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The newly announced trek is scheduled to kick off on July 24th in West Palm Beach, FL at the Cruzan Amphitheater and will conclude on September 5th in Dallas, TX at Gexa Energy Pavilion.

Slipknot are launching the tour in support of their new studio album ".5: The Gray Chapter." As previously reported, the band are currently on the European leg of their Prepare For Hell Tour and will be kicking off the North American spring leg with special guests Hatebreed on April 29th in Pensacola, FL Pensacola at the Bay Center and wrap up on May 16th in Grand Rapids, MI at the Van Andel Arena.

The band will also be taking part in music festivals across the globe beginning with the Soundwave Festival in late February and early March in Australia. This spring they have lineup a number of appearances in the U.S. including Fort Rock, Welcome to Rockville, Carolina Rebellion and more.

Labeled "Psychological Abuse," the verbal rant is all that can be heard of the song, yet we can assume it's the lead-in to a new song, as other faders are clearly marked, SFX, vocals, guitars, bass, drums, etc.

And that's not all. Pausing the clip reveals a video screen on the sound board displaying the song's recording information. Of course the artist is labeled Muse, but under "Album" a single word has been entered: Drones.

Billed as "An Evening with Gregg Allman," the new tour will be kicking off on March 13th in Northfield, OH at the Hard Rock Casino and concluding on May 9th with an appearance at Austin City Limits Live.

Brett Morgen interviewed the Foo Fighters frontman for the film, but didn't have time to add it to the version shown at the Sundance Film Festival over the weekend.

He tells Billboard: "We had a locked print. Trying to re-edit a film with a new interview in 10 days is kind of difficult. This is the picture I wanted - I didn't want there to be a lot of people in the film."

The band mainman, songwriter and producer says he always intended to launch the follow-up to 2002's Corporate America on LP, but he wanted to make sure it matched his notoriously high standards.

Scholz says: "Time and money went into making analogue mixes of the album so that serious listeners could hear the origin sound, instead of the now-typical sound of vinyl cut from digital mixes.

"As the world has converted to digital even when it's a bad idea, the facilities available to master an album from analogue tape to vinyl have nearly all gone away. Those that remain are not equipped or maintained like rooms were 20 years ago.

Both Broderick and Drover issued separate statements in late November - just hours apart - that they were leaving Megadeth to pursue their own musical interests.

"I have known Matt for 15 years now and he is a great musician, songwriter, singer and all around great person," says Drover. "To say I'm jacked up about having Matt with us is an understatement!"

The band have been writing material for their debut album. "All the songs have shaped up nicely and there is a lot of metal dynamics on these songs, overall," explains the drummer. "Some of them are flat-out thrash-speed metal, others are uptempo, but I can assure you it is all 100% HEAVY METAL. Those who know me know I have always been an advocate for the more aggressive metal stuff, so if you're expecting anything to the contrary on this record, you would be dead wrong."

Born and raised in Egypt, Roussos moved to Greece with his family and co-founded prog outfit Aphrodite's Child in 1967 alongside keyboardist Vangelis, drummer Loukas Sideras and guitarist Silver Koulouris.

The North American tour is scheduled to kick off on September 10th in Vancouver, BC, Canada at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre and conclude on October 31st in Fort Lauderdale, FL at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

The new album will be released in various formats including a standard CD, a double vinyl, a deluxe CD with four bonus tracks, digitally, as well as box set that will include CD and vinyl copy of the album, a bonus CD featuring six extra tracks, a DVD with an exclusive short film directed by Henrik Hansen and an interview with Mark. Amazon is taking preorders for some of the formats here.

The North American tour will be kicking off on April 15th in Vancouver, BC at the PNE Forum and will be concluding on May 15th in Philadelphia, PA at the Electric Factory.

The band is currently finishing work on the new album, which they are planning to release in May via their new imprint Reclamation Recordings. Faith No More's Bill Gould is overseeing the production of the new effort.

He had this to say about the tour, "Here we go. First North American tour dates, some in cities we haven't played in over 17 years. We are armed with the new material and ready for whatever comes our way."

Their executive VP Bobby Livingston says in a statement: "One of just nine Mosrite guitars owned by Johnny Ramone known to exist - it's not surprising that it was able to achieve such an impressive figure."

Benante told an audience of fellow musicians: "This is such an honour. Why do we do it? We're drummers and we love it. If what we did or do inspires someone then that's the greatest."

Discussing his involvement in the upcoming film Hired Gun, Xenedis tells The Double Stop Podcast: "When you're a hired gun, your level of creative input is limited. Even when I toured with Bon Jovi, I couldn't be Richie, because I'm not. But I couldn't really be me, so I became this guy in the middle somewhere who was between the two.

"We wanted to approach the new album differently this time by embracing the band's VERY early days, "says Nick Holmes. "We have written a very dark, yet melodic album, but this time many songs definitely have a death metal edge, which is something we haven't done for a long long time in Paradise Lost."

And Dirkschneider says that what he has seen of the band with Tornillo at the helm has left him "disappointed." He tells the Lokaos Rock Show: "I was watching a show of Accept in Hamburg, and I was a little bit disappointed. It was without any emotion.

The band's follow-up to 2012' Hasta La Muerte was recorded at The Pit studio in Van Nuys and produced by Taylor Young (Nails, Twitching Tongues, Disgrace).

