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Slipknot Unleash “The Negative One”

Today’s news has been a long time coming for Slipknot fans as they’ve sat back and waited to hear something from Corey Taylor and company since the release of All Hope Is Gone over five years ago. With the release of multiple teasers hinting towards new music over the past few weeks, the nu-metal outfit […]

Slipknot Announce Departure of Drummer Joey Jordinson

It has been a rough 24 hours for longstanding band members leaving their bands. First, founding guitarist Steve Klein was dismissed from New Found Glory after 16 years. And now, Slipknot has announced they will move forward without drummer Joey Jordinson, who had been with the band since their inception in 1995. The move is […]

Stone Sour Announce 2014 Tour Dates

Remember when Slipknot fans were excited after some of the band hinted they’d be back in the studio come January? Well it seems like they’ve hit a little bump in the road since frontman Corey Taylor will be out on tour that month with his other band, Stone Sour. Stone Sour will kick things off […]

Tool Working On First Album Since 2006

The notorious Los Angeles progressive metal band Tool confirmed yesterday that they will soon be getting back to work writing and arranging songs for the band’s upcoming record. The band has just returned from Japan, where they played Ozzfest 2013, a two-day metal festival. Day one included the likes of headliner Slipknot, Slash (of Guns N’ […]

REVIEW: Stone Sour – House of Gold and Bones Part 2

Artist: Stone Sour Album: House of Gold and Bones Part 2 Genre: Hard rock/metal Label: Roadrunner Late last year, I wrote about Stone Sour’s House of Gold and Bones Part 1 and described it as possibly the finest thing the band had ever done. A brilliant piece of modern rock, its precision and intelligence and […]

2013 Download Festival Lineup Announced

UK’s Download Festival looks absolutely insane this year. I’m publicly sobbing that I won’t be there in June. The event takes place from June 14 to June 16; we already knew several acts like Queens of the Stone Age were playing, but this lineup is tough to beat. The acts? Slipknot, Iron Maiden, Rammstein, Bullet […]

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Dave Grohl’s Sound City Players Debut New Song, Add California Show Date

Dave Grohl assembled his odd supergroup for a wicked soundtrack to his upcoming documentary, Sound City, then added some performance dates at the Sundance Film Festival. They’ve now added a show at the Hollywood Palladium, with tickets going on sale today. Somewhere along the way, one of the songs that isn’t Paul McCartney and the Nirvana […]

Full Details Regarding “Real to Reel,” The Soundtrack For Dave Grohl’s “Sound City” Documentary Revealed

The complete track list and performer information for Sound City – Real to Reel, the soundtrack accompanying Dave Grohl’s Sound City documentary, was released today. The artist credits read like a who’s who of classic and contemporary rock royalty. People like Paul McCartney (shocker), Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Trent […]

Stone Sour & Papa Roach Announce Co-Headlining Tour

Stone Sour and Papa Roach have announced that they will be joining forces to co-headline a 2013 tour, which starts up in late January. There is no word of who plans on coming along for support but we can determine it will be one of the many alternative acts still surviving. Possibly Breaking Benjamin or […]

REVIEW: Stone Sour – House Of Gold And Bones – Part 1

Artist: Stone Sour Album: “House of Gold and Bones Part 1” Genre: Alt-metal, hard rock Label: Roadrunner Stone Sour’s House of Gold and Bones (Part 1) has all the hallmarks of an event, but somehow it feels like a non-event. It’s a fine record, but not in a showy or extravagant way – rather, its […]

LYRIC VIDEOS: Stone Sour – “Gone Sovereign” / “Absolute Zero”

It is rare that we encounter two new song streams in the same day from a veteran band and today Stone Sour has the goods. The band have unleashed their hard rocking lyric videos for “Gone Sovereign” and “Absolute Zero” and are ready to take you over the edge. Welcome to the thunder dome. This […]

Stone Sour Announce World Tour Routing

Stone Sour have revealed that they are heading out on their world tour in late September and UTG has the details through the jump. The group will be touring in support of their forthcoming effort, House Of Gold And Bones: Part One, which finds a release in October through Roadrunner. Pick up your official pre-order […]