Arcade Fire reveals new single (featuring David Bowie), announce world tour

Arcade Fire have streamed their new single, Reflektor – the first piece off their upcoming fourth studio LP, featuring vocals from David Bowie. But wait – there’s more! The song premier was immediately followed by the premiere of two music videos for the song. Pretty interesting stuff, you don’t really see two videos for the same song… but then again, there’s probably a reason why you don’t. The first video you’ve probably already seen it…

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Lacuna Coil working on new album

“LACUNA COIL is back, baby!!!” Cristina Scabbia, the group’s spellbinding singer, explained just how happy she is to be back in the studio and how pleased they all are by the magic that’s happening. “I am so excited to work on new stuff… “I am sure a lot of people will be mesmerized by the cinematic vibe of the new album that’s underway. I’m very happy to have the chance to work with Jay. Not…

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Eminem Unveils Full-Length ‘Berzerk’ Video Featuring Rick Rubin and Kendrick Lamar

Eminem has unveiled the full-length video for his new song, “Berzerk” – a video which pays tribute to the Beastie Boys’ “So What Cha Want” video, with the distorted, photo negative background and Eminem’s delivery and dress. The video features notable appearances, including Kendrick Lamar, Rick Rubin, Kid Rock and Slaughterhouse. Still, as much as I was excited to see new work from Eminem, especially something going back to ‘vintage Slim’, he didn’t really seem…

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Dave Grohl: ‘New Nirvana Will F–king Happen’

Now now, don’t get your hopes up – this isn’t about Nirvana reuniting or something like this – it’s about another band with a Nirvana-like impact. “We meant a lot of different things to a lot of different people,” he told the Guardian. “That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.” Dave Grohl went further, explaining that the…

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Machine Head frontman congratulates Avenged Sevenfold on ‘covers album’

Shots: fired. Legendary Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn came out with a blog posting on his online blog, “The General Journals: Diary Of A Frontman… And Other Ramblings – Life Affirming” in which he totally slams and dunks Avenged Sevenfold. I’m gonna take the liberty of quoting him here: “Congratulations to AVENGED SEVENFOLD on their latest ‘covers album’ coming in at #1. “Who knew that re-recording METALLICA, GUNS N’ ROSES and MEGADETH songs could be…

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Maynard James Keenan confirms: new album in the making

We’ve been hearing rumors for almost a year now, but nothing official came out – until now that is. Singer Maynard James Keenan seemingly confirmed what fans have been yearning to hear: he is working on a new Tool album, probably set for release in 2014. Now mind you, this was nowhere near a statement with all the shebang – it is rather implied than said. Maynard waited for his jubilee 666th instagram post and…

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New Supergroup announced – with members from Soulfly, Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan and Mars Volta

This is truly what you would call a supergroup – legendary Max Cavalera, bassist/singer Troy Sanders of Mastodon, Dilinger vocalist Greg Puciato and former Mars Volta stickman Dave Eilich have joined forces in what is a yet-to-be-named musical project. They’ve also announced working together with Josh Wilbur, known for his production work on Lamb of God’s 2009 effort “Wrath.” “It’s going to be cool, we just don’t have a name yet, the name is a…

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Pixies perform two new songs at surprise LA gig, unveil new bassist

The Pixies are on fire! Just a week after releasing their new video ‘Indie Cindy’, they performed two brand new songs at a surprise concert ahead of their forthcoming world tour. The two songs are “Blue Eyed Hexe” and “Green and Blues”, and you can see some fan footage of the band performing the songs here. This was their first live appearance together in almost two years, since November 2011, but fans need not worry:…

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Video: Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler on stage with Marti Friedriksen in Nashville

Steven Tyler joined the band’s frequent collaborator, singer-songwriter Marti Frederiksen, on stage last night in Nashville, to perform two classic Aerosmith songs: “Dream On” and “Jaded”. “I have been working AEROSMITH now since the late ’90s. My first time was with the album ‘Nine Lives’ and I was the co-writer on that. And then I got to co-produce on ‘Just Push Play’. And I have worked on a couple things between that and now. So…

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Soulfly stream new song: ‘Master of Savagery’

Soulfly have put up for streaming a brand new song – “Master of Savagery”. Taken from their ninth studio album, “Savages”, which is scheduled for release on October 4 via the band’s new label home, Nuclear Blast Entertainment, the song is another typical, badass, in your face piece of metal. The new album will feature some guests, including Max Cavalera’s son Igor Cavalera (of LODY KONG). Cavalera explained what a joy it was for him:…

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