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Ozzfest Returns

For those that missed this story over the weekend, here it is again: It's official, the summer tour that started because Lollapalooza didn't think Ozzy was current enough to include in their lineup is back. Ozzy Osbourne announced the 2010 Ozzfest on Friday, which will feature the tour's namesake and another metal legend, Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford as main stage attractions along with Motley Crue (who tried their own summer music festival), DevilDriver and Nonpoint.

The Second stage will be headed up by Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society, plus sets by Kingdom of Sorrow, and Goatwhore, Skeletonwitch, Saviours and Kataklysm.

This year's tour is set to kick off August 14 in San Bernardino (the birthplace of the first Ozzfest in 1996) and then make stops in Chicago, IL, Hartford, CT, Camden, NJ, Pittsburgh, PA and Boston, MA. Only those six dates have been announced, with no word of additional dates to be added. So this looks like it. - dates

Black Sabbath's Earliest Recordings Posted Online

The Metal Den unearths what they report are the earliest known recordings from legendary English heavy metal act Black Sabbath, which includes two 1969 demo tracks "The Rebel" and "When I Came Down,
along with a live cut called "Early One Morning Blues".

The two demo tracks could have been credited to Earth since Sabbath's final gig as Earth was performed the day after recording "The Rebel", but these recordings are generally understood to indeed be the first ever by the legendary group.

Sabbath historian Rob Dwyer explains the history of the music: "'The Rebel' is without a doubt one of the most sought-after BLACK SABBATH songs ever recorded. Although a small fragment of this very un-SABBATH like song can be heard on 'The Black Sabbath Story Volume 1′ video, most fans have never heard this still-unreleased 1969 demo." - Read more and LISTEN here

Bonham Confirms Led Zeppelin Experience Tour Plans

(BW&BK) Drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin, Bonham) has issued an update regarding the news that broke last week that he'll be hitting the road in North America on Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience tour:

"Well looks like the cat is out of the bag! First off, I would like to correct the news that broke today on the world wide web. I read today that I would be performing the Led Zep story! Well, what I will be doing is 30 shows in memory of my father, as its 30 years since he left this world this September 25th, 2010.

"I have always loved playing the music of Led Zeppelin and after such a great night back in 2007 at the 02 Arena, I took an opportunity to do a very special show which would look at my life with the music of Led Zeppelin. Old photos, home movies and videos would help take you on a journey into my life, from my earliest memories right up to the 02 show" - more on this story

Fear Factory Add Dates

Fear Factory has confirmed an additional week of dates to the recently announced second leg of their American Fear Campaign tour. Set to begin May 14 in Tucson, initial weeks will feature Fear Factory with Prong, Thy Will Be Done and Silent Civilian with the final week finding All That Remains replacing Prong for the northern run of dates.

Continuing to tour in support of their latest release, Mechanize, the tour introduces the album's third single, the controversial album closer "Final Exit." Fear Factory have done two special edits of the 8:11 minute song with hopes to position the song for breakout play on the country's larger Active Rock stations. - more on this story

Skillet And Theft Added To Creed $20-$10 Tour

Skillet and Theft have just been confirmed as special guests for select dates on Creed's "$20-$10 Tour" dates, with Red also appearing at several concerts.

As previously announced, "The $20-$10 Tour" kicks off on July 28th in Washington D.C., and was named because the first 2,010 reserved seats are $20 all-in.

This means fans pay a flat rate with no added service charges, and the remaining seats will be priced at $20 or $10, plus applicable ticketing fees. A full itinerary and lineup can be found - here

Paramore Taking Over Fuse Today

During an all day takeover starting at 11 am ET, Fuse gets up close and personal with alt rockers Paramore in "Paramore: On The Record with Fuse." Airing on Monday, May 3rd at 8 pm ET, Paramore members Hayley Williams (vocalist) and Jeremy Davis (bassist) sit down with Fuse host Toure' to discuss life on the road and their upcoming tour. Hayley also opens up on her thoughts regarding a potential solo career, her breakup with Paramore lead guitarist Josh, and the excitement of recording a song for Twilight.

The following are selected sound bites from the interview: HAYLEY'S THOUGHTS ON A SOLO CAREER: "I mean, no I don't think I could ever see myself with just my name in lights. I've never seen myself like that. In fact, when I started getting into music, I wanted to be the drummer. I was like, 'I want to be as far away from the front as I can.'"

