Metalsucks — In case you’re just joining us, here’s the story thus far: The Rev died, Avenged Sevenfold announced that Mike Portnoy would be playing drums on their new album, and I wondered aloud, “Who will be the new permanent drummer for A7X?” Well, ... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Disturbed [ tickets ] and Avenged Sevenfold [ tickets ] will headline the inaugural Rockstar Energy Drink-sponsored Uproar Festival [ tickets ], which is slated to hit amphitheaters nationwide this summer. more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - The first annual Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival is set to rock North America with a late summer trek that will feature a stellar rock lineup that includes multi-platinum headliners Disturbed and Avenged Sevenfold, along with Stone... more info

Metal Injection — Man is this summer getting crowded with touring festivals. Only two days after Ozzfest announced it's lineup, we see a brand new tour from the founders of Mayhem Fest, focused more on rock than metal. They are calling it Rockstar Energy Uproar a... more info

Altsounds — The first annual *Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival* is set to rock North America with a late summer trek featuring a stellar active rock lineup including multi-platinum headliners *Disturbed* and*Avenged Sevenfold*, along with *Stone Sour* a... more info

411 Mania — Courtney Love is dead. Type O Negative's Steele passes away. Korn sets track list, release date, single for new album. Green Day: Rockband is huge. Avenged Sevenfold wrap it up. Ozzy sets release date. Howard Jones back in for KsE. Alice In Chains, D... more info

Metalsucks — So Avenged Sevenfold are going to be playing one single stop of this Summer’s Mayhem Fest, on July 27 in Mansfield, MA. That strikes me as a pretty random location for A7X to show-up; they’re from the O.C. (Can I say “the O.C.” without soundi... more info

Metalsucks — One last thought about Slash’s solo album, and then I promise to shut up about it for awhile. Everyone who buys/downloads/whatever Slash the album will get “Nothing to Say,” a collaboration the axe-slinger player did with M. Shadows from Avenge... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — On Slash's first solo album the most faithful approximation of the classic Guns N' Roses sound doesn't come in the track featuring Ozzy Osbourne or the one with Avenged Sevenfold frontman M. Shadows. Nor is it in "Watch This," which... more info

Live Daily — After producing a series of albums accompanying Guns N' Roses, Slash [ tickets ]'s Snakepit and Velvet Revolver, guitarist Slash is preparing for the April release of his first true solo album, "Slash." The collection features an all-star roster o... more info