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SEVENDUST Signs With RISE RECORDS, Taps Producer MICHAEL 'ELVIS' BASKETTE For Next Album

SEVENDUST has inked a deal with Rise Records. The band is tentatively scheduled to enter the studio in November with producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette (ALTER BRIDGE, SLASH) to begin recording the follow-up to 2015's "Kill The Flaw" album for a spring 2018 release. In a new video message posted on th...

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SEVENDUST To Perform Entire Debut Album On Short East Coast Tour

SEVENDUST will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of its self-titled debut album by performing the record in its entirety at several shows this June. The dates are as follows: Jun. 21 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live! Jun. 22 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom Jun. 23 - Philadelphia, PA...

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PROJECTED Feat. SEVENDUST, ALTER BRIDGE, TREMONTI Members: Sophomore Album Due This Year

PROJECTED, the project featuring SEVENDUST members John Connolly (guitar) and Vince Hornsby (bass) alongside ALTER BRIDGE/CREED drummer Scott Phillips and guitarist/vocalist Eric Friedman (a.k.a. Erock; TREMONTI),will release its sophomore album later in the year via Rat Pak Records. A teaser video...

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Video: SEVENDUST Performs Entire Debut Album At 20th-Anniversary Concert

SEVENDUST celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of its self-titled debut album by performing the record in its entirety at a special hometown show this past Friday, March 17 at the Masquerade in Atlanta, Georgia. Video footage of the concert can be seen below. Originally released in 1997 vi...

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SEVENDUST To Perform Entire Debut Album At Atlanta Concert

SEVENDUST will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of its self-titled debut album by performing the record in its entirety at a special hometown show on March 17 at the Masquerade in Atlanta, Georgia. Tickets go on sale Friday morning, January 20 at 10 a.m. Originally released in 1997 via...

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RINGWORM: Entire 'Snake Church' Album Available For Streaming

"Snake Church",, the eighth full-length album from Cleveland hardcore/thrash heavyweights RINGWORM, can be streamed in its entirety using the SoundCloud widget below. The CD will be released on July 29 via Relapse. After having converted metalheads and hardcore fans alike with their intense, no-hold...

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Voices EP

Colorado hard rockers RED TIDE RISING have been together for eight years and just got a taste of success as their 2013 release, "The Rising", peaked at 75 on the Billboard Independent chart and struck as a No. 3 Heatseeker. Lead vocalist Matthew Whiteman only recently turned 21 (backtrack to how you...

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RINGWORM Releases 'Shades Of Blue' Video

"Shades Of Blue", the new video from Cleveland hardcore/thrash heavyweights RINGWORM, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's eighth full-length album, "Snake Church", which will be released on July 29 via Relapse. RINGWORM vocalist James "Human Furnace" Bulloch describes the "Shades Of...

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RINGWORM To Release 'Snake Church' Album In July

Cleveland quintet RINGWORM will release its eighth full-length album, "Snake Church", on July 29 via Relapse. After having converted metalheads and hardcore fans alike with their intense, no-holds-barred live shows and consistently punishing albums over the course of the last 25-plus years, RINGWORM...

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Incarnate

When metalcore hit an impetus, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE nearly did likewise with the unfortunate departure of Howard Jones, who left to battle Type 2 diabetes and depression. For many, Jones remains a brave voice along with Lajon Witherspoon of SEVENDUST for bringing soul to a genre that went a step furthe...

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SEVENDUST Singer On Losing GRAMMY To GHOST: 'My Hat's Off To Them'

On February 18, Jack Antonio of the "Do You Know Jack?" radio show conducted an interview with SEVENDUST singer Lajon Witherspoon. You can now listen to the chat using the Spreaker widget below. Asked about SEVENDUST's first-ever Grammy nomination, which came this year for the band's song "Thank You...

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SEVENDUST Announces U.S. Headlining Tour With TRIVIUM, LIKE A STORM

SEVENDUST has announced its first U.S. headline tour in support of the band's latest album, "Kill The Flaw". The trek kicks off on April 26 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and wraps up on May 28 at the Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, Oklahoma. The headline dates, which will feature special guests TRIVIUM an...

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A Dream in Static

The rising success of prog-behemoths SCALE THE SUMMIT has opened the door for young contemporaries with vision, including Connecticut-based EARTHSIDE. If you've had your fill of contemporary prog metal, in particular symphonic metal, dig in and discover EARTHSIDE. EARTHSIDE structures their composit...

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Kill the Flaw

Eleven albums now and SEVENDUST is still rolling with the same band of brothers, which says plenty in an industry that devours musicians and regurgitates new lineups monthly. Only for three years between 2005 and 2008 did guitarist and heavy-duty songwriter Clint Lowery depart. Otherwise, the band h...

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SEVENDUST's LAJON WITHERSPOON Talks Tattoos In Latest 'Rock Ink' Episode

In the latest episode of Louder Noise's "Rock Ink", SEVENDUST frontman Lajon Witherspoon shows off his tattoos, including family members' names and a Mother Mary that began as a naked mermaid. SEVENDUST's eleventh studio album, "Kill The Flaw", debuted at No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart, having sh...