ON ATTENDING THE PREMIERE OF TWILIGHT AFTER RECORDING A SINGLE FOR THE SOUNDTRACK: "It was a fun challenge getting there, so once it happened, it was just like I couldn't believe it turned into what it was. It was like ridiculous. We were at the premiere, we were meeting movie stars. It was crazy. I loved every second of it." - video clip

Pearl Jam For The Troops

Pearl Jam's May 1st Jazz & Heritage Festival performance was the first ever concert broadcast live to our troops in Iraq as part of the Texas Roundhouse Live program "Homeland Salute to Our Troops."

The broadcast featured a two-way live audio and video communication between the festival and the soldiers stationed in Iraq. Soldiers serving in the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat team will not only get to experience the entire Pearl Jam performance, but interact with Festivalgoers and share a few words to their hometown friends and family from across the world.

Several hundred service men and women are expected to tune-in to the broadcast. The Pearl Jam concert will be the first of four broadcasts to the troops planned for 2010. The broadcasts are meant to show the servicemen and women overseas that we are thinking of them and to give the audience stateside, a glimpse of the front lines. For more information on the Jazz & Heritage Festival and the "Homeland Salute to Our Troops," please visit - www.nojazzfest.com

Joe Bonamassa Announces Run of UK Dates

Championed by Eric Clapton and praised by B.B. King, Joe Bonamassa is currently being hailed as the hottest blues rock guitarist on the planet, and what's more, he's coming to the UK to perform four special concerts in May.

Voted Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the 2009 Classic Rock Awards, Bonamassa will play the following shows – London HMV Hammersmith Apollo (Fri May 28), Rotherham Magna Centre, South Yorkshire (Sat May 29), Bournemouth BIC (Sun May 30) and Birmingham NIA (Mon May 31).

Very special guest at all concerts is Sandi Thom. The tour follows Bonamassa's critically acclaimed new studio album "Black Rock" which entered the UK Album Chart at 14 and number 1 in the Independent Album Chart. The album includes the track "Night Life" featuring B.B. King. The upcoming UK tour also follows Bonamassa's "Live at the Royal Albert Hall" DVD which features special guest Eric Clapton. -

Concrete Blonde Reunite For Bloodletting's 20th Anniversary Tour

Concrete Blonde will tour the US for the first time in 7 years with a set list celebrating the album and their career. Released in 1990, Bloodletting spawned the top 20 hit "Joey," as well as Concrete Blonde classics "Tomorrow, Wendy", "Caroline", and "The Sky Is a Poisonous Garden". It quickly became their most successful album.

Lead singer Johnette Napolitano explains how the tour came about: "People started emailing me and calling me up and telling me that it was the twentieth anniversary of Bloodletting, which had 'Joey' on it and was a big hit for us all over the world. My dad passed away recently and was a big fan of the band and it occurred to me that a twentieth anniversary's only going to happen once and that my dad would have said that it's a good idea and that we should do it. So we knocked it together and it looks like it's going to be fun, doing twenty-year-old vampire songs should be fun."

Concrete Blonde formed in Los Angeles in 1982 and became one of the most beloved alternative bands in the US. Characterized by Napolitano's inimitable voice, brutally honest lyrics, and the band's fearless sound that ranges from punk to ballads to Latin music, Concrete Blonde are true originals whose influence can be felt far and wide. Beyond Bloodletting, the band is responsible for classic alternative songs including "Still in Hollywood", "God is a Bullet", and their iconic cover of Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows". Don't miss your chance to see these legends live! - more on this story

Singled Out: Greene Reveal's Unravel Me

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today we hear from emo / prog-rockers Greene Reveal. Singer/guitarist Shawn VanBrocklin tells us about "Unravel Me" from their brand new album "re(shape)," which is being released tomorrow . We now turn it over to Shawn for the story:

"Unravel Me" was one of the last songs to be written vocally and didn't really come to life until we actually started recording it.

With us, bass and drums are crucial to locking down the song. Tyler and Matt have a good groove together and they really helped trigger the mood for this song. Once the bass and drums were tracked, we really sat down and looked at what both guitars were doing to see if anything needed to be tweaked so everything flowed together.

We used to practice in Matt's basement, where we record, and it could get kind of tough to tell if what you're playing fit with what everyone else was playing. That was the case with this song. I remember having to rework my verse part because I based the mood of the song on my guitar part and how I heard it fit within the wall of sound down there.

There are times, when we're in the studio, where we'll tweak parts on the spot. This happens a lot with guitars just because we tend to have a little more freedom to change/spice things up. I think that's a great advantage to recording ourselves because I'd imagine not many people want to sit and listen to us just making noise. I remember us being able to take the bridge of this song to a new level just by messing around with our pedals. We made it sound really heavy by layering and dropping Shawn S's guitar an octave. It gave the song more balls.

