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Megadeth Bassist Posts Video From Rock on the Range Festival

Legendary thrash giants Megadeth are getting ready for tonight’s performance at Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio for the Rock on the Range festival. The band goes on at 6:45 p.m. Bassist Dave Ellefson posted this backstage video from the show. … Continue reading

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Incubus Live Video Rock on the Range [May 19]

Incubus performed a 14-song set at Rock on the Range last night in Columbus, Ohio at Crew Stadium. Check out fan-filmed live footage of the band’s performance below (scroll for setlist). More videos to be posted as they become available. … Continue reading

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Metallica Releases 18-Minute Video From Warsaw Show – Black Album Tour 2012

Metallica released a new 18 minute video live from their show in Warsaw, Poland on May 10. It features meet and greet footage, tuning up, and “The God That Failed.” Watch the video below from Metallica’s 2012 European Black Album … Continue reading

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David Lee Roth Says Van Halen “Getting Along Famously” [Video]

Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth appears in a new public relations video wearing overalls and stating that the Different Kind of Truth world tour is far from over. “The band is getting along famously,” says Roth. “This tour is going … Continue reading

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Live Video of Black Sabbath O2 Academy Birmingham Now Available

Update (5-20-12): Videos from the Black Sabbath May 19 Birmingham show are now available. Watch them below! “Iron Man” (thanks to @maniac1705) “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” Snippet (thanks to @dewiejudge) “War Pigs” (thanks to @SanktuariuM) “N.I.B.” (thanks to @llamzrt) “Into The … Continue reading

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Buzz – Black Sabbath May 19 Setlist at O2 Academy, Birmingham Leaked

The buzz on the web today is the huge hometown Black Sabbath gig in Birmingham, UK at O2 Academy this evening. Some promoter dude apparently took a picture of the setlist prior to the show and leaked it to sites … Continue reading

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Tommy Clufetos – Black Sabbath Drummer For The Summer

As we predicted earlier, Tommy Clufetos will play drums for the Black Sabbath “reunion” shows starting with the O2 Academy show in Birmingham this evening. He is an excellent drummer who has performed and recorded with Ozzy Osbourne since the … Continue reading

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Van Halen Members Are Tired – Will Resume Tour Later, Japan and Australia Plans

According to the Van Halen News Desk, the band is getting along just fine. The band recently postponed 31 shows on their Different Kind of Truth tour this summer. Rolling Stone reported that the band hated each other, but other … Continue reading

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Review – Mercury Tide “Killing Saw” [2012]

Former Angel Dust frontman Dirk Thurisch returns with Mercury Tide, a powerful progressive-edged metal project. The band’s new album Killing Saw in many ways is a German melodic metal masterpiece. Thurisch’s voice has never sounded better on cuts like “Home” … Continue reading

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Black Sabbath Removes Bill Ward From Website – Sick PR Stunt?

The current members of Black Sabbath, as it turns out, are horrible human beings, or it at least appears that way. Why is that, you ask? As of today (May 18), original drummer Bill Ward has been removed from the … Continue reading

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