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Unmasked Slipknot Address Paul Gray's Death- Alice In Gold Chains- Ozzy Preview- Alice Cooper on American Idol?- New NIN- Mew, Coldplay, A-Ha Supergroup- more

05/26/2010
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A visibly distraught and unmasked Slipknot held a live press conference on Tuesday addressing bassist Paul Gray's death. "It's very important that everybody on the outside of us understands that Paul Gray was the essence of the band Slipknot, and Paul was there from the very, very, very beginning," said percussionist M. Shawn Crahan. Gray was found dead in a hotel room on Monday morning. You can watch a recording of the press conference here

Alice In Chains have struck gold with their latest album, 'Black Gives Way To Blue,' as it was certified gold in the United States of America today after selling over 500,000 copies. The band have also announced that they will perform a free show during Day Zero of the Inmusic Festival on June 21 in Zagreb, Croatia more

Ozzy Osbourne filmed a video for his new single, 'Let Me Hear You Scream', in early May with renowned Swedish director Jonas �kerlund (Metallica, Satyricon, Rammstein, The Prodigy). Check out a preview here

Jack's Mannequin are playing a benefit show for former Hot Rod Circuit drummer Dan Duggins, who suffered a stroke recently. more

Alice Cooper news site SickThingsSuk advises it's readers that everyone would be advised to check out the 'American Idol' finale that airs in the USA to night at 8PM. You may see something worthwhile.... Perhaps an Alice appearance? We do know what show Alice is confirmed to appear on this week, read about that here

Testament frontman Chuck Billy and Disturbed vocalist David Draiman were featured on a special edition of Noisecreep's Creep Show that paid tribute to legendary singer Ronnie James Dio, who died of stomach cancer on the morning of Sunday, May 16th, at the age of 67. Check it out here

Trent Reznor, as Nine Inch Nails, has recorded Theme For Tetsuo: The Bullet Man, which plays at the end credits of the new movie. And you can listen to it here

Liam Gallagher and two of his former bandmates are officially in the studio, recording material for their first post-Oasis album -- and now their new band has a name: Beady Eyes, according to Spin.com. Fronted by Gallagher and featuring former Oasis members Gem Archer (guitar) and Andy Bell (bass), Beady Eyes are working on new music with Steve Lillywhite more

Iced Earth's Jon Schaffer is streaming the entire debut album for his Sons of Liberty project here

Exodus has been confirmed for 70000Tons Of Metal, the World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival, where they'll join bands like Raven, Saxon, Obituary, Amon Amarth, Death Angel, Sodom, Testament and more

Chickenfoot are focusing their time together for the rest of the year on material for a new album, but have announced they are getting together for what might be their last live show of 2010, on Sep 11th at Harvey's Lake Tahoe in Stateline, NV. more

The Futureheads have revealed that they could be set to write a musical. In an interview with Clash, guitarist Ross Millard admitted that their next release "won't be a traditional album". more

The August 1st date of The Honda Civic Tour has been announced. Tickets to see Paramore with Tegan and Sara, New Found Glory and Kadawatha at the Civic Center in Glens Falls, New York will go on sale June 5th to the general public.

Due to unforeseen circumstances Muse have had to cancel their show at Zinkensdamms IP on July 21. more

Monday at their Meet & Greet in Salt Lake City, Matt Wachter of Angels & Airwaves said that the band will be scoring their film, LOVE, this summer and are looking at an "early New Year release" according to here

The first two Murderdolls live shows for 2010 have just been confirmed: June 15th at the Glass House in Pomona, CA and June 17th at the Key Club in West Hollywood , CA. more

Lewd Acts and Mammoth Grinder will co-headline a U.S. tour in July. more

Ra Ra Riot have announced the tracklisting and release date for their new album. 'The Orchard' will be released on August 24 in North America, with a UK date due to be confirmed shortly more

Apparatjik (Members of Mew, Coldplay, A-Ha) will release their new album, We Are Here, on June 15 according to Absolute Punkmore

Crimson Glory have recruited Todd La Torre as the bands new frontman. more

Chris Daughtry has added DJ to his resume after taking over an evening hour slot on a U.S. radio network. The former "American Idol" contestant has signed up as a MyFM guest host in Los Angeles for this week. more

This week's "Happenin" at the Aqua Lounge in Beverly Hills will feature an all-star tribute to Ronnie James Dio where the Haptones will perform songs from Dio's entire career. Grab all of the details here. -

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