Toazted.com conducted interviews with SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR members Corey Taylor (vocals) and Jim Root (guitar) on July 2 while the pair were in Holland for several European festival appearances with STONE SOUR. Watch the interviews online at this location. As previously reported, STONE SOUR will be the featured guests on the nationally syndicated radio ...
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POWERMAN 5000's video for their new single, "Wild World", has been posted online at this location. "Shot in a Los Angeles crack house with director Jeff Stewart, the clip is the ultimate anti-'Cribs' statement," according to a posting on the group's web site. " Throw in a couple of hookers and some random ...
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EIGHTEEN VISIONS are competing to become Yahoo! Music's "Who's Next" artist. They are up against BOY KILL BOY, MEW and THE HUSH SOUND for this month's spot. Voting began earlier this week and will continue through the month. Go to Yahoo! Music and cast your vote for EIGHTEEN VISIONS. An audio stream of ...
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POWERMAN 5000's "Wild World" took radio by storm this week making it the #6 Most Added track at Active Rock radio according to Radio & Records, beating out new songs by AFI, CROSSFADE and LAMB OF GOD. The track comes from the band's highly anticipated "Destroy What You Enjoy" album, their fourth studio release and ...
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Adam Graham of the Detroit News recently conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny Christ. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On their presence on the Ozzfest tour's bill, which was kept a secret until after tickets went on sale, an effort to either surprise ticket buyers or blindside them, ...
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EIGHTEEN VISIONS's full video for their track "Victim" has been posted online at the band's official web site. The clip was shot on June 15 in Los Angeles, California with director Scott Duncan, who has previously worked with INXS, among others. The video was filmed at the same location as the basement fight scenes in ...
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The new STONE SOUR video, "Through Glass", is being streamed online for the next four days exclusively at AOL Music. The clip was shot with director Tony Petrossian (HEAD AUTOMATICA, AVENGED SEVENFOLD) and features a special cameo by POISON guitarist C.C. Deville. The track comes off the band's sophomore album, "Come What(ever) May", ...
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A two-minute video report on this year's Ozzfest traveling heavy metal festival — featuring short interviews with Ozzy Osbourne, DISTURBED and AVENGED SEVENFOLD — has been posted online at MTV Overdrive. As previously reported, Ozzy Osbourne will now be playing the smaller stage on nine of this summer's Ozzfest dates, including Sunday's (July ...
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THE ARCANE ORDER, the new Danish band featuring vocalist Kasper Thomsen (RAUNCHY) and guitarist Flemming C. Lund (INVOCATOR, ex-AUTUMN LEAVES), have posted a song entitled "Inifinite Ghost Anathema" from their upcoming debut album, "The Machinery of Oblivion", at www.thearcaneorder.net. "The Machinery of Oblivion" is scheduled for release on August 11 through Metal Blade ...
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30 high-quality photos of HATEBREED, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, DISTURBED and SYSTEM OF A DOWN, taken at the Phoenix stop of this year's Ozzfest tour, on July 7 at Cricket Pavilion, have been posted online at this location. As previously reported, Ozzy Osbourne will now be playing the smaller stage on nine of this summer's ...
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The new STONE SOUR video, "Through Glass", has been posted online at Yahoo! Music Canada. The clip was shot with director Tony Petrossian (HEAD AUTOMATICA, AVENGED SEVENFOLD) and features a special cameo by POISON guitarist C.C. Deville. The track comes off the band's sophomore album, "Come What(ever) May", due in the U.S. on ...
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The Press-Enterprise is reporting that a brief power failure interrupted AVENGED SEVENFOLD's Ozzfest 2006 performance at the Hyundai Pavilion in Devore, California Saturday (July 8) at about 7:20 p.m. and led some frustrated fans to start two small fires on the back lawn of the pavilion. No one was injured and power came ...
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When a fan recognized the members of BLEEDING THROUGH having lunch near the freeway, he could not have imagined the chain of events that would follow. BLEEDING THROUGH was passing through Medford, Oregon on a day off from this summer's Ozzfest and had pulled into a Taco Bell parking lot to eat. After spotting the ...
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Chris Harris of MTV.com is reporting that the video for "Seize the Day", the third single from AVENGED SEVENFOLD's 2005 LP, "City of Evil" — intentionally or not — borrows a few cues from GUNS N' ROSES' epic 1992 clip for "November Rain", which cost $1.5 million to make and featured ...
