Rock

Evanescence Bring Prog Metal Rapture on New LP [ALBUM REVIEW]

Evanescence’s self-titled album, out Oct. 11, is a smoothly-flowing set of epic rock, from the affirmation of “The Change” to the spunky riffs of “Erase This.”
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Rains, ‘Look in My Eyes,’ Offers Hard Rock with Melody [Song Review]

Fort Wayne, Ind., hard rock band Rains’ new single, “Look in My Eyes,” combines the melodic intervention post-grunge with a sense of dramatic dynamics.
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Stone Temple Pilot’s Scott Weiland Delays Christmas Album Release

Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland releases a Christmas album, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, on Rhino Records Oct. 24.
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Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda Gets on Facebook

Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda has jumped on the “Facebook Subscriber” caravan, letting followers “subscribe” to his official page to get regular updates.
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RED and Former Korn Guitarist Finalize Fall Tour

Nashville hard rock band RED and former Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch will play this fall’s “Kill the Machine” tour.
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Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix on Playing Live, Loving Facebook [Interview]

Jacoby Shaddix, frontman for hard rock band Papa Roach, knows how to get a crowd on its feet. Shaddix checks in to talk about Papa Roach’s killer live show.
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Buckcherry, Betty White and Shaquille O’Neal Rock Childhelp [Video]

Rock guys Buckcherry are lending their musical talents to a worthy cause. The California-based group have teamed up with Childhelp, a national nonprofit committed to the prevention and treatment of child abuse, for a “Hope” Public Service Announcement to bring attention to child abuse in the United States. Watch the PSA, below.
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Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind,’ Remembered by Rev Theory and Stars Go Dim

Nirvana’s big Nevermind birthday happens on Saturday (Nov. 24), and it’s hard to believe the alternative rock nugget will be a whopping 20 years old. Staind, Crossfade and the Raconteurs have already checked in on Nevermind, and now Rev Theory and Stars Go Dim are looking back at what the album meant to their personal journey into music.
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Alice Cooper: Inside the Brain of the Coop

Syringe-happy, makeup-heavy, “School’s Out”-singing shock rocker Alice Cooper doesn’t do anything halfheartedly, and mediocre isn’t in his vocabulary.
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9 Left Dead, ‘The Wrong Things’ – Album Review

Amber, Okla.-based hard rock band 9 Left Dead drop their debut album, The Wrong Things, Tuesday (Sept. 27) on Dirtbag (via Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group).
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