When CANDLELIGHT RED recently toured with SEVENDUST, they automatically struck up a friendship with drummer Morgan Rose.

According to TMZ.com, VAN HALEN decided to postpone 31 of its previously announced summer concerts because the guys in the band felt like the current schedule was "too much, too fast" and they were "losing their focus." The site quotes a source "close to the band" as saying "They're simply burned out" and adding, "They want to make sure their concerts are not a routine ...

Beginning May 22, in celebration of IRON MAIDEN and the upcoming "Maiden England" North American tour, Rock Band will offer a six pack of songs in the Rock Band 3 Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox360, PlayStation 3 and Wii.

Drummer Bill Ward has been removed from all the photos on the homepage and gallery section of BLACK SABBATH's official web site after he announced that he was unable to to reach a contractual agreement with his bandmates about participating in their upcoming reunion shows.

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) played four shows in London in November 2011 dedicated to his tetralogy album concept — a great journey through Devin's different states of musical moods — which he started in 2009 with the albums "Addicted" (2009) and "Ki" (2009) and finished with last year's "Deconstruction" and "Ghost".

Carnival Of Madness, the annual touring rock extravaganza, will make its roaring return with rock titans EVANESCENCE, CHEVELLE, HALESTORM and NEW MEDICINE.

According to Crazed Hits, mysterious Swedish heavy rock buzz band GHOST has inked a deal with Seven Four Ent.

One of the most iconic rock bands of all time, BLACK SABBATH, has signed with the world's leading music merchandising company, Bravado, a division of Universal Music Group.

The video for Mark Tremonti's (Alter Bridge/Creed) new single "You Waste Your Time" is now online and streaming here. Tremonti's solo debut 'All I Was' is due July 10th.

Six Side Die, which features former Hail the Villain vocalist Bryan Crouch, are streaming their new track "My Enemy" at this location. The band will be releasing a EP this summer.

Slash recently performed several tracks including “You’re a Lie”, “Starlight” and “Back From Cali” for Walmart’s Soundcheck series, check it out here.

Candlelight Red have premiered the video for "She's Got the Look" at this location. The band's debut album 'The Wreckage' is out now.

The Toadies will be on tour this summer supporting Helmet, dates are listed here.

The Veer Union have dropped off their previous scheduled tour with Smile Empty Soul. Their new album 'Divide The Blackened Sky' features the single "Bitter End" and is out now.

Disturbed front-man David Draiman new band with former Filter guitarist Geno Lenardo will begin work on their debut album on May 31st. The project is set to be unveiled on May 26th when Draiman hosts VH1's "That Metal Show".

Slash's new album 'Apocalyptic Love' can be streamed in its entirety at this location. The video for the album's first single "You're a Lie" has also premiered and can be viewed here. 'Apocalyptic Love' is due May 22nd.

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