings on my dusty acoustic guitar while Incubus was off of the road, and has slowly been morphing into things that I originally could never have imagined , " says Brandon Boyd. "So much of my identity, both personally and creatively has been attached to and related to Incubus. For better or worse! And I do believe that every person in every corner of the world asks themselves at some point on their ride, 'Who am I…today?'The Wild Trapeze is an exercise in self reliance." - more on this story

Dino Cazares Pulling Double Duty On Fear Factory Tour

Fans will be able to catch Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares performing with two bands as his sideband Divine Heresy will be opening all of dates on this month's Fear Factory North American tour, which also features 36 Crazyfists and After The Burial.

Divine Heresy will be touring in support of Bringer of Plagues, which Century Media proclaimed was released to rave reviews across the board and debuted at an impressive #148 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

Cazares further states: "We have been waiting patiently for the perfect touring opportunity to present itself and I couldn't possibly be more pleased to have DIVINE HERESY open all of the Fear Factory shows this July. I am excited to pull double duty for the first time and I am relieved that we could finally make this happen. It makes perfect sense for DIVINE HERESY to open for Fear Factory and we promise to deliver a brutal set that is going to annihilate everyone. Be sure to come by the merch booth each night to say hello to us all and we look forward to seeing everyone soon. It's certainly been way too long." - dates

Plans For Thursday

Epitaph sent over an update on Thursday which includes the news that the band are hitting the studio to begin work on a new studio album and news of a new release from Geoff Rickly's supergroup project with members of Glassjaw and Converge, plus word about what guitarist Steve Pedulla has been doing on the side. Here you go: Thursday have entered the studio to record their sixth studio album and follow-up to 2009's critically acclaimed release, Common Existence. Thursday will spend the next few months recording at Tarbox Road Studios in Fredonia, NY with Common Existence and A City by the Light Divided producer Dave Fridmann (MGMT, The Flaming Lips, Mogwai) and plan to release the new album in spring 2011.

"We've worked with Dave Fridmann before, but this is definitely the most we've ever clicked with him," says singer Geoff Rickly. "In style, this record feels like a radical departure from our earlier records but in substance it feels like a return. The songs are more vulnerable than they've been in a long time. Some of the song titles include "A Darker Forest" and "Little Sparks Against the Sun"... It's very atmospheric and mood oriented so far."

In other Thursday related news, singer Geoff Rickly recently re-activated his acclaimed side project United Nations along with members from GlassJaw and Converge to release a 7" vinyl called Nevermind The Bombings, Here's Your Six Figures via Deathwish. He will also be singing with groundbreaking punk band Ink & Dagger this summer for a benefit show, "This Is Hardcore," for the Maks & Zielanski family. More information here: . Lastly, guitarist Steve Pedulla recently scored the soundtrack to the "Malibu Film Fest: Best Feature" winning film, "Yeardley," which is now available on iTunes. -

The Devil Wears Prada Detail Zombies

We told you yesterday in the Day in Rock digest that The Devil Wears Prada will release their first-ever EP, the conceptual Zombies EP on August 24 (Ferret Music). Now we have some more information about the EP to share with you along with the latest tour dates:

"The whole thing is just completely based upon zombies," explained TDWP's front man Mike Hranica. "Last fall, I was on a real zombie kick, I read 'The Zombie Survival Guide' by Max Brooks, and I thought, 'what if we made a zombie song?' All it took was me just saying that to the band, and we had our hearts set on doing this EP."

Zombie EP is an extremely heavy record that includes songs such as "Survivor" that follows the plight of a man who loses his beloved to the undead and ultimately, in surviving the zombie plague, spends his days warding off the brain-starved and loneliness. The story continues to unfold with the tracks "Outnumbered," "Escape," "Revive," and "Anatomy." Serious TDWP fans will note that the Zombie EP song titles are straight-ahead and serious, unlike the "joke" titles that the band's full-length CDs have been known to feature - "Reptar, King of the Ozone" from 2007's Plagues, as an example. - more on this story

Faster Pussycat and Gilby Clarke To Kick Off Universal CityWalk Summer Music Series

Universal CityWalk will kick off its "plugged-in" summer music series this Friday July 9 with Faster Pussycat and former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke, from 7-9p.m. when CityWalk partners with the Sunset Strip Music Festival to showcase an eclectic array of L.A.'s hottest upcoming bands and established artists.

The series featuring an "Always Unexpected" mix of non-stop live entertainment, popular celebrity bands, battle of the bands showcases every weekend throughout the summer, from July 9 through August 29.

