Stats state that Jordison received around 37 percent of the votes in the poll.

U.K.’s Rhythm magazine 20 Greatest Drummers Of The Last 25 Years include the following: (Courtesy: Blabbermouth)

01. Joey Jordison (SLIPKNOT, ROB ZOMBIE)
02. Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER)
03. Gavin Harrison (PORCUPINE TREE)
04. Neil Peart (RUSH)
05. Dave Grohl (NIRVANA, THEM CROOKED VULTURES)
06. Travis Barker (BLINK-182, TRANSPLANTS)
07. Nicko McBrain (IRON MAIDEN)
08. Vinnie Colaiuta (FRANK ZAPPA, STING, JEFF BECK)
09. Phil Collins (GENESIS)
10. Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, CHICKENFOOT)
11. Brann Dailor (MASTODON)
12. Steve Gadd (ERIC CLAPTON, PAUL SIMON)
13. Thomas Lang
14. Stewart Copeland (THE POLICE)
15. Terry Bozzio (FRANK ZAPPA)
16. Josh Freese (A PERFECT CIRCLE, DEVO)
17. Cozy Powell (RAINBOW, WHITESNAKE, BLACK SABBATH)
18. Jeff Porcaro (TOTO, MICHAEL JACKSON)
19. Stephen Morris (JOY DIVISION, NEW ORDER)
20. Steve White (PAUL WELLER, OASIS)

Reports say that “Live Intrusion” is currently expected to be made available in the U.K. on August 16 and then in Germany on August 27.

Blabber Mouth reports: ‘Filmed on Slayer’s “Divine Intervention” tour at the Mesa Amphitheater in Mesa, Arizona, on March 12, 1995, “Live Intrusion” features classic performances of “Raining Blood”, “At Dawn They Sleep” and “Hell Awaits”, as well as a cover version of the VENOM song “Witching Hour”, performed by SLAYER with Chris Kontos and Robb Flynn of MACHINE HEAD.’

Slayer’s most recent album was “World Painted Blood”.

According to reports, the police have not found any evidence of foul play in Gray’s death, but they are still iinvestigating the cause of Paul Gray’s death. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday, May 25, as Paul Gray’s cause of death is unknown.

Paul Gray is survived by his wife Brenna and this is extremely tragic for her since she is expecting their first child.

The heavy metal band Slipknot are from Des Moines, Iowa and the surviving members are Sid Wilson, Joey Jordison, Chris Fehn, Jim Root, Craig Jones, Shawn “Clown” Crahan, Mick Thomson, and Corey Taylor.

The band has not yet made an official statement regarding Gray’s death.

Here is the schedule for EarthFest Boston 2010:

Main Stage Performance Schedule
11:30am-11:55am – Jackson Wetherbee Band
12noon-12:40pm – Marcy Playground
1:15pm-1:55pm – Crash Kings
2:30pm-3:20pm – Gin Blossoms
3:45pm-4:45pm – Collective Soul

Kids Planet Family Stage Performance Schedule
10:15am -10:45am Zumix Mariposa Ensemble
11:00am-11:45am – Debbie and Friends
12:15pm-1:15pm – Ben Rudnick and Friends
1:45pm-2:45pm – Zumix Divercity Band & Jazz Ensmeble
3:30pm-4:10pm – Black Diamonds Band

The Lamb of God India gig took place at the Palace Grounds on Saturday and the place was packed with metal heads in black tees.

The band played in Bangalore as part of the Summer Storm Festival, which also saw 4 other Indian bands performing before Lamb of God took to stage.

Boomarang from Mizoram, Scribe from Mumbai, and Bangalore-based Extinct Reflections and Bhoomi were the Indian bands that performed.

Lamb of God performed many of their heavy tracks such as “Walk with me In Hell”, “Hourglass”, “Now You’ve Got Something To Die For”, among others. They also performed “Redneck” and fans were seen moshing in the several mosh pits created at the gig.

