Korn's Fieldy Organizes "A Song For Chi"

As you may know, Chi Cheng, bass player for the Deftones, is currently in a semi-conscious state following an automobile accident in Santa Clara, CA on November 4th, 2008. Chi is slowly making progress but he needs your help.

Fieldy has organized an amazing cast of musicians from Machine Head, Metallica, Korn, Hatebreed, Slipknot, Killswitch Engage, Sevendust and more to record an epic song for Chi.

You can help support Chi and his family by heading over to the A Song For Chi site where you can download your free copy of the song, watch the music video and make a donation. 100% of your donation will go to Chi and his family to help cover his ongoing medical expenses.

"A Song For Chi" featuring Jim Root (Slipknot), Sid (Slipknot), Ray Luzier (Korn), Fieldy (Korn), Dave Mc Clain (Machine Head), Robert Trujillo (Metallica), Clint Lowery (Sevendust), Morgan Rose (Sevendust), Brian "Head" Welch (formerly of Korn), Munky (Korn), Wayne Lozinak (Hatebreed), Wuv (POD), Mike Wengren (Disturbed) and Adam Dutkiewicz (Killswitch Engage). The song was produced by Fieldy (Korn) and Q (Stillwell), engineered by Q (Stillwell) and Ralph Patlan, and mixed by Jim "Bud" Monti. The video, which can be seen below, was directed by Sébastien Paquet.

"A Song For Chi" Music Video

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Sevendust Drummer To Fill In For Motley Crue

Motley Crue has announced that drummer Tommy Lee has injured one of his hands recently and as such, is currently unable to perform his role as the drummer of the band. A message from the band reads as follows:

"Mötley has always been an interesting animal. The magic is somewhat unstoppable because it is what it is, it’s Mötley. An incongruous mixture to quote my digital dictionary. Even when accidents happen, we pull it together, even if only by pulling a horseshoe outta our Mötley ass.

"So to get to the point, yes Tommy (Lee, drummer) messed up his hand pretty bad, and yes accidents do happen and yes frustration does happen to everybody including Tommy who would rather play drums (even with a damaged hand) than just about anything in the whole world. But following doctor’s orders for a few shows is what we have to do right now ( or cancel shows ). We all wanna say we're sorry Tommy has to sit out a couple shows, But we hope to have him back up on the drums ASAP. Until then, he is at all the shows, jumping around, helping out with vocals and playing piano ever so lightly on 'Home Sweet Home'.

"Now to the hero of the day… Mr. Morgan Rose, the monstrous drummer from SEVENDUST. Morgan flew out with only minutes to go before there were no flights left from Atlanta. He came charging in like a knight in shining armor, drum pedals and sticks in hand, stepping onstage and pretty much nailing the show top to bottom first time out. I think Morgan needs a standing ovation for his dedication to kicking ass and helping not only Mötley Crüe out, but the road crew and everybody else out here whose lives would been effected. Thank you bro.

"As for now, Mötley Crüe is a five-piece band… making history, one injury at a time... hahhaha..."

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Sevendust Working On New Album

Sevendust has issued the following announcement about working on a new album:

"Hello everyone,

"Well we just wanna say thank you to all our friends out there, as we've said we have friends not fans, for supporting us and being so amazing to us over this album cycle. We're back to the original line up, gotten the chance to do some amazing tours with bands we love, finally got over seas to Europe to finally meet some very patient and loyal 7dusters. Your guys were so incredible and we can't wait to make Europe a regular stop for us from now on. All the things we've heard about how passionate and loyal you are from our friends in other bands was right on and we can't explain the joy we had playing for you in the small places and playing the festivals to a lot of crazy ass people. We're very thankful for all of you.

"We also had a chance to play Iraq for the men and women serving there and there are truly no words to say how amazing that trip was for us. Granted it's no tropical paradise but we loved meeting you, seeing what you deal with daily and seeing your commitment. We love all of you and get home safe to your families.

"OK so now it's time for us to focus and start writing the new 7dust record. We know there's a lot of expectations on this record and we have all the faith in the world that it's gonna be a serious 7d record. We embrace the pressure of it and have full intentions on ripping peoples heads off with this one. We're back at full force, we're closer to each other than ever and we will not release this thing until it's undeniable. More...

