The man in a hat SLASH has picked his Top 10 Horror Films for SFX Magazine and you can now watch that video below. Click here to find out more on the SFX website – it’s rammed full of killer content covering everything from films to comic con!

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SLIPKNOT are currently on the road as part of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival in the US and the tour stopped by Shoreline Amphitheatre on the 7th of July. We stumbled upon some awesome HD fan footage from that show, which you can watch below:

COREY TAYLOR was interviewed before the band’s show on the 4th of July and you can see that interview below – watch as Corey talks about how SLIPKNOT got these live dates together, the band’s last live show with Paul, how the band picked the songs for the upcoming release ‘Antennas To Hell’ and much more!

You can pre-order SLIPKNOT’s upcoming release ‘Antennas To Hell’ by pointing your mouse in this direction.

In continuing with our SLIPKNOT timeline stories, today we’re taking a look at the band’s debut self-titled release right up to the World Domination Tour. The album ‘Slipknot‘ trampled all over its competition in a poll run by Metal Hammer for the ‘Best Debut Album‘ last year and you can see what Hammer had to say about the album, as well as the scores from the poll on the timeline. We have also added some facts and info from the World Domination Tour including a setlist from Glasgow and a YouTube clip of ‘Eyeless’ from a World Domination Tour performance in Sweden. Check it out and hear what the mighty ‘Knot sounded like live back in 2000!

Today we have added info to the timeline from the 8th of July up to the end of 2000. Click here to check out the extra facts added to the timeline and hit us up with your favourite memories so we can add them to the timeline too!

What is your favourite SLIPKNOT memory? Hit us up with a comment in the comment box below and we’ll add them to our ‘Antennas To Hell’ timeline.

You can pre-order SLIPKNOT’s upcoming release ‘Antennas To Hell’ by pointing your mouse in this direction.

Southern rockers LYNYRD SKYNYRD are releasing their new album ‘Last Of A Dyin’ Breed‘ as part of a Classic Rock fanpack on the 20th of August, with the Roadrunner release coming out on the 17th of September. Eager fans who want a piece of the new album action NOW can get their hands on the title single from the album via iTunes by clicking this link. BOSH!

Click here to pre-order the Classic Rock fan pack.

It’s that time once again to vote for your favourite tracks featured on the Classic Rock website this week. Fans vote every week and at the end of each month Classic Rock present a chart of the month’s best tracks.

BLACK STONE CHERRY’s ‘Like I Roll‘ is in this week’s poll and you can place your vote by clicking here.

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce proudly announces that SLASH will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 in front of Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood Blvd.

“Slash is widely considered one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time,” said Ana Martinez, Producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremonies, “We are proud to place his name among the stars on our fabled Hollywood Walk of Fame.”

You can stream the ceremony tonight at 7.30pm from the Walk Of Fame website by clicking here.

In celebration of the star dedication, Slash will be performing at a private acoustic performance and exclusive Q&A with SLASH and Myles Kennedy at Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood Blvd. after the ceremony.

Hard Rock has created a limited edition pin to commemorate the historic occasion of one of rock n roll’s most iconic guitarists receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Only 300 of these pins will be created and will be sold only at the Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood Blvd. with all proceeds benefitting the Los Angeles Youth Network and the Hollywood Historic Trust which maintains the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame.

As a musician, artist, philanthropist, and iconic rock figure, the Grammy-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee SLASH has left a lasting imprint on the world that cannot be measured in a few short words. His trademark sound is as original as it is unmistakable. His body of work has given us some of rock’s greatest anthems. From television and radio to professional sporting events, his music continues to provide a soundtrack for life.

Throughout his career, SLASH has amassed album sales nearing an astounding 100 million copies along with a Grammy Award for “Best Hard Rock Performance” with Velvet Revolver for their single “Slither”. With seven Grammy nominations, along with countless other accolades, accomplishments and acknowledgements, Time magazine named Slash #2, behind Jimi Hendrix, on its “The Ten Best Electric Guitar Players of All-Time”. SLASH’s self-titled biography critically well-received, climbed the bestseller list in both the U.S. and U.K. hitting #8 on the NY Times Bestsellers list. Guitar Hero used SLASH‘s image and music, producing an installment that shattered previous gaming records by selling more than $100 million in its first week of release and reaching over $800 million in total sales while opening the floodgates to a whole new generation of fans. Never satisfied with resting on past laurels, SLASH continues to evolve as a musician and an artist. SLASH and his band featuring lead singer Myles Kennedy, drummer Brent Fitz and bassist Todd Kearns aka The Conspirators have just released their new album APOCALYPTIC LOVE. APOCALYPTIC LOVE has stormed onto the BillboardTop 200 Albums Chart at #4, marking the top rock debut for that week. The disc is also #1 Independent Albums Chart and #1 Hard Music Albums Chart. All songs on APOCALYPTIC LOVE released on SLASH’s own Dik Hayd International and distributed through EMI Label Services were written together by Slashand Myles Kennedy as they spent the last two years on tour all over the world. In addition, APOCALYPTIC LOVE is also Top 5 in seven countries outside the U.S. Critical acclaim is pouring in for the album and its hard-driving first single “You’re A Lie”, Revolver magazine declared “Apocalyptic Love is at heart a collection of lean, high-octane rock-and-roll tunesbuilt to be blasted out of open-top sports cars or, more suitably, open-air stadiums” (July 2012). The Los Angeles Times added, “Fans of his work in GNR and Velvet Revolver will find much to embrace in the album’s 13 tracks, ranging from the sneering rock hooks of ‘You’re a Lie’ and the heavy metal grind of ‘Halo’ to the extended instrumental passages on ‘Anastasia.’” Elsewhere, Rolling Stone.com hailed “the album is filled with head bangers and plenty of fancy fretwork, most notably on standout tracks like ‘Hard and Fast’ and ‘Standing in the Sun’” (May 20, 2012). Slashand his band are currently on the road performing sold-out shows across the country and overseas. For up-to-date information, visit: www.slashonline.com.

