One OK Rock is Featured In the new Honda Ad “Go, Vantage Point”


Sensational Japanese band One OK Rock is featured in the new commercial from Honda, “Go, Vantage Point.” The campaign began on which began airing in Japan on Sept. 10. The latest commercial, once again narrated by frontman Taka, is set to ‘Head High’ from the four-man band’s recent album, Eye of the Storm. The is the fourth installment of the “Go, Vantage Point.” campaign focuses on “Power Products,” showcasing the global company’s outboard motors, generators, portable batteries and more.Continue reading


Linkin Park Celebrates Life In Honor of Chester Bennington: Live At The Hollywood Bowl


It’s been nearly two decades since Linkin Park gained mainstream attention with 2000’s Hybrid Theory. ‘One Step Closer,’ ‘Papercut’, ‘Crawling’ and the unforgettable ‘In The End’ became worldwide anthems thanks to that unique, soulful voice that came from Chester Bennington. When the news broke out just three months ago that Bennington had taken his own life it was surreal. Continue reading


Linkin Park Is Streaming Chester Bennington’s Tribute Show Online


Linkin Park‘s tribute concert to Chester Bennington will be happening tonight at at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California. The show will include several guest musicians(see below), as well as Linkin Park‘s return to the stage for the first time since Bennington’s death. Since Chester’s words affected so many all over the world, the band has decided to stream the entire show on their YouTube Channel. Continue reading


Slipknot’s Scream Park Attraction Added To Aftershock Festival


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Slipknot, one of the headline acts for Monster Energy Aftershock Festival have paired up to present Slipknot ‘s Scream Park for the Monster Energy Aftershock Pre-Party on Friday, October 23 from 7 p.m. to midnight in Sacramento, California. The pre-party concert and food truck event will be headlined by Hell Or Highwater, with more bands to be announced. Hell Or Highwater has also been added to the festival proper, performing on Saturday, October 24.

Slipknot ‘s Corey Taylor and M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan have partnered with Sacramento-based Scream Park California to produce an event that explores a whole new, intensely visceral world of horror, as only Slipknot can provide. Slipknot ‘s Scream Park features three haunted houses and live horror entertainment. Slipknot ‘s Scream Park will also have an onsite presence at Monster Energy Aftershock on October 24 and 25.


A limited number of guests can gain admission to the Monster Energy Aftershock Pre-Party by showing proof of purchase of an Aftershock ticket. This will allow free access to the Aftershock Pre-Party, which will include live music and food trucks. On the Pre-Party night guests will be able to go through the haunted houses at Slipknot ‘s Scream Park for a discounted price of $15. More details will be available soon about music performances at the Pre-Party and how to obtain free Pre-Party admission, as space will be limited. You can view the trailer for the Scream Park at this link or below:

Slipknot ‘s Scream Park is also offering an Aftershock Scream Park Bundle for $119.50. This package includes one 2-day General Admission weekend ticket to Monster Energy Aftershock and one Scream Park General Admission ticket (a $25 savings). Purchase your combo tickets for both Slipknot ‘s Scream Park and Monster Energy Aftershock Festival at link text or www.Slipknot screampark.com.

Slipknot ’s Scream Park is located at 4909 Auburn Blvd. in Sacramento, California.

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Monster Energy Aftershock Festival already boasts an incredible music lineup with four stages and countless attractions such as live, in-ring matches with WWE’s NXT Superstars beyond music for entertainment. Bands appearing in addition to Slipknot are Faith No More, Deftones, Shinedown, Jane’s Addiction, Marilyn Manson, Coheed & Cambria, Stone Temple Pilots, Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Bring Me The Horizon, All Time Low, Sleeping With Sirens, Eagles Of Death Metal, Black Veil Brides, and many more.


Slipknot, Shinedown,Faith No More, Deftones, etc Confirmed For Aftershock 2015


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The fourth annual Monster Energy AFTERSHOCK Festival will be held on Saturday, October 24, 2015 and Sunday, October 25, 2015 at Gibson Ranch outside of Sacramento, CA. The festival will feature live, in-ring matches with WWE’s NXT Superstars, alongside this year’s lineup on each day consisting of:

Saturday, October 24:

Slipknot
Shinedown
Marilyn Manson
Breaking Benjamin
Seether
Bring Me The Horizon
Black Veil Brides
Clutch
Hollywood Undead
P.O.D.
Sevendust
Pop Evil
All That Remains
Helmet
Snot
Beartooth
Turbowolf
Art of Dying
Temperance Movement
Kill It Kid
Devour The Day
September Mourning
Stars In Stereo
Raveneye

Sunday, October 25:

Faith No More
Deftones
Jane’s Addiction
Stone Temple Pilots
Coheed and Cambria
All Time Low
Death From Above 1979
Eagles of Death Metal
Sleeping With Sirens
Yelawolf
Failure
Glassjaw
Suicidal Tendencies
Issues
The Sword
Highly Suspect
’68
Red Fang
One OK Rock
Madchild
Neck Deep
Pink Slips

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Yellowcard Announce Euro, US, Australian Tour Dates


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Yellowcard is announcing the second leg of their US Tour behind Lift A Sail, out now via Razor & Tie, with One OK Rock and The Downtown Fiction doing half of the tour each. Watch the music video for “Crash The Gates” here.

