According to ClickMusic.com and Rock-Sound.net, AVENGED SEVENFOLD has cancelled its previously announced U.K. tour with BLEEDING THROUGH. The band, who will now appear at a one-off show at London's Astoria on September 27, has released the following statement regarding the cancellation: "Things have been insane for us lately and with 'City of Evil' exploding Stateside, ...
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD has posted exclusive videos from its sold-out New York City show on its MySpace page. Check out two never-before-seen videos for "Bat County" and "Seize the Day" at this location. AVENGED SEVENFOLD began a three-week North American tour on Thursday (September 7) in Anchorage, Alaska, finishing up in Quebec City, Canada ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: AVENGED SEVENFOLD's video for "Bat Country" may have won the "Best New Artist" prize at last Thursday's (August 31) MTV Video Music Awards, but singer M. Shadows told Launch that winning awards won't affect the group's plans for its next album. "We're gonna go and write, you know, the next best ...
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Epic recording artists EIGHTEEN VISIONS are hitting the road with HINDER for a barn-storming tour that kicks off October 18 in College Station, Texas. EIGHTEEN VISIONS started the year by touring with AVENGED SEVENFOLD and COHEED & CAMBRIA, then followed by tearing up the Warped Tour. Prior to the HINDER tour, they'll be doing separate ...
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LAMB OF GOD, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ALICE IN CHAINS and NIRVANA are among the latest artists to be confirmed for the "Guitar Hero" PlayStation 2 videogame sequel. The following songs have been confirmed so far: ANTHRAX - "Madhouse" MÖTLEY CRÜE - "Shout At The Devil" GUNS N' ROSES - "Sweet Child O' Mine" STONE TEMPLE PILOTS ...
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Zacky Vengeance has commented on the band's "Best New Artist In A Video" award for their "Bat Country" clip at the the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, which were held Thursday (August 31) at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. In a posting on the band's MySpace page, Zacky ...
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Synyster Gates and frontman M. Shadows have told MTV.com that the band is hitting the U.K. in October with openers BLEEDING THROUGH, "and then we'll be back in the States to hit all of the small cities that never get shows," Shadows said. "It will be throughout the country, but ...
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DISTURBED frontman David Draiman and AVENGED SEVENFOLD singer M. Shadows were among the guest musicians who performed with the the '80s metal/hard rock tribute band METAL SKOOL last night (Wednesday, August 30) at Oakley's Pre-MTV Video Music Awards Bash at Snitch in New York City. The following first-hand eyewitness report was submitted by a BLABBERMOUTH.NET ...
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METALLICA's James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich recently spoke to Masa Ito's "Rock City" TV show in Japan about their decision to play the "Master of Puppets" album in its entirety to celebrate its 20th anniversary. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Hetfield: "My gut feeling is… I think 'Master of Puppets' represents a ...
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Orange County, CA-based sextet BLEEDING THROUGH has been confirmed as the support act for AVENGED SEVENFOLD on their upcoming U.K. tour. The dates are as follows: Oct. 20 - Apollo, Manchester Oct. 22 - Carling Academy, Newcastle Oct. 23 - Barrowland, Glasgow Oct. 25 - The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton- Oct. 26 - Carling Academy, Brixton ...
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD will be the featured guests on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" airing Monday, October 16. The live show begins at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET, and fans are encouraged to call in with questions during the program at (800) 344-ROCK (7625). To find a station near you, check out
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ALICE IN CHAINS has been confirmed for this year's Kiss Fall Festival, set to take place at San Antonio's Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on October 7. They will play as part of a stellar line-up that also includes STAIND, AVENGED SEVENFOLD and LOSTPROPHETS. ALICE IN CHAINS will embark on a North American-wide tour starting on September ...
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Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarists Zacky Vengeance and Synyster Gates. An excerpt from the chat follows: Ultimate-Guitar.com: How was the whole Ozzfest experience like for AVENGED SEVENFOLD? Zacky: It was a big deal for us to be on Ozzfest especially as one of the main headliners and being the ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: How did you spend your summer vacation? If you're a member of AVENGED SEVENFOLD, you spent it with acts like GUNS N' ROSES, METALLICA and OZZY OSBOURNE. AVENGED singer M. Shadows told Launch that between opening for GUNS and METALLICA in Europe and doing Ozzfest with Ozzy, his band had their ...
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Synyster Gates is such a motorcycle fan that he's had one made by the team behind "American Chopper". "It's a really long, stretched out low rider with a metallic snakeskin paint job and it's got my name, SYN, on the gas tank," he tells Australia's Time Off magazine. "It's just ...
