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The bloid reports that the fan, named William Tarantino, is seeking $75,000 for the alleged injuries he suffered at a Lamb of God concert in Connecticut in November of 2012. The report did not name the venue, but the band's itinerary at the time listed a November 23rd concert in Wallingford, CT at the Oakdale Theater.

According to the report, Tarantino watched the show from the "standing-only" section and he reportedly alleges that the "crowd went crazy, trampling him and causing traumatic fractures of the cervical spine which required surgical fusion. He says the surgery didn't fully heal him... he has permanent spinal injuries."

"I'm working right now on a Vegas production for Ozzy," Sharon reportedly told British newspaper The Sun (via Belfast Telegraph.) 'It'll be in time for Halloween and be called Hellgate.'

The band features singer Chaney Crabb along with former The Faceless, Animosity member Evan Brewer, Frank Costa of Animosity fame and former Animals As Leaders star Navene Koperweis.

The new group posted the following message along with a preview video of their forthcoming EP on their Facebook page, "We just finished writing and making demos of our first EP!! Quick clip for you guys!"

The group's official Facebook page is short on information, but Raubtier singer Par Hulkoff says on his own band's Facebook page that Lindemann's music "blew my mind."

Available for an immediately download on iTunes, the new single follows previously released songs "The Kids Aren't Alright, "American Beauty/American Psycho" and "Centuries," the latter of which currently claims the No. 2 position on Billboard's Rock Songs chart.

All three tracks are available as instant downloads when you pre-order the $7.99 album. "When I think of 'Irresistible' it brings this image to my head, whether it's fictional or real, of Sid and Nancy in an alley garbage raining down on them in an eternal spiral of romance and poison," explained Pete Wentz of the song. "Sometimes it hard not to love what can hurt us the most."

The band revealed in an online teaser video on Monday that they will be calling the new album, "Of Ghosts And Gods" and they will be releasing the effort this summer.

Late last week (January 1), the band posted on Facebook, "2015 is here and Kataklysm is ready to claim it, Guitarist J-F Dagenais is hard at work in his studio in Texas tracking the new album and as promised we will unveil the title of the new album tomorrow, so come back and check in with us, cheers and a Happy New year to the best fans in the world, the Kataklysm legions \m/

And then on Monday (January 5), the band posted a short teaser video along with the following message on their Facebook page on Monday "Here you go brothers and sisters the new Kataklysm album title is unleashed \m/ spread it, share it !! ‪#‎newalbum‬ ‪#‎summer2015‬"

But Sabo says he is comfortable with that, as long as the fans don't leave the show feeling disappointed once they realise Bach isn't involved. Sabo tells Talk Is Jericho: "I find it amusing. I mean, you know what, how can you judge stupidity?

The new album, entitled F.E.A.R. (Face Everything And Rise), is scheduled to be released on January 27th. Apart from the headliners the tour will feature support from Kyng and Islander.

The tour will be launching from the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, SC on January 9th and is scheduled to conclude on February 7th at The Joint at the Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix had this to say about the tour, "We are super excited to roll out on this tour with our brothers in Seether. Not only is it gonna be rad for the fans it's gonna be rad for us as well! We love and respect the guys in Seether.

"Can't wait to see the American fans and most importantly we can't wait to play our new material live!! The fans are in for a killer night of rock n roll at its finest."

The band released the following statement about their decision to disband,
"We are deeply moved to announce the end of the band. As they burn was an amazing way to let our artistic energy flow for a fabulous seven years. We lived and grew up in rhythm with what is for us much more than a musical adventure - a real humane endeavour which embraced a lot of people. It is because we honour and respect you guys that we have taken this difficult decision.

"Up until now, we have provided you with ourselves in the best possible way and we never want to put that aside. As we are now, we are incapable of providing you with the As They Burn you expect us to be. And it is impossible for us, musically and artistically to be less than what we expect and aspire to be, and we will NEVER accept to be half of ourselves.

"By taking this decision we value honesty above become a band that we would never want to be. It is time for us to follow our own independent paths, each cradled by the memories of the past years and the brotherly love that unites all six of us. And it is the same desire of honesty and same willpower that we have decided to part ways with you guys on stage and not by a simple press release! We will be playing several farewell shows in 2015 so we can meet one last time on stage.

But their nine-date US jaunt in February will go ahead after Hamalainen - who has also worked with Nervosia and Meridian Dawn - was recruited in the short term at least.

However, he's still part of the band and will join them later this month to begin work on the follow-up to their self-titled debut album which launched last year via Rise Records.

He says in a statement: "This decision has come from a very deep place in my heart, and was in no way an easy one to make. The reasons are simply because I want to be able focus on other things musically.

"Touring as keys and turntables in a band is fun but isn't what I want to be doing with my career. I have a passion for music production and drums and want to see how far I can take them. However, I will still play the same roll I've always had in the studio with Issues, helping to write and co produce the record."

Recalling some of the bands that influenced him as a child, Lombardo says he taught himself how to drum and he would advise any would-be drummers to do the same.

He tells WSOU: "To give you an idea of the 45s that I bought as a kid, I had Superstition by Stevie Wonder, Bachman Turner Overdrive Taking Care Of Business, The Doobie Brothers Long Train Running. A lot of different styles.

"I'm self-taught. That matters because I didn't learn from a school curriculum, I learned from the records I bought. Practice what you're taught in school, if you're taking lessons, but don't be afraid to venture out and search for new music and music that is inspiring, and try to develop your own style. Take from different genres and apply them to what you like.

