Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus Says Breakup Was Necessary

Blink-182 bass player Mark Hoppus says the band’s famous breakup made the guys stronger. The punk-pop band’s new album, Neighborhoods, drops Sept. 27.
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Rare Nirvana Concert to Air on VH1 Classic

Music television network VH1 Classic will air a scarce, never-before televised concert from grunge rock band Nirvana on VH1 Classic at 11 p.m. EST Friday.
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Kyng ‘Trampled Sun’ is Timeless Metal – Album Review

Los Angeles’ Kyng know how to make heavy metal soar and roar. On the band’s debut album, Trampled Sun, singer and guitarist Eddie Veliz, bass player Tony Castaneda and drummer Pepe Clarke present close to one hour of timeless-sounding metal that signals their arrival in the heavy music big leagues.
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Crossfade Guitarist: ‘Prove You Wrong’ Pushes the Boundaries [Interview]

Crossfade guitarist Les Hall talks about the group’s new album We All Bleed, their experience on Rock Allegiance and why “getting up on stage and playing with my brothers” is the best part of being in Crossfade.
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Raconteurs Drummer Recalls Watching Nirvana’s Nevermind Tour

Nirvana’s now-famous debut, the grungy and groundbreaking Nevermind, celebrates its 20th anniversary on Saturday (Sept. 24), and Raconteurs drummer Patrick Keeler remembers checking out Nirvana on the band’s fabled Nevermind tour.
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Evanescence Singer Amy Lee: Album is About the Band, Not Me

Evanescence recently unveiled the cover art for their forthcoming release, and fans will note it’s the first album that doesn’t feature Amy Lee on the front. Ask Lee, and she’ll frankly tell you, that’s the point.
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Nightwish Say New Song is a Version of Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’

Fans of symphonic metal, buoyed by gutsy, operatic female vocals will surely rejoice at the news Finnish / Swedish metallers Nightwish will release their new album, Imaginaerum, in the U.S. on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 on the popular rock and metal label Roadrunner Records.
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Lacuna Coil to Release ‘Dark Adrenaline’ Next Year

Italian female-fronted metal group Lacuna Coil have set a Jan. 24 as the release date for their upcoming album, Dark Adrenaline. Recorded by mega producer Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Bullet for My Valentine), the album’s debut single, “Trip the Darkness,” will arrive digitally Oct. 17.
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Maylene and the Sons of Disaster Release ‘Life on the Road: Volume 4’ Video

Fans of blues-tinged heavy metal band Maylene and the Sons of Disaster are surely counting down to the release of the band’s album, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster: IV, out Sept. 27 on Ferret. All along the way, the gents have released a series of behind-the-scenes videos from the road, giving a peek inside the group’s wacky offstage antics. Watch the latest entry, here.
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As I Lay Dying Cover Judas Priest on Anniversary Album

As I Lay Dying are coming up on a major metal-core milestone: anniversary No. 10. To celebrate, the gents will release a new album, Decas, on Nov. 8, featuring three new tracks, several cover songs and remixes by alternative rock band Innerpartysystem, Kelly “Carnage” Cairns, Dillinger Escape Plan’s Benjamin Weinman and Big Chocolate.
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