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Frontman Joe Elliott recently revealed the project is essentially done. "Yeah, it's finished. We're just doing simple, last-minute adjustments," says Elliott. "The first song is going to go to radio [this] month. It's a 14-track, 55-minute album. It's just called 'Def Leppard' because that's what it sounds like. It doesn't sounds like any one specific era of Def Leppard. It's got everything.

"You'll listen and you go 'Oh, that sounds like Def Leppard' or you'll go 'That is Leppard, but sounds a bit like Led Zeppelin or Queen but you can hear the AC/DC or the Crosby, Stills and Nash coming through.'

Lemmy walked off stage four songs into the Salt Lake City gig last week, blaming breathing difficulties on the altitude. He managed just three tracks in Austin. The San Antonio show went ahead without Motorhead, as Saxon stepped in to headline.

In a statement, Motorhead say: "As you might have heard, Motorhead again had to abbreviate a performance due to Lemmy not feeling well. This is a direct follow-on from the altitude issues in Colorado and, clearly, Lemmy tried to get back at it too quickly.

The new disc serves as a companion to Poet Anderson �Of Nightmares, the first of three Poet Anderson novels by Tom DeLonge and New York Times best-selling young-adult fiction author Suzanne Young.

Before DeLonge's much talked about split from Blink-182, he had been working feverishly on "four major franchises" one of which is Poet Anderson; a multi-media adventure about the connection between dreams and consciousness, with a lead character inspired by his own 9 year old son Jonas.

Following last December's release of the award-winning animated short film, Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker, DeLonge delivered the full-length The Dream Walker album, followed shortly thereafter by the comic book series of the same name. Now, with the release of the first novel set for October 6, his band Angels & Airwaves are giving fans something to listen to as they read along.

"The book was going to come out as an enhanced novel where you can listen to the music as you read," DeLonge tells Radio.com. "So we needed music that wasn't going to distract you, but we also wanted this to be an EP where we weren't going in just to write completely normal songs. We wanted music to be experimental and artistic."

But Dave tells Rolling Stone: "I'd say there's an outside shot. But where there's life, there's hope. I know Ray has a lot coming up, and I do as well, so we'll see how things span out.

It features the group singing about the inconvenience of socks sliding down the wearer's foot and includes lyrics like, "Each step is shifting down your shoe," and, "Re-adjust, sock, slipping' away."

Jasmine Cyanide and Ballad Of The Barbie Bandits are exclusive bonus tracks on the re-release and ex Megadeth guitarist Friedman says the former was the first song written for the album, before he decided to exclude it.

He says: "This was a big collaborative effort with the band Skyharbor, Danko Jones and myself. Dan Tompkins came up with the brilliant lyrics and melody line. Danko Jones heard Dan's amazing vocal tracks in the LA studio where I was working, because I had enlisted Danko to sing backups to Dan's lead vocals.

The new release was filmed during two special concerts earlier this year where the southern rock legends performed their first two studio albums in their entirety for the very first time. A preview clip of the performance of "Gimme Three Steps" can be seen here.

The band has not played North America in three years but that will all change on Halloween night when they perform at this year's Voodoo Music + Arts Experience in New Orleans, LA.

The album marks Geoff Tate's first release since reaching a legal settlement with his former colleagues in Queensryche. The Key is the first in a trilogy of records that explores "international politics, the world economy and social ethos."

Garbage will be available in a standard edition, deluxe edition, and, for the die-hards, a super deluxe edition. The super deluxe contains all 12 original tracks + 9 G-sides (Garbage's cute way of saying B-side) + 29 remixes + 12 alternate versions.

The four-disc set, entitled "After The Cutting", is set to be released on November 13th and includes a book written by Dennis Dread along with new tracks, rarities and classic songs from the group.

The band will also be celebrating Black Friday (November 27th) with the special vinyl release of "Skull Grinder." The album features seven new songs that are featured on the "After The Cutting" box set. The band plans to release the effort on CD next year.

The set is available to pre-order on DVD or Blu-ray and in a range of bundles with extras including CDs, t-shirts and other items. As well as the live show, the film includes interview material and additional live tracks shot at this year's Download.

Guitarist Ben Wells says: "We are beyond excited to bring you this live DVD. Growing up watching my Elvis and Aerosmith DVDs and VHS tapes, I never thought I would be in a band that would one day be releasing one - and in an arena at that."

Araya tells the Metal Hammer Magazine show on TeamRock Radio: "They've never changed, they've always been the same guys. Which is a rarity because a lot of people change. It will be great to see them and do another tour with them. They have good humor, it'll be fun."

The festival is set to take place Castaic Lake in Southern California (41 miles North of Los Angeles) on October 18th and is being staged to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.

Social Distortion's Mike Ness had the following to say, "We've wanted to be a part of the Love Ride for years now, so we are stoked that our friends the Foo Fighters asked us to be involved for the final ride; which makes it bitter sweet.

Fans hoping for an update on the effort were surprised by a post on the band's official web announcing a different type of new release: a limited edition Tool blanket.

The post poked fun at the band's lag between albums asking, 'Can I have your full attention please, yes You - checking to see if this is new album news? It's not, but I am certainly excited to announce that More Tool MULTI-PURPOSE BLANKETS have been produced - 3 DIFFERENT ONES in fact - all in VERY LIMITED QUANTITIES!" Each different version of the blanket will cost you $200.