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More Bands Added To Rock Gone Wild 2009

The organizers of the Rock Gone Wild event has announced that Saxon, Sevendust, Armored Saint and Lizzy Borden are the latest bands to be confirmed. The festival will be held from August 20-23 in Algona, IA. Other bands on the bill include Twisted Sister, Skid Row, Puddle Of Mudd, Dokken, Saliva, Great White and many more.

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Korn, Slipknot & Sevendust Join For Benefit Song

Members of Korn, Slipknot and Sevendust will be joining forces together to record an instrumental song with all the benefits being donated to Deftones bass player Chi Cheng, who is still in a semi-conscious state following a road accident last November. Stay tuned for more details.

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Seventeen More Bands Added To Download 2009

The organizers of Britain's Download Festival has announced a urther seventeen bands for this years edition of the event. The festival will now see appearances from Hollywood Undead, Steel Panther, Trigger The Bloodshed, Lauren Harris, Hexes, Hunting The Minotaur, Japanese Voyeurs, White Man Kamikaze, Loverman, Black Spiders, General Fiasco, Sacred Mother Tongue, The 69 Eyes, Dear Superstar, Pulled Apart By Horses, Violent Soho and Brides.

The full lineup is now as follows:

Friday Main stage:
Faith No More
Korn
Limp Bizkit
Killswitch Engage
Billy Talent
Staind
The Blackout
Hollywood Undead

Friday Second stage:
Motley Crue
Opeth
Lacuna Coil
Bring Me The Horizon
Dir En Grey
Parkway Drive
A Day To Remember
In This Moment
Steadlur

Friday Tuborg stage:
Meshuggah
Duff McKagen's Loaded
Backyard Babies
Voivod
Middle Class Rut
Lauren Harris
Sylosis
Hunting The Minotaur
Japanese Voyeurs
White Man Kamikaze More...

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Several More Bands Added To Download Festival 2009

The organizers of Britains Download Festival has announced a string of new confirmations for this years event. The festival will now also see performances from the likes of Hatebreed, Voivod, God Forbid, Suicide Silence, Sylosis, Therapy?, Tim "Ripper" Owens, In This Moment, We Are The Ocean, Turbo Wolf, A Day To Remember, Backyard Babies, Hostile, Esoterica, Man Raze, Middle Class Rut and No Americana.

The lineup for the event is now as follows:

Faith No More
Slipknot
Def Leppard
Korn
Whitesnake
Limp Bizkit
ZZ Top
Marilyn Manson
The Prodigy
Motley Crue
Down
Chris Cornell
Black Stone Cherry
Opeth
Meshuggah
Journey
Hatebreed
Lacuna Coil
Tesla
Therapy?
Pendulum
Dream Theater
Killswitch Engage
Trivium
Tim "Ripper" Owens
Sevendust
Voivod
Papa Roach
Static-X
In This Moment
The Answer
Clutch
Buckcherry
Suicide Silence
Shinedown
Anvil
Sylosis
Staind
Bring Me The Horizon
Fightstar
Dragonforce
Five Finger Death Punch
Devildriver
Duff McKagen's Loaded
You Me At Six
Skin
Parkway Drive
Dir En Grey
The Blackout
Billy Talent
Lawnmower Deth
Architects
Backyard Babies
A Day To Remember
Volbeat
We Are The Ocean
Auger Bane
Hostile
Man Raze
Karma To Burn
Steadlur
Go:Audio
Middle Class Rut
Turbo Wolf
No Americana

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Sevendust And More Added To Download

The organizers of Britain's Download Festival has announced several more bands to perform at the event this year. Northern Irish rockers The Answer will be performing at the festival, as will Sevendust, Staind, Stone Gods, Shinedown, Static-X, Bring Me The Horizon, Fightstar, Volbeat, Go:Audio, Facecage and Auger Bane. The festival will be held at Donington Park between June 12th-14th.

The lineup is now as follows:

Faith No More
Slipknot
Def Leppard
Korn
Whitesnake
Limp Bizkit
ZZ Top
Marilyn Manson
The Prodigy
Motley Crue
Down
Chris Cornell
Black Stone Cherry
Opeth
Meshuggah
Journey
Lacuna Coil
Tesla
Pendulum
Dream Theater
Killswitch Engage
Trivium
Sevendust
Papa Roach
Static-X
The Answer
Clutch
Buckcherry
Shinedown
Anvil
Staind
Bring Me The Horizon
Fightstar
Dragonforce
Five Finger Death Punch
Devildriver
Duff McKagen's Loaded
You Me At Six
Skin
Parkway Drive
Dir En Grey
The Blackout
Billy Talent
Lawnmower Deth
Architects
Volbeat
Auger Bane
Karma To Burn
Steadlur
Go:Audio

