Chad Childers

The Dillinger Escape Plan played a hard-hitting set at the 2013 Revolver Golden Gods last night (May 2), with frontman Greg Puciato bleeding profusely from his forehead during the performance. Easily one of t

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The circle of life is something that's definitely on the mind of Disturbed and Device frontman David Draiman these days. The vocalist experienced the highs and lows that come with both life events within the span of the past week.

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The news of Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman's death weighed heavy on the minds of many of the rockers attending Thursday night's Revolver Golden Gods ceremony, with many of the musicians just learning the tragic news as they were arriving for the show that night. Loudwire spoke with a number of the top rockers on the Revolver Golden Gods Black Carpet about Hanneman's life, legacy and what Slayer, in general, has meant to the metal community.

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This weekend will be rife with memories of late Beastie Boys musician Adam Yauch and the celebration of his life began Friday (May 3) in Brooklyn Heights, New York where the park where he played as a kid was officially named Adam Yauch Park in his honor. Today (May 4) officially marks the one-year anniversary of his death and there has been a movement over the last year to rename the Palmetto Playground in honor of the man also known as MCA.

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After the one-two punch of 'Gone Sovereign' and 'Absolute Zero,' Stone Sour decided to veer into unfamiliar territory. Corey Taylor told the crowd, "I wanna dedicate this song to a band that without this band no one backstage or no one out here would have a career. This is dedicated to the band that started it all -- Black f---ing Sabbath." They invited Slipknot's C

Five Finger Death Punch have been teasing a special guest for their new album and during their performance at the 2013 Revolver Golden Gods ceremony they finally unveiled that none other than the "Metal God" himself, Rob Halford, was appearing on their new single, 'Lift Me Up.' The cane-wielding vocalist took the stage to perform alongside Ivan Moody, delivering the hard-hitting single with aplomb. The performance can be seen above.

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Against Me! has suffered another defection as longtime bassist Adam Seward has decided to step away from the band. The departure appears to be an amicable one, as the bassist shared his desire to focus on other things in his life.

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Saliva are back, but with a little different sound and look than what fans might be familiar with. The band has just polished off their first new album -- 'In It to Win It' -- with their new frontman Bobby Amaru.

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Black Sabbath recorded way more than the eight songs that will appear on the standard edition of their '13' album and one of the ways that they are making sure that fans will get a chance to hear them is through the "bonus track" option. One of those extra songs -- 'Naivete in Black' -- will turn up exclusively on the Best Buy deluxe edition version of the album.

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As if the 2013 Heavy MTL festival wasn't already rocking enough, organizers have just added some significant rockers to this year's bill. Among the top new acts joining the music weekend include Black Label Society, Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals and Hellyeah! among others.

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It's a big week for Metallica, who will follow their Revolver Golden Gods honor Thursday night (May 2) with a little love from their hometown San Francisco Giants on Friday (May 3). The band members will get to throw out the first pitch before Friday's game and perform the National Anthem for the audience, but even before the fun on the field, the group connected with one of their favorite Giants players.

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Pearl Jam fans will be happy to know that the band is progressing quite well with their next album. In fact, in a new interview with Guerrillacandy.com, guitarist Stone Gossard reveals that the end of recording their next album is in sight.

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