Artist Dan Seagrave, the man responsible for Dismember, Entombed and Suffocation's album artwork, was commissioned to paint the cover for their third full-length release.

Now Noel, who's poised to release his second High Flying Birds album Chasing Yesterday, tells Q: "Nobody has made us an offer. I've been in the same room as Liam and even then nobody's said, 'Weren't Oasis great? You should reform. But if I was ever going to do it, it would only be for the money."

Turner says: "It's been quite some time since I have visited the UK and Northern Ireland to see all of my friends and fans. I'm really looking forward to having such an intimate situation with Q & A and an acoustic set of songs. These shows will be very special indeed. See you all soon!"

Tommy has chosen to carry on the 'white and chrome' look by choosing a while Seymour Duncan JB humbucker for the bridge and a chrome Duncan humbucker for the neck position.

"My new 2015 signature model is the pinnacle of looks, style and flash," Tommy says. "I'm proud to put my name on a serious guitar that can be enjoyed at home or rock the biggest stages in the world."

The album, which is described as being "reminiscent of late 60s/early 70s keyboard-driven progressive rock," contains four tracks, each one taking up a full side of the vinyl edition.

Cranium Pie say of the concept: "Bravely the last band on Earth clung to survival, transmitting their messages of hope over the short waves to any listener alive. Entombed in their subterranean domain, they made recordings using broken equipment salvaged from the museum of hospital radio.

Appice tells The Classic Metal Show: "Before I met Black Sabbath I met Tony Iommi the night before. The next day I went down to the rehearsal studio and I met Ronnie, Geezer Butler, Geoff Nicholls on keyboards and Tony again.

"The first song we played was Neon Knights - the first song I ever played with Ronnie and the last song I ever played with Ronnie. It's a weird trip between 30-something years from the first time to the last."

WMC Action News 5 reports: "Anyone who fears a God, if not God and Jesus Christ, should be outraged. If you can't put a cross on there, you can't put a pentagram on it."

"Headed into surgery in an hour. Ass kicking will commence in 6 weeks," tweeted the singer on Jan 20, followed by a first post-op image of his foot in a cast. "I will now set off metal detectors everywhere."

On January 23, Bennington posted a photo while getting some fresh air outside in a wheelchair. "First ray of sunshine since the surgery. Thank you to everyone for all your support and well wishes."

On Monday, the rocker posted "Looking at my ankle for the first time since the surgery. IT LOOKS INSANE!!!!" and tweeted two pictures of the scars from the leg surgery.

But they were careful not to veer into cheesy territory. Sanders tells SpazioRock: "We've tried to incorporate more melody - not only guitar-wise, but vocal melodies and vocal harmonies and vocal patterns that really are catchy. Like hooks that bring you in and make a song more memorable.

He continues by talking about his adventures in Indonesia and China, discovering a gamelan music school, explorations in Bali and other journeys. Reflecting on how one's music will last far beyond one's life, Anderson says he'd love it if, some time in the future, a group of young musicians get together and say: "Let's do what Yes did - let's play their music and see what it would sound like now. That would be cool."

Frontman Liam Cormier recently told Metal Hammer about Robinson's infamous recording techniques, which included throwing objects at the singer's head while he was in the vocal booth.

Said Liam: "It was fun to go to work in a war zone! He only throws stuff when things are going well. It's part of the energy that he brings and you're stoked that he's throwing stuff at you while you're recording because that means everyone is killing it. He's not throwing a Coke can at your head because you suck!"

Guitarist Johnson says: "I think that the Lizzy faithful have been incredibly supportive of this band doing two things. Creating brand new music, and continuing to celebrate and honour the spirit that was Phil Lynott, that was Thin Lizzy - and that is Thin Lizzy because Lizzy lives on in all of the fans, and in Scott Gorham for sure."

And he says going back to those old songs - originally recorded in the 1970s - was an enjoyable experience both in the studio and on the road with his band.

Roth tells LA Weekly: "When you're a songwriter, composer, your songs are a little bit like your children, and these are basically very, very old children of mine.

"They've grown up. They've gone through a lot of changes. They've seen a lot, and I still feel connected. Some more so than others, but particularly when we were recording them and playing them on tour, I felt very much connected.

Kristine revealed the project came about following a chance meeting with van Giersbergen at the Masters Of Rock festival in the Czech Republic in 2013.

She said: "We only had a few minutes to talk between our gigs but we agreed that we should get together and tour. Anneke told me she had just talked to Kari and that was the 'go' for The Sirens."

"A Wound Outside of Time" is a personal piece about struggling with alcohol addiction and the madness that comes along with it. Something I have struggled with for the better part of the last 14 years or so. While it might come across seeming pretty dark I like to think the listener can also discover a sense of hope.

The lyrics for the song were written while we were in the studio. I was terribly unprepared as usual and in between Chris' guitar over dubs Joel told me that next thing was my vocals for 'Wound' and I was like oh sh*t! I've still gotta go write the lyrics!" So I jotted down what first came to mind.

The song was written while we were working on a handful of songs for 'Poisoned Altars', but this one came really fast. I wrote a couple of riffs and then showed them to Chris and then we realized the structure was there. We always wanted to write a few songs that were short and catchy. There really aren't enough of those out there in the metal world, this was our attempt.