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Lacuna Coil Confirmed For Nova Rock Festival

LACUNA COIL has been confirmed to play at Nova Rock Festival, which takes place in Nickelsdorf/Bgld. on June 19-21, 2009. The festival also features the following bands so far:

Metallica
Die Toten Hosen
Placebo
Slipknot
Limp Bizkit
Kaiser Chiefs
Guano Apes
Disturbed
Chris Cornell
Killswitch Engage
In Extremo
Gogol Bordello
Trivium
Mastodon
The Gaslight Anthem
Static-X
The Sword
Sevendust
Black Stone Cherry
All That Remains
Expatriate
3 Feet Smaller
The Living End
August Burns Red
Bring Me The Horizon
Eisbrecher
Smoke Blow
UVM

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Skindred Announces More Tour Dates

In addition to a handful of new dates for their current tour with Disturbed and Sevendust, Skindred have tacked on a slew of headline dates to extend their touring plans into March. Here are the latest Skindred tour dates:

02.2.2009 - El Paso, Texas at The Coliseum w/ Disturbed, Sevendust
02.3.2009 - Belton, Texas at Bell County Expo w/ Disturbed, Sevendust
02.4.2009 - San Antonio, Texas at Scout Bar
02.5.2009 - Midland, Texas at Midland Horseshoe Arena w/ Disturbed, Skindred
02.6.2009 - Corpus Christi, Texas at The Pavilion w/ Disturbed, Skindred
02.7.2009 - Lafayette, Louisiana at Shakers Live
02.10.2009 - Tupelo, Mississippi at Bancorp South Arena w/ Disturbed, Sevendust
02.11.2009 - August, Georgia at James Brown Arena w/ Disturbed, Sevendust
02.12.2009 - Dayton, Ohio at Hara Arena w/ Disturbed, Sevendust
02.13.2009 - Jacksonville, Florida at Morrocco Shrine Auditorium w/ Disturbed, Sevendust
02.14.2009 - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida at Pompano Beach Amphitheater w/ Disturbed, Sevendust
02.16.2009 - Ft. Myers, Florida at Germain Arena w/ Disturbed, Sevendust
02.18.2009 - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at House Of Blues w/ Disturbed, Sevendust
02.19.2009 - Johnson City, Tennessee at Freedom Hall Civic Center w/ Disturbed, Sevendust
02.20.2009 - Fort Wayne, Indiana at Pieres
02.21.2009 - Rochester, New York at Armory w/ Disturbed, Sevendust
02.22.2009 - Atlantic City, New Jersey at House Of Blues w/ Disturbed, Sevendust
02.24.2009 - Dayton, Ohio at Hara Arena w/ Disturbed, Sevendust
02.25.2009 - Huntington, West Virginia at Big Sandy Arena w/ Disturbed, Sevendust
02.25.2009 - Huntington, West Virginia at Big Sandy Superstore Arena w/ Disturbed, Sevendust
02.26.2009 - Flint, Michigan at The Machine Shop
02.27.2009 - Utica, New York at Utica Auditorium w/ Disturbed, Sevendust
02.28.2009 - Scranton, Pennsylvania at Scranton Cultural Center w/ Disturbed, Sevendust
03.1.2009 - Richmond, Virginia at Canal Club
03.3.2009 - Atlanta, Georgia at The Masquerade
03.4.2009 - Port St. Lucie, Florida at The Mojo Room
03.5.2009 - Fort Myers, Florida at Ricochet
03.6.2009 - St. Petersburg, Florida at State Theatre

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Skindred Posts "Electric Avenue" Cover Online

Welsh reggae metallers Skindred has posted a cover of the classic Eddy Grant song, "Electric Avenue" online. You can check it out by heading to their official Myspace page. The band will soon be heading out as the opening act for Disturbed along with Sevendust.