Yellowcard is Ryan Key (vocals, guitars), Sean Mackin (violins), Ryan Mendez (guitar), and Josh Portman (bass). Lift A Sail was produced by Neal Avron.

Jan 28: Zepp DiverCity – Koto Ku, Japan (with One OK Rock, Tonight Alive, Ghost Town)
Jan 29: Zepp DiverCity – Koto Ku, Japan (with Tonight Alive, One OK Rock, Ghost Town)
Mar 04: O2 Academy – Glasgow, United Kingdom (with with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk)
Mar 05: O2 Academy – Birmingham, United Kingdom (with with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk)
Mar 06: O2 Academy – Newcastle, United Kingdom (with with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk)
Mar 07: Rock City – Nottingham, United Kingdom (with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk)
Mar 09: KOKO – London, United Kingdom (with with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk)
Mar 10: KOKO – London, United Kingdom (with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk)
Mar 12: Manchester Academy – Manchester, United Kingdom (with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk)
Mar 13: O2 Academy Bristol – Bristol, United Kingdom (with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk)
Mar 14: O2 Academy Leeds – Leeds, United Kingdom (with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk)
Mar 16: La Cigale – Paris, France (with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk!)
Mar 17: Batachkapp – Frankfurt, Germany (with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk!)
Mar 18: Backstage Werk – Munich, Germany (with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk!)
Mar 20: C-Club – Berlin, Germany (with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk!)
Mar 21: Markthalle – Hamburg, Germany (with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk!)
Mar 22: Live Music Hall – Koln, Germany (with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk!)
Mar 24: Pumpehuset – Copenhagen, Denmark (with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk!)
Mar 25: Klubben – Stockholm. Sweden (with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk!)
Mar 27: Nosturi – Helsinki, Finland (with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk!)
Mar 28: KZ Avrora – Saint Petersburg, Russia (with Less Than Jake, Chunk! No, captain chunk!)
Mar 29: GlavClub – Moscow, Russia
Mar 31: Tele-Club – Yekaterinburg, Russia
Apr 01: MILO Concert Hall – Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia

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Apr 06: Granada Theatre – Lawrence, KS
Apr 07: The Blue Note Bourbon Theatre – Columbia, MO
Apr 08: Bourbon Theatre – Lincoln, NE
Apr 10: Wooly’s – Des Moines, IA
Apr 11: The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
Apr 12: The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
Apr 14: Deluxe @ Old National Center Indianapolis, IN
Apr 15: House of Blues Cleveland, OH
Apr 17: Altar Bar Pittsburgh, PA
Apr 18: The Town Ballroom Buffalo, NE
Apr 20: State Theatre – Portland, ME
Apr 21: Toads Place New Haven, CT
Apr 22: Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA
Apr 24: Lincoln Theatre Raleigh, NC
Apr 25: The Orange Peel Asheville, NC
Apr 26: The Orpheum Tampa, FL
Apr 28: Kress Live Biloxi, MS
Apr 29: Varsity Theatre Baton Rouge, LA
Apr 30: The Belmont Austin, TX
May 01: Gas Monkey Bar N Grill Dallas, TX
May 02: Cain’s Ballroom Tulsa, OK
May 04: Sunshine Theater Albuquerque, NM
May 05: Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ
May 07: The Catalyst Santa Cruz, CA
May 08: SLO Brewing Company San Luis Obispo, CA
May 09: The Obersvatory Santa Ana, CA
May 10: The Canyon Club Agoura Hills, CA
Jun 11: Greenfield Festival – Interlaken, Switzerland
Jul 04: Metro City – Perth, Australia (with Mayday Parade)
Jul 06: Thebarton Theatre – Adelaide, Australia (with Mayday Parade)
Jul 08: The Tivoli – Brisbane, Australia (with Mayday Parade)
Jul 10: Hordem Pavillion – Sydney, Australia (with Mayday Parade)
Jul 11: Margaret Court Arena – Melbourne, VIC, Australia (with Mayday Parade)
Jul 15: The Republik – Honolulu, HI


Soundwave XV Festival Announce Daily Schedules


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Soundwave Festival has announced the daily schedules for each day and newly announced show dates. Day by day positions along with the recently announced 24 additions to the lineup are all mentioned below. The festival hits Australia and New Zealand in late February and early March.

Joining the FAITH NO MORE / SOUNDGARDEN headlined day are

STEEL PANTHER
FALLING IN REVERSE
DRAGONFORCE
ONE OK ROCK
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
LOWER THAN ATLANTIS
BAYSIDE
HE IS LEGEND
KING PARROT
RIVAL SONS
SLEEPWAVE
RAGLANS

Catch these new additions
Adelaide: Saturday February 21
Melbourne: Sunday February 22
Sydney: Saturday February 28
Brisbane: Sunday March 1

Joining the SLIPKNOT headlined day are new headline act
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
along with
MILLENCOLIN
KILLER BE KILLED
EXODUS
THE VANDALS
THE WONDER YEARS
TWIN ATLANTIC
ANIMALS AS LEADERS
FUCKED UP
EVERGREEN TERRACE
NONPOINT
LE BUTCHERETTES

Catch these new additions
Melbourne: Saturday February 21
Adelaide: Sunday February 22
Brisbane: Saturday February 28
Sydney: Sunday March 1

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