On July 23, the program heats up when it transitions to 98.7FM's "Rockstar" battle of the bands competition. A panel of top music executives from popular Sunset Strip venues, sponsoring record companies and the 98.7FM programming department will be on hand to judge the weekly contest. Event dates are Fridays July 9, 16, 23, 30, August 6, 13, 20 and 27. - more on this story

Singled Out: Black Water Rising's Brother Go On

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Black Water Rising tells us about "Brother Go On" from their self-titled album. [Which incidentally scored 5 star reviews from 11 of the 12 fan reviewers at Amazon... that 12th review was 4 stars.]

"Brother Go On," was written out of frustration. I was in a bad place personally with my family and music and the country was in a bad place as well. I was getting real tired of watching our government pull the wool over our eyes, watching the f***ed up world spin out of control, and sick of feeling powerless to make a difference. I was having some personal issues and I wanted to write a song about self-empowerment. I didn't want to write a typical dark depressing rock tune, I wanted to write a song of defiance with a big middle finger sticking out of it. The song gave me an outlet to speak my mind even though I really didn't expect anyone to hear it because I didn't even have a band at the time. It was therapy you might say. I started with the chorus riff which came about after envisioning things like Godzilla crushing s*** and monster trucks spitting dirt. Bad ass, skull crushing, groove oozing, single note riffage that says f*** you! The song really wrote itself and pretty much laid way for the sound that became Black Water Rising. I wanted a big chorus, an anthem that commanded attention and I think I achieved my goal. After completing the chorus I moved onto the verse which wrote itself and stayed true to the groove. I screwed around with a couple of different bridge parts for the middle and decided to keep it simple and just throw a lead in. The song is honest, short, to the point, and no frills. Pure Rock. Almost every song I had written since was inspired by the direction I took to that tune and helped to create BWR.

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

The Chapin Sisters Backing Up She & Him, Set New Album Release and Offer Free Download

The Chapin Sisters are hitting the road with She & Him, as both openers and members of their backing band.

The summer dates are in support of the forthcoming release of the sisters' sophomore release, Two, which will hit stores on September 14th.

"Digging A Hole" is now available for free download and sharing: here. The track is featured on both the upcoming album, as well as the newly released tour EP Oh, Hear the Wind Blow, a collection of live in-studio tracks. - more on this story

Hendrix Digital Bootlegs

Rare Jimi Hendrix bootleg catalog has gone digital. Here is the announcement: Experience Hendrix LLC today announced that releases on its official 'bootleg' Dagger label are now available for digital download for the first time in the company's history.

Dagger Records was founded in 1998 by Experience Hendrix to provide fans of the legendary guitarist with exciting, never before released studio recordings, home demos, rare interviews and unforgettable live performances. Each album in the acclaimed series provides new insights into Jimi's remarkable creativity.

Experience Hendrix LLC CEO Janie Hendrix encapsulated the label's history, "With my late father's blessing, Dagger Records was devised as an avenue to fulfill the requests of the 'deep' Jimi collectors and worshipers for recordings beyond the 'core releases' such as Electric Ladyland, Are You Experienced and the recent Valleys of Neptune. Dagger material is certainly of great historical significance but might not have been recorded most optimally, a situation that mandated the establishment of a specialty imprint to ensure that consumers are treated as fairly and as honestly as possible." - more on this story

Paul Simon's Towering Song Over Troubled Water

Universal Music Publishing Group sent over this news: Paul Simon was honored with the Towering Song Award for "Bridge Over Troubled Water" at the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970 and stayed at the top of the charts for six weeks.

It also received Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the GRAMMY awards in 1971 and has been recorded over 300 times. - more on this story

Wanna Meet Cool Tour Bands: As I Lay Dying, Underoath, and Between the Buried and Me?

Newbury Comics is giving YOU the chance to meet your favorite bands on COOL TOUR! Enter NOW to win a pair of passes To COOL TOUR featuring As I Lay Dying, Underoath, and Between the Buried and Me on July 20th at the House of Blues in Boston!

Eight winners and their guests will not only get to see these heavy hitting bands perform, but they'll also get the opportunity to meet them before the show that day! Visit the Newbury Comics COOL TOUR contest page here to enter for your chance to win. Hurry, the contest ends on July 11th.

Newbury Comics is an independently owned retailer specializing in music, movies and pop culture. Not only do they have a great selection of CDs and DVDs, they also sell everything from t-shirts and posters, to action figures, toys and novelties, books, comics, and a whole lot more. They amuse, entertain, and challenge our customers' perception of the world. Newbury Comics is "a wicked good time"! - more on this story

Scar Culture, Dirty Rig Supergroup Moth Eater Announce Debut

Moth Eater have just signed a deal with Giddy Up! Records who will release their debut mini record "The Thunder God of Monster Island" on July 27th.