The tour dates are as follows:

01.16.2009 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin at Eagles Ballroom
01.17.2009 - Springfield, Missouri at Shrine Mosque
01.19.2009 - Kansas City, Missouri at Uptown Theatre
01.21.2009 - Salt Lake City, Utah at The Great Salt Air (no Sevendust)
01.23.2009 - Seattle, Washington at Everett Arena
01.24.2009 - Kennwick, Washington at Toyota Center
01.26.2009 - Sacramento, California at Arco Arena
01.27.2009 - San Jose, California at San Jose Event Center
01.29.2009 - Los Angeles, California at Palladium
01.30.2009 - Las Vegas, Nevada at The Pearl
02.2.2009 - El Paso, Texas at The Coliseum
02.3.2009 - Belton, Texas at Bell County Expo
02.5.2009 - Midland, Texas at Midland Horseshoe Arena (no Sevendust)
02.6.2009 - Corpus Christi, Texas at The Pavilion (no Sevendust)
02.10.2009 - Tupelo, Mississippi at Bancorp South Arena
02.11.2009 - August, Georgia at James Brown Arena
02.12.2009 - Dayton, Ohio at Hara Arena
02.13.2009 - Jacksonville, Florida at Morrocco Shrine Auditorium
02.14.2009 - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida at Pompano Beach Amphitheater
02.16.2009 - Ft. Myers, Florida at Germain Arena
02.18.2009 - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at House Of Blues
02.19.2009 - Johnson City, Tennessee at Freedom Hall Civic Center
02.21.2009 - Rochester, New York at Armory
02.22.2009 - Atlantic City, New Jersey at House Of Blues
02.25.2009 - Huntington, West Virginia at Big Sandy Arena
02.25.2009 - Huntington, West Virginia at Big Sandy Superstore Arena
02.27.2009 - Utica, New York at Utica Auditorium
02.28.2009 - Scranton, Pennsylvania at Scranton Cultural Center

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Iron Steel Posts New Songs Online

Iron Steel, the new band that includes bassists David Ellefson (F5/ex-Megadeth) and Jim LaMarca of Chimaira, drummer Morgan Rose of Sevendust, guitarist Tommy Redd and vocalist Fran Strine, recently added a new song titled “Saints of Sin” and a cover of the Judas Priest track “Rapid Fire” on their MySpace player.

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Skindred To Release "Electric Avenue" Cover

Skindred will release “Electric Avenue” a cover of the classic Eddy Grant song through Myspace this Monday, January 13th. “Electric Avenue” became a cross-Atlantic smash, topping the charts in both the US and UK. The original most recently gained notoriety by being prominently featured in the hit Seth Rogen comedy, “Pineapple Express”

Skindred is set to triumphantly return to the States later this month when they will tour the country with Disturbed and Sevendust. More tour dates have recently been announced and are listed below. More...

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Nancy Grace Links Sevendust Song To Caylee Murder

Nancy Grace has somehow linked the Sevendust song "The Past" to the alleged murder of Caylee Anthony.

On her show recently, Grace hinted Sevendust might be indirectly responsible for murder. She was highlighting the song, "The Past," alleging that Casey Marie Anthony may have used the song as inspiration to allegedly murder her daughter Caylee Anthony in Orlando, Florida when the girl was reported missing on June 16 of this year.

A statement by the band was released and reads: "After hearing the news that our song 'The Past' was a topic of discussion on the Nancy Grace show yesterday, we would like to elaborate. The song was written as a song of hope. A song with positive message. to look back on your life and reflect and to feel good about getting through the rough times that everyone goes through, the roller coaster of life so to speak. We regret that we've been linked to the horrible subject involving the disappearance of little Caylee Anthony. Most of us have children and have been saddened by the story from the beginning. We pray for the safe return of this beautiful young child and wish her family strength."

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Black Label Society Announces More Shows

Black Label Society has announced more tour dates on their North American tour. Support on the trek will come from Sevendust and Dope.

The tour schedule is now as follows:

March 6 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
March 7 - Sparks, NV @ The New Oasis
March 9 - Chico, CA @ The Senator Theatre
March 11 - Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
March 13 - Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
March 14 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
March 15 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
March 17 - Calgary, AB @ Calgary Corral
March 18 - Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Events Centre
March 20 - Saskatoon, SK @ Odeon Events Center
March 21 - Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
March 22 - St. Paul, MN @ The Myth
March 24 - Waterloo, IA @ McElroy Auditorium
March 25 - Kansas City, MO @ Harrah’s
March 27 - Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
March 28 - Chicago, IL @ Congress Theatre
March 29 - Covington, KY @ Madison Theatre
March 31 - Mt. Clemens, MI @ Emerald Theatre
April 1 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Zoo
April 3 - Rochester, NY @ Main St. Armory
April 4 - Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
April 6 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre
April 7 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
April 9 - Manchester, NH @ Verizon Wireless Arena
April 10 - New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
April 11 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Electric Factory
April 14 - Boston, MA @ House Of Blues
April 15 - Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live
April 17 - Myrtle Beach, SC @ House Of Blues
April 18 - Duluth, GA @ Wild Bill’s
April 21 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
April 24 - Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek
April 25 - Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom
April 26 - Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
April 28 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
April 29 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
May 1 - Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues
May 2 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern

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Disturbed Adds More Shows And Skindred To The Bill

Disturbed has announced more headlining tour dates starting in January and has also revealed that in addition to Sevendust, Skindred will also be on the touring bill.