The Grammy nominated band comprises of vocalist Randy Blythe, guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler, bassist John Campbell, and drummer Chris Adler.

The reunited band will feature the original members Dennis Butler (drums), Caleb Quinn (guitar) and Steve Hochheiser (bass) and have brought a new vocalist along – Tiina Teal.

According to reports, the cancelled gig dates are as follows:

May 06 – Hamburg, Germany – Hafenklang
May 07 – Ludwigsfelde, Germany – N.V.A Club
May 08 – Berlin, Germany – Amnesie

DÉTENTE will be releasing their new album titled “Decline”, on June 8 in the U.S.

The frontman of the rock band “Poison” suffered a massive brain hemorrhage last month, and his doctors say that he is expected to make a full recover very soon.

Dr. Joseph Zabramski said, “I really expect that he will fortunately make a 100% recovery.”

Barrow Neurological Institute’s Barrow Neurological Institute went on to say, “He’s just one of those lucky people, the 20% or so who have a subarachnoid hemorrhage who make a complete recovery and are able to resume all of their normal activities.”

The doctors also said that they still do not know the exact reason for the kind of bleeding Bret Michaels had.

Dr. Zabramski further said, “Patients who don’t have anything identified in their angiograms tend to do well, this is one of those rare instances in medicine where we’re actually pleased not to be able to find what caused the problem.”

“Earlier on he was feeling pretty good, and I think he thought he was going to be up and about sooner than he was,” the doctor said. “(Then) this chemical meningitis thing takes over and he’s really suffering again right now.”

Ozzfest 2010 kicks off on August 14th and feature the following lineup :

Main Stage:
Ozzy Osbourne
Motley Crue
Rob Halford
DevilDriver
Nonpoint

Second Stage:
Black Label Society
Drowning Pool
Kingdom Of Sorrow
Goatwhore
Skeletonwitch
Saviours
Kataklysm

The Ozzfest 2010 tour dates are as follows:
Aug. 14 – San Bernardino, CA @ San Manuel Amphitheater
Aug. 17 – Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheater
Aug. 19 – Pittsburgh, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion
Aug. 21 – Hartford, CT @ Comcast Theater
Aug. 22 – Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna
Aug. 24 – Boston, MA @ Comcast Center

The tickets for Ozzfest 2010 go on sale May 22nd at the official Ozzfest website and Live Nation.

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Furtados, a famous music store in India, will be hosting “Metal Meltdown” – a series of live performances that will take place at Furtados’ Music Store in Bangalore (Bengaluru).

The “Live Performances at Furtados” gig is scheduled to begin from April 22, 2010 onwards, and will showcase the best metal music bands that Indian music scene has ever seen.

Mumbai-Nagpur based metal band “Systemhouse33″ will be performing on 13th May 2010, and are all set to bring the house down.

Samron Jude, vocalist of Systemhouse33 says,”Its the first time that we will be playing Bangalore …and 2days later, one of our favorite bands Lamb of God performs in India for the first time.. Really excited.” Check out Systemhouse33 here

The week long music event will also feature bands such as Kryptos, Chronic Phobia, Purple Blood, Blind Image.

This event takes place a few days before the much awaited “Lamb of God” concert and is really good news for people who will be coming from all around India to watch some great talent.

Here are the  Furtados Gig Details:

Name: Metal Meltdown 2010
Venue: No. 116/C-1
5th Block, KHB Colony,
Koramangala
Bengaluru – 5600095

Time: 4pm – 8: 30 pm

Entry: FREE

Record Store Day is an international celebration of the independent record store. It first began back in 2007 and on this day you can find special events, festivals, cool deals, and awesome parties.

What should you do on Record Store Day? What you can do today, is go down to your local record store and get some limited releases that are being issued, You may also see a live gig at your record store.

Don’t forget to get some of the Record Store Day releases like Devo, Of Montreal, Sonic Youth, Weezer, Bon Iver, Pavement, Charlotte Gainsbourg and more.