The band is comprised of guitarist John Conley of Scar Culture, Dave Ardolina and Steve "Buckshot" Seabury of Dirty Rig, and vocalist John Alaia,

Moth Eater have posted a new track from their upcoming release titled "Aftermath" on their Myspace page. The track features world renowned Hurdy Gurdy player and composer Geoff Kooris who adds to the bands already intense sound. "When I listen to our music, I get the sudden urge to smash someone's face in with a shovel. Then I become grief stricken and sob uncontrollably for a few hours, drink a beer, then I repeat the process." states John Alaia about the bands music and upcoming release. - more on this story

Twisted Gibson Interview With Jay Jay French

Gibson.com has a brand new video interview with Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister. Here is the intro followed by the link where you can check it out:

The one thing Twisted Sister has never been accused of is being boring. And guitarist Jay Jay French certainly lives up to expectations, whether he's expounding on his singer's resemblance to a certain Sex and the City star, recalling the shame of being "whored out" to British Embassy security or bemoaning the dangers of "middle-age transvestite metal."

Gibson caught up with one of rock's finest raconteurs recently at the New York City Gibson Showroom, check it out - here

Cheap Trick's Sgt Pepper Live Extended

Cheap Trick's "Sgt. Pepper Live" will extend its limited engagement at Paris Las Vegas with performances through September 2010.

A celebration of The Beatles' influential album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the show is an energetic performance that features a 32-piece orchestra, authentic Indian sitar ensemble and legendary rockers Cheap Trick performing the entire album live. In addition, audiences are treated to select Cheap Trick songs such as "I Want You To Want Me," "Dream Police," "Surrender," and other classic favorites.

Since beginning their Las Vegas limited engagement Cheap Trick has performed to packed houses, including celebrities such as Siegfried Fischbacher, Bobby Vinton, Rachael Ray, Emeril Lagasse, the Board of Directors from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and many others. - more on this story

Antagonist Document The World In Decline

Antagonist have released their first studio video which documents the recording process of their new album, "World In Decline," which is due on August 17th via Prosthetic Records.

The album was recorded, at Buzzbomb Studios in Orange, CA with producer Paul Miner (Terror, Thrice, Throwdown) and features guest vocal appearances from ARSONISTS GET ALL THE GIRLS' Jared Monette and John Strachan of THE FUNERAL PYRE and promises to be the band's angriest and most aggressive outing yet. The cover art was done by Daniel McBride, (Veil of Maya, Born of Osiris). Check the video out here

The track listing for "World In Decline," is as follows: 1. The Bane of Existence 2. Sasha Grey 3. Disguised In White 4. God On Fire 5. Wake Up And Smell The Lies 6. New Human 7. A Voice Unspoken 8. Already Dead (Featuring John Strachan) 9. Darkest Darkness (Featuring Jared Monette) 10. World In Decline (Featuring Jared Monette) - more on this story

Philadelphia Grand Jury U.S. Dates and UK Single

We have news for Philadelphia Grand Jury fans from both sides of the pond. The band will be in the U.S. for a limited number of dates this month and for UK fans they have announced the release of a new single.

The UK release of 'Going To The Casino (Tomorrow Night)' single will be available on 7-inch limited black vinyl and as a digital download on August 23rd in the UK and from the band's website.

The 'Going To The Casino' UK 7-inch release will be supported by a small run of dates across the US, they lengthy tours in Australia and South Africa, before the band head back to the UK for a thirty date run of shows from August to October. - more on this story

Ted Nugent's Happy Defiance Day A Success

The Fourth of July turned out to be Ted, White and Blue weekend for rocker Ted Nugent. Released Friday, July 2, his Happy Defiance Day Everyday song bundle went to #1 on Amazon's MP3 store on Saturday, July 3, and has remained there ever since.

Due to the buzz on Yahoo! as a #1 trending topic on Friday, this was released two days earlier than its intended July 4 release date.

This 30-track collection is available for 76 cents, in honor of 1776. Nugent's dynamic version of the "Star Spangled Banner" also topped downloads over the holiday. - more on this story

Kevin Devine Releases New EP of Songs from the Brother's Blood Sessions

Kevin Devine's Brother's Blood has been touted as his best work to date and now several tracks from those same revered sessions are being unveiled for the first time on She Stayed As Steam.

The EP is available digitally today on Favorite Gentlemen and on vinyl courtesy of These Are Not Records. The four-song EP culls together two previously unreleased songs, title track "She Stayed As Steam," and "Big, Bad Man" alongside remixes of "Hand of God" ("Breathe, Breathe Deep") and "Another Bag of Bones."

