Scott Weiland Plans Christmas Album- Unreleased Dio Songs On Ice- Disturbed Rule?- Slipknot Singer Conflicted- New Underoath CD- Lamb of God- CoC- Megadeth- more was a top 10 story this week . Here is the recap: Last year Stone Temple Pilots/ex-Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland surprised fans by releasing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" as a single (see story here). Now he apparently wants to do a full Christmas album. ExploreMusic's Alan Cross sat down with Weiland to talk about the launching of English Laundry apparel in Canada – and more specifically his own clothing line. Other than Rock and Roll fashion, the two talked about the future of the Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, and Scott's next project: a Christmas album. morePantera issued an explanation of the new song which was posted this week on Facebook: Lots of you seem to be confused about 'The Will to Survive'. Just to clarify, this is a demo track from the Cowboys From Hell demos. It was recorded in 1989 and was not included on the original release of Cowboys From Hell. It is going to be included on the 20th Anniversary 3 CD deluxe set (in stores September 14th) as well as the Ultimate box set (in stores November 22nd). And yes, that is Philip singing.. Check it out here
Activision has released a new video game trailer highlighting Megadeth's involvement in the upcoming release of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, which is due out on Sept. 28. Check it out here
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have written the score for The Social Network film. Get a taste of what to expect here
Underoath have announced their next album. The record is titled Disambiguation and is due out October 26, 2010 . The record is the first from the band since the departure of longtime drummer Aaron Gillespie. more
The UK's Daily Star issued a report based on the word of one of those infamous unnamed sources which claims that Axl Rose was napping backstage this weekend when he should have been on stage and that he has fired his "entire tour crew" after Guns N' Roses' set ran late. That's was Friday and he supposedly hired them back for Sunday's show after he reportedly couldn't find replacements in time. If you put much stock in unnamed sources, read the report here
Wonder how hard it is to write a Limp Bizkit song? NME had this headline: Limp Bizkit at Leeds Festival: 'We wrote a new song backstage' Fred Durst also admits band were warned about any stage invasions more
Ozzy jumps on the "let's make our fans buy the same songs all over again a few months after they bought them the first time" bandwagon: Just four months after the release of his 2010 album 'Scream,' Ozzy Osbourne has announced plans to re-release the record as a two disc set. more
Corrosion Of Conformity have announced their participation in the upcoming 2010 edition of Riot Fest Chicago. The formerly all punk festival has now opened it's doors to include metal and hard rock acts and in turn expanding the festival to a four day event. more
Sepultura have pulled out of the "Persistence Tour 2010" and have been replaced on the bill by Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (D.R.I.). more
Alexisonfire will be releasing a new digital-only release via iTunes this fall. The record is titled iTunes Originals and is due out September 28, 2010. The session encompasses interview clips of the band members reflecting on their career and revealing the inspirations behind their songs, more
Alter Bridge have signed to Roadrunner in worldwide deal for everywhere, except in North America. Their new album AB III is due out on October 11 more
When former Dio guitarist Rowan Robertson was asked if there was any chance we might get to hear some of the unreleased songs he was working on with Dio before Ronnie returned to Black Sabbath in 1991. He said there are Dio songs and recordings that exist, but they will remain unreleased and in his archive. more
Disturbed's new album 'Asylum' is likely to sell between 145,000 and 160,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at the top of next week's Billboard 200 chart, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. more
Lamb of God's Chris Adler says, "We're going to take the month of January off, see if we can reconnect with our family, see what that life looks like [laughs]. Then maybe we'll get together and start writing a new album!" more
In This Moment frontwoman Maria Brink revealed in a Facebook posting that she was involved in a motor vehicle accident yesterday (Tuesday, August 31) that left her with injuries that required a trip to the hospital. more
Grave has parted ways with bass player Fredrik Isaksson due to personal reasons and issues. Fredrik played his last show with us in late July at the Eisenwahn festival in Germany. more
Veteran rock act Heart makes its first appearance on Billboard's Adult Contemporary radio airplay chart in more than 16 years, as "Hey You" debuts at No. 30. more
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin gave Apple employees a special treat on Wednesday, September 1 when he took to the stage at the end of an Apple press conference in San Francisco and performed Coldplay songs "Yellow" and "Viva La Vida" and debuted new track "Wedding Bells" more
KISS Drummer Eric Singer - "We've Already Been Talking About Going Into The Studio And Doing Another Record" more
Corey Taylor "Conflicted" About Continuing Slipknot. The Stone Sour singer says it's too soon to tell what will happen with his other band. more
A man was recently captured on video at a recent Megadeth concert (Aug 30, Long Beach Arena) driving his electric wheelchair in the middle of a rowdy pit. here
Entombed has announced the permanent addition of bass player Victor Brandt, who has filled in for the group before. Meanwhile, bassist Nico Elgstrand will apparently move to second guitar. more
Eric Clapton is one of the owners of the Ferrari 458 Italia, which have been involved in a recall because a design flaw has seen five of the $230,000 cars burst into flames. more
Iron Maiden's "The Final Frontier" (EMI) starts a second week atop Billboard's European Albums chart more
Radiohead help fans 'bootleg' their own gig. Band get involved in free 'by the fans for the fans' concert film more
Korn's video for the song "Let The Guilt Go" can be viewed here
Classic Rock Magazine is reporting that Deep Purple are to have two more albums reissued by EMI on October 25.The first is Come Taste The Band, the sole studio album from the MKIV line-up, including the late great guitar wizard Tommy Bolin and originally put out in 1975. Did someone say bonus tracks? more
Fuse On Demand pays tribute to legendary Ronnie James Dio (Black Sabbath , Heaven & Hell, Rainbow, Elf) who passed away from metastasized stomach cancer this past May 16th. Check out members of Rob Zombie, Killswitch Engage and Godsmack paying homage to the metal icon here
The vinyl pressing for Bad Astronaut's "Acrophobe" is finally happening. The limited release will come as 150 on transparent brown (whiskey coke colored vinyl, Vinyl Collective Exclusive) * 250 on white vinyl (Hot Topic Exclusive Color) * 300 on solid baby blue (light blue) (Joey Cape/Bad Astronaut exclusive color, available from Joey Cape) * 300 on black vinyl (represses will be on black vinyl) more
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