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DevilDriver Maida Vale Sessions Broadcast Monday

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Head on over to DevilDriver.com for all the numerous ways you can tune in.

The Parlor Mob Post Live Songs from Montreal

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This past summer The Parlor Mob took a journey through Canada and recorded their shows. They've now posted the first of those shows in its entirety at their web site. Go here to listen to The Parlor Mob live at Montreals' Soda Club now.

Nickelback Confirm 2010 Dark Horse Tour Dates

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Grammy-nominated, mega-platinum rock powerhouse Nickelback, has announced the 2010 North American leg of their Dark Horse World Tour, a Live Nation produced event. The tour will feature special guests Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown with the opening act and additional dates to be announced. The newly confirmed dates are hot off the heels of their summer and fall dates where the band played to sold out crowds around the world. Tickets go on sale beginning December 4th in select markets at LiveNation.com.

Nickelback fan club members will have access to presale tickets beginning November 27th in select markets. Citi® cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning November 30th at 10am local time through Citi's Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com. Additional information on the tour, ticket on sales, fan club membership and VIP packages is available at Nickelback.com and LiveNation.com.

NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 2010 TOUR:

April 6 London, ON John Labatt Centre

April 8 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre

April 9 Montreal, QC Bell Centre

April 11 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place

April13 Washington, DC Verizon Center

April 14 Hampton VA Hampton Coliseum*

April16 Greenville, SC BI-LO Center*

April 17 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex*

April19 Orlando, FL Amway Arena*

April 21 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena

April 24 Tulsa, OK BOK Center

* Shinedown not included.

The latest single from Dark Horse, “Never Gonna Be Alone,” is already top 15 at Hot AC and heating up quickly at Top 40. Last week also saw the premiere of the video for “Never Gonna Be Alone.” Added out of the box at Vh1 and Fuse, both channels will start airing it on November 23rd. The video can currently be seen via Nickelback.com, RoadrunnerRecords.com and YouTube. Look for the broadcast premiere November 23^rd. The video was shot by veteran director and longtime Nickelback friend Nigel Dick.

Nickelback is one of the biggest rock bands in the world, with over 35 million albums sold. The band’s latest album, Dark Horse, produced by the legendary Mutt Lange, debuted at number two on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and has remained on the Top 200 for 50 weeks selling over 2.4 million albums in the US alone. Nickelback is currently nominated for a 2009 American Music Award in the Pop/Rock category for Favorite Band, Duo or Group.

Nickelback has enjoyed unprecedented success with their last album, All The Right Reasons, which has been RIAA certified 8X platinum. The six singles from the album totaled 12 million downloads and 6 million ringtones. All proceeds of digital single and video sales for “If Everyone Cared” between February 1 and July 31, 2007 were donated to charity, equally distributed between Amnesty International and International Childrens’ Awareness Canada. Each of the five videos from All The Right Reasons has reached #1 on VH1’s playlist: “Photograph,” “Savin’ Me,” “Far Away,” “If Everyone Cared” and “Rockstar.” In 2006 Nickelback was awarded a World Music Award for “World’s Best Rock Group,” a Billboard Touring Award for “Breakthrough Artist,” an American Music Award for “Favorite Pop/Rock Album” and a People’s Choice Award for “Best Rock Group.”

Within Temptation to Release Acoustic Live Album

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Symphonic rock outfit WITHIN TEMPTATION will release a forthcoming live album, An Acoustic Night at the Theatre, due out December 15. The release will be available via all digital music providers, while physical copies will be available exclusively at the newly-launched Roadrunner Records web store.

In November 2008, Within Temptation embarked on a sold-out, intimate theatre tour in their native Europe, complete with seated audiences. The setup afforded the band the opportunity to rearrange several classics from its extensive catalogue to suit an acoustic performance. The album was recorded at the Muziekcentrum Frits Philips in Eindhoven, Holland on November 30 of last year. The performance was beautifully captured and demonstrates the simplified and stripped down side of the band.

Guitarist Robert Westerholt explained, “I was fascinated by the idea of giving our audience a much more individual experience by focusing on the essence of our songs and reducing the show to a minimum. At the same time the acoustic arrangements and sounds let you hear different influences in our music. For example, some Celtic elements which I think come out best when played acoustically.” Vocalist Sharon den Adel adds, “To show this other side of Within Temptation has been a dream of mine for quite some time. It was great to see that not only our existing fans but also people seeing us for the first time enjoyed it so much.”

Special guests include Life of Agony’s vocalist Keith Caputo for the single “What Have You Done.” Caputo guested on the album version, so it was only appropriate that he contributed to the live song, as well. Additionally, The Gathering’s Anneke van Giersbergen joins den Adel for a powerful partnership on “Somewhere.”