The group, which also features Ian Ross (bass) and Rodger Carter (drums), will be kicking off the tour on February 8th in Ramona, Ca and have announced dates through February 27th in Ft. Defiance, Az and promise that more dates are still to be announced.

The trek will feature three DJ shows that kick off on January 15th in Sydney at Hot Damn and concludes on January 24th in Melbourne at The Gasometer and Leach will host a spoken word show on January 21st in Melbourne at Eureka Rebellion Trading.

According to the announcement, the spoken word show will be called "Memories, Words and Songs," and will feature Leach "sharing childhood memories, opening up about his musical inspiration, discussing his lyrical themes, and reading personal poetry."

Jesse had this to say about the tour, "I am eager and excited to kick off my first DJ tour. I have been at this on and off for six years in the Northeastern U.S. and I love sharing music that moves me! There is an amazing rush I get when I play a song and watching the crowd react or when someone approaches me wanting to know what song I played. I do this because I love it. However, I also do this to bring to light and give attention to some of the underground bands that have inspired me and music in general."

On the weekend Kirk - whose Twitter handle is @FearFestEviL in honor of his horror festival - explained to a fan on Twitter why he purchased the legendary 1959 Les Paul Standard: "The best tribute is that it's being played again instead of being neglected by people who only bought it for the investment," he said.

Mainman Francis Rossi tells the Official Charts Company: "To be celebrating 500 weeks in the Official Album Chart - that's almost 10 years - feels incredible. It's almost surreal that this band that we formed all those years ago could reach this point. It's a tangible achievement though, and a milestone we're very proud of.

The Seattle band recorded a version of the song as part of "The Art Of McCartney", the recently-released collection featuring a variety of artists joining the former Beatle's long time band to perform songs from the bassist's legendary songwriting catalog.

Heart also contributed a second track to the project: a version of "Letting Go", the single from Wings' 1975 album, "Venus And Mars." Other guests include Def Leppard, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, The Cure, Brian Wilson, Dr John, KISS, Chrissie Hynde and ELO's Jeff Lynne.

The group also revealed a July 2 appearance as Festival Beauregard in H�rouville-Saint Claire, France. The new dates follow the previously-announced first series of shows, which are set to begin May 8 in the Czech Republic.

The concert - part of Slash's UK tour in support of "World On Fire" - was two days before the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards were held at the same venue, where Slash paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne by presenting him with the MTV Global Icon Award and closed the event with a performance of Ozzy's 1980 classic, "Crazy Train."

The paper reports that the event will be held the night before Super Bowl 49 at the Venue Scottsdale with about 1,000 guests. This will be the magazine's fourth year hosting a big event at the Super Bowl.

The record will be launched as a two-disc edition containing the full album along with bonus tracks and a behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of the album titled Road To Extinction. It will also be issued as a mediabook, limited deluxe edition and on vinyl.

A statement about Extinct reads: "It puts the D of darkness back into dark metal. It's a true lesson for the new generations of goth metal about how it's played and felt with body and soul - a lesson taught by no others than our Portuguese gentlemen wolves."

And Kruidenier says he decided to form the band as he needed another outlet for his music away from Exivious' purely instrumental material. And he reveals when he found singer Hakkinen, everything fell into place.

He says, "Shortly after the release of Exivious' debut album in 2009, I wanted to change our musical direction in a very drastic manner. I felt there wasn't much left to say for me as a guitar player and composer in the context of instrumental fusion inspired music. So the plan was to go for a more song driven approach and add a singer to our lineup.

Hosted by actor Tom Arnold, the event at the ballroom of the Wailea Mariott saw Cooper and his band run through a set of classic tracks plus covers of Jimi Hendrix's "Foxy Lady" and "Revolution by The Beatles.

Joining Cooper at the event were Steven Tyler, Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, Dexter Holland and Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman of The Offspring, Michael McDonald and Pat Simmons of the Doobie Brothers, producer Bob Rock and Weird Al Yankovic.

The 2013 event featured an appearance by Sammy Hagar and many of the regular guests. Cooper spent the fall as the opening guest on the North American run of Motley Crue's farewell tour.

They'll be joined by the seven-piece Orchestra Of Sound & Emotion on the night - and founding member Dave Cureton reveals they want to give fans a gig to remember.

He says: "We decided to put on a show which is truly that - a show. We feel that people expect value for money and that's what we are trying to create. We want to make something really special.

Here is the synopsis: "Brian May is undoubtedly one of rock music's greatest and best-known guitarists. Regularly appearing in 'The World's Greatest Guitarists' polls and such, Brian May is a living legend and an icon to musicians of all ages. As a member of Queen, he is a household name and his innovative signature guitar riffs are world famous.

"But there is more to this fiercely talented and intelligent man than Queen. He is a passionate activist and animal welfare charity enthusiast, an avid and popular blogger as well as an author and holds a PhD in Astrophysics.

"Back To The Light, however, charts his musical career outside of Queen from the pre Queen band Smile to the Brian May Band in the 1990s and his two solo albums Back To The Light and Another World as well as his soundtrack compositions and many musical collaborations as a guitarist, producer and songwriter.

"Back To The Light celebrates May's musical legacy and offers titbits of information and trivia about his career as well as a biography, discographies, a timeline, reviews and tributes from leading musicians and music writers."