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POWERMAN 5000 has posted an e-card with a four-track preview of its upcoming album, "Destroy What You Enjoy". Check it out at this location. The record is set to hit stores on August 1 via DRT Entertainment. The band recently shot a video for the lead single, "Wild World". "We shot most of ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: When KORN singer Jonathan Davis was hospitalized in London last month with a rare blood disorder, the rest of his band still played at England's Download Festival, performing a 30-minute set with guest frontmen from 10 YEARS, SLIPKNOT, AVENGED SEVENFOLD and others. Davis told Launch that he couldn't have been more ...
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Chris Harris of MTV.com reviewed the opening night of this year's Ozzfest, which kicked off Thursday (June 29) at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington. An excerpt from his review follows: On Thursday, with the majestic, snowcapped Mount Rainier as its backdrop, Sharon Osbourne's traveling circus of heavy metal and hard rock, ...
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's epic music video for "Seize the Day", directed by Wayne Isham (ROLLING STONES, MÖTLEY CRÜE, METALLICA), has been posted online at YouTube.com. AVENGED SEVENFOLD are one of the main-stage acts at this year's Ozzfest, which kicked off yesterday (June 29) in Auburn, Washington. The band recently completed a co-headlining U.S. tour ...
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Ernest A. Jasmin of The News Tribune reviewed the opening night of this year's Ozzfest, which kicked off Thursday (June 29) at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington. An excerpt from his review follows: OZZY OSBOURNE headlined his yearly metal gala, Ozzfest, as the tour kicked off its 11th year at Auburn’s ...
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Ozzfest 2006 has begun and the first photos from the event have been posted for all to see. The band ALL THAT REMAINS played, and photos from their set (finished just minutes ago) can be seen at RockMyMonkey.com. RockMyMonkey.com will be posting updates live from the Ozzfest launch in Auburn, Washington about every ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: The 11th annual Ozzfest gets underway today (Thursday, June 29) in Seattle, Washington, and for the first time in the tour's history, neither OZZY OSBOURNE nor BLACK SABBATH is headlining the main stage for the entire duration. OSBOURNE is sharing those duties this year with SYSTEM OF A DOWN and DISTURBED, ...
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GOD FORBID guitarist Doc Coyle has posted the following message on the band's official MySpace profile: "We did a month of touring in the States in May-June with ILL NINO, SILENT CIVILIAN, BLEED THE SKY, and EYES OF FIRE. We had a great time with all the guys on this tour. It was certainly a ...
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EIGHTEEN VISIONS's video for their track "Victim" has been posted online at the band's official web site. The clip was shot on June 15 in Los Angeles, California with director Scott Duncan, who has previously worked with INXS, among others. The video was filmed at the same location as the basement fight scenes ...
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A video clip of SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor joining KORN on the main stage of Day 2 of the U.K.'s Download Festival on June 10 for a rendition of the song "Clown" has been posted online at YouTube.com. As previously reported, KORN frontman Jonathan Davis was unable to play the show after ...
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Though the term "stoner rock" has pretty much been a non-starter as far as anyone actually, like, selling records, it remains the most convenient catch-all for those trying to market heavy rock bands of any stripe these days. Thus, Sweden's THE QUILL are stoner rock, despite the fact that to anyone over 30, "In Triumph" ...
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Jeff Leeds of The New York Times has written a lengthy article on the current state of the concert industry, with a special emphasis on Ozzfest 2006. OZZY OSBOURNE, who broke more than half a dozen bones in an accident a few years back, plans to play just 10 of this year's 26 ...
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The organizers of Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting — which is taking place June 23-25 in Dessel — have posted the following message on the festival's official web site: "Last week, when Graspop was informed that KORN would be cancelling their European tour, the search for a worthy replacement was underway within hours. Unfortunately it's next ...
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EIGHTEEN VISIONS filmed a video for their track "Victim" on June 15 in Los Angeles, California with director Scott Duncan, who has previously worked with INXS, among others. The clip was shot at the same location as the basement fight scenes in the "Fight Club" movie. Check out pictures from the shoot at
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Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting — which is taking place June 23-25 in Dessel — is currently offering a live Internet video stream of the bands performing at the festival. Watch it online at this location (ANVIL just finished their set. Up next: Y&T beginning at 9:30 a.m. EST). Graspop Metal Meeting lineup: Friday, ...
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LACUNA COIL will make their much-anticipated return to the U.S. on June 29 as part of this year's Ozzfest main stage lineup. The massive summer trek will also coincide with the release of the new single, "Enjoy the Silence" (DEPECHE MODE cover), which will impact commercial radio on July 11. The video for the track, ...
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