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DREAM THEATER, MASTODON and MEGADETH are among the nominees for the 54th annual Grammy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards are but days away! And, like we said , we'd sincerely love to help you with your office pools and living room side-bets with some sure-thing, professionally insightful, insider info Vegas-ready odds. But, again, we always seem to be dead wrong (you will rue the day you met us , Esperanza Spalding). So while we already told your our faves for the nine biggies , here are 11 more completely arbitrary, critical decisions on who should win some of our favorite sleeper categories. • Grammys '12: Who Should Win the Major Categories Best Rock Song Coldplay - "Every Teardrop ...

Filed under: News , Video facebook.com The Dillinger Escape Plan just released a trippy new video for their track 'Parasitic Twins.' Directed by David Merenyi and produced by Greg Toth, it's the latest video off of 'Option Paralysis,' Dillinger Escape Plan's fourth studio album. Released in March of 2010, the record marks the debut of drummer Billy Rymer in the band. Dillinger are currently in the Europe playing a string of dates with Mastodon and Red Fang . They'll also be heading down under for an Australian show with System of a Down , and for an appearance at ...

Oh hell yes. Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor is on the cover of the new issue of Metal Hammer – out now! Also featuring the FREE new debut album from Mortad, free posters and stickers, plus Lamb of God, Korn, Dream Theater, Opeth, Ozzy, Mastodon, Amon Amarth, Every Time I Die, Soulfly and more! (more…)

Over the past few months the world of heavy metal has seemed to be hitting going from strength to strength, with some of its biggest bands releasing some absolutely blinding albums. *Megadeth *released one of their strongest albums in years with Th1rt3en, *Mastodon *stunned critics and fans alike...

Having just wrapped up a successful American and European tour with Mastodon, Relapse recording artists Red Fang have announced their next trek through Europe. Red Fang will be starting the next leg of it&aposs; European tour with labelmates Black Tusk , starting April 5th in Italy and concluding it&aposs; run on May 8th in St. Petersburg. The list of dates ... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

With all the accolades and critical acclaim that came with the release of his 2010 record Harlem River Blues , such as taking home the Americana Music Award for Song Of The Year for the album’s title track, Justin Townes Earle  continued to battle the personal demons that come along with his substance abuse issues. Townes Earle’s issues led to a rather unfortunate and ugly incident after a gig and he postponed tour dates to re-enter rehab. Now that the singer-songwriter  is hopefully putting his struggles behind him, JTE will release his latest studio album -  Nothing’s Gonna Change ...

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:: Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Brann Dailor (Mastodon), Navene Koperweis (Animals as Leaders) and tons more have been nominated in theModern Drummers Readers’ Poll. :: Jesse Leach is back in Killswitch Engage. :: Hüsker Dü’s Zen Arcade makes Fred Armisen’s playlist at the LA Times. :: VEVO not paying indie labels? Gee, who would have [...]

Anthrax and In This Moment have been added to the 2012 Rock on the Range in Columbus, OH. The event also features Incubus , Rob Zombie , Shinedown , Marilyn Manson , Five Finger Death Punch , Slash , Megadeth , Chevelle , Cypress Hill , Mastodon , Theory of a Deadman , Volbeat , Down , The Darkness , Halestorm , Escape The Fate , P.O.D. , Lacuna Coil , Adelitas Way , Black Stone Cherry , Cavo , Attack Attack! , Trivium , Bobaflex , Falling In Reverse , Redlight King , Aranda , Emphatic , Otherwise , James Durbin , Black Tide ,  Kyng , 12 Stones , SOiL , Rival Sons , Eve To Adam ,  and Ghosts of August . The festival will be held on May 18th-20th at Crew ...

The Grammy Awards are just days away, and this year's slate of nominees features loads of acts that have accumulated ample ink and pixels from SPIN over the past 12 months. Take a listen to the playlist below to get set for the show, which airs Sunday, February 12. Track List: 1. Adele, "Rolling in the Deep" 2. Bon Iver, "Holocene" 3. Mumford & Sons, "The Cave" 4. Foo Fighters, "Dear Rosemary" 5. Mastodon, "Curl of the Burl" 6. Death Cab for Cutie, "Some Boys" 7. Rihanna, "We Found Love" 8. Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi, "All of the ...

Take a look at the gigs our writers will be reviewing this week, and tell us about live music you've seen recently Each week we publish a list of concerts our writers will be covering in the next few days, and we invite you to tell us about the shows you've attended recently, or bands you're hoping to see soon. Here are a few brief live music reviews posted by our @guardianmusic Twitter followers. @PippaPot 'The Long Count' @BarbicanCentre : v. abstract but an amazing musical performance from the national twins on sat @essentiallybron AZARI & III in London ...

Asstodon. Ass. To. Don. Sometimes, you just have to stand up and applaud a fine bit of punwork, and these new Mastodon shorts are one of those times. Epic work. (more…)

Asstodon. Ass. To. Don. Sometimes, you just have to stand up and applaud a fine bit of punwork, and these new Mastodon shorts are one of those times. Epic work. (more…) Metal Hammer Related HeadlinesA VENOM COVER BAND THAT’S BETTER THAN VENOMEven More New MASTODON Music, Listen to “Spectrelight”MASTODON Selling Hunter MasksWin Mastodon Stuff!!!Looking For [...]