When I was first trying to write lyrics and melodies to this song I just had it on repeat and I had this image in my head of running. The song gave me this feeling of fleeing. I had the chorus melody in my head first and then it was just a matter of writing a verse that flowed with it. Lyrically, the song is about taking an objective look at your life. I was in a rut and just wallowing in it. I knew I had to change but was scared because it was all I knew. "Unravel Me" is me giving myself the ultimatum of staying in a rut, wearing myself down, or getting out of it and knowing that everything will fall into place afterward.

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

Supergroup Witchery's New Album Packed With Special Guests

Witchery's line-up reads like the who's who of Swedish Metal: Jensen (guitars) plays with The Haunted; solo-guitarist Rickard Rimfält for Séance; bass player Sharlee D'Angelo is in charge of the deep end of Arch Enemy and Spiritual Beggars; while drummer Martin Axe hits the skins of Opeth and Bloodbath.

The upcoming album Witchkrieg, set for a June 29th North American release, features the debut of new vocalist Legion (ex-Marduk, ex-Devian) and an army of the best metal guitarists. The fretboard wizardry of Kerry King crowns "Witchkrieg," the opener and title track.

Guitar player Jensen had met Kerry in 1999 on the first U.S. tour of his band in Los Angeles after the WITCHERY show at The Whiskey. "He came on our bus and we partied all night long. We played air guitar while listening to old Rainbow records," Jensen remembers. "At the Roskilde Festival in Denmark I bumped into him again. I played him the song, he listened to it three times straight and said: 'Yeah, I'll do it.' - more on this story

Lick Library Release Deep Purple and Ritchie Blackmore DVDs

To celebrate the 65th birthday of the legendary Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, Lick Library has chosen four DVDs from their vast library of titles, featuring Ritchie's style of playing.

All of these DVDs are taught by former Joe Satriani pupil, Danny Gill. (Joe Satriani, you will remember, finished the Deep Purple 1993/94 tour so is certain to have passed a lot of this experience on to Danny).

Ritchie Blackmore, a founder member of Deep Purple and Rainbow, is widely regarded as one of the guitar greats. He has been a central figure in the world of rock and an inspiration to a generation of guitarists and Lick Library have put together the definite guitar lesson tutorials to learning how to play like Ritchie Blackmore. - more on this story

Just Surrender To Vinyl

Just Surrender will be releasing limited edition vinyl singles off their new album in advance of the release of Phoenix on August 17th through Razor & Tie. The 7" color vinyl singles will be hand numbered and limited to a one time only pressing of 500 pieces for each single.

The singles will also be released exclusively through iTunes in a unique promotion building up to the release of Phoenix. Any fan who purchases any of the three singles digitally will receive a corresponding discount when they buy the full length album via iTunes. "For me, putting our music on vinyl is a dream come true. When I was a kid, I remember my mom listening to records, and that really got me into music. We worked hard on these songs, and hopefully people appreciate the work and effort we put into making this album," stated guitarist/vocalist Dan Simons. - more on this story

Runaway City Coming in June

Vertusent is getting ready to release Armored Heart, the debut album from Runaway City on June 22, 2010. This is Vertusent's first signing to the newly formed label and their first release.

Produced by Jason Elgin (Collective Soul, Terrible Things) at Synchromesh Studios in Birmingham, AL, Runaway City shines on their debut recording, which belies their young average age of 22 years old. >From huge rock songs with massive anthems and chorus' to beautifully melodic rock ballads, the band has crafted an album full of high quality, fully realized compositions, a true rarity in this day of flavor of the month songs.

The first single "Fade" is available on iTunes, and will impact radio mid-May. With its anthemic chorus - All the world could fade away / You're the only one I'd miss if you were gone / I just can't believe you don't see what I see in you - is both uplifting and poignant, which is what the band is all about. - more on this story

Fattooth Post Fan Submitted Videos

Montreal punk rockers Fattooth who recently came off their TOO Cold To F@ck Tour will be releasing a series of videos collected and submitted from their fans via their youtube channel.

"This was a wicked tour of heavy weight champion music. We want to say thanks to all our amazing fans that painted their faces, chanted our slogans and created the most dangerous mosh pits. We're looking forward to crush the road again!" commented front man Hucifer.