The updated tour schedule is as follows:

1/16 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
1/17 - Springfield, MO - Shrine Mosque
1/19 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre
1/21 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Great Salt Air
1/23 - Seattle, WA - Everett Arena
1/24 - Kennwick, WA - Toyota Center
1/26 - Sacramento, CA - Arco Arena
1/27 - San Jose, CA - San Jose Event Center
1/29 - Los Angeles, CA - Palladium
1/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Pearl
2/2 - El Paso, TX - County Coliseum
2/3 - Belton, TX - Bell County Expo
2/5 - Midland, TX - Midland Horseshoe Arena
2/6 - Corpus Christi, TX - The Pavilion
2/10 - Tupelo, MS - Bancorp South Arena
2/11 - Augusta, GA - James Brown Arena
2/13 - Jacksonville, FL - Morrocco Shrine Auditorium
2/14 - Ft.
Lauderdale, FL - Pompano Beach Amphitheater
2/16 - Ft.
Meyers, FL - Germain Arena
2/18 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
2/19 - Johnson City, TN - Freedom Hall Civic Center
2/21 - Rochester, NY - Armory
2/22 - Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
2/24 - Dayton, OH - Hara Arena
2/25 - Huntington, WV - Big Sandy Arena
2/27 - Utica, NY - Utica Auditorium
2/28 - Scranton, PA - Scranton Cultural Center

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Disturbed Announces Tour Dates And Live DVD

Disturbed has announced a series of shows as a warm up for their Music As A Weapon tour next year. The small tour begins in January and Sevendust will be the direct support act. Disturbed's Music As A Weapon tour will also feature Killswitch Engage and Five Finger Death Punch.

In other news, on December 28th Disturbed will be releasing a live DVD entitled, "Indestructible In Germany" which will be available exclusively through the BestBuy outlet.

The warm up tour dates are as follows: More...

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Black Label Society Announces More Tour Dates

Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society has added a large number of more tour dates to their North American trek next year. Joining them on the bill will be Sevendust.

The tour dates are as follows:

March
7 – Sparks, NV – The New Oasis
10 – Chico, CA – The Senator Theatre
13 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
24 – Waterloo, IA – McElroy Auditorium
25 – North Kansas City, MO – Harrah's
27 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
28 – Chicago, IL – Congress Theatre
29 – Covington, KY – Madison Theatre
31 – Mt. Clemens, MI – Emerald Theatre

April
1 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Zoo
3 – Rochester, NY – Main St. Armory
4 – Toronto, ON – Sound Academy
6 – Hartford, CT – Webster Theatre
7 – Scranton, PA – Scranton Cultural Center
10 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
12 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
15 – Baltimore, MD – Ram's Head Live
17 – North Myrtle Beach – House of Blues
21 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
25 – Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom
26 – Tulsa, OK – Cain's Ballroom

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Black Label Society Announces North American Tour

Black Label Society will head out on a headlining tour of North America next year. Support on the trek will come from Sevendust.

The first tour dates are as follows:

Apr. 04 - Toronto, ONT - The Sound Academy
Apr. 15 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live!
May 01 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues

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Black Stone Cherry Prepares For European Tour

Southern rockers Black Stone Cherry has posted the following message online:

"So we're at home right now in beautiful Kentucky. We've been home for a couple weeks and it's been an EXCELLENT stay, but we're all itching to get back out on the road! We leave in 4 days to fly overseas to start our big headlining tour - the Folklore And Superstition tour! We're so excited!

"The tour kicks off in Paris, France on November 18th and will end in Belfast, N. Ireland on December 17th! We're getting the chance to visit a lot of the same countries we've had the privilege of playing before: France, Germany, Sweden, all over the UK... and we're also getting to rock Denmark, Austria, and Italy for the first time!! More...

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