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America proudly welcomes acclaimed Japanese hardcore act, AGGRESSIVE DOGS, for a few dates around the inaugural installment of the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. (www.metalandhardcorefestival.com) AGGRESSIVE DOGS have earned the respect of many integral progenitors in the US hardcore movement, including Roger Miret and Mike Gallo of Agnostic Front. AGRRESSIVE DOGS have just released [...]

VampireFreaks.com has just premiered the making of the video for LACUNA COIL’s latest single “Spellbound”. The Alt-Goth social networking site has taken an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Italian rockers in full swing as they shoot their latest video. The video was filmed at Dolce & Gabbana’s Gold restaurant which [...]

Static-X has just released their heaviest album in years!
Cult of Static features more of the hard-charging industrial metal their legions of fans have come to expect from the California killing machine.
To help celebrate the release and their current tour, Static-X and RockAwesome are giving one fan a chance to win a [...]

DUFF MCKAGAN’s LOADED are preparing for a variety of events and promotions around the April 7 release of their first full-length U.S. release, SICK.
First up: a special April 9 hometown in-store performance and signing for the band–Duff McKagan (guitar and vocals), Mike Squires (guitar), Jeff Rouse (bass) and Geoff Reading (drums)–at Seattle’s Crocodile [...]

Meet The Record Life – the brainchild of 21 year old Jakob Johnson.   With a sound influenced in equal parts by his so-called Record Life of listening and playing, Jake’s audacious bow represents a marriage of his own musical influences, from Queen’s operatic scope (”Alone In The Atmosphere”), the Beatles’ harmonic [...]

singlefilealbumcoverThe time has come and Single File’s long awaited debut full-length, Common Struggles has finally hit stores. The record features the catchy single “Girlfriends” as well as album standout track “Mannequin Loveseat.”

U2, arguably one of the greatest rock bands of all time, has teamed up with A-list production team Justice to bring fans a mind-altering remix of epic proportions. The pairing of super stars and super producers on “Get On Your Boots,” the first single from U2’s No Line On The Horizon, can be [...]

Green Day has just released their new widget for the 21st Century Breakdown album.  Just click “grab and share” on this widget to install it on your MySpace and facebook page or blog now, and watch for new additions that will be automatically updated, including new music, video clips, tour dates [...]

MARILYN MANSON RELEASES “WE’RE FROM AMERICA” FROM
THE HIGH END OF LOW
Marilyn Manson’s anticipated reunion with longtime friend and foil Twiggy Ramirez inches closer with the release of “We’re From America,” the first listen from the forthcoming The High End of Low. Available as a free download March 27th, exclusively on MarilynManson.com, the song will be available [...]

To celebrate their 50th Anniversary, Island Records is bringing the party to you with the chance to win a pair of 3 day passes to the best festival in the desert, The Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.
One lucky Grand Prize winner will win a pair of passes to see all [...]