The vinyl version is presented on translucent coke bottle green and includes two live acoustic European radio performances, "Ballgame" and the Leonard Cohen cover, "Chelsea Hotel No. 2," not found on the digital release. The EP is now streaming in its entirety at Favoritegentlemen.com with the title track available for free download. - more on this story

Motion City Soundtrack To Headline MTV2 Rock N Jock Concert Series Event

Motion City Soundtrack will headline a concert at Soldier Field's South Festival Lot in Chicago on Friday, July 23 as part of MTV2 Rock N Jock Concert Series. New Politics will open the show at 9:00pm.

This event will kick of the second stop of the 2010 Dew Tour, the Nike 6.0 BMX Open. The two-day event features park, vert and dirt competitions with the best BMX athletes in the world including Dave Mirra, Garrett Reynolds, Jamie Bestwick and Ryan Nyquist.

And at the end of the summer Motion City Soundtrack will head to the UK to play the main stage at Reading and Leeds Festival before returning Stateside to play Bumbershoot in Seattle and another US headline tour set for the fall. - more on this story

Kid Rock's Chillin' the Most Cruise 2011

We received an update about Kid Rock's Chillin' the Most Cruise 2011. Bookings are now on sale to the public.

Alumni guests and fan club members had first dibs at cabins, so there are less than 100 left; so if you wanna cruise with Kid Rock you should book as soon as possible.

The cruise leaves from New Orleans on Carnival Triumph April 7 and sails to Cozumel April 9, returning to Louisiana on April 11, 2011. Guests can book their cabins and check out a recap video to see what it's all about at - kidrockcruise.com

Rosaline Release Show

Rosaline have announced a home town record release show on July 25th when they'll will be performing at Chicago's Beat Kitchen in celebration of their upcoming Good Fight Music debut, The Vitality Theory.

The new record hits stores on July 20th, 2010. The Vitality Theory is produced by the band, and is mixed by Andreas Magnusson (The Black Dahlia Murder, Haste the Day, Gwen Stacy). The record is tracked by Joel Wanasek at JTW Studios.

Rosaline will be joined by other local acts 2 Star, Arla Mae, Eli, and A Hero Named Hope. Rosaline's last hometown event at the Metro drew in a crowd of nearly 400 people. This local phenomenon is ready for another great show! Rosaline are given local credit as being one of the only post-hardcore bands to emerge from the area. "Back in the day, we used to play shows at churches out in the suburbs every other weekend. After a while, we became this high school band that was bringing literally hundreds of kids to these local shows we were playing," states keyboardist Nathan Steinheimer. "We're just as excited to please our local and national fans today as we were back then. Bring on the show!" - more on this story

Paul Thorn Gets High With Pimps and Preachers

Paul Thorn has achieved his highest position ever on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart with his new album, 'Pimps and Preachers,' debuting at #83.

Thorn's CD sales would have topped the Heatseekers chart on Billboard, but he blew past the eligibility requirement for that honor by landing immediately in the Top 100 for the first time.

The album, out now on Perpetual Obscurity Records, also moved into the top 10 on the Americana radio charts after debuting as the #1 most added record. He'll be on the road for most of the Summer and Fall, full list of tour dates - here

Landmine Marathon Release New Video

Landmine Marathon have released a new music video for the track "Shadows Fed To Tyrants," from their latest album, "Sovereign Descent."

The video was shot in Phoenix with director David Brodsky (The Black Dahlia Murder, Gwar, Goatwhore). You can watch it here. The video will be available for purchase exclusively through Itunes starting on July 13.

The band also recently collaborated with filmmaker Brian Taylor, co-writer/director of Crank, Crank: High Voltage, And Gamer, amongst others, on a version of their song "Skin From Skull" with Taylor providing lead guitar solos. The song is being offered as a free exclusive download from Taylor's website. - more on this story

Andy James' Metal Rhythm Guitar in Six Weeks DVD Released

Lick Library has released the Andy James' Metal Rhythm Guitar in Six Weeks DVD to follow on from Andy James' Shred Guitar in Six Weeks .

The six week DVD guitar tuition course has been put together in a way that sets sensible realizable targets, which teach you a wide range of different techniques, concepts and licks helping you understand and play metal rhythm guitar. Most importantly you can do it all at your own pace.

Andy James is one of the UK's rising stars in the world of shred and metal guitar and has taught thousands of budding shredders world-wide through his DVDs and tutorials. He is also the lead guitarist for the band Sacred Mother Tongue, who played Download Festival last year and this year have just been confirmed for this summer's UK Sonisphere Festival. - more on this story