Of additional note, the album also contains the brand new song Utopia, written during the rehearsals for the theatre tour. A duet with UK singer-songwriter Chris Jones (who Sharon met while working with world-famous DJ Armin van Buuren on his track In And Out Of Love), Utopia will also be available as a digital single prior to the album release. The band are set to film a video shortly with director Oscar Verpoort. Poignantly written, Utopia is about two lovers who can't be together because they are separated by their contrasting dreams of the ideal life. "The only way to be together is for one of them to sacrifice their dream,” clarifies Sharon. “It really is about this one moment that we each inevitably experience: reaching a point in your life where you have to decide what you want your future to look like."

Only One Direction For YOU!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

If you're not part of the Methods of Mayhem project yet, get your ass over there!

Scott Humphrey and Tommy Lee go through "Only One" and give you some ideas for what they're looking for. You guys have until Sunday before midnight to come up with some cool parts and submit them in to us. There is still room for your ideas to make it to the final mix of this song that features Chino from the Deftones!

Madina Lake As Single Of The Week On FemaleFirst

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

FemaleFirst has selected Madina Lake's "Welcome To Oblivion" off Attics To Eden as the sites Single of the Week. GO HERE to see what they have to say about the single and why they chose it.

DevilDriver New Tour Statement On MetalUnderground

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

MetalUnderground.com has featured a statement from Dez Fafara of DevilDriver announcing their plans for an upcoming U.S. tour. GO HERE to read more.

Photos Of Trivium On Tour By Derek Brad

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Go to Derek Brad Photography's site to take a look at some great pictures of Trivium on their latest tour HERE.

Pics Of Trivium At Irving Plaza On Guitarkadia

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Take a gander at some pictures of Trivium at Irving Plaza on their latest tour featured on Guitarkadia HERE.

Matt Heafy Talking Food And Music On Mlive.com

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

mlive.com recently sat down with Trivium's lead singer Matt Heafy to discuss his love of food, the culture that surrounds it and how tour has helped him experience more of it. In the article they Heafy tells readers how the care that goes into creating a great dish is comparable to creating great music. Head over to mlive.com HERE to read the article.

Slipknot Live Photos From Cali

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Gauntlet posted some amazing live photos of Slipknot performing at The Palladium in Hollywood, CA.

GO HERE to browse them now.

Into the Mix and Off the Ledge We Go

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Listen in on Tommy Lee and producer Scott Humphrey as they sort through the tail-end of the "Talk Me Off the Ledge" submissions! Also, watch some more of the pre-production footage shot for "Ledge" prior to the TPR launch.

Get the story on the new album so far with our Tommy Lee post from Monday.

Win Tickets to See Trivium in Vancouver

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Find out more over at Trivium's web site, including news about the fan club, tours, tickets, and the ubiquitous more!

Let DevilDriver Know What Songs You Want to Hear

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

DevilDriver will be touring the U.S. VERY soon. Head on over to the DevilDriver site to let them know what songs you'd like to hear.

Read A RockSkins Taking Dawn Live Review...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

"Taking Dawn doesn’t ask that you go fucking nuts and rock out, they command it."

GO HERE to read a live interview of Taking Dawn courtesy of RockSkins.com.

Corey and Shawn Weight in on Slipknot's 10th

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

ExploreMusic.com had a great, retrospective interview with Corey and Shawn of Slipknot surrounding the release of Slipknot 10th Anniversary Edition.

GO HERE to listen now.

Mixing Up the Mayhem With Tommy Lee...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Tommy and Scott start the preliminary mixing of "Talk Me Off the Ledge" and give you a taste of how all the pieces are coming together so far. We're still accepting last minute submissions on this song until Wednesday 11:59pm, so get your 12th hour entries in well before the deadline! Also in this video: some previously shot moments recording "Ledge" prior to posting the raw tracks in October.

GO HERE to watch now.

The World Premiere Of Dream Theater's Wither...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Watch the world premiere of Dream Theater's new video for "Wither," from the Wither EP, GO HERE to get it now:

Slipknot Plays Smokeout Festival

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Slipknot made it into the "On The Scene in Los Angeles" photo gallery by SPIN photographer Erik Voake while performing at Cypress Hill's Smokeout Festival.

Take a look at the photos HERE and HERE.

Dream Theater - Wither Debuts Tomorrow

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Be here at 11 AM Eastern U.S. time to watch the "Wither" video immediately when it launches. Get some special insight into Dream Theater as they tour.

That's November 18th, 2009 at 11 AM Eastern U.S. time.

The Wither Digital EP is currently on sale at iTunes.