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I've been sitting on this piece of news for quite a while, but THE RED CHORD have added original drummer Mike Justian back into the mix. Mike is replacing longtime drummer Brad Fickeisen, who quit the band after the last tour claiming he's over touring. Guitarist Mike "Gunface" McKenzie released the following statement to Lambgoat: Says ...

Two big pieces of HIGH ON FIRE news to report on. First off, the title track off their upcoming CD, Snakes for the Divine, can be streamed over at SPIN.com. The track is killer. You can't resist headbanging. Speaking of which, you will get the chance to do so in person as the band has ...

David Ellefson has a job playing music again! Clearly, selling video resumes wasn't paying the bills. Blabbermouth broke the story that the original MEGADETH bassist has rejoined the band, just in time for their Rust In Peace tour. All of this makes me even more pissed that the Rust In Peace tour is avoiding NYC ...

February is the month where holidays make people feel bad - bad about not having a Valentine, and bad about not being president. Which is why episode 52 of Issue Oriented is the perfect way to forget your woes. Go ahead - get lost in our eyes. We don't have to tell a soul.

Today seems to be a day for tour announcements. The Spring Breakdown tour was announced today. BLEEDING THROUGH, BORN OF OSIRIS, SLEEPING GIANT, OCEANO and LEGEND will be on all dates. There will be special appearances on the shows from the likes of STRAY FROM THE PATH, UPON A BURNING BODY, ADVENT and LIONHEART. ...

I may have found the most absurd sentence in the history of rock music on Blabbermouth: Famed guitarist Steve Vai, R&B singer Mary J. Blige, BLINK-182 drummer Travis Barker, "American Idol" judge and bassist Randy Jackson and Michael Jackson's guitarist Orianthi got together this week to record a new version of the LED ZEPPELIN classic ...

Speaking of knowing how to book a tour, CONVERGE announced they are heading out on a full US run and are bringing various friends to different stops along the way. I guess the band doesn't want to get bored with their company. Either way, after making my favorite album of 2009, this is a ...

Talk about a huge tour! Coming off their amazing recent outing with DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT and CYNIC, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME are going to be going out with MASTODON and BARONESS. BTBAM should be giving their booking agent a raise. That is a fantastic tour. VALIENT THORR is set to open for them. Here ...

Who knew? The Prince of Darkness sells books. A lot of books! Blabbermouth is reporting that Ozzy's book, I Am Ozzy, came in at #2 on the New York Times hardcover non-fiction best sellers list. If you look at the list, it's Ozzy and a bunch of political books. That's serious numbers. A big congrats ...

FEAR FACTORY 2.0 have finally announced their long-anticipated U.S. tour. No official dates have been announced, but we know it is scheduled to kick off in late March. The band also has a stable of openers announced in WINDS OF PLAGUE, DIRGE WITHIN, PERIPHERY and Dino's other current project DIVINE HERESY on select dates. I have ...

What do you know? SNL was actually pretty good this week. Most of the jokes were funny, the musical guest, THEM CROOKED VULTURES, was awesome and Ashton Kutcher seemed like he pulled his weight. The awesomeness of this episode of SNL was sealed during the last sketch of the evening. It's a wedding reception skit. ...

BrooklynVegan is reporting that MAYHEM has canceled their previously announced U.S. tour with LUDICRA, TOMBS, and on select dates KRALLICE. No official reasoning has been given but a statement from the band is soon expected.

On the heels of MEGADETH announcing they will be playing their seminal classic, Rust In Peace in it's entirety on the road this March, video gaming site Kotaku reports that a download pack of the entire album is coming to Rock Band. Time to dust off those guitars and drum kits and bring them back ...

A few weeks ago we were telling you how excited we were for new music from RED SPAROWES. Now we are even more excited as the band has announced a string of tour dates with DOOMRIDERS opening the first half of the tour and CASPIAN the second half. Sparrowes and Doomriders together on one bill? ...

Aww yea! At the tail end of 2009, COALESCE played a one-off show in Brooklyn, NY at Club Europa. Our hxc videographer Sean Gresens was right up front to catch all the action taping a whopping 13 live songs for you junkies to enjoy. Here is entire list of tracks available: 1. The Comedian ...

In December, we speculated that Travis Smith is no longer the drummer of TRIVIUM. Well, now Noisecreep has confirmed our speculation as the band has officially announced MARUTA's Nick Augusto. The band issued the following statement: "We're really happy to have our good friend and fellow Floridian Nick Augusto join the Trivium family," Vocalist/guitarist Matt ...

It's a fountain. It shoots out fake blood. It costs $40,000. And it could be yours! That's right, [adult swim] is currently selling a fucking fountain. Serious inquiries only! This of course is a replica of a fountain the fictional biggest band in the world DETHKLOK has and is made of marble; approx. 66" in ...

Sad news from the world of deathcore today. OCEANO has parted ways with guitarist Andrew Mikhail. Rather than do something interesting like talk shit on his old bandmates, he just released a vague statement to Lambgoat saying: "From day one, I've had a vision of being in a 'band of brothers' to play aggressive music ...

Only a few weeks after having SUFFOCATION in their studios , the fine folks at FuelTV invited another "extreme" act on the show, this time being SUICIDE SILENCE. The band performed two tracks: Wake Up (above) and Lifted (below/after the jump). The band will be touring all across the country this summer on Warped Tour. ...

The big night has come and gone, the 1st Annual METAL INJECTION LIVECAST AWARDS is in the bag and what a show it was. Hosted by JCVD himself, we decide to award ourselves in the field of excellence in live podcasting. We gave out awards for categories such as "Best On Air Revelation", "Best Skit", ...

I have seen my share of awkward interviews but this one might just take the cake. Just in case you don't know who the chupacabra in the middle is, it's Snookie from MTV's latest excuse not to play music videos, Jersey Shore. Somebody at the upper echelons of MTV thought it would be a brilliant ...

There were many entries but there could only be one winner, and that was MI junkie Shane Gills who submitted the hilarious video you see above. Shane will be soon receiving a sweet ass ESP guitar and some great Metal Blade swag. Congrats dude!

by: Paul Ablaze Hey everyone! This is Paul Ablaze, vocalist of BLACKGUARD and this is my first installment of "Facts of Touring." This is meant to be a humorous look at the touring lifestyle and I hope to be making this a weekly things with the help of our good buddies in METAL INJECTION, so be ...

By Ryan Buege After being held off of the MAYHEM's Metal Injection-sponsored Blackenedfest tour due to visa issues last year, MARDUK finally returned to North America last month for a Metal Injection-sponsored tour of their own! Now coming to the country under the banner of their U.S. Plague Tour, the conditions in Minnesota have turned much ...

After, the new album from IHSAHN is now streaming in full over at Plugd. Noa and Frank can't shutup about how great this is, so I've been giving it a whirl and they are indeed correct. Check it out for yourselves.