Fattooth is still calling out to those across Canada who attended their tour dates. "We want you! Send us your video and if you got pics we want those too! - go here

Crucifyre Pulverised

Pulverised Records is proud to welcome Stockholm, Sweden's Crucifyre to their prestigious underground roster. Formed in 2006, the band features the crushing lineup of vocalist Erik Tormentor Sahlström (General Surgery, Maze Of Torment, Serpent Obscene et al), guitarists TG (The Sun, Morbid) and Urban Skytt (Crematory, Regurgitate, Nasum), bassist Henrik Doltz Nilsson (Dobermann Cult) and drummer Yasin Hillborg (Afflicted).

Commented Hillborg of the signing: "Working with Pulverised feels great. It's like we've come home and have been given the chance to do what we do best: deliver auditory terror in the most evil and aggressive way."

Added Pulverised label manager Roy Yeo: "With present and past members from such highly respected bands, it is really interesting to see what these guys could come up with. I can only say that the debut album has exceeded my expectations! Crucifyre is exactly the kind of band that displayed the attitude of those early demo bands and with the integral nastiness that death metal should be known for."

Crucifyre's debut full-length will be released via Pulverised Records later this year. Further info to follow.... -

You Me At Six Going Soph

You Me At Six look set to cement their rise from underground heroes to mainstream success with the June 22nd release of their second album Hold Me Down via Virgin Records. Debuting at #5 in the UK, Hold Me Down is the follow up to their 2008 debut Take Off Your Colours.

Their propelling live performances at the Alternative Press Fall Ball Tour last year (with The Academy Is..., Mayday Parade, Set Your Goals and The Secret Handshake) and the August leg of Van's Warped Tour, demanded a return to the US this year to celebrate the release of Hold Me Down.

Hold Me Down finds the Surrey, UK quintet fulfilling their potential with a collection of soaring hooks and irresistible melodies. It captures You Me At Six's live exuberance with "Playing The Blame Game" breaching the gap between pop-punk energy and the snappy immediacy of new wave, while "Safer To Hate Her" alternates between a tender, melancholic riff and a fiercely defiant chorus. But Hold Me Down demonstrates that the band aren't reliant on pure energy as closing track "Fireworks" escalates from its initial reflective tone into a soaring conclusion. The album also highlights a guest appearance from Kids In Glass Houses vocalist Aled Phillips on "Trophy Eyes." - more on this story

Annihilator Live At Masters Of Rock DVD/CD

Prepare to experience Canada's Annihilator with the North American release of Live At Masters Of Rock DVD/CD on May 4th. Known as one of the premiere live metal acts for over three decades now, Annihilator are captured live during the hot, Czech Republic Summer of 2008.

The band hits hard with metal masterpieces, ranging from early classics like Alice In Hell, Never, Neverland and Set The World On Fire, to powerhouse records like King Of The Kill, Waking The Fury, Carnival Diablos and selections from 2008's acclaimed release Metal.

Performing live in front of 30,000 metal heads, this sold-out concert DVD is the purest example of why Annihilator are touted as one of the best metal bands of our time. The release comes in two formats, there is the DVD which includes the audio CD and there is a version with only the CD by itself. - more on this story

Pathology Announce New Album and Tour

Pathology make their return from the studio with a perfected encompassment of musical extremities entitled, Legacy of the Ancients.

The upcoming Victory Records debut, slated for release on July 6th, was engineered by Jeff Forest (As I Lay Dying, Bleeding Through) at Doubletime Studios in the band's home base of San Diego, CA and was mixed and mastered by Erik Rutan (Cannibal Corpse, Malevolent Creation) at Mana Studios in Tampa, FL.

"We feel the recording came out extremely heavy and exactly how we wanted," expresses drummer Dave Astor. "The drums are explosive, the guitars are thick and very tight, and the vocals are brutally crushing." The album cover displays an artistic zombie-theme, designed by Par Olofsson (Winds of Plague, Annotations Of An Autopsy, Immortal). "The cover shows a doctor injecting people with a virus that is turning them into zombies," states Astor. "It is a metaphor for the government control over our people." - more on this story

Alcest Sidelined By Lost Voice

After a triumphant run of shows which included Chicago, Toronto and Philadelphia among others, Alcest regrettably had to cancel the final stop of their first-ever North American tour: Last Friday's tonight's intended concert in Boston at Unit 11.

A statement from the band reads: "We are really sorry and sad to announce that Neige has lost his voice and that we won't be able to perform the last show of the tour in Boston.

"We hope that people will accept our apologizes and be sure that we'll be back in good health next time. Sincerely - Fursy, Zero, Winterhalter and Neige." - more on this story