The Swedish band covered the tune as the title track to their 2013 Dave Grohl-produced EP after it originally appeared on Erickson's 1981 album with The Aliens, "The Evil One."

Ghost recently launched their third album, "Meliora", with an unplugged tour of US record stores. The follow-up to 2013's "Infestissumam" was produced by Klas �hlund and mixed by Andy Wallace and sees the debut of vocalist Papa Emeritus III alongside the Nameless Ghouls.

"Meliora" delivered Ghost their first-ever US Top 10 when the album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 8 with opening week sales of 29,000 copies.

The lineup features vocalist Henrik Bath (Darkwater), guitarist-keyboardist Tom Frelek, bassist Mike Lepond (Symphony X) and drummer Marco Minnemann (Aristocrats, Steven Wilson)

Clutch were keen to come up with an opening to the record rather than launch right into the track X-Ray Visions. After dismissing the idea of an instrumental opener, the settled on a piece that links to the second track.

In an album commentary video issue via the band's YouTube page, Fallon says: "When we got the mixes of the record we were on tour and we got to talking about how we could intro the record, other than just starting cold with X-Ray Visions.

"The subject of ambient noise came up. A couple of days later the bus was parked in Memphis, Tennessee, in front of The Peabody Hotel and I believe it was a jazz and blues awards ceremony that was going on. The place was just rammed.

"I walked into the lobby with my iPhone and made these circuits around the bar and lobby and recorded the conversations, the sounds of ice and drinks and clinking china."

He continues: "A couple of days later we listened to the ambient noise and it was hard to justify by itself, so I listened to the first words of X-Ray Visions and realized this could be a statement of sort.

In July Fox said she'd been raped by Runaways impresario Kim Fowley in a hotel room in 1975, while members of the band and their entourage looked on.And while she refuses to criticize Hynde personally, she's critical of the message she may have sent.

Fox, real name Fuchs, tells Yahoo: "It bothers me, because I don't know that she's gone out there and talked to rape victims. If you had seen the messages that people sent me, so many of them were about 'I've always thought it was my fault.' We already think that anyway.

Loureiro replaced Chris Broderick in Dave Mustaine's crew and will appear on that group's 15th album. Angra said they were proud of their friend for landing the job in Megadeth, but recently admitted they would have to continue without him.

Founding guitarist Rafael Bittencourt told Revolver: "At this moment, Kiko is managing to finish the Secret Garden world tour with us, coupled with touring with Megadeth. Soon, that won't be possible, so he will be taking Megadeth as a priority, most probably as his exclusive band.

"Closer is about the couple Mat and Josie who find themselves confronted and chased by something or someone who've slipped through the passage to The Mountains, and seems to wanna kill 'em," say the band. "The story takes sudden turn, when Sgt Doom joins in. A classic horror story that ends in favour of the victim while the perpetrator ends up facing a cruel death."

"When Casablanca said they wanted a video that was part Lovecraft part Twin Peaks we couldn't pass on the opportunity to work with such cool influences - and great music too!" adds director Alex Taylor. "We used the opportunity to channel found footage horror films through our love of 70's horror like Evil Dead to make something that's hopefully as much fun to watch as it was to make."

He spoke to BBC Radio 2's Steve Wright alongside Matthew Wright, who'll present the annual ceremony at London's Underglobe today (September 3). Asked about prog music's celebration of elaborate performance, Banks said: "When we first came on the scene we tried to do as little as possible - I continue to do that! Fortunately, some other people in the group managed to get it together. Peter Gabriel became fantastic as a performer.

"I think he realized that when he was up there he had to do something. We had quite long instrumental sections and breaks between songs, he had to have something to do. Simple things like the flower became such a visual statement for Genesis."

The video tells the story of mainman Scott Milligan's late uncle, who started work with an ice cream van company before being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

Milligan says: "By this time he had started experiencing episodes that left him unable to work. More often than not he picked the ice-cream van up, drove it straight home and went to bed without doing his rounds - much to the disappointment of the local kids."

Speaking to Hammer about the video, drummer Arya Goggin says: "With the Under Attack video we wanted the band in a small space with our fans. Down and dirty. The song is such a riffing track so we wanted a video that would compliment it.

I always wanted to write a song that is dedicated to my love for being a musician. It's hard to do that without coming up with something that sounds rather cheesy or self-absorbed. So I tried to find something that describes the unique atmosphere music creates.

Like most times, inspiration surprised me with a fantasy name: Howlinwood. I thought about its meaning for a while and found it to be great name for an imaginary city where music is the center of all things. I asked myself why I would want to live in Howlinwood and came up with a simple rhyme that later became the song's chorus: "Take me to Howlinwood, where the music plays and life is good".

To me music is like a parallel universe or a second world I inhabit. It's a great place to hang out because everyday life just fades away and there's nothing else but music to care about.

The lyrics mainly deal with the realities of everyday life like unfulfilled dreams, the lack of freedom, or the striving for independence. All the things that make us want to break out and run free sometimes.

It doesn't matter if you're a musician or a music fan, we're all addicted to this special atmosphere that only music is able to create. It sets you free�ok, this definitely sounds a little cheesy but it's simply true.