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VIDEO FOR FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH’S ”THE PRIDE”
From Gold-Certified American Capitalist Album

Las Vegas, NV – Five Finger Death Punch’s video for ”The Pride” premieres on Vevo TODAY, and can be viewed here:
http://www.vevo.com/watch/five-finger-death-punch/the-pride/US5Z51200276.

The clip is the first wherein the band has presented live footage from the road within the short-form music video medium. Footage was selected from the band’s successful Metal Hammer Presents Trespass America Tour over this past summer, and the band’s critically acclaimed set at Rock On The Range.

Five Finger Death Punch singer Ivan Moody shares, ”One of the best parts of being in this band is that we have the chance to design and build bigger and bigger live shows...

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Following the release on 22nd October of legendary guitarist Steve Hackett’s newest album, Genesis Revisited II which comes in a limited edition 2CD Media-book, as well as a 4LP & 2CD version, Steve is proud to announce details of his forthcoming 2013 world tour. The tour will be a special production and something of a departure from his recent live shows.

This will mark the first time any original former member of Genesis has toured the band’s repertoire solely from the 1971 – 1977 period and will comprise songs co-written by Steve from that period, including such classics as Supper’s Ready, Dancing with the Moonlit Knight and The Musical Box. The line-up will feature the addition of Nad Sylvan as principal vocalist on several songs...

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Nuclear Blast is proud to announce the signing of US hardcore metal kings, HATEBREED, who have just inked a record deal including all European territories. North America and Canada will be handled by Razor & Tie.
The forthcoming album was co-produced by Hatebreed, Zeuss (SUICIDE SILENCE, ALL THAT REMAINS, SHADOWS FALL) and Josh Wilbur (LAMB OF GOD, AVENGED SEVENFOLD). Wilbur also handled mixing duties on the new record. The new studio album will be supported by extensive global touring that will stretch well into 2014.
Commented singer Jamey Jasta, ”We’re really excited to be working with such great people at both Razor & Tie & Nuclear Blast. We’ve made an awesome album and we’re chomping at the bit to get it out and hit the road. Global domination begins now.”
Nuclear Blast A&R Jaap Wagem...

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New York death metal veterans SUFFOCATION are currently in the finishing stages of their upcoming new album entitled ’Pinnacle of Bedlam’.

The record was produced by the band and tracked at Full Force Studios in New York by longtime collaborator Joe Cincotta. The mixing and mastering of the album is set to be handled this time around by world renowned producer/engineer Zeuss (HATEBREED, ARSIS, SUICIDE SILENCE). Pinnacle of Bedlam will feature 10 genre-defining-bone-crushing tracks and also marks the return of drummer Dave Culross, who played with the band previously on their Despise The Sun EP.

Bassist Derek Boyer offered the following update:
“The recording process of our new album, Pinnacle of Bedlam, began Monday, August 13th...

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Due to circumstances beyond their control John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest
Have been forced to cancel 3 shows on their forthcoming UK tour.

The cancelled shows are

Wednesday 17th – Edinburgh – HMV Picturehouse

Friday 26th – Wolverhampton – The Wulfrun Hall

Saturday 27th – Norwich – The University of East Anglia

Full info attached.

The rest of the tour will go ahead as planned.

OCTOBER
19th Manchester The Ritz 0843 221 0976 http://hmvritz.com £ 22.00
23rd St Albans The Alban Arena 01727 844488 www.alban-arena.co.uk £ 20.00
24th Bristol St. George’s, Brandon Hill 0845 402 4001 www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk £ 23.00
25th Leeds City Varieties 0113 243 0808 ...

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Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Rage Against the Machine – XX, commemorative 20th anniversary editions of the eponymous debut album by a great American rock band, on November 26th, 2012.

Originally released in November 1992, Rage Against the Machine signaled the arrival of a revolutionary musical force, a band straddling the worlds of hip-hop and heavy metal with a scorching streetwise sound that rapped and rhymed hardcore across a musical backdrop as menacing and inspirational as graffiti. Rage Against the Machine entered the popular lexicon as more than just a revolutionary American rock band, the group’s very name provided a rallying battle cry for the ongoing struggles for liberation–psychic and political–on planet earth.

Formed in 199...

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Following their rapturously received headline tour in October 2012, and recent Best New Band nomination at the 2012 Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards, Australian rock band TRACER return to the UK for 4 concerts in April 2013. The tour will coincide with the follow-up to their debut album Spaces In Between. Read the official announcement HERE.

The new, as-yet-untitled album will be produced by Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Silverchair, Cold Chisel), and is planned for late March/early April release.

Tracer’s 2013 UK tour starts at London’s Scala on Tuesday 9 April. Tickets will be made available as special 48-hour Planet Rock radio pre-sale from Wednesday 10 October. Fans who take advantage of the Planet Rock pre-sale will get £1 discounted from their ticket...

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Oklahoma rockers Hinder will release their fourth full-length studio album ‘Welcome To The Freakshow’ this December via Universal Records.

The first single to be taken from this latest offering with be the anthemic, ‘Save Me’ out on the 2nd October via Universal Records.

‘Welcome To The Freakshow’ was co-produced by drummer Cody Hanson and Marshall Dutton in a hometown studio. Instead of simply sticking to a tried-and-true formula, the group decided to smash boundaries, experimenting with rock, pop, and even a little country. Welcome to the Freakshow is Hinder at their most diverse and dynamic.

”We like to think we can do anything. We don’t want to be stuck in a rut with one type of sound or formula...

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Tommy Emmanuel and Martin Taylor are pleased to announce “The Colonel & The Governor UK Tour 2013”. A forthcoming collaborative acoustic album of the same name is scheduled for UK release in February 2013. The 16-date tour, which sees both guitarists playing together and separately, starts March 7 at the Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury. Tickets are available from the 24 hour box office 0844 478 0898, www.thegigcartel.com.

While they are both serious ”men of letters” with Tommy Emmanuel being an honorary Kentucky Colonel, a CGP (Certified Guitar Player), an Order of Australia Medalist (AM) and the holder of an honorary masters (MA) and Martin Taylor being an M.B.E...

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A major exhibition of vintage posters and memorabilia from David Bowie’s golden years (1969-1981), including on display for the first time in 30 years the original Heddon Street K. West sign that originally appeared on front cover of Bowie’s groundbreaking 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.

The exhibition will take place at The Movie Poster Art Gallery, 1 Colville Place, London, W1T 2BG, from Saturday 17th November until Saturday 1st December. Admission is free.

40 years ago this year saw the release of an album and the meteoric rise of a performer who was to overturn the landscape of pop culture more thoroughly than any artist since the Beatles...