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Metallica Has Rescheduled their 2020 All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert

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Metallica has issued a message to fans regarding their 2020 All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert charity event and auction. Originally their concert was rescheduled for March 28th, but now will take place on September 12, 2020, still at the Masonic in San Francisco. You can read the message below. Aside from the second All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert, the only gigs Metallica has officially booked so far in 2020 are the five Danny Wimmer Presents festivals, of which the band will headline two nights at each, performing different setlists. Following the two S & M2 shows last September, the band canceled their shows in Australia and New Zealand as James Hetfield entered rehab.

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Candlemass Shares New Lyric Video for “Porcelain Skull”

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Candlemass, fresh off their Grammy Award nomination, shared a new lyric video for their new single, ‘Porcelain Skull’! This is the second track from their new EP The Pendulum‘. Comprised of never-before-heard, unused tracks cut from The Door To Doom recording sessions. Due out March 27, 2020, via Napalm Records. Check out the track and cool new lyric video right now! Pre-order your copy at the link below.

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Dumb and Dumbest Episode #326: Why CD’s Matter & The Great Vinyl Fire

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The humble CD, now almost forty years old, is arguably more important than ever. Matt and Keefy go deep about the importance of the CD, the value of physical media and the possible longterm implications from the Apollo Records Fire.  Dumb and Dumbest Episode #326 is streaming now and it’s all about Why CD’s Matter & The Great Vinyl Fire! Dumb and Dumbest is hosted by Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions), Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR) and Keith Chachkes (Ghost Cult/BDWE Media). In addition to the podcast, Matt, Curtis, and Keith all host The Music Marketing Challenges: low-cost, super high-value private training to bands and artists. Get hands-on practical experience to market your band like a pro today! DM Matt or Curtis at the links below for detailsContinue reading →


Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider Launches Petition for AC/DC to Play the SuperBowl Halftime Show

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Heavy Metal legend Dee Snider has launched a Change.org petition to get the NFL to hire classic rock legends and recently reunited AC/DC to perform at the SuperBowl Halftime show. This sprung from Dee’s criticism on social media following this year’s halftime show performance from Shakira and Jennifer Lopez. Dee didn’t find fault as much with the artists but the insulting lack of rock or metal. Heavy music is used constantly in sports, especially the NFL where both ‘Hells Bells’ by AC/DC and Metallica’s ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’ were heard early in the broadcast. Famously rock and metal bands such as Metallica, Foo Fighters, Avenged Sevenfold and this year Guns N Roses have all performed on the NFL’s pre-game concert the day before. Anyone performing at the big game performs for free and must pre-record and lip-sync their performance, which is why some groups like Metallica have said no, while The Red Hot Chili Peppers infamously clowned around and made fun of themselves lip-synching. Anyway, sign the petition and let’s unite for rock and metal at The SuperBowl!

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Corey Taylor Addresses Knotfest Meets Forcefest Catastrophe

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In a story that Ghost Cult broke the news on worldwide, Corey Taylor of Slipknot has finally addressed the Knotfest Meets Forcefest debacle last fall. During the fests first day the barricade was smashed and the final bands (Slipknot and Evanescence) canceled without an announcement. Fans stormed the stage and destroyed gear while bands and crew felt unsafe. Luckily no one was seriously injured, but Slipknot has said very little since the incident that saw them not take the stage that weekend. Speaking to Rock Antenne before Slipknot’s  February 9 concert at Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany, Taylor said about the Mexico City debacle (see video below): “The barricades were compromised. And breaking in — there were so many people that it was an absolute security issue. And they tried to fix it — I can’t even talk about it without rolling my fucking eyes — they tried to fix it with, like, bike racks. It was fucking insane. They were, like, trying to wire bike racks to this thing. You go hold 25 thousand people back with some bike racks. Are you fucking shitting me? Our production manager, our security team took a look at it and said, ‘I cannot sign off on this’ — for the public’s safety.Continue reading →


Roadburn 2020 Books Earth, False, Sylvaine, Body Void, Sólveig Matthildur and More!

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Roadburn Festival 2020 has booked its final bands for the upcoming fest this April. Kicking things off with the new bands Earth will perform as part of Emma Ruth Rundle’s curated event, celebrating thirty years, as well as a solo performance by Dylan Carlson. Also, part of Emma’s event are GC favorites False and Sylvaine. Additional artists joining the main bill are Body Void, Sólveig Matthildur, Dynfari (second set) and Rubin “Zwoelboy” van Nistelrooy, Erik “El Cahole” van de Beek, and Frankie Fuzz AKA The Ballet Bombs. Taking place April 16-19th in Tilburg, NL, weekend passes are sold out as are Thursday, Friday and Saturday day passes. The fest also announced their 2020 Full Bleed Art series, which includes giants of the mediums such as John Baizley, Richey Beckett,David V. D’Andrea, Douwe Dijkstra, Maarten Donders, Fortifem, Jondix, Marald van Haasteren, and Burlesque of North America. Continue reading →


Rage Against The Machine Announces Plan to Combat Online Ticket Scalpers Ahead of Their Tour

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Reunited Rap Metal legends Rage Against The Machine has announced a plan to combat online ticket scalping for its upcoming just announced world tour. Tickets for the 40-date “Public Service Announcement” trek don’t officially go on sale until later today Thursday, February 13, you can already buy tickets for most shows on StubHub and for festival dates on Ticketmaster. Unsurprisingly, those tickets are already quite expensive. For example, tickets to the April 28 Tacoma show were listed at $287 each before fees. After service fees and taxes, two tickets to the Oakland, California show on StubHub came out to $783.95, or $391.98 each. The band has made an announcement via their official web site:Continue reading →


The New Machine Head Song “Circle The Drain” Is Coming This Friday

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Machine Head will release their new song “Circle The Drain” as a standalone single this coming Friday, February 14. The band has shared a second behind the scenes video of the making of the track. During the clip, you can hear more of the track than the previous video. Watch them both here: Continue reading →


Stone Sour’s Josh Rand Shares The Demo Version of “Take A Number”

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Josh Rand, co-founder and guitarist of Stone Sour, has shared another demo/outtake from the session that eventually would lead to the debut album from that band, released via Roadrunner Records in 2002. The album was crafted with Corey Taylor while on a break between Slipknot album and tour cycles. Check out the original version of ‘Take a Number right now!Continue reading →