The All-American Rejects have announced they will be playing a FREE show at the famous Hollywood and Highland location Tuesday, December 16th to mark the release of When The World Comes Down. The band will take the stage at 8pm and follow up their performance with an autograph session at the Virgin Megastore. Also on tap for the Rejects is a performance on the Jimmy Kimmel show on December 18th. Tyson, Nick, Mike and Chris will perform their hit, and first single, “Gives You Hell” in front of a live audience. Tickets for the show are free and can be requested through Jimmy Kimmel Live. To get fans in the…

After eight months in the writing process, Tesla has announced their new album, Forever More will be released 10/7. On Forever More, the band keeps their gritty brand of guitar-rock coming around every turn, with energized anthems like “I Wanna Live” to somber-toned tracks such as “Fallin’ Apart”. The band wrote and recorded during a very dynamic period for the members, and those bizarre times fueled the process, leading to what they say are some of their “most exciting songs”. Having already been to Europe this year, playing festivals with Judas Priest and Kiss, Tesla are ready to hit the road; bringing the new material for the first time to…

Staind have just unveiled the official video for their new single, “Believe.” The Christopher Sims (Saosin, Bleeding Through) directed clip is the first off the hard rock band’s upcoming Johnny K. (Disturbed, Black Tide) produced album, “The Illusion of Progress”. Staind are currently out on tour with 3 Doors Down and Hinder. The Illusion of Progress marks Staind’s sixth studio album and is the follow-up to 2005′s RIAA platinum-certified Chapter V. STAIND’S last three studio albums all debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, earning their place as one of the most successful rock bands of the new millennium. STAIND joins an elite shortlist of five other artists…

Listen to the latest song “Let Me” by Black Tide from their debut album “Life From Above”. Black Tide have just unleashed the second single from their debut album Light From Above. “Let Me” evokes the sounds of late 80′s flavored Motley Crue and Skid Row and has been a staple of Black Tide’s live set since their now infamous Ozzfest stint. Black Tide can be seen this summer as part of the inaugural Mayhem Festival which also features Slipknot, Disturbed, Dragonforce and Mastodon. CLICK HERE to listen to “Let Me” by Black Tide.

Disturbed will play their first ever on-line, interactive show on May 29th at DeepRockDrive. The band recently sat down and talked about the upcoming show and their excitement about playing to a global audience that is able to interact with them in real time. Thanks to overwhelming demand to see Disturbed perform, DeepRockDrive announced that they have doubled the capacity for online tickets. To get your free tickets to this on-line event click here http://www.deeprockdrive.com/event/5455/disturbed.

Florida hard-rockers, Shinedown have just world premiered their new single, “Devour” at www.Shinedown.com! The charging track is taken from their Rob Cavallo (My Chemical Romance, Green Day) produced album, The Sound of Madness. The Sound of Madness will hit stores on June 24th.

Los Angeles, CA (April 10, 2008) Orange County hard rockers Atreyu have been tapped by Linkin Park to headline the Revolution Stage on this year’s Projekt Revolution tour. The tour launches July 16 at the Tweeter Center in Boston. Atreyu, who are currently co-headlining the Rockstar Taste of Chaos tour with Avenged Sevenfold, has just scored their first Top Ten hit at Alternative radio with new hit single “Falling Down,” which currently takes the No. 4 spot on the chart. The track is the fastest-rising song to hit the top 10 thus far this year. Its companion video is currently in rotation on Fuse. Fans can view the video at…

Watch the latest “Bleed The Sky” music video “Minion” from the bands official website Bleedthesky.com.

By Ace Diamond Something Old: Heavy Metal Soundtrack 1981 I recently gave this one a spin on my headset. There is a lot of stuff one here that is very classic. Most notably are the versions of “heavy metal” by Sammy Hagar and “the mob rules” from Black Sabbath. The mixes are way different than the record album version. in the case of Black Sabbath, it is a known fact that this version is from a totally separate recording session and it includes the “E5150″ intro as part of it. Over all I would say this is something every Metalhead should have in their respective arsenals. Something New: Kreator Live…

Watch the Danzig music video “Mother” from their self titled album.