SLASH has performed for both royalty and Heads of State including the Queen of England and President Clinton. He has recorded and shared the stage with music’s luminaries as diverse as Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, James Brown and Ray Charles. As musical director at the 2005 Grammy Awards telecast, Slash led Stevie Wonder, Bono, Brian Wilson and Steven Tyler from Aerosmith through a stirring rendition of The Beatles’ classic “Across The Universe”.

His pursuit of new creative outlets–another reason for the continued success and vitality throughout his 28 year career–includes the development of an animation series, a scripted TV series, internet projects and the creation of Slasher Films a horror Film & TV production company formed by SLASH in partnership with Michael Williams and Rob Eric of Scout Productions. He was nominated for another Grammy Award for his impassioned interpretation of “The Godfather” theme, from the soundtrack for the film The Kid Stays in the Picture, a documentary about celebrated film producer and his long-time friend, Robert Evans. At the invitation of film producers and directors, SLASH began scoring music for feature films as well as writing and recording for soundtracks. His compositions can be heard throughout the award-winning bio film Ray. He has also worked on several Quentin Tarantino films, including Jackie Brown and Curdled. His list of song credits runs the gamut from comedy to action, among them box-office blockbusters such as The Hulk, Terminator 2, Judgment Day and Big Daddy.

For more information and to view who shares a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, visit www.walkoffame.com.

Click the links below to pick up your copy of SLASH‘s ‘Apocalyptic Love‘ now!

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With the ‘Antennas To Hell‘ release just around the corner, it has got us thinking about SLIPKNOT‘s history and how they got to this point. We have been putting together a timeline of what we think are important UK and band events, which you can find by clicking here and something we realised putting this timeline together is that it is 14 years and 1 day since SLIPKNOT signed a seven album deal with Roadrunner Records…and the rest as they say, is history! We thought the band signing to Roadrunner would be a good start for the timeline and we’ll be updating it throughout the next few weeks so watch this space for additional facts, info and other ‘Knot related stuff!

What is your favourite SLIPKNOT memory? Hit us up with a comment in the comment box below and we’ll add them to our ‘Antennas To Hell’ timeline.

You can pre-order SLIPKNOT’s upcoming release ‘Antennas To Hell’ by pointing your mouse in this direction.

Billboard.com interviewed LYNYRD SKYNYRD recently and the band spoke about the new album and joining the Roadrunner family. They also touched upon how they feel the label is their ‘new home’ and operate in an old skool way they appreciate. Check out the interview below:

There are a raft of interview clips up on Billboard.com, which you can watch below:

And in the clip below they talk about the tragedies that have happened to the band over it’s existence:

Click here to pre-order the ‘Last Of A Dyin’ Breed’ Classic Rock fanpack. The Roadrunner release will be available from the 17th of September.

RUSH released their new album ‘Clockwork Angels‘ as part of a Classic Rock fanpack on the 11th of June and for those of you who weren’t lucky enough to get your hands on one, you can now pick up a copy of the Roadrunner release of the album, which is out TODAY! You can pick up RUSH‘s ‘Clockwork Angels‘ from the below links:

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Check out some extracts from reviews below:

Yes, there is the complex musicality of prog at its most refined (Caravan, Headlong Flight) nestling beside emotive AOR anthems (The Wreckers), but – remarkably for what is the band’s 19th studio album – Clockwork Angels never sounds dated. Indeed, the churning, chunky riff on BU2B wouldn’t sound out of place on a Mastodon record. While it might not have the immediacy of their previous release, Snakes and Arrows, this is the three-piece’s most solid and compelling set of songs in years. Those who worship at the temple of Rush will be in raptures; for those who remain agnostic, there may well be enough here to justify a leap of faith. – The Guardian

The Canadian trio has always stretched large ideas across an expansive soundscape, blending hard rock, prog and metal. And the five years since the band’s last album, “Snakes & Arrows,” have given Rush plenty of time to create a lot of new music. “Clockwork Angels” weighs in at a formidable 66 minutes, time enough for a kitchen-sink’s worth of ideas and a weighty conceptual focus by drummer/lyricist Neil Peart about one man’s journey to realize his dreams. The album’s seven-minute opuses range from tight (“Headlong Flight”) to the messy title track, while fans of Rush’s classic, riff-driven approach and ensemble virtuosity will find aural nirvana in “The Anarchist,” “Seven Cities of Gold,” “The Wreckers” and “Wish Them Well.” – Billboard.com.

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Metal Hammer have another ace clip featuring RUSH‘s Geddy Lee up on their website. In this clip he discusses early gig memories – check it out below:

And if you missed the clip they posted yesterday with Geddy talking about the band’s first gig, you can watch that below:

You can find out more on Metal Hammer’s website by clicking here.

Click here to pre-order your copy of RUSH’s Clockwork Angels, released via Roadrunner on the 9th of July (NEXT MONDAY!!).