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ALICE IN CHAINS, STONE SOUR and AVENGED SEVENFOLD are among the confirmed bands for BuzzFest XVIII, set to take place Sunday, October 8 at the Woodlands Pavilion in Houston, Texas. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Main Stage: ALICE IN CHAINS STONE SOUR BREAKING BENJAMIN AVENGED SEVENFOLD EVERCLEAR CROSSFADE HURT Side Stage: EVANS ...
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Bassist Rob De Luca (SPREAD EAGLE) will be joining Sebastian Bach's (SKID ROW) solo band on their upcoming tour dates in China and Australia in September. This past June, Rob was in Europe with Sebastian playing arenas and festivals, opening for GUNS N' ROSES, TOOL, AVENGED SEVENFOLD and a host of other bands. SEBASTIAN BACH ...
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Blender.com recently spoke to AVENGED SEVENFOLD about their cover version of PANTERA's "Walk" and their participation in this year's Ozzfest. Watch the four-minute interview at Blender.com. When asked about their version of "Walk", AVENGED SEVENFOLD singer M. Shadows said, "Kerrang! magazine came to us and they asked if we wanted to cover one ...
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TRIVIUM, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, H.I.M. and LACUNA COIL are among the nominees for "Best Band On The Planet" at this year's Kerrang! Awards, to be held on Thursday, August 24 at The Brewery in London's East End. More than 140,000 votes were cast to determine the nominations, from readers of Kerrang!'s magazine and web site, according ...
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LACUNA COIL continues to mesmerize the masses on the main stage of this year's Ozzfest, further defining their status as one of today's premiere hard rock acts. The massive summer trek coincided with the release of the new single "Enjoy The Silence" (DEPECHE MODE cover), which is currently making big waves at Active Rock radio. ...
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STONE SOUR's sophomore album, "Come What(ever) May", is poised to sell between 75,000 and 80,000 copies during its first week of release to land at position No. 4 on The Billboard 200 chart, according to Hits Daily Double. STONE SOUR is currently on the road with KORN and DEFTONES as part of The Family Values ...
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BLEEDING THROUGH is currently dominating their run on Ozzfest 2006, returning for their sophomore year to co-headline the second stage. The band's new album, "The Truth", has been going strong since its release earlier this year, garnering much attention from fans and media alike. As an added bonus, fans have been able to see BLEEDING ...
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ATREYU, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, DISTURBED, HATEBREED, LACUNA COIL, OZZY OSBOURNE, and SYSTEM OF A DOWN performed live at Ozzfest 2006, held at Randall's Island, on Saturday (July 29) in New York City. Watch several video clips from the show at YouTube.com and check out pictures from Abaca,
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MTV.com has posted a behind-the-scenes look at "the making of" this year's Ozzfest, which kicked off June 29 in Auburn, Washington. Read the article at this location. In other news, Return to the Pit has uploaded several hundred photos from Mansfield, Massachusetts stop of Ozzfest 2006, which took place Tuesday, August 1 at ...
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AOL is hosting a full CD "Listening Party" (in streaming form) to celebrate today's release of POWERMAN 5000's "Destroy What You Enjoy" (DRT Entertainment). Check it out at this location. As previously reported, POWERMAN 5000's video for their new single, "Wild World", has been posted online at this location. "Shot in ...
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD will be the featured guests on the Musique Plus (Montreal, Canada) show "Plus Sur Commande" this Wednesday, August 2. The program will air live at 5:00 p.m. EST. AVENGED SEVENFOLD writes on its MySpace page: "To make it even better, we're letting 20 of you get into to the studio to hang with ...
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Steve Knopper of Newsday.com eports that AVENGED SEVENFOLD wants to warn liberals about something. The metal band's song "Blinded In Chains", which begins with the line "And we're at it again — I turn around another -- war, man," has absolutely nothing to do with the war in Iraq. Or any other war ...
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD has posted the following message on its MySpace page: "We're taking over the airwaves as featured guests on Fuse's 'Daily Download' this Monday, July 31st. The show is being taped at 12:00 p.m. at Independence Mall in Kingston, MA and will air later in August. "We've made sure this event is open to ...
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STONE SOUR are currently preparing to hit the road with KORN and DEFTONES on The Family Values Tour, beginning on July 29 in Nashville, TN as the August 1 release of their album "Come What(ever) May" approaches. The band's Top 20 Modern Rock single "Through Glass" continues to build strongly at radio and its video ...
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