Chad Childers

Good news, Down fans! The band is making significant progress on their next EP. In fact, frontman Philip Anselmo recently confirmed to CobraMetal.net that he's completed recording vocals for the effort, which is the follow-up to 2012's 'Down IV Part I – The Purple EP.'

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GoldieBlox recently apologized for their usage of the Beastie Boys' 'Girls' in a promo for their line of toys for girls, but the band is not buying it. According to the New York Times, the band has followed through on plans to file suit against the toy company after the company first took legal action against them.

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Get ready, Alter Bridge are ready to rock the United States! The band has just announced initial dates for its spring U.S. tour. They've also booked shows in Japan to go along with their previously announced Soundwave run in Australia and string of festivals in Europe.

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2013 may be winding down, but things are as busy as ever for the guys in Avenged Sevenfold. Frontman M. Shadows just checked in with fans online and revealed that they will also soon release their 'Hail to the King' animated series and mobile game.

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Metal may not get the wealth of recognition that other genres receive, but the big category that every metalhead music fan should be paying attention to is the Best Metal Performance category. The nominees for the 2014 Grammy Awards were just announced and there's a diverse group of acts populating the category.

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A big congrats is in order to Black Sabbath and Queens of the Stone Age as they're among the rock leaders for the 2013 Grammy Awards. Each of the acts received three nominations when the Grammy Awards nods were revealed Friday night (Dec. 6).

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ESPN has played many a band's music over the years as part of highlight packages and intro and exit music from commercials, but next year they'll have some specifically commissioned music from Soulfly frontman Max Cavalera as the musician will pen songs for their World Cup coverage.

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If you missed Nine Inch Nails this fall or simply want to re-live all the glory of their 'Tension' tour, you're in luck. The band has just posted a 90-minute HD concert film taken from last month's Los Angeles show.

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2013 has been a big year for Trent Reznor, with the return of Nine Inch Nails and the full-length album debut of How to Destroy Angels. Now he's looking to kick off 2014 with a major launch as well. Beats Music, the new music streaming service from Reznor and music mogul Jimmy Iovine, will officially arrive in January.

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Pearl Jam concerts are an event for most fans, but one fan in particular got a night he'll never forget during a show in Spokane, Wash. This past Saturday (Nov. 30), Eddie Vedder noticed a fan in the audience holding up a sign saying that he would let the band shave his dreadlocks if they played his request.

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It looks as though the Goldieblox / Beastie Boys legal debate couldl be over before the case hits courts. The toy company has issued a new statement in which they reveal that they don't want to fight with the living members of the group and were unaware of Adam Yauch's wishes that the band's music not be used for commercial purposes at the time they created their parody of the song 'Girls.'

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Five Finger Death Punch drummer Jeremy Spencer is a busy man these days. Not only does he have two new albums out with 5FDP and his autobiography on the way, but he's set to premiere a short comedic film based upon two characters that he and his drum tech Bobby "Rockshow" Watson created. In fact, the film, 'The Adventures of Uncle Colt & Cletus: Hedge-Hoggin',' will premiere on Loudwire this Friday (Nov. 29) at 9